>> hello, good afternoon and welcome to gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua and for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs, and of course it is yours. we'll be debating and discussing and at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours, former home office minister norman baker, and also broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy. coming up in my niggle at four, i take on sadiq khan as our labour mayor. he is apparently set to receive a knighthood in the new year's honours list. sir sadiq there taking the mic, but do you think he should be knighted? i've got to pull up on asking you just that. then storm derek has claimed its first victim, a man in his 40s, has died after a

tree fell onto his van whilst he was driving on a dual carriageway. millions have been warned to stay indoors as the government's risk to life alert came into force . then. in my came into force. then. in my great british debate, i'm asking you do you trust labour not to raise taxes? sir keir starmer failed to rule out more tax rises despite chancellor rachel reeves lin yu ting introducing the largest tax raising budget in recent history and saying that she wouldn't be coming back for more in difficult conversations, daniel wing, whose life changed forever when his mum was murdered 30 years ago, will tell us about his story. he's now determined to finding out the truth about the tragedy that has shaped his past, and prince william will meet donald trump in paris ahead of the ceremony marking the restoration of notre dame's cathedral . tonight we'll be cathedral. tonight we'll be crossing live to paris. i've just come back from there. it was great. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with joe caspar . news with joe caspar. >> good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm joe caspar in the gb

newsroom . an investigation is newsroom. an investigation is underway after a man died when a tree fell onto his van during storm daragh in lancashire. emergency services were called at around 9 am. this morning near to lancashire police headquarters , where the incident headquarters, where the incident happened. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officer . elsewhere, a major officer. elsewhere, a major incident has been declared in parts of wales because of disruption from storm daragh. david powis police said it was continuing to experience high volumes of calls about fallen trees and poor driving conditions. the storm, which hit the uk overnight, has brought heavy winds and rain of up to, causing widespread disruption in northern ireland. authorities have warned people to undertake only essential travel. trains and some bus services were suspended and nearly 50,000 customers left without power as high winds caused severe damage to the electricity network. and

the merseyside. merseyside premier league derby between everton and liverpool at goodison park was called off at lunchtime. the met office has lifted the rare red warning yellow and amber alerts are still in place across affected regions . the weather has regions. the weather has impacted travel, with rail services, disrupted bridges and roads closed. passengers at some of the uk's biggest airports have also described harrowing landings as air traffic restrictions are in place. our scotland reporter tony maguire is at glasgow airport for us as storm darren continues to wreak havoc across the country. >> scotland has made it through friday night relatively unscathed. the scottish environmental protection agency, sepa. well, they've got flood warnings for essentially all parts of the country, but only two have been escalated to flood alerts and that is in tayside as well as south ayrshire. that amber warning that stretches across the north—west of england will that also leaks into dumfries and galloway, with residents there told to stay

inside until the bad weather dies off. >> a worker on london's elizabeth line has died after being attacked at ilford station on wednesday evening. the 61 year old, a customer service assistant, suffered serious head injuries and later died in hospital. the rmt union has expressed deep sadness, sending condolences to the victim's family and colleagues. a 32 year old man has been charged with multiple offences and will appearin multiple offences and will appear in court again next month. anyone with information is urged to contact british transport police. a four year old boy has died after being hit by a bus in the west midlands. police say the accident happened on tipton high street just before 5:00 on friday evening , before 5:00 on friday evening, and the driver is assisting with enquiries. officers are appealing for dash cam footage to help piece together what happened. west midlands police say their thoughts are with the boy's family. say their thoughts are with the boy's family . one person has boy's family. one person has died and three were injured when the apartment when an apartment

building in the hague collapsed saturday morning after an explosion , mayor jan van zanen explosion, mayor jan van zanen has said. residents say they were woken by a loud bang and screams before dawn, with one woman claiming she fought the blast could have been caused by an earthquake. part of the building collapsed and a fire broke out, trapping residents inside. dutch officials have deployed a specialised search and rescue team with dogs to locate survivors. as several ambulances await further casualties. the cause of the blast is not known . protesters blast is not known. protesters will gather outside downing street this afternoon demanding de—escalation between russia and the west to stop the war coalition and campaign for nuclear disarmament have declared today an emergency day of action, with local events across the uk. activists are urging world leaders to withdraw missiles from ukraine and avoid what they call the nuclear brink . what they call the nuclear brink. prince william is set to meet donald trump in paris ahead of notre dame cathedral's grand

reopening ceremony. the prince of wales will discuss the uk , us of wales will discuss the uk, us special relationship with the president elect and meet outgoing first lady jill biden. the ceremony , hosted by the ceremony, hosted by president emmanuel macron, features the opening of the cathedral's huge doors, the reawakening of its organ and the first mass since its restoration . first mass since its restoration. it's william's first visit to paris since 2017, following his trip after the brexit referendum . trip after the brexit referendum. and corgis wearing christmas jumpers have gathered for a parade in central london. people gathered with their pets making their way through the capital and posed for pictures outside a renee buckingham palace. they ventured into hyde park and finished up at the albert memorial . those are the latest memorial. those are the latest headlines. for now i'm joe caspan headlines. for now i'm joe caspar. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts .

code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good afternoon. it is just coming up to eight minutes after 3:00. this is @gbnews. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. well, coming up loads of things. very exciting today. storm dara has claimed its first victim, a man in his 40s, has died after a tree fell onto his van whilst he was driving on a dual carriageway. millions have been warned they need to stay indoors as the government risks to life alert came into force. then. in my great british debate this houn my great british debate this hour, i'm asking is donald trump good for britain? prince william will meet the president elect in paris ahead of the ceremony marking the restoration of notre dame cathedral . tonight we'll be dame cathedral. tonight we'll be crossing live to paris to get the latest. then in my great british debate this hour, i'm asking, have labour got their

priorities wrong? as rachel reeves has warned, labour will not be able to raise defence spending without making cuts in other areas. and in my royal round up, former royal correspondent to the sun , correspondent to the sun, charles rea, joins me with the latest from behind the palace walls as the princess of wales hosts her first christmas carol service since her cancer diagnosis. that's coming up to, as ever. send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay . so, storm gbnews.com/yoursay. so, storm darrah . very frightening. i darrah. very frightening. i mean, i was in france. i had no idea how bad it really was, but the storm has claimed its first victim. this is a man in his 40s. after a tree fell onto his van whilst he was driving on the road. now, around 3 million people have been urged to stay indoors after the metropolitan met office has issued a rare red weather warning alert in parts of scotland and the southwest of

england. that alert holds. joining me now is weather presenter and meteorologist ellie glaisyer ellie. really good to talk to you. so talk to me about this storm. i've been away for a few days. i haven't realised just how bad it has been. why is it here and how bad is the damage? >> so we saw this storm develop out in the atlantic over the past couple of days, moving its way towards the uk through yesterday evening and into today. it's brought widespread strong winds across the uk, but particularly across western parts of the uk, where we had our red weather warning out in force this morning. that has expired at 11 am. this morning, but it is still going to be very windy through the rest of today. with amber weather warnings in force for wind and rain for western parts of the uk through the rest of this afternoon and into this evening. and even as we go into tomorrow, there's still yellow weather warnings in place for wind and for rain . so place for wind and for rain. so some strong winds continuing through the rest of tonight and into tomorrow. >> so what's causing this particular type of weather? a lot of people call this sort of

thing global warming, but i'm sure there's other details or other factors that come into play other factors that come into play to make this sort of weather. so what, in your view, is causing it? >> well, it's not out of the out of the ordinary for to us see a winter storm coming at this time of year. we've seen named storms like this in the past. so it's not it's not unusual. it was picked up by the jet stream, but it's a really deep strengthening area of high pressure out in the atlantic that's causing us to see those really strong winds. so there's a really tight pressure gradient between the area of low pressure named storm dara and an area of high pressure out in the atlantic that's bringing us those really strong winds that we've seen throughout today and will continue to see in towards this evening. >> so how long are we expecting this to last? so you said towards this evening, do we expect things to get back to what we would expect normal weather at this time of year to be quite soon? when would you say your forecast? >> so it's still remaining windy through the rest of today. we've got some heavy rain on the way, particularly for northern and eastern parts of england, southern parts of wales continuing to see some rain for the next few hours and it's going to be remaining windy overnight tonight and into tomorrow. we've still got yellow

yellow weather warnings in place throughout tomorrow across much of england and wales, and as we gradually head through sunday and into the start of monday, that's when we're going to see those winds starting to ease down and high pressure then starting to build. so turning a lot more settled as we head into the start of the new working week. >> oh that's good. and your prediction for christmas, any, any chance of any snow? can you look that far ahead to say i'm afraid a bit too early to say. too early to say . although there too early to say. although there was snow in scotland. ellie glaisyer. thank you very much. really good to talk to you. so that's ellie's forecast. and of course she's there, but let's let's go to the channel islands because they're thought to be particularly affected this weekend . so guernsey, let's have weekend. so guernsey, let's have a chat with the local resident in gb news viewer. jess. major. jess. oh my god. jess, are you all right? >> yes , it's. >> yes, it's. »- >> yes, it's. >> it's very windy here. nana. >> it's very windy here. nana. >> we've been told police that the worst of the weather is going to be passing through 3

pm. and 7 pm. tonight, and they will not go out unless absolutely necessary. you can see the winds behind me. it really is battering the islands. we've got no boats, no planes, and i'm really cut off at the moment and quite extraordinary. although we get storms quite a lot and we're very exposed in guernsey and the channel islands to have a storm quite so bad that i literally am kneeling because i can't stand up. so . because i can't stand up. so. >> oh, wow. well, listen , jess, >> oh, wow. well, listen, jess, hopefully the weather woman said that this will be clearing sometime. maybe tonight and tomorrow. how many days has it been going on like that for you? there ? there? >> well, it really started this morning. and like i said, it's going to be passing through. we've had a few trees down dunngin we've had a few trees down during in the bailiwick, but we've been told that the boat tomorrow has been cancelled and

kyrees. so again , being cut off kyrees. so again, being cut off in an island like this is quite difficult when the only way you can get to us is either by sea or by air. so yeah, pretty, pretty hectic here. >> well, let's hope you don't take off there and end up in that water behind you, jess. thank you very much. that's jess major. she's lovely to talk to her. she's a resident in guernsey. she's there braving the current storm. just to give people some perspective that it might be nice and calm where you are, but elsewhere it is blowing are, but elsewhere it is blowing a gale. right. well, let's move on, because prince william will meet donald trump in paris ahead of the ceremony marking the restoration of the notre dame cathedral. now , the prince of cathedral. now, the prince of wales is expected to discuss the importance of the us. uk special relationship with the president elect. gb news, political correspondent katherine forster has been in paris for us with the latest. >> huge day for france as notre dame cathedral reopens five and

a half years after that horrific fire. 50 heads of state and dignitaries, 1500 people invited to the opening later on this afternoon, including some very, very important figures indeed . very important figures indeed. president elect trump is here. jill biden, the first lady is here. prince william is here representing the united kingdom. now we understand that prince william will be meeting with trump later this afternoon. and we also understand that president macron at the elysee palace will be meeting with trump. and then subsequent to that, with ukrainian president zelenskyy. we know, of course, that trump has said that he will end the war in ukraine in one day. zelenskyy may have a rather different view of that, i suspect. so a huge moment for france, a real showcase. notre

dame returned to its former splendour. 2000 people involved in the restoration and some several hundred thousand pounds worth of work. but this comes against an incredibly difficult backdrop because the french government here has collapsed and macron is deeply unpopular with many, many french people would like to see him gone now. he addressed the nation the other day. he said he's going nowhere. he's staying on till 2027. but parliament is stuck because basically what happened is he called a parliamentary election in the summer that resulted in a sort of stalemate. three blocks the left, the centre and the right, none of which are on good terms with the other michel barnier, who was the prime minister, tried to force through a budget, lost a vote of confidence and has

resigned. now president macron has not replaced him, has yet. we're looking for that in the coming days. but meanwhile there is a caretaker government. but they can't have an election for another year and it's very, very difficult to see how they're going to get out of this mess. the french economy is not in a good state at all and worth reflecting. i think, though many people in britain will think that a lot of things in britain are not working properly. and there's a very similar feeling here in france, a lot of disaffection. the economy not going well, similar in germany, where the government there has also collapsed elections next yeah also collapsed elections next year. all this comes against a very difficult backdrop . and an very difficult backdrop. and an incoming president trump, who may be about to slap tariffs on european goods going to america . european goods going to america. so a huge day here. a diplomatic

coup for president macron. but real, real problems here in france as katherine forster there in france near notre dame. >> i was actually in paris for the last four days, 3 or 4 days i've been there. i was at the ccf forum. it's like a climate forum, but it was great because it wasn't like cop26 where they all say co2 is the enemy. it was actually a conversation about how you can protect the planet. that's more like it. well, listen, i'll be telling you all about that as well, but it's just coming up to 18 minutes after 3:00. you're with me. i'm nana akua . this is gb news. nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online, and on digital radio. coming up, have labour got their priorities wrong? but next, it's my great debate. i'm asking, is donald trump good

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minutes after 3:00. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. i'm nana akua. welcome. if you've just tuned in it's the beginning of the show. wonderful. and it's time now for the great british debate this houn the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking is donald trump for good britain? now the incoming us leader will meet prince william ahead of the reopening ceremony for notre dame cathedral in paris for talks on the special relationship. and this comes as donald trump has touted as touted a more isolationist foreign policy and pledged to slap tariffs on trade, although he hasn't mentioned specifically the uk . he's mentioned a couple the uk. he's mentioned a couple of other countries specifically, like china, but he hasn't mentioned. that's him saying i'm doing a little mimic of him doing a little mimic of him doing that. so for the great british debate this year, i'm asking, is he good for britain? that's donald trump joining me now, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy, former home office minister or home office minister norman baker. norman, you were a former home office minister. in your view, is he good for britain? >> you have to separate out the

question as to whether you're supportive of trump and whether he's good for britain, which is a question you're asking the different answers. you can, like trump and say he's not good for britain and he's not good for britain. in my view, because he will impose tariffs. i think he's very, as your report says, he's very, as your report says, he's isolationist. he's looking at tariffs. he imposed tariffs on us last time on scotch whisky and on steel. and he's he's america first which is great for america first which is great for america but not great for anyone else. >> and he's very transactional. >> and he's very transactional. >> you know i think his affinity for britain is not the same as other presidents have been, whether it's bush or whether it's blair, a reagan going back to thatcher or whether it's clinton, i think he's very transactional and he will only give britain something if we get something in return he wants. now, you may say that's a preferential policy for the americans. >> i would say that's not necessarily a good policy for us. >> us. >> you've also got to bear in mind that he is quite to the right. and of course , we've got right. and of course, we've got a labour government here and he's being advised by elon musk, who's very close to him. and elon musk clearly hates the

labour party and has made it. >> i don't think he hates the party. i think he's keir starmer. >> well, he hates keir starmer as the prime minister and he's made a mission to try and deal with him. now he's also , for with him. now he's also, for example, i think he's pointing out some of the things that keir starmer is doing that he doesn't think are favourable for the country. >> well , so that's country. >> well, so that's i mean, if anybody it's not specifically starmer, but what i'm saying is that what elon musk is doing in my view, is pointing out things that he thinks are mistakes, big mistakes. >> well, he's also, for example, taking on the centre for countering digital hate, which is something the labour party has created, which he objects to violently because it affects what he's doing on on x on twitter, he's also on twitter, been promoting the views of people like the convicted criminal stephen yaxley lennon, tommy robinson and boosting those posts on on on x. and i think that's damaging to the to the labour government and damaging therefore to the country at the present time. so i don't think he's very good. i think it'd be very difficult relationship for any minister with, with trump. and, you know, i wish them well, but i mean,

clearly it's not starting from a happy position. >> all right. so just to come back to your position on a trade deal back to your position on a trade deal, why would you expect the country to not charge some sort of knife and expect why would you just expect a completely free trade deal unless you're both going to do it? exactly. if one if one charges and the other charges , they're almost mutually charges, they're almost mutually exclusive. so i agree that it's not a problem, is it? >> but i mean, a trade war, if you like, the instigation of tariffs will hurt britain more than it will hurt america. and that's what the road is going down. look, we've had an arrangement with america and indeed with the european union. and others for many, many years where we have been tariff free on most goods. and we've promoted international trade because that's generated help for the economy in all countries . for the economy in all countries. and the danger of tariffs is it going to actually damage the economy both here and actually in america to some degree? >> well, come on. okay. lizzie cundy, i think it's a great thing. >> and i think trump is going to with trump, we're going to have a much more peaceful world. i don't think we'd have the wars. we have that going on today. if trump was in charge, he likes

the uk. he loves. he talks about our late queen with such passion and love. and i think, you know, we need to build on that special relationship. but sadly, we've had lame keir starmer who have badmouthed him . and you know, we badmouthed him. and you know, we have to negotiate with these tariffs. that's what we need to do. we need to build this special relationship. >> but you know, it's not a good start. >> when they have spoken so badly about trump. and i can imagine, you know, he's too not happy about it. >> do you think that actually what he's doing , what william is what he's doing, what william is doing there is brokering a really good relationship, something that keir starmer should really i mean, the keir starmer has done a little bit, but it's difficult to backtrack when people have made such harsh comments about donald trump from his own past. look, let's be honest, keir starmer backed the wrong horse, didn't he? >> i mean , he had his own staff >> i mean, he had his own staff go out to america to campaign against trump. for harris , he against trump. for harris, he got it all totally. >> i don't know whether his staff he got them to go. i think they went on their own. they went to campaign. >> and i think that was a pretty bad move . and look, he's he's

bad move. and look, he's he's he's been vocal about trump himself as has lammy i mean lammy as, as the foreign look he turned up in the states with a pair of dirty trainers. i don't think trump's going to too take coyte. >> let's give david lammy some respect and call him david lammy. yeah, be polite to trump or donald trump if you want to be the first name on his first visit to europe has been to france , not to the uk. france, not to the uk. >> and okay, there's a special reason for going there with notre dame and everything else. and congratulations to the french, by the way, for rebuilding notre dame. it's fantastic to see it back in its state. it is now. but i mean, he's going to meet macron. he'll probably meet other world leaders. prince william with due respect, is not a politician. he is there to say hello. i'm a nice person and to generate that kind of soft power. but he's not a politician. he can't discuss political matters with trump. that's not his duty to do that. so we're already behind the curve with with macron now in terms of the and yes, he likes he liked the queen. he definitely liked the queen. president trump when he was in office. you saw him looking at he didn't like her but he didn't

like i think it's actually really great that prince william's there, but it shows how much we need our royal family keir starmers not there. >> i think he should be. he's been everywhere else around the world. he's got the biggest carbon footprint of all, the prime minister, the way it works. >> but he should be there. the way it works is a prince. forgive me. the way it works is the prime minister determines where the royal family goes. that's what he does. and now for prince william's, because keir starmers sent him there. that's how the protocol works. so that's what he's assigned to do. yeah, actually, i mean, it's quite sensible to send prince william because trump doesn't like charles because charles is very keen on climate, on climate change action. and trump isn't. so he's deliberately sent prince william, i think, as an attempt to deal with that. i don't actually agree with you, lizzie, on on the issue about peace, because, i mean, trump is threatening to pull out of nato and that would be disastrous. >> when did he do that? >> when did he do that? >> sorry, he said in a couple of years ago. >> no, but he didn't. years ago. >> no, but he didn't . that's not >> no, but he didn't. that's not quite true. he said that if they don't pay up their 2%, then america wouldn't be there to come to their assistance. and

actually it got a lot of countries putting the money in. yes. but so that's the point he was making. he wasn't saying that he's going to pull out . that he's going to pull out. well, i think that's a big misrepresentation. >> well, i think he might do all right. i'll project it and say i think that's a possibility. he will do that. but anyway, even if he weakens nato to some extent or gets harsh hard on nato that many people will benefit from that. putin and xi jinping. now, you might say that britain and other countries should have put more into nato in terms of money. i agree with that. actually, i agree with trump on that point. well, the europeans haven't put enough money. >> that's the point. >> that's the point. >> that's the point. >> that's where we are now. and if trump pulls back from nato, that will be disastrous for them, particularly for the australian people. >> the other world leaders are afraid of trump. they weren't of biden. biden was weak, poor. he actually shouldn't have been in office. he wasn't fit to serve. he really wasn't. and our prime minister is now saying, you know, he wants this this relationship with the united states to prosper . relationship with the united states to prosper. but, you know, standing shoulder to shoulder at the minute, our country is on our knees and it's going to be difficult to do that. yes, i agree exactly. and that. yes, i agree exactly. and thatis that. yes, i agree exactly. and that is the worry. and trump knows that. and i think it's a

great thing. he's going to kick this woke nonsense into touch. >> well that's what's happening. and a lot of those companies in america that went along with this esg score and all this dai nonsense, they're all dropping it like hot rocks. i mean, i'm not surprised. you know why? why would you subscribe to something thatis would you subscribe to something that is going to destroy your business just because you may potentially look to good a few people? i don't really get it. >> no. well, i think trump will put america first, which is what he said he will do very, very clearly. i think i think a lot of advice from elon musk, and i think he'll be very transactional and there'll be no particular favours for britain or anyone else. it will just be america first. >> well, listen as well as donald as well as prince william meeting with donald trump any moment now, french president emmanuel macron will meet the us president elect. and then with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy at the elysee palace ahead of notre dame's reopening in paris. so we'll bring you as much of that coverage as we can as it happens. right? well, 29 minutes after 3:00, this is dup

news. we are live on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up, my great british debate this out. i'm asking, have labour got their priorities wrong ? but their priorities wrong? but first let's get your latest news headunes first let's get your latest news headlines with joe casper . headlines with joe casper. >> good afternoon. it's 3:30 i'm joe casper in the gb newsroom and i'm an investigation is underway after a man died when a tree fell onto his van during storm daragh in lancashire. emergency services were called at around 9 am. this morning near to lancashire police headquarters, where the incident happened. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his family have been informed and are being supported by a specially trained officer . a supported by a specially trained officer. a major incident has been declared in parts of wales because of storm daragh . because of storm daragh. dyfed—powys police said it was continuing to experience high volumes of calls about fallen trees and poor driving conditions. the storm, which hit

the uk overnight, has brought heavy rain and winds of up to 93 miles an hour, causing widespread disruption. counties across south and north wales have been hit hardest, with some areas facing severe weather conditions, including flooding in northern northern ireland, authorities have warned people to undertake only essential travel. trains and some bus services were suspended and nearly 50,000 customers left without power as high winds caused severe damage to the electricity network. the met police has lifted the rare red warning, while yellow and amber alerts are still in place across affected regions . the weather affected regions. the weather has impacted travel, with rail services disrupted , bridges and services disrupted, bridges and roads closed. passengers at some of the uk's biggest airports have also described harrowing landings as air traffic restrictions are in place. our scotland reporter tony maguire is at glasgow airport for us as storm donna continues to wreak havoc across the country.

>> scotland has made it through friday night relatively unscathed. the scottish environmental protection agency, sepa. well, they've got flood warnings for essentially all parts of the country, but only two have been escalated to flood alerts and that is in tayside as well as south ayrshire. that amber warning that stretches across the north west of england will that also leaks into dumfries and galloway with residents there told to stay inside until the bad weather dies off. >> prince william is set to meet donald trump in paris ahead of notre dame cathedral's grand reopening ceremony. the prince of wales will discuss the uk , us of wales will discuss the uk, us special relationship with the president elect and meet outgoing first lady jill biden. the ceremony , hosted by french the ceremony, hosted by french president emmanuel macron, features the opening of the cathedral's huge doors, the reawakening of its organ and the first mass since its restoration. our reporter katherine forster sent us this report. >> a huge day for france as

notre dame cathedral reopens five and a half years after that horrific fire. 50 heads of state and dignitaries, 1500 people ianed and dignitaries, 1500 people invited to the opening later on this afternoon . this afternoon. >> football action now. and despite the merseyside derby between liverpool and everton being called off, there is premier league matches going ahead. aston villa are at home to southampton and brentford play to southampton and brentford play newcastle and crystal palace host champions manchester city. the evening kick off is between manchester united and nottingham forest, and corgis wearing christmas jumpers have gathered for a parade in central london. people gathered with their pets making their way through the capital and posed for pictures outside a renee buckingham palace. they ventured into hyde park and finished up at the albert memorial . those at the albert memorial. those are your latest headlines, i'm joe casper. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news

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>> good afternoon. it's just gone 37 minutes after 3:00. welcome back . this is gb news. welcome back. this is gb news. welcome back. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. i'm nana akua really good to have your company this afternoon. we're live on tv onune afternoon. we're live on tv online and on digital radio. and it's online and on digital radio. and wsfime online and on digital radio. and it's time now for the great british debate. this hour i'm asking have labour got their priorities wrong? now, rachel reeves has warned that raising defence spending will mean squeezing other parts of government. the chancellor, who aims to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gdp, said extra for money the armed forces could come out of the same spending envelope used for other

priorities. well, she hasn't said what they are , but i would said what they are, but i would have thought that you probably maybe not do the £22 billion carbon capture project. so for the great british debate, this , the great british debate, this, i'm asking, do you think they've got their priorities slightly wrong? wouldn't you go straight with defence immediately, especially under this environment that we're in now. joining me now, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. and also former home office minister norman baker. i'm going to start with you, lizzie cundy. >> well she's totally got it wrong. we are living in the most dangerous time since the second world war. money is available for defence, but labour's choice is to put it elsewhere. look, we've got miliband's insane net zero giving, you know, billions to climate aides, you know, to abroad . we've got foreign aid. abroad. we've got foreign aid. they're giving away billions and they're talking about this, you know, big black hole that's getting bigger and bigger and it's their choice. it's their political choice to give this money away. they could put it to

other places and our defence needs it. it's on its knees. look at sweden who have cut social security to pay for defence. other countries have had to do the same. and seriously, we are in a lot of trouble. our army can't even fill wembley stadium nana. that's how you know. it's really frightening times. we're living in. and she has to see this as you know, a necessity. it's high alert and we need to put money into and take it from other places. it's their choice to put it into the places they've spent it into the places they've spent it well, but i mean , obviously it well, but i mean, obviously for the unions, they're making the black hole bigger and looks like they're all falling in it right now. >> i'm just wondering, though, from that notion of her saying that that doesn't necessarily mean that she won't take it from those places. she might take it from foreign aid, although i doubt she'll do it from any of the projects that they've established recently. >> well, they're saying that, you know, they used to be the u—turns and flip flopping everywhere, but they're sticking to this. and it's like that. they have no, you know, idea of bafic they have no, you know, idea of basic economics . we've got to

basic economics. we've got to they're not reading what people are feeling in the world. what's going on today. you know, it is a world at war. and it's frightening. and we're on high alert. >> and, you know, we need to build up our army and have , you build up our army and have, you know, we don't even look after our veterans. but that's what she's saying. she's going to do 2.5% of gdp, but she is going to take away from the other places like foreign aid. norman baker well, look, i mean, there is an issue about how defence money is spent, whatever the actual sum is, and there's a major threat to this country from cyber security and the ability of russia or china or indeed a hackerin russia or china or indeed a hacker in the back room in hartlepool to bring down network rail or bring down the nhs is quite large these days, and there should be a lot more money spent, in my view, on tackling cyber security and making sure we're safe from those sorts of attacks . attacks. >> and however, you know, what worries me about the government is that they they're kind of obsessed by management speak. i don't really know what the priorities are because we've got we've got five. is it five milestones, six milestones? six.

we've got five priorities. we've got a couple of foundations. we've got something else. i mean, what are all these management speak labels all about? i just think you should do something rather than have all these press conferences about concepts which we don't hear very much about. so but there is an issue. there's a serious issue which, to be fair, they have inherited of shortfalls right across government in a prison service is completely underfunded. there aren't enough people, there aren't enough people, there aren't enough people, there aren't enough prison officers, for example, and the prisons are falling to bits . in some cases. falling to bits. in some cases. you've got the situation where there's huge waiting lists on there's huge waiting lists on the nhs, you've got huge backlogs in the court service . backlogs in the court service. you know, we are short of money in a whole range of issues of government departments, and i don't hear anything from them as to how they're going to sort that out. i don't think they're facing up to the scale of what needs to be done. >> no, i and but why does he have this other reset of change? i mean, he's had more changes than danny la rue stage show . than danny la rue stage show. >> well, that didn't go well, did it? i mean, nobody's buying it . it. >> he doesn't seem to have any sense of business. and they're

putting money and putting more money into the nhs. the nhs isn't working. it really isn't. and i am really worried that they just don't know what they're doing. >> i don't think they know what they're doing. the nhs needs to have a reset itself . actually, have a reset itself. actually, it needs to be changed in the way it operates. there's a lot of wastage in the nhs which should to be eliminated. duplications of what, what hospitals by different consultants, by the different things for different flows and hospitals. that's happening quite a lot . there's a huge quite a lot. there's a huge amount of money being spent on pharmaceuticals, which ought to be reduced actually, and there should be a lot more money spent on prevention of health problems rather than trying to deal with the consequences afterwards. so there's a whole issue about the nhs itself, and i don't see them addressing that actually in itself. >> but, you know, there's keir starmer saying, you know, he wants to be side by side with america, you know, shoulder to shoulder. we are on our knees as a country, this economy, we're on the road plummeting. >> we're on the road. >> we're on the road. >> how can we because we can't add any value.

>> what do you mean we're on our own because we're not in the eu? >> well, i mean, we're not in the eu. >> and there was a there was a there was what have you seen the state of it at the moment. so why do you want to be down with the sinking ship. >> well, because i happen to i happen to think in a very harsh world, it makes sense to try and augn world, it makes sense to try and align yourself with people who broadly share your view. >> well, do they though? well, i mean, the eu is going further to the right anyway. >> it's just going further to the right. i'm not look, i'm not i've never been i've never have been an absolute defender of the eu, as you say. it's been perfect. it doesn't. there's a lot wrong with the eu, but i actually think in the cold world with some blizzards blowing around, we need to make sure we've got some friends. >> what about nato? >> what about nato? >> well, nato is important of course nato is important if it carries on. we had a discussion about trump and what you might do with nato. of course, we've got to be firmly in nato. we ought to strengthen our defence and foreign affairs relationships with with nato countries. >> isn't that enough? >> isn't that enough? >> no, i don't think it is quite enough. i don't think it's quite enough. i don't think it's quite enough because there's also trade issues. there's also other issues which which relate to. we haven't even talked about immigration yet, but that's

another issue where you want some form. >> all right. listen, norman, thank you for that. let's cross live now to paris, where emmanuel macron is set to meet with us president elect donald trump. here he is now meeting with him. sebby's corner. mr president, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please , mr president, mr. please, mr president, mr. >> taoiseach . that . hep please, mr president, mr. >> taoiseach . that. hep hep hep >> taoiseach. that. hep hep hep hep. badenoch . ncuti gatwa hep. badenoch. ncuti gatwa. thank you . thank you. >> see? now, that was that was a

specific elongated handshake. that's like one of those that i see when my partner does to it his friend. it's like brother. they call each other brother. you know what i mean? he goes, hey, brother. >> you know, i have to say, i mean, he looked very happy to see donald trump. >> exactly . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and i think that can only be a good thing. >> well, you have to be happy to see him because there's no point in being antagonistic towards him. it was a power handshake, by the way. that was donald trump making sure his hand was on top, which is something he generally does. >> no, that was a friendship. it was a he brought it close. i think that was a that was that was a hand to heart, norman. >> now, that was a very good sign. and, you know, the french president looked more than to happy see donald trump. and i am glad donald trump is there. he's going to make a difference. he really is going to make such a difference. and this is why we really need to enforce the special relationship with america. >> well, i'm pleased he's there as well, because the more he sees of europe and the more he sees of europe and the more he sees of europe and the more he sees of other countries, the wider his view of the world will be. so i think that's a good thing. and of course, macron's pleased to see him. who wouldn't be pleased to see the next

president of the united states? i've got a great deal of sense some people might not be. >> i mean, i don't know whether david lammy was pleased to see him. >> he has to be honest. >> he has to be honest. >> he has to be honest. >> he has to pretend to be pleased. >> david, i'm buying david lammy a new pair of trainers anyway for christmas. so. but look, you know, it's a great sign and i think it's showing there's a new wave of how people are thinking. i think people are sick of this woke nonsense. and you know, trump is there. he's going to bootit trump is there. he's going to boot it out. and, you know, you go woke, you go broke. i think we've realised that. and things are going to change and that is such a good sign. i feel really positive. >> well also to see him, you know, being friendly with all these different world leaders and then reciprocating in the same way. i think it can be even better than spending too much money on defence. that's that's actually the best defence. if they actually have a decent working talking relationship. but stay with us because next it's royal round up time. former royal correspondent rea will be here with the latest from behind

welcome back. this is a dup news. we are britain's news channel. don't forget download the gb news app. it is completely free. you can check out all the programs that we have to offer on the channel in your own time, with us coming up to 50 minutes after 3:00 and there's always something going on in the royal household. and this week has been no different. and every saturday i love to give you a rundown and you'd better to do so than former royal correspondent to the sun, charles rea charles. let's start with the big one. we've just seen donald trump arrive. shake hands with emmanuel macron, and william will be meeting trump to discuss other things and exert his soft power . his soft power. >> yes, it will be soft power. i mean, i think i agree with with norman baker earlier on that, you know, william is there because keir starmer said, please go there and, you know,

shake hands and, and do the honours diplomatically. i think it's a great pity , though, that it's a great pity, though, that a member of her government is not actually in france as well with other world leaders , with other world leaders, especially as donald trump's come over here to france to attend this event at notre dame, it would have been an ideal opportunity for someone from the actual british government to have, you know, spoken to trump and talked to him and maybe talked about other things apart from, you know, what william can talk about? i mean, william can talk about? i mean, william can talk about? i mean, william can talk about the special relationship. he can shake hands. he can say, it's nice to see you and everything else . and see you and everything else. and it will be a diplomatic meeting. >> we have live pictures of them meeting right now. so the pictures that we're seeing are actually them live. i don't know whether we're going to get any audio on this at all or whether we'll be able to hear anything but that is them leaving there. they are sitting live and chatting. we'll try and bring you as much of that. sorry, i just wanted to tell people that these were live pictures. sorry, charles. carry on.

>> no, no, i was just saying that it's a pity that there isn't a member of the government. there . i said, government. there. i said, william can do so much, and it will be. it will be good. because as you as you both your panellists have said, you know, trump likes the royal family, you know he likes the queen. and i'm sure he's got a great deal of time for prince william as well. so from that point of view, yes , it's a good thing. view, yes, it's a good thing. shame. no, no. member of the government. the government is there. well, government . there. well, government. >> well what? well, the good thing is , though, as norman thing is, though, as norman suggested in the protocol here, it would have been keir starmer that would have suggested that the royal family go and meet him. this is what norman says. i don't know whether that's true or not, but norman was a former home office minister, so he would know. so, you know, it's been instigated by keir starmer for this to happen. what do you make of the christmas carol service? of course, that is kate's sort of real venture back into working royal life . into working royal life. >> well, what i saw of it and what i've been reading about it looked like to be an absolutely

fabulous event . you know, it fabulous event. you know, it went off without a problem or any dramas . i thought catherine any dramas. i thought catherine looked fantastic . she she just looked fantastic. she she just looked fantastic. she she just looked sensational. and i thought it was quite poignant as well, that when she was speaking to paloma faith, she she actually said to her, i didn't know that this year was going to be the sort of year that has turned out. but she added, you know, i think lots of people this year have had such challenging times, so it's good that she's coming out of what has been an awful year for her and hopefully she will be back to, you know , full, full to, you know, full, full official duties for the royal family in the new year. >> and of course, that was the recording of the carol, wasn't it, that she's doing the carol? when do they do the christmas carol? is it on the new year's eve or christmas eve? sorry. >> it'll be shown on new year's eve. i think it's going to be shown on itv on new year's eve. >> okay. that's going to be fabulous. well, listen, charles rae, it's always a pleasure to

talk to you. thank you so much. thatis talk to you. thank you so much. that is charles rea . he is talk to you. thank you so much. that is charles rea. he is a royal former royal correspondent to the sun. well, if you're just tuned in, where have you been? we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua welcome . next. my eagle on welcome. next. my eagle on laboun welcome. next. my eagle on labour. london mayor sadiq khan, who is said apparently to be receiving a knighthood in the new year's honours list. i mean, really, they're taking the mick, surely. but now let's get an update with the all important weather with ellie, who you might recognise from earlier. >> expect a warm front moving from the kitchen right through to the rest of the house. boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news. weather from the met office. storm dara continues to bring strong and blustery winds and some heavy rain that will clear its way eastwards through the rest of

today. but there are still weather warnings in force as we go into the start of sunday. that squeeze in the isobars across that western flank of that area of low pressure is what's bringing us those strong winds as we head through the rest of sunday with amber wind warnings in force through until saturday evening, winds then down a notch as we go through saturday night into the start of sunday. but we could still see gusts here of 50 to 60, perhaps 70 miles an hour, and plenty of heavy rain continuing across eastern parts of england so we could see some localised flooding here. temperatures. it will be quite a chilly night, although likely staying above zero, although feeling a very chilly and cold start to the day on sunday with those northerly winds, it'll be quite a cloudy and damp start to the day across southern and eastern parts of england through sunday morning, that rain turning persistent in places but perhaps a bit of a brighter start across parts of southwest england and wales. some sunshine in places and for northern ireland too. a bit of a brighter start to the day. western parts of scotland seeing those brighter skies as well to start on sunday morning. but eastern scotland continuing to stay quite cloudy with plenty of blustery showers around these perhaps turning to sleet and snow over any high ground that

rain across eastern parts of england does continue through much of the day on sunday, turning heavy in places and quite persistent as well, so we could see some spray on the roads. some further localised flooding through sunday afternoon. but the further north and the further west you are, those winds gradually starting to ease and turning a bit brighter with some sunshine through the afternoon. so a bit of a more pleasant day here. temperatures still remaining around average across the board, although feeling really quite chilly again with that northerly wind, particularly across the southeast where those winds will still be quite strong. that rain continues across the southeast of england through sunday evening , although gradually evening, although gradually starts to fizzle out into the early hours of monday morning. but plenty of clear, clear skies across the north and the west, so a chilly start to the day on monday. there is some sunshine on the horizon, though high pressure does start to build through next week, but that does mean some colder temperatures are on the way. >> we can expect clear skies leading to a light and warm day . lovely boxt sponsoi's sponsors of weather on

>> hello, good afternoon and welcome to gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. it's 4:00. i'm nana akua and for the next two hours, me and for the next two hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine, it says. and of course it's yours. we'll be debating, discussing and at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next two hours, former home office minister norman baker, and also broadcast from columnist lizzie cundy. coming up in my eagle eye, take on sadiq khan head on as a labour mayor is apparently set to receive a knighthood in the new year's honours list . really, year's honours list. really, sir? sadiq, are you taking the mic ? what do you think? should mic? what do you think? should he be knighted? i've got to pull up an extra asking you just that. then storm dara batus britain. as gusts have reached over 90mph, millions have been warned to stay indoors and

thousands have been left without power as governments risk to life alert comes into force . life alert comes into force. then, in my great british debate, i'm asking, do you trust labour not to raise taxes? sir keir starmer failed to rule out more tax rises, despite chancellor rachel reeves introducing , introducing or introducing, introducing or introducing, introducing or introducing even the largest tax raising budget in recent memory. and stay tuned for difficult conversations. daniel wing, whose life changed forever when his mum was murdered 30 years ago, will be joining me to tell us about how that has changed his life and moments ago, donald trump met with french president macron ahead of the ceremony marking the restoration of notre—dame cathedral. tonight, we'll be crossing back and forth to paris for the latest as prince william is set to meet the us president elect. two but before all of that, let's get your latest news with joe casper . your latest news with joe casper. and ? and? >> good afternoon. it's a minute past four. i'm joe casper in the gb newsroom. well, as you've been hearing in the last few

moments, donald trump has met with emmanuel macron. the french president waited for the us president waited for the us president elect on the steps of the elysee palace in paris. mr trump stepped out from a car, shook hands with mr macron and the pair posed for pictures. the president elect told reporters we have had a great relationship with president macron. he also said the world is going a little bit crazy right now. the pair are holding talks ahead of a ceremony to mark the reopening of the notre—dame cathedral , of the notre—dame cathedral, five years after it was ravaged by fire. well, here was donald trump speaking moments ago . so trump speaking moments ago. so we'll bring that to you later when we have it. we don't have it for you right now. prince william is also set to meet donald trump in paris ahead of the grand reopening ceremony. the prince of wales will discuss the uk , us special relationship the uk, us special relationship with the president elect and meet outgoing first lady jill biden. the ceremony , hosted by biden. the ceremony, hosted by mr macron, features the opening of the cathedral's huge doors, the reawakening of its organ and

the reawakening of its organ and the first mass since its restoration. our reporter katherine forster sent us this report. >> a huge day for france as notre dame cathedral reopens five and a half years after that horrific fire. 50 heads of state and dignitaries, 1500 people ianed and dignitaries, 1500 people invited to the opening later on this afternoon , an investigation this afternoon, an investigation is underway after a man died when a tree fell onto his van dunng when a tree fell onto his van during storm daragh in lancashire. >> emergency services were called at around 9 am. this morning near to lancashire police headquarters, where the incident happened. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officer. a major incident has been declared in parts of wales because of disruption from storm daragh. david powis, police said it was continuing to experience high volumes of calls about fallen trees and poor driving conditions. the storm, which hit

the uk overnight, has brought heavy rain and winds of up to 93 miles an hour, causing widespread disruption. counties across south and north—west wales have been hit hardest, with some areas facing severe weather conditions including flooding. in northern ireland, authorities have warned people to undertake only essential travel. trains and some bus services were suspended and nearly 50,000 customers left without power as high winds caused severe damage to electricity network. the met office has lifted the rare red warning, while yellow and amber alerts are still in place across affected regions . the weather affected regions. the weather has impacted travel with rail services, disrupted, bridges and roads closed. passengers at some of the uk's biggest airports have described harrowing landings as air traffic restrictions are in place. our scotland reporter tony maguire is at glasgow airport for us. >> a storm continues to wreak havoc across the country. scotland has made it through friday night relatively unscathed. the scottish environmental protection agency,

sepa. environmental protection agency, sepa . well, they've got flood sepa. well, they've got flood warnings for essentially all parts of the country, but only two have been escalated to flood alerts and that is in tayside as well as south ayrshire. that amber warning that stretches across the north—west of england will that also leaks into dumfries and galloway, with residents there told to stay inside until the bad weather dies off. >> a worker on london's elizabeth line has died after being attacked at ilford station on wednesday evening. the 61 year old, a customer service assistant, suffered serious head injuries and later died in hospital. the rmt union has expressed deep sadness, sending condolences to the victim's family and colleagues. a 32 year old man has been charged with multiple offences and will appearin multiple offences and will appear in court again next month. anyone with information is urged to contact british transport police . a four year transport police. a four year old boy has died after being hit by a bus in the west midlands. police say the accident happened on tipton high street just

before 5:00 on friday evening, and the driver is assisting with enquiries. officers are appealing for dash cam footage to help to piece together what happened.pouce to help to piece together what happened. police say their thoughts are with the boy's family . two people have died and family. two people have died and three were injured when an apartment building in the hague collapsed on saturday morning after an explosion. mayorjan after an explosion. mayor jan van zanen has said. residents say they were awoken by a loud bang and screams before dawn, with one woman claiming she thought the blast could have been caused by an earthquake. part of the building collapsed and the fire broke out, trapping residents inside. dutch officials have deployed a specialised rescue, search and rescue team with dogs to locate survivors, as several ambulances await further casualties. the cause of the blast is not known . cause of the blast is not known. football action now and despite the merseyside derby between liverpool and everton being called off, there is premier league matches going ahead. aston villa are at to home southampton and brentford play newcastle and crystal palace

host champions manchester city. the evening kick off is between manchester united and nottingham forest . and corgis wearing forest. and corgis wearing christmas jumpers have gathered for a parade in central london. people gathered with their pets making their way through the capital and posed for pictures outside a renee buckingham palace. they ventured into hyde park and finished up at the albert memorial . santa paws , albert memorial. santa paws, that's your headlines for now. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts . code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good afternoon. it's seven minutes after 4:00. this is the gb news. we are britain's news channel where live on tv , online

channel where live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua sadiq khan. it is being reported, may be on the new year's honours list and in line for a knighthood for his work in political and public services. you're having a laugh. sadiq khan the man who has presided over record knife crime on london's streets, a place where women and girls feel unsafe because of the huge rise in the spate of attacks against them under his watch, a place where many tourists won't wear one on a night out in case they get robbed . a city where even he robbed. a city where even he admits to feeling unsafe. he says that's because he's muslim. what he is missed is that we're all afraid in the mess that in my view, he's allowed our once great to capital become. he expanded the ulez zone and tried to influence the reporting of just how bad the pollution was, because the results didn't match up with his expectations. if he really wanted to tackle polluted air, he might want to start with

the london underground, where he told transport for london to stop running an ad with a woman in a bikini, which was promoting a beach body readiness. and he defended tfl. the ban, the tfl ban for an advert for west end play ban for an advert for west end play because it showed a wedding cake which is seen as an unhealthy food. these ads were subsequently pulled. apparently sadiq has no involvement in approving or deciding which ads run on the tfl network, but he clearly has influence. yet he made no real comment about a wahid ad which showed a controversial islamic preacher known as mufti menk , holding a known as mufti menk, holding a briefcase, burning money underneath. the caption . during underneath. the caption. during the money revolution, mufti was surrounded in controversy, all of which was denied and more recently an advert for assisted dying was allowed on tfl. the ad shows a woman in pink and white striped pyjamas dancing in a kitchen with the words my dying wish is my family won't see me suffer. even if you support the

nofion suffer. even if you support the notion of assisted dying. surely on the scale of bad taste and what should not be permitted as an ad , this ranks higher than an ad, this ranks higher than adverts about about theatre that show a cake. surely he should be speaking up about this one. you couldn't make it up. how irresponsible is that ? london, irresponsible is that? london, in my view, is in poor shape. and sadiq khan cannot absolve himself of the state of it. he. i'd imagine, be the first to take credit if things were going well. i'm inclined to agree with ex—conservative mp anna firth. this is what she said about the decision to award sadiq khan a knighthood earlier on gb news. >> let's be absolutely clear. it's the people of london that deserve a knighthood for putting up with sadiq khan and voting for him. >> yeah, they may have voted for him, but three times. >> tell that, tell that, tell that to the 15,000 families who've had a victim of knife crime. he has completely failed on knife crime. and to keep the

streets safe. he's failed motorists with his absolute war on them and with his ulez charge, tfl is going bankrupt. >> i mean, it always has. >> i mean, it always has. >> what has this man actually done to deserve a knighthood? is it an award? failed. he's failed. >> everybody . >> everybody. >> everybody. >> well, i'm inclined to agree with her. a knighthood for what? absolute failure. if he gets one, then we should all be eligible. london has had to put up with it. forget knighthood. more like nightmare . right more like nightmare. right before we get stuck into the debates, here's what else is coming up today. storm ciara batters britain as gusts have reached over 90mph. millions have been warned to stay indoors and thousands have been left without power as the government's risk to life alert came into force. then, in my great british debate this hour, i'm asking does sadiq khan deserve a knighthood ? we've been

deserve a knighthood? we've been discussing that. that's online. there's a question on x asking you that very question. don't forget to tell us what you think. then i'm asking you, do you believe reform uk will win the next general election? their party chairman? yes. zia yousaf has declared exactly that as they've overtaken labour in a national poll for the first time and in the past. joining me , and in the past. joining me, doctor renee hoenderkamp. she'll give her expert advice on the nhs. chiefs warn of the four nasty viruses for this winter. a quad demic. i think that's what they're calling it. that's coming up. as ever, send me your thoughts, post your comments gb news. com forward slash your say . news. com forward slash your say. as well for reaction to my niggle, i'm being joined by journalist and political consultant emma burnell emma. surely you can't subscribe to the notion that sadiq khan deserves a knighthood ? deserves a knighthood? >> really? 100%? yeah, absolutely. look, i'm not entirely a massive fan of the

honours system as a whole, but if we're going to have this, then somebody who has won a historic third term increasing the vote. >> so therefore getting a third acclamation of the people he represents, that he is the person they want to do the job. that seems like a political to success me. you know, whichever party it would be, you would probably say that that is a democratic and political success. so yeah, if we're going to have a system whereby we recognise that, i mean, you didn't get any money for it. there's no there's nothing there's no nothing that comes with the knighthood other than calling yourself sir. fair play to him. he's he's earned it. he's earned it. so certainly far more than some other people that i might disagree with completely. now i want to take the politics out of that. there are for example, certain tory politicians. now, i'm obviously laboun politicians. now, i'm obviously labour, but let's say gavin williamson, who , sir sorry, sir, williamson, who, sir sorry, sir, gavin williamson was given a knighthood six months after the exams failure that failed. so

many of our children . so why? many of our children. so why? where was the monologue about that? >> where was i? i think i think you might find. well, i think you might find. well, i think you might find one actually, because i certainly wasn't impressed with gavin williamson ehhen impressed with gavin williamson either. and i would have definitely done one on that. and there is one somewhere. but look, emma, the fact that he's earned another term or three terms in a row, i think says more about our political system than you know, how competent he is, because if we look at his record on things like knife crime , attacks on women and crime, attacks on women and girls in his great capital and, you know , really strange you know, really strange decisions with regard to ads on tube on, you know, on tfl, which he has got influence on. >> sadiq khan is sat in his office in, in in working out which adverts should go on the tube then i'm not sure you're very clear on what the job of mayor is . mayor is. >> well, well but he did. but he did. but he did. yeah, but he did. but he did. yeah, but he did. he stepped in and he told them not to. he asked them to remove the ad with the cake. no, he actually did. he actually stepped in and said that this, you know, ask them to remove an

ad about the cake or whatever it was about a theatre performance with a cake. and he actually did step in and say something. so we know that he did. it's not me just saying that he did his policies, that he has set the bikini one. it was the bikini ad. >> yeah, well, bikini ad and the cake advert, which one was it? >> it was well, both in which he had comments on. but the beach body ready one comments on them having just said that, you just said do i really think that he does that? and he did . yeah. does that? and he did. yeah. >> but i'm not saying he was sat in his office going, these are all this is the 25 ads that are going on the tube this week. tick. no tick. >> he did this ad, this ad. well, if you're saying it's not his job. >> journalists like yourself, and i'm sure he did. not sure he should have done, but that's a different question. but, you know, there are there are differences between was he the decision maker and did he comment on it? >> well, i think the point you were making is that he should he be sitting in his office doing things like that and interfering with ads on tubes and stuff like that? and i think but i think you make a great point. >> who made the decision? >> who made the decision?

>> i think that you make a great point that he shouldn't be interfering with this sort of thing. in fact, he should be focusing on knife crime. >> i'm saying i'm saying he sets the strategic and political vision for london . we have a vision for london. we have a wealth of people who then do the different policy areas. you know, people like the deputy mayors and then the civil servants who are who aren't political and they deliver the policy. under those will sit somebody whose job it is to say, this fits within this strategy and this vision. it's several steps down the person who actually looks at the ad that says, that's what's going to be on tfl anyway. we've gone into a mad bizarre. >> no, you went into that because you said that. no. but you went into there. so i'm just correcting you here. >> on if you're saying that sadiq khan doesn't deserve it because he's sat in his office doing x, y and z, he's not doing his job. you're wrong about what his job. you're wrong about what his job. you're wrong about what his job is. his job. you're wrong about what hisjob is. hisjob is elected his job is. his job is elected mayor of london. he sets the strategy. other people will make the decisions based on that strategy. he's been elected three times, so london seemed pretty happy enough with his strategy. the other thing i would say , you are right, we

would say, you are right, we could say that about the labour party in london. yeah, it is also too high outside of london. and actually crime is lower in london than it is in other parts of the country. i don't think that there is. >> where did you get that from? the knife crime you're saying? sorry? are you saying the knife crime is lower in other parts of the country rather than london? >> crime rate is lower than many other areas of england and wales. it's statistically the case. >> okay, well, i'm just wondering where you got that from. that's all. >> well, i'm looking at the times right now. >> all right. fine. just asking because some people say things and then there's nothing to back it up. i will check that out as well. but my point of this is that knife crime is at a record high. and he and he is presiding over this. whilst you can take all the credit for all the good things that he's done, which i really can't label any apart from, as you said, getting three terms, i think you also need to take credit for. you actually have to acknowledge for the bad things that are going on under his watch as well, and he is strategist. >> perfect. lots of politicians there are things that go wrong sometimes inside their control, sometimes inside their control, sometimes outside of their

control . i'm sometimes outside of their control. i'm i'm no, you sometimes outside of their control . i'm i'm no, you know, control. i'm i'm no, you know, cheerleader for anyone. i will critique criticise sadiq when i think he gets things wrong. that's a different question to does this individual politician who has been successfully re—elected? three elected. re—elected, twice elected in the first place. therefore has achieved to the higher end of his industry, deserve a knighthood. and that's what we give people knighthoods for. we give people knighthoods for. we give them to business people who have achieved at the higher end of their industry. we give to entertainers who have achieved at the higher end of their industry. i think it would be hard to look at sadiq khan, a three time elected politician, and not say yes, he has achieved at the higher end of his industry. >> well, you know what? emma burnell is great to talk to you. thank you so much for your thoughts. if that's the bar and it's that low that just because he's got three terms, then i think i've done something three times. i'm sure i deserve one too, but that is emma burnell. she's a journalist and a political consultant. right ? a political consultant. right? a nightmare before christmas,

danger to life, weather warnings have been issued as storm ciara batters parts of the uk with winds of up to 90mph. around 3 million people have been urged to stay indoors after the met office issued a rare red weather warning. that's quite a difficult thing to say, and jonathan ross wouldn't be able to say that. rare red weather warning in parts of wales and south—west of england. britons are now braced for a weekend of chaos, with delayed flights, cancelled trains and postponed christmas parties just as well. itook christmas parties just as well. i took the eurostar instead of flying from paris to the uk. joining me now journalist nathan rowe. journalist nathan, welcome. so talk to me about this. this is quite a serious alert. one person has been recorded as being dying because of this. a tree falling on on a vehicle. how bad is it? and where are the least or worst affected areas? >> well, storm isha hasn't quite finished with us yet yet, but thankfully the worst of it is over. >> oven >> certainly in the west of the

country. in wales, where that red warning that, as you said, a rare red warning for wind this morning , which i've only, you morning, which i've only, you know, in the last four years, have only been for i think one was for storm eunice, the very, very big storm that ripped off the roof of the o2 in 2022. >> so a very, very infrequent event. >> these rare warnings. thankfully, the worst of it is oven thankfully, the worst of it is over. that red warning has now lifted and by by tomorrow morning, all of the wind warnings in the west of the country will have lifted. there's just a residual wind warning for the east of the country as that storm moves across the country . and then across the country. and then after about 6 am. tomorrow, the worst of all of this will be oven worst of all of this will be over. and it will be a case of clean up. but quite a nasty storm. and as you mentioned, mile gusts of more than 90mph, actually 93mph recorded this morning in the west of the country. and quite a lot of damage has been caused by this storm, which blew through really through the whole of today. >> yeah. well, it's looking, you know, hopefully it'll get a lot

calmer and people the advice then very quickly nathan, the advice to people right now is it's still to stay indoors, avoid everything. if you can. >> yeah i mean there are still some warnings in place until tomorrow morning. and also the other thing to watch out is for the flooding. the environment agency has got a number of flood alerts now in place because not only the wind, but the heavy rain that came with the storm and that's on top of heavy rain that's fallen really through autumn, a couple of storms that have brought some quite heavy deluges with them. so the advice would really be is keep an eye on the forecast. as i said, the worst of it is going to be over by tomorrow and then it's a case of cleaning up. but if you're going out and about tonight, certainly in the east of the country, as that storm moves from the west to the east, keep an eye out for the weather warnings. take a brolly with you. you know, if you're driving, take care. and hopefully by tomorrow morning we'll be over the worst of it. >> right. and hold on to your wig. that's advice for me, nathan. thank you very much. really good to talk to you. weather journalist nathan rio, weatherjournalist nathan rio, you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on

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good afternoon. 25 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. and first of all, let's go back to our breaking news. the french president, emmanuel macron, has greeted donald trump in paris ahead of the reopening of the notre dame cathedral. have a listen. very great honour and we had a great relationship. >> as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people, and we respect them and we love them. very talented people , extremely very talented people, extremely energetic people, as you know very well. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah.

>> and it's an honour to be here. we had a good time together, and we had a lot of a lot of success, really great success working together on defence and offence too . and it defence and offence too. and it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now . and we'll be talking about now. and we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for being here. >> i don't know about you, but i feel a little bit relieved that donald trump is there instead of joe biden. i'd to love hear your thoughts, gbnews.com/yoursay, but it's time for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, does sadiq khan deserve a knighthood? he's said to be receiving the award for political and public services almost after almost two decades in frontline politics. do you think he deserves that? so joining me now, a broadcaster and columnist, lizzie cundy, also former home office minister norman baker. norman baker, we'll start with you. do you think he deserves it? i mean, i would have thought the results of his whilst he's there as mayor would be the thing that would determine it, not the length of time he's been there. >> covid a general point, which is that the people who get

knighthoods or peerages or mbes or obes from politics very rarely get them on merit. they get them because their party leader has said, i'm going to hand out some honours to some people who have kept quiet and voted the right way , or who have voted the right way, or who have done me a favour or given money to my party or whatever. that's how it works. >> do you think it is? i mean, that's your view, right? but some of them may have been given it because of their achievement. >> no, they're giving it for allegedly. they're giving it for political and public service is the phrase that's used. but i mean, look, boris johnson, for example, gave a whole lot of honours to aides of his in downing street who have been involved in organising covid breaking parties. but they all do. >> and, you know, and that's not necessarily fair. well, it's true that those who did well, you saw i mean, they may not have been they may have been involved in some of the parties that would have broken the rules. >> but they were, they were, they were organising them. and then if you look at the life peerages, for example, david cameron gave out 243 life peerages in his time, compared to 34 only for gordon brown. i

mean, these things are used as as a way of rewarding people who've done the right thing. i'm in favour of honours. i'm in favour of people being rewarded in public life for what they've doneis in public life for what they've done is they've done a good job, but there's no independent assessment as to who should get these honours. so do you think he deserves one? >> having said what you've just said there, they've done a good job. >> yeah probably not. but i mean, neither do a whole lot of other people have got honours. >> yeah. okay. >> yeah. okay. >> lizzie cundy, why is he getting knighted? nana. what a failure, i think. no, no, for his services to public and whatever it was, the people of london deserve a knighthood for putting up with him. i, as a as a woman, i've never felt so unsafe in my town. i can't walk at night. i can't walk away into the car. i am scared, i've had my phone stolen recently. as many others. crime is up, knife crime is up. the underground is unsafe. we know of people that have lost actual limbs because of the underground being so unsafe. has he apologised? no. the man has an inflated ego. he always blames everyone else. he never says sorry. i want to know the reasons why this man is. if

this is true. getting a knighthood because i'm shocked and i'm disgusted. >> i don't know whether. i mean, he may have apologised for something, somewhere, sometime. i don't necessarily hear him do that. i don't necessarily hear him do that . but, i don't necessarily hear him do that. but, you i don't necessarily hear him do that . but, you know, i i don't necessarily hear him do that. but, you know, i find it a little bit shocking that this knighthood business. and i hear you, norman, i kind of agree with you that perhaps, you know, giving these out to people who've done favours and stuff is a bit much. but if it were me, it would totally be on merit as well. >> i don't understand why i wish it was on merit. i wish it was nonsense. i wish it was an independent panel of the great and the good who were beyond reproach, who looked at people in public life and said they've done a really good job. they've worked very hard, they've helped these people. there's no such thing as that. >> there's no such thing as the panel of the great and the good. they'll all have vested interests. yeah, i'm sort of let me tell you what happens. >> the prime minister of the day will decide who from his own party or her own party is going to get honours of some of some sort. they will decide who gets an mbe or an obe or a peerage or whatever it happens to be, and in a certain number goes to the

opposition, and the leader of the opposition will decide who gets it from their party. that's how it works. it's not based on merit. >> this man to me is killing london. i mean, it doesn't move any more. london. what he's done with the ulez, everything else. what he's done to the motorists, he's. he is. i mean, i don't know anyone when i get into a black cab. no one has a nice word to say about the man. and because they're all getting penalised and, you know, the city doesn't move, it doesn't work. >> and but lizzie, he would argue that he's doing that to for clean air and all the policies that he's put in place are to protect londoners from cars and the emissions and all this net zero. >> i wonder whether he's actually ever been in the underground, because if he wants clean air, it's never been at its worst and it is so unsafe. we know sarah de la garde, who lost, you know, two limbs because the underground was so unsafe. what about him apologising to her? she's written to him many times . he's written to him many times. he's never even answered her. what about apologising to the officer with the chris kaba case? who you know he. that was outrageous. >> but again, with sarah de la carte. it wasn't really his fault that she fell through the gap.

>> it's on his watch and the london underground is very unsafe . and sadly, there are unsafe. and sadly, there are many cases like sarah that are going on and many deaths, and he can't ever put his hands up and say sorry. and for him to get a knighthood for me is. >> but in those instances, he'd have to accept some sort of. when people apologise for these kind of things, it's almost as though they're accepting some level of liability, which, you know, i don't know the ins and outs of the entire thing, but he wasn't there about the officer then, the officer that got cleared from the chris kaba case , cleared from the chris kaba case, did he apologise? he shouldn't. >> you can find things wrong with sadiq khan. i'm not going to sit here and defend sadiq khan, but you can find things wrong with most people who get honoured. david cameron gave an honoured. david cameron gave an honour to the hairdresser who looked after his wife. she got an honour for that. i mean, it's ridiculous. the system, the system. >> maybe she deserved one. >> maybe she deserved one. >> the system, the system, the system, the system is bad. the system, the system is bad. the system is corrupt. >> yeah, but the system is corrupt. makes a mockery, then of the system. it does? >> absolutely it does. >> absolutely it does. >> i don't know. listen, there's no look. there's no evidence that he's actually corrupt. but people looking at it, it does

seem that the actual the standard with which people are given these things needs looking into. i would say that's incredible. >> when i was in la recently and i felt so much more safer there than i do in my own town. >> they can all carry guns. >> they can all carry guns. >> then i felt sorry for them. >> then i felt sorry for them. >> yeah , well, i've been mugged. >> yeah, well, i've been mugged. >> yeah, well, i've been mugged. >> i've been mugged. i've had my car broken into. i'm really sorry , you know, but i'm sorry sorry, you know, but i'm sorry that crime is up. we've got a shoplifting epidemic. london isn't safe on the streets anymore. and i blame a lot to do with him. all right, well, i'd say he's london mayor. >> he can't absorb himself of all responsibility for the state of london right now. he's had a hand to play in it being that way. if it had been a good thing, he'd be the first, i'm sure to be saying. oh, look how well i've done so. you know, it works both ways. but 32 minutes after 4:00, you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv , online and on live on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up, it's time for another great british debate. i'm asking, do you believe reform uk will win the next general election? but

first, let's get the latest news headunes first, let's get the latest news headlines with joe casper . headlines with joe casper. >> good afternoon. it's 4:32. i'm joe casper in the gb newsroom. well, some breaking newsroom. well, some breaking news for you now in the last few moments, donald trump has met with emmanuel macron. the french president waited for the us president waited for the us president elect on the steps of the elysee palace in paris. mr trump stepped out from a car, shook hands with mr macron and the pair posed for pictures. they are holding talks ahead of the ceremony to mark the opening of the notre dame cathedral, five years after it was ravaged by fire. both are also due to meet with ukraine's vladimir volodymyr zelenskyy. well, mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters moments ago. here's what they had to say. very great honour and we had a great relationship. >> as everyone knows , we >> as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are

spectacular. i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people , and we states. french people, and we respect them and we love them. very talented people, extremely energetic people, as you know very well. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and it's an honour to be here. we had a good time together and we had a lot of a lot of success, really great success working together on defence and offence too . and it defence and offence too. and it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now . and we'll be talking about now. and we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for being here. >> prince william is also set to meet donald trump in paris ahead of that grand reopening ceremony. the prince of wales will discuss the uk, us special relationship with the president elect and meet outgoing first lady jill biden. the ceremony, hosted by mr macron, features the opening of the cathedral's huge doors , the reawakening of huge doors, the reawakening of its organ and the first mass since its restoration back here in the uk. an investigation is

underway after a man died when a tree fell onto his van during storm dara in lancashire . storm dara in lancashire. emergency services were called at around 9 am. this morning near to lancashire police headquarters , where the incident headquarters, where the incident happened. he was pronounced dead at the scene and his family are being supported by a specially trained officer . a major trained officer. a major incident has been declared in parts of wales because of the disruption by storm. dara dafydd, powys police said it was continuing to experience high volumes of calls about fallen trees and poor driving conditions . the storm, which hit conditions. the storm, which hit the uk overnight, has brought heavy rain and winds of up to 93 miles. an hour, causing widespread disruption. counties across south and north—west wales have been hardest hit, with some areas facing severe weather conditions, including flooding. in northern ireland, authorities have warned people to only undertake essential travel. trains and some bus services were suspended and nearly 50,000 customers left without power as high winds

caused severe damage to the electricity network. the met office has lifted the rare red warning, while yellow and amber alerts are still in place across affected regions . the weather affected regions. the weather has impacted travel services, with rail, bridge, rail services disrupted, bridges and roads closed . passengers at some of closed. passengers at some of the uk's biggest airports have described harrowing landings, as air traffic restrictions are in place. our scotland reporter tony mcguire has been at glasgow airport for us as storm dara continues to wreak havoc across the country. >> scotland has made it through friday night relatively unscathed. the scottish environmental protection agency, sepa. well, they've got flood warnings for essentially all parts of the country, but only two have been escalated to flood alerts and that is in tayside as well as south ayrshire. that amber warning that stretches across the north—west of england will that also leaks into dumfries and galloway, with residents there told to stay inside until the bad weather

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>> good afternoon. this is gb news just fast approaching 41 minutes after 4:00. i'm nana akua and moments ago, french president emmanuel macron met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy ahead of the historic reopening of notre dame cathedral. now, this is great. they're all flying in to meet president trump. obviously, they hold him in high regard. here is the footage. as you can see, if you're watching on tv , if you're you're watching on tv, if you're listening on radio, that is

zelenskyy and macron walking in to what i presume is the notre dame cathedral. i can't see the full building, but i'm presuming they're going there. but they are in paris. in any case. >> but they all want to have that relationship with donald trump. and that is, you know, zelenskyy needs to have that relationship. of course he does. >> they all do. yes. and i thought it was a bit of a bromance the way that macron was looking at him. but let's carry on with that great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, do you believe that reform uk will win the next general election? nigel farage's party has overtaken labour in a national opinion poll for the first time, pushing sir keir starmer's party into third place. that, of course, is behind the conservatives as well. this has prompted zia yousef , the reform uk chairman, yousef, the reform uk chairman, to declare that it would win the next general election. maybe right now, if they did that right now, if they did that right now, if they did that right now, perhaps, i don't know. whilst mr farage wrote on x, we're just getting started. so what do you think? do you believe that reform uk will win the next general election? lizzie cundy. >> yes i do. and as nigel said,

it's just the beginning and the reason being nigel farage is, is so fluent. he speaks without, you know, looking at the autocue. you know, i look, i did that, i do that, you do that. but look, you know he's got should i win. he's got the people's touch and he and he's actually saying what people are feeling and are people's worries, you know. keir starmer the other day didn't even mention immigration. you know, nigel wants to do something about it. you know, since starmer's been in i think it's 20,290 have come over in on starmer's watch. you know what's happening to smashing the gangs, all this blah, blah, blah. nigel talks sense. he's a people's person . and i think both labour person. and i think both labour and the conservatives are very worried about reform. >> but talk can be cheap. i mean, you can say all sorts of things. that's what keir starmer and his party did whilst the conservatives were in power. and now it's all coming back to it's being chucked back in their face. i mean, they rachel reeves

a prime example of saying one thing and then doing the very, very opposite. >> yes, that's a very good point, nana, because actually nigel is very good at pointing out what's wrong. but if you listen to what he says about the solutions, they're rather more thinner on the ground as to what he actually says he will do. but listen, you asked a question. will he win? and i'm going to try and deal with this objectively rather than not for or against reform, but just objectively as to what the situation is. >> is this because it's squeezed the liberal democrats at all? >> i mean, we did, we did. >> i mean, we did, we did. >> no, not at all. because. because actually, if anything, looking at the next election, reform will actually do more damage to the conservatives, i think, than to any other party. i don't know about that. you're asking me my opinion. that's what i think will happen. >> i think they won't. >> i think they won't. >> they'll do labour as well in the red wall. they won't actually affect the lib dems because the lib dem voters are a different sort of people who don't tend to vote reform. so actually it's not a lib dem point i'm making. the point i want to make is this, you know, in our system, we've got a first past the post system and he got 650 individual contests going for on each individual constituency. you need to have a broad support across the across the pitch in your membership.

and, you know, being ahead in the opinion poll is great, but it's not the be all and end all. go back to the 1980s. the sdp, remember them . at one point they remember them. at one point they were on 52% in the opinion polls. they ended up with fewer than 20 mps. so it's about what you can mobilise, the kind of award you call it and the ground war at the same time. and reform is doing the right thing in the sense that they are producing branches locally. 105,000 members, apparently, and they got to go from the ground rules up.andi got to go from the ground rules up. and i think farage actually realises that and he's doing that. but, you know, under a first past the post system, there's a huge effort for any new party to break through. the sdp didn't do it well, but didn't they come second in? >> i think it was 98 seats that the labour party hold. yes it did. so that's not what you're saying. it doesn't quite marry with the actual reality. no. they just missed out on a lot of those seats. they did. so that was the issue. it wasn't that they didn't have support in other areas of the country. >> well they did they did do very well in terms of second

positions. and i think they they will gain some seats in the next election. if you're asking me objectively, but can they get 326 seats and form a government? i don't think they can. >> i disagree, i think the momentum is rising and rising for reform everyone i meet go my local pub. they're all supporting them because i, you know, it's obvious. keir starmer isn't working. it's been the worst five months. i feel as a prime minister, he was there at pinewood studios. you know, he made a joke like james bond. he was hardly licence to thrill. it was, you know, licence to bore the living daylights out of you. i'm sorry, but he has he has no charisma. and you do need that as a leader. and nigel has that, and he's a people's person. >> well, okay. i mean, that might win you support, but what are you doing in power with your lack of or your abundance of charisma ? is the question that charisma? is the question that this show is nothing without you and your views. let's welcome on board our great british voice. let's go to saint albans. let's have a chat with jacqui samson. jacqui, your hair is looking fabulous, darling . i'm going to fabulous, darling. i'm going to have a wig just like that . have a wig just like that. >> and i agree with lizzie that

he is an eloquent. nigel farage is an eloquent, charismatic leader, a natural leader, so i can see why he's garnering support because they speak for so many people. >> but i think labour didn't promise. >> they promised to look after the interests of ordinary people. already has rowed back on that with the winter fuel fiasco . kemi is an unknown fiasco. kemi is an unknown quantity , so i think that in my quantity, so i think that in my opinion, i think they'll gain a sizeable amount of support and become a formidable force. but i'm wondering if, like lots of parts of europe, when it comes down to the votes, whether people actually won't see them through , but i think they'll be through, but i think they'll be a force to be reckoned with coming in the future. >> hopefully the other people will wake up and listen to what they're offering, but i don't know whether they can actually win it. >> well, we'll see. maybe maybe they can. who knows? jacqui samson is such a pleasure. thank you very much . right. you very much. right. >> that is jacqui samson who's got a very good mp, by the way, in saint albans. >> but right now, breaking news.

west ham have confirmed michail antonio has been involved in a car accident as images have emerged on a smashed ferrari. the premier league club issued a statement confirming the forward, 34, had been involved in an accident. we'll bring you more on that shortly. right. well, you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up in the pulse. doctor renee hoenderkamp will be giving us her expert advice on the nhs chiefs warning. warning of four nasty viruses. this winter. a quad demic

well good afternoon. if you just tuned in. where have you been? welcome. it's fine. you've got another hour to go. i'm nana akua. this is gb news and it's time now for the pulse. nhs chiefs are warning of a quad demic of viruses. that's four of them. driven by a four fold surge in flu. but how worried should we be? let's speak to

doctor renee hoenderkamp. she's a general practitioner and a medical writer. haniyeh. >> hello. >> hello. >> should we be worried about this? i mean, they do it every yean this? i mean, they do it every year, so i think this is more about should the nhs be worried about should the nhs be worried about it? >> really? this is about the nhs being protected because they're quite full capacity as they are every single year. >> and i'm definitely seeing in practice more people that are unwell with something, you know, the sniffs, the colds. we've all got it. some of them will look quite serious and could be flu, but most of it is just seasonal coughs and colds. and i've had a look at the figures. the government. so what are the four things? >> is it four types of flu or you know, so we've just got flu andifs you know, so we've just got flu and it's one main strain by the look of it. >> we've got covid still is out there for some. and rsv which is respiratory babies isn't it. yes. and that really we get that every year i've done peds. you get one baby in with it. in november the entire ward is taken over by it within a week. and that will stay that way until about february. that's quite normal. and it just some of those babies need support to

help them to breathe because they get tired. and then we've got norovirus , which again, got norovirus, which again, i was sitting in a school assembly yesterday and a little girl two rows in front vomited. and i said to my other job, rows in front vomited. and i said to my otherjob, don't breathe. >> don't breathe because it's an airborne. the particles are well, if there's, you know , well, if there's, you know, you're close enough. >> i mean, the real secret is nanais >> i mean, the real secret is nana is we've talked about it before, you know, sneeze into a hanky and throw it away or into the crook of your arm. you know, don't cough in people's faces. wash your hands all the time, especially after you've been to the loo, because norovirus is faecal oral route. and just be careful and if you've got a cold or a really bad flu, you think you've got flu. stay at home until you feel a bit better. i think it's just sensible rules. ihave think it's just sensible rules. i have had a look on the government website and actually, whilst there's been a slight uptick, everything is still considered at the moment. the level is low or at baseline. >> you know, i was on the eurostar earlier today and they gave me my little cup of whatever it was. we were in a private thing, so there was nobody but this man held my

glass like this and i and when i used to work at pizza express, they always said, this is your part of the glass. so if anybody works in a restaurant, this is your part of the glass. this is the customer's part of the glass. yeah. i mean, i couldn't obviously i didn't drink the drink, but i just thought, oh yeah. and you kept picking it up and moving it. i said, hey, what are you doing? he goes, well, it's more dangerous here. and there. and i thought, have you washed your hands? >> yeah. i mean, you've got to be careful. and it is restaurants and things like this as well where people are not being quite so careful. so if we can be careful, keep our germs to ourselves as far as we can. but, you know, let's not panic. yeah, yeah. >> and so you're on later for the saturday five, are you. what are you talking about? >> i'm going to talk about the fa and how political they are, even though they say they're a non—political body. we've seen some rainbow armbands this week that i'm going to talk about, and i'm going to talk about keir starmers excitement at turning on the downing street lights . i on the downing street lights. i don't know if you saw that, but it was pretty dull. >> well, it went down like a damp squid, but he was actually surprised that something that he's done was working. and i

think that's really the reality of that situation. >> exactly. so people can join us there and have some fun. lovely. >> thank you very much, doctor renee hoenderkamp. she's a practitioner, a medical practitioner, a medical practitioner, writer and a doctor . she'll be on the doctor. she'll be on the saturday five at 6:00. make sure you tune in. stay tuned. but right now you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. we'll keep bringing you the latest updates from paris . as president from paris. as president emmanuel macron has met with donald trump and zelenskyy ahead of the notre—dame cathedral reopening. but first, let's get an update with your weather with elli . elli. >> heavy showers first thing will be followed by a warm, cosy day. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> good afternoon, welcome to your latest gb news. weather from the met office, storm dara continues to bring strong and blustery winds and some heavy rain that will clear its way eastwards through the rest of

today. but there are still weather warnings in force as we go into the start of sunday. that squeeze in the isobars across that western flank of that area of low pressure is what's bringing us those strong winds as we head through the rest of sunday with amber wind warnings in force through until saturday evening , winds then saturday evening, winds then down a notch as we go through saturday night into the start of sunday. but we could still see gusts here of 50 to 60. perhaps 70 miles an hour, and plenty of heavy rain continuing across eastern parts of england so we could see some localised flooding here. temperatures. it will be quite a chilly night, although likely staying above zero, although feeling a very chilly and cold start to the day on sunday with those northerly winds, it'll be quite a cloudy and damp start to the day across southern and eastern parts of and damp start to the day across southern and eastern parts of england through sunday morning, england through sunday morning, that rain turning persistent in that rain turning persistent in places but perhaps a bit of a places but perhaps a bit of a brighter start across parts of brighter start across parts of south—west england and wales. south—west england and wales. some sunshine in places and for some sunshine in places and for northern ireland too. a bit of a northern ireland too. a bit of a brighter start to the day. brighter start to the day. western parts of scotland seeing western parts of scotland seeing those brighter skies as well to those brighter skies as well to start on sunday morning. but start on sunday morning. but eastern scotland continuing to eastern scotland continuing to stay quite cloudy with plenty of stay quite cloudy with plenty of blustery showers around these blustery showers around these perhaps turning to sleet and perhaps turning to sleet and

snow over any high groundacross snow over any high ground that rain across eastern parts of england does continue through much of the day on sunday, turning heavy in places and quite persistent as well, so we could see some spray on the roads, some further localised flooding through sunday afternoon. but the further north and the further west you are, those winds gradually starting to ease and turning a bit brighter with some sunshine through the afternoon. so a bit of a more pleasant day here. temperatures still remaining around average across the board, although feeling really quite chilly again with that northerly wind, particularly

>> hello, good afternoon and welcome to gb news. we're live on tv , online and on digital on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua and for the next hour, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines. right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course it's yours. we'll be debating and discussing and at times we will disagree , but no one will be disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next hour, former home office minister norman baker and also broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. in my niggle i took on sadiq khan head on as the labour mayor. he's r|sks’

sadiq khan head on as the labour mayor. he's risks lifer'm sadiq khan head on as the labour mayor. he's risks life alert government risks life alert comes into force. then my great british debates. i'm asking do you trust labour not to raise taxes? sir keir starmer failed to rule out more tax rises , to rule out more tax rises, despite chancellor rachel reeves introducing the largest tax raising budget in recent memory and saying that she wasn't going to come back for more in difficult conversations . daniel difficult conversations. daniel wing will be joining me. his life changed forever when his mum was murdered 30 years ago. he's now determined to find out the truth behind the tragedy that has shaped his past. the truth behind the tragedy that has shaped his past . and in that has shaped his past. and in the last couple of hours, donald trump and volodymyr zelenskyy have met with french president macron ahead of the ceremony marking the restoration of notre dame cathedral. tonight, we'll be crossing back and forth to paris for the latest, as prince william is also set to meet the us president elect as well. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with joe casper . your latest news with joe casper. >> good afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm joe casper in the gb newsroom . well, some breaking

newsroom. well, some breaking newsroom. well, some breaking news for you and west ham footballer michail antonio has been involved in a road traffic accident. the premier league club said the condition of the 34 year old jamaican international is not yet known . international is not yet known. in a statement, the club said west ham united can confirm striker michail antonio has been involved in a road traffic accident. the thoughts and prayers are with everyone, with mikhail and his family and friends at this time. the club will issue an update in due course . also in the last few course. also in the last few hours , donald trump has met with hours, donald trump has met with emmanuel macron, the french president waited for the us president waited for the us president elect on the steps of the elysee palace in paris. mr trump stepped out from from a car, shook hands with mr macron and the pair posed for pictures. the president elect told reporters we have had a great relationship with president macron. the pair are holding talks ahead of a ceremony to mark the reopening of the notre dame cathedral, five years after it was ravaged by fire. and in

the last few moments, they have both met ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. well, mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters moments ago. here's what they had to say. very great honour and we had a great relationship. >> as everyone knows . we >> as everyone knows. we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people . and we states. french people. and we respect them and we love them. very talented people, extremely energetic people, as you know very well . and it's an honour to very well. and it's an honour to be here. and we had a good time together, and we had a lot of a lot of success, really great success working together on defence and offence too . and it defence and offence too. and it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now . and we'll be talking about now. and we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for being. >> prince william is also set to meet donald trump in paris ahead

of the grand reopening. the prince of wales will discuss the uk , us special relationship with uk, us special relationship with the president elect and meet outgoing first lady jill biden. the ceremony , hosted by mr the ceremony, hosted by mr macron, features the opening of the cathedral's huge doors, the reawakening of its organ and the first mass since its restoration. our reporter katherine forster sent us this report. >> huge day for france as notre dame cathedral reopens. five and a half years after that horrific fire. 50 heads of state and dignitaries, 1500 people invited to the opening later on this afternoon . afternoon. >> back in the uk, there's an investigation is underway after a man died when a tree fell onto his van during storm daragh in lancashire. emergency services were called at around 9 am. this morning near to the lancashire police headquarters, where the incident happened. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officer . a

by specially trained officer. a major incident has been declared in parts of wales because of the disruption caused by storm daragh. david powis police said it was continuing to experience high volumes of calls about fallen trees and poor driving conditions. the storm, which hit the uk overnight, has brought heavy rain and winds of up to 93 miles an hour, causing widespread disruption. counties across south and north—west wales have been hardest hit, with some areas facing severe weather conditions including flooding. in northern ireland, authorities have warned people to undertake only essential travel. trains and some bus services were suspended and nearly 50,000 customers left without power as high winds caused severe damage to the electricity network. the met office has lifted the rare red warning while yellow and amber alerts are still in place across affected regions. the weather has affected air travel, with rail services disrupted, bridges and roads closed. passengers at some of the uk's biggest

airports have been describing harrowing landings as air traffic restrictions are in place. our reporter tony maguire, was at glasgow airport for us as storm dara continues to wreak havoc across the country. >> scotland has made it through friday night relatively unscathed. the scottish environmental protection agency, sepa. environmental protection agency, sepa . well, they've got flood sepa. well, they've got flood warnings for essentially all parts of the country, but only two have been escalated to flood alerts and that is in tayside as well as south ayrshire. that amber warning that stretches across the north—west of england will that also leaks into dumfries and galloway, with residents there told to stay inside until the bad weather dies off. >> football action now and despite the merseyside derby between liverpool and everton being called off, there is there has been premier league matches going ahead. aston villa beat southampton one nil. brentford won against newcastle four two

and crystal palace and man city drew two all. the evening kick off is between manchester united and nottingham forest, and corgis wearing christmas jumpers have gathered for a parade in central london. people with their pets made their way through the capital and posed for pictures outside a rainy buckingham palace. they ventured into hyde park and finished up at the albert memorial . those at the albert memorial. those are your latest headlines. i'm joe casper. more in half an houn joe casper. more in half an hour. now back to nana for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts . or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> hello, good afternoon and welcome. it'sjust >> hello, good afternoon and welcome. it's just coming >> hello, good afternoon and welcome. it'sjust coming up >> hello, good afternoon and welcome. it's just coming up to eight minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up in this

hourin digital radio. coming up in this hour in the last couple of hours, donald trump and volodymyr zelenskyy met with french president macron ahead of the ceremony marking the restoration of notre—dame cathedral. tonight, we'll be crossing back and forth to paris for the latest, as prince william is also set to meet with the us president elect. storm isha batus. britain as gusts have reached over 90mph. millions have been warned to stay indoors and thousands have been left without power as the government's risk to life alert came into force in this week's difficult conversations, i'm joined by daniel wing, who is still trying to find out who killed his mother 30 years after her death. then my great british debate. i'm asking, do you trust labour to not raise taxes? and stay tuned for the quick fire quiz test my panel on their knowledge on some of the other news stories that have hit this week. all of that coming up as even week. all of that coming up as ever. send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay . right, so we

gbnews.com/yoursay. right, so we have right now emmanuel macron, who is hosting a bilateral trilateral talks and live pictures on our screen of emmanuel macron. i think there was a zelenskyy, i think and trump. so they got to meet with him. they got to meet. and this is very interesting development. it seems that they're all friends. and i quite like the fact that they've taken a rather soft event, like the opening of the reopening of the notre dame cathedral, to make it a kind of soft power meeting. emmanuel macron, he's hosting these talks with donald trump, the us president elect, and volodymyr zelenskyy, the ukrainian president, all in paris for the reopening of the ceremony of notre dame. right. let's get the thoughts of my panel, lizzie cundy and also norman baker. norman baker was good, isn't it? well, it's very good. >> i mean, it's very good when the leaders meet. and actually there's a tradition of leaders meeting at so—called soft events like notre dame being reopened or, dare i say, someone's

funeral, because you expect to be there as a head of state for such events. but you're not on the record and there's no press conference afterwards. so you can have private conversations in such events without without being recorded. so that's an opportunity to meet. there are 50 world leaders there. i understand we haven't got anyone there from the government, but we have got prince william. >> well, well, you say that, but as you alluded to earlier, the fact that it would have been keir starmer who would have sent prince william to do this, you would have said he kind of is representative, isn't he? really? yes. >> he's there, but he can't. in principle. you can do is be nice to president trump and say how important america is. and that sort of thing, which is kind of motherhood and apple pie. well, he can't do is get involved in detailed policy discussions because that's not his his role to do that. >> why do you think, lizzie, that keir starmer sent prince william rather than going on on his own? >> i think he's probably a bit worried about trump, you know, with all what he said. and david lammy has , has written, he's lammy has, has written, he's probably going to be there with the tail between his legs. if he were to show up and see trump, maybe he thought it wasn't the

occasion to go, but i think he really should have been there. i think he's really missed out. i mean, he's gone everywhere else, hasn't he? he's got the biggest carbon footprint of any prime minister. he really has been all over the world like judith chalmers, and he's not there at the most important time to meet donald trump. and you can tell with all the other leaders, they look in awe of him. they look excited to meet him. but i'm glad prince william is there and it shows how important our royals are. and you know, i wonder whether prince harry might get brought up. is he going to stay in america? >> i think i think he i don't think that he or his wife are trump's favourites . trump's favourites. >> i think it's very odd that starmer has not gone, actually, because apart from anything else, he needs to have good relations with president macron for all sorts of reasons, not least of all for immigration reasons. he's also got, as i say, 50 other world leaders there. and you would have thought that he would take the opportunity to wander around and have private conversations with different world leaders. so i think it's a mistake. frankly, he's not there. i think it's a huge mistake, and i don't think donald trump will be too pleased that he isn't there, though we

know he loves the royal family. >> i've talked about him loving our late queen, and he's very fond of prince william and catherine, but he's really made an error not going. keir starmer should be there with all the world leaders. he's there in davos.look world leaders. he's there in davos. look at him quaffing champagne and having smoked salmon. why isn't he. there is his opportunity to make it right with trump. and he needs to do that. >> well he needs to be there for not just for trump but actually for macron and the other world leaders who are there , and to leaders who are there, and to engage with them. if we're talking about britain's role in the world, you have to actually talk to other world leaders. and he's not doing that. so i don't know why he's not there. it's a bit of a miscalculation, think. >> well, we do billions in exports, you know, from the uk to the us. he should be there. and it was a big opportunity he's missed. >> he's also the eu. i mean our biggest export markets at eu are in the us. the us is important but that means the biggest market. >> well that means they buy stuff off us, so they need us. if you look at it that well, you just said it's our biggest export market, so they're obviously buying a lot of off us, which is a good thing. >> and we're buying a lot from

them. >> but look at the american economy. it's going up. the eu sadly isn't doing so well. no it's not. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> yeah . well i mean we're >> yeah. well i mean we're talks. would you back eu or. i mean we have talked about that i think i'd absolutely. i mean obviously i don't think it needs to be a choice. i think keir starmer was right earlier this week when he said that it shouldn't be a choice between the us and the uk and that we should be able to do both. but that's the reason why we brexited so that we could do that and that's that's the point. all right. thank you very much for that panel. what do you think at home? gbnews.com/yoursay i'd love to hear your views on that wonderful meeting with donald trump and of course, emmanuel macron and volodymyr zelenskyy. let's take a look at the pictures of these leaders who are currently meeting before the wonderful opening of notre dame cathedral . these these are live cathedral. these these are live shots. these are not live. these are moments ago. these this is what happens as donald trump, emmanuel macron , volodymyr emmanuel macron, volodymyr zelenskyy, they're all standing next to each other. trump is very tall. >> he's a big and zelenskyy is very short. >> yeah. it's sort of like a

descending triangle, but that's amazing. >> having the world leaders there. and as i say, keir starmer not being there in that group picture, i think is a real shame. >> it's a shame, of course. >> it's a shame, of course. >> i think it's interesting. zelenskyy's there and zelenskyy's there and zelenskyy's clearly got to work out where trump is going on, on aid for ukraine, because trump has been less positive about direct aid for ukraine than, say, biden was. and of course, zelenskyy wants to make sure the us aid keeps coming because if it doesn't keep coming, then frankly, you know, putin will be with the winner on that. >> well, i think that i don't think so. i think that actually the winner will be the people if the winner will be the people if the fighting stops. and i think that's what trump is wanting. so that's what trump is wanting. so that's why he doesn't want to carry on with this war. and actually neither, as you hear, did volodymyr zelenskyy. that's the kind of thing he was saying. norman baker and also lizzie cundy, thank you very much. but of course, we've had a bit of a nightmare before christmas with the weather danger to life. warnings have been issued as storm daragh batters parts of the uk. the winds are up to 90mph. so joining us now meteorologist jim dale. jim dale storm. daragh it's not it's not climate change is it global

warming. >> well yeah we're here again aren't we talking about storms? >> yeah that's the weather. >> yeah that's the weather. >> we do get storms. >> we do get storms. >> well we do get storms. >> well we do get storms. >> look, it's not now that you you look at these things and say, is it climate change? isn't it climate change. was it a little bit in there? but the last time we talked a couple of weeks ago , the consensus is that weeks ago, the consensus is that there was climate change induced rainfall within it that produced those massive floods. so we'll wait and see. but just to give you some, some information about about where we are with dara at the moment , about where we are with dara at the moment, he's he's entered the moment, he's he's entered the north sea, southern areas of the north sea, southern areas of the north sea, heading in the next 24 to 48 hours to central europe, not so much with the winds involved, but with huge amounts of rain. so that's another one that will, will, will watch. as far as the uk is concerned. yeah, i think the peaks are over. so the 93 that we saw 93 miles an hour, we saw at capel curig in snowdonia, 92

at capel curig in snowdonia, 92 at aberdeen on the welsh coast. there and then liscum at 89, that's liscum in devon at the moment. we're seeing 60, 70 miles an hour, so it's off its peaks, but it's still dangerous out there and it will remain dangerous into the overnight and through the first part of sunday before we see those, what are now northerly winds start to ebb and ebb away as we go through sunday. so maybe the worst is oven sunday. so maybe the worst is over, but it's still still dangerous out there. >> it is. so your advice to people really, and the parts of the country where this advice should be most heeded .jim. yeah. >> well it's still we've still got the yellow and amber warnings and they're they're really the western side of the uk, particularly wales and the south west. and looking at charts as i'm speaking, it's as i say , 60, 70 miles an hour. i say, 60, 70 miles an hour. still very capable of doing damage . the advice, the advice damage. the advice, the advice is, is, is as put out really if you don't need to come out on a day like this, then don't stay in, watch the tv, do some sewing, kick the dog, all of

that sort of stuff. rather than actually putting yourself in harm's length. that's basically the nub of it that you don't. you heed these warnings and you don't put yourself in trouble or other people in trouble. sadly, we've, we've we've seen somebody lost their life today in lancashire, which is in an amber warning area. we'll see what happensin warning area. we'll see what happens in this next 24 hours. but stay safe is my message. yeah. >> did you say kick the dog? you didn't mean that, did you? i would add i'd add on to the. i'd add onto the warning. hold on to your wig . thank you very much, your wig. thank you very much, jim. dale, really good to talk to you. that is meteorologist jim dale. that was advice for me, not you . jim. jim dale. that was advice for me, not you .jim. right. stay me, not you. jim. right. stay tuned . because next, my tuned. because next, my difficult conversations with daniel wing , who is still trying daniel wing, who is still trying to find out who murdered his mother 30 years on. don't go anywhere

good afternoon. it's 20 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. if you've just tuned in. where have you been? no. welcome. it's fine. it's difficult for conversations. it's a good time to join in with the programme. today i am joined by documentary maker daniel wing, who is still trying to find out who murdered his mother 30 years on. now . daniel 30 years on. now. daniel describes his mother, tina, as a beautiful and happy woman, and says that he is desperate to try and get her justice. now, as and get herjustice. now, as part of those efforts, he's also created a documentary called who murdered your mum? and i'm pleased to say that daniel joins me now. daniel, this is so sad . yeah. >> oh, can i say thank you? thank you for having me on. >> and it's a real privilege to be able to share my story and my mum's story when there are so many women that are murdered and cases are still being unsolved. so i am really grateful for this opportunity. >> well, no, it's something that

really we need to talk about. what's going on 100%. so tell people, for those who are listening and watching what what you know, because obviously you were very young when this happened.so were very young when this happened. so can you just tell us the story of what what happened to your mother, what you know, so when i was one years old, in 1992, my mum tina was murdered. >> my dad went on trial for it and was acquitted. >> and the case went unsolved and has been unsolved for 32 years. >> my nan, who raised me amazing woman, passed away sadly two years ago and that kind of sent me on a quest for answers to find out what happened to my mum, what was your nan told you that? >> because obviously, obviously nobody really knows. but what has she told you about your mother? and, you know, do you have i know you're so young. you won't have any memory of that, i presume. but somehow i think you may have the feeling somewhere of being parted from something

important to you. >> yeah, well, i guess that was what was quite interesting growing up. >> we didn't speak much about my mum because we were very present in what the situation was . my in what the situation was. my family were really amazing at protecting me from details. >> so we didn't really get the opportunity to talk about much. >> when i was ten years old, my aunty , who was my mum's sibling, aunty, who was my mum's sibling, is my mum's sibling, sat me down with my cousins and kind of done a bit of a pg version of my mum, which i still don't remember. i kind of blocked out that conversation even when we have conversations about it now, i still don't remember exactly what it was that she said. but after i was told, i got up and said, can we go and play now? >> well, you're a child. >> well, you're a child. >> so i was ten years old, so it was very in a way. >> and this is not to be

flippant about anything in a way, the fact that it happened so young means that for you, it will be searching for answers as to what happened. but you won't have that real feeling of losing. i mean, you probably do. do you have a feeling of a missing connection, or do you just feel i don't have any real connection to it, but i want to know what happened, and i feel extremely fortunate that that i am a detached away from knowing my mum. >> i actually think it's a blessing. >> that's what i was. >> that's what i was. >> and yeah, and i think i think what, what's interesting now is speaking to other families who are actually going through the trauma and experience of murder. i can see that i'm detached from it. i think that makes it harder to process my own feelings because my grief is ambiguous. grief , it's because my grief is ambiguous. grief, it's everything of my mum didn't get the opportunity to be a mum. what would my life have

been? i'm now 33 years old with no parents and it's that kind of thing. it's a very, i guess, lonely journey in what i'm experiencing. that's why i wanted to make this film, because i hadn't had the opportunity to be able to grieve my mother and know who she was, and that was really what this journey was about. it was about finding out who she was and being able to grieve. everyone had the opportunity. although terrible circumstances, to be able to go to the funeral and have that moment. and i never had that opportunity . had that opportunity. >> what about your father? you said that he was put on trial for this. have you met him at all or is he still alive? >> what's the no . so during the >> what's the no. so during the film, it does explore, i guess , film, it does explore, i guess, about my dad . and i haven't about my dad. and i haven't reached out. it's not really what i'm looking to do right now

because the focus is grieving my mum and finding out really what happened. my dad and his family have never been present in my life, and i don't really feel like that's something i want to . like that's something i want to. >> but he was acquitted of it and he was acquitted . so are you and he was acquitted. so are you not wanting to try and get some of those answers or some of the. obviously, nobody wants to hear any gruesome detail or anything, but if you are in search of you know, what happened and any justice for your mother. yeah, you're not wanting, is it? because you're are your grandparents still alive? no. >> my nan passed away two years ago. he raised me. >> okay . yeah. yeah. so? so, >> okay. yeah. yeah. so? so, yeah. you don't you don't want to find out more. >> not right now. because i think now it's more about acknowledging my mum and her story and grieving her. right. yeah. yeah. >> so your documentary then, what are you hoping to achieve with it? >> to shine light. i really the process itself was really empowering for me. it was really facing everything. i was scared of . and i am fighting for for

of. and i am fighting for for justice my mum. i have had a meeting with the police and they are looking to see what they have and are looking to reopen. investigation if they can find new and compelling evidence. so i think this is a bit of a plea. if anyone can remember or was part of that time . but the other part of that time. but the other stuff, okay. >> yeah. well, listen very briefly, we've got about seconds if people want to see the documentary , where can they go? documentary, where can they go? where do they need to have a look at this crime and investigation? >> play on the app. it's on sky tv and virgin media. but crime and investigation play wallace and investigation play wallace and daniel. >> well done for putting that together. thank you so much. and thank you very much for sharing your story with us. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> okay. so that is daniel wing. you want to maybe check out his documentary, but if you just tuned in 27 minutes after 5:00, let's now cross live to paris, where delegates are gathering for the notre dame reopening.

and in the last hour, french president emmanuel macron achieved a diplomatic milestone. he's actually on the screen now. he's actually on the screen now. he hosted the first in—person meeting between ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and united states president elect donald trump since he won the election this past november. quite incredible achievement for him to get them both there in that same space and a really i think this is what we want our politicians to be doing, doing this kind of thing. diplomacy, call it soft power. prince william will be joining them later. but also the question as to where keir starmer is on this one. as i understand it, norman baken one. as i understand it, norman baker, who is one of my panellists and was a former home office minister, did say that the, the instructions for prince william would have come from keir starmer, that prince william would go . so i actually william would go. so i actually think it's a wise thing for prince william to be there. but i also think that perhaps it would have been for good keir

starmer to be part of that as well, although i know that keir starmer is obviously facing popularity challenges and also challenges within the government, but that is what happens when you are running a government. you will be challenged. so this meeting is all in aid of the reopening of the cathedral in notre dame. remember that awful fire, a couple of years back where some of the most beautiful artefacts within that place were destroyed? it's now being rebuilt and a lot of heads of states. i think it's over 50 of them, will be going to the cathedral to all talk, which is what we want. we want them to talk we would like to see. i personally would like to see the end of the war in ukraine. and i think it's really good that these people are getting together and having a civilised conversation about how they can make the world a better place. thatis make the world a better place. that is in fact, their job. so we @gbnews will keep you posted on all of that as and when it happens. on all of that as and when it happens . all big breaking news happens. all big breaking news though, if you've just tuned in. dignitaries are gathering in paris. dignitaries are gathering in pans.the dignitaries are gathering in paris. the first meeting with emmanuel macron us president

elect donald trump and also president volodymyr zelenskyy of ukraine speaking. and they all met today in just in it, just waiting for that wonderful opening ceremony for the notre dame cathedral. all right. we'll stay with me. it's just coming up to 31 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we're live on tv , online and on digital radio. tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua next. my great british debate this hour. i'm asking you, do you trust labour not to raise your taxes? remember that rachel reeves said she was not going to come back again. keir starmer hasn't said that he wouldn't . do you trust that he wouldn't. do you trust him? but first, let's get your latest news with joe casper . latest news with joe casper. >> good afternoon. it's 5:30. i'm joe casper in the gb newsroom. some breaking news for you and as you've just been heanng you and as you've just been hearing the last few moments, donald trump, the us president elect, and volodymyr zelenskyy,

the ukrainian president, have held trilateral talks with emmanuel macron on the steps of the elysee palace in paris. all three posed for pictures and shook hands. the meeting came ahead of a ceremony to mark the reopening of the notre dame cathedral, five years after it was ravaged by fire. before that, the french president greeted mr trump at the same place and the pair posed for pictures , while mr trump and mr pictures, while mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters moments ago. here's what the us president elect had to say. >> very great honour and we had a great relationship. as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people, and we respect them and we love them. very talented people, extremely energetic people, extremely energetic people, as you know very well. yeah. and it's an honour to be here. and we had a good time together and we had a lot of, a lot of success, really great success working together on

defence and offence too. and it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now . and we'll be talking about now. and we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for being here. >> prince william is also set to meet donald trump in paris ahead of the grand reopening ceremony. the prince of wales will discuss the uk us special relationship with the president elect and meet outgoing first lady jill biden. a ceremony hosted by mr macron features the opening of the cathedral's huge doors, the reawakening of its organ and the first mass since its restoration . first mass since its restoration. west ham footballer michail antonio has been involved in a road traffic accident. the premier league club said the condition of the 34 year old jamaican international is not yet known. in a statement. the club said west ham united can confirm striker michail antonio has today been involved in a road traffic accident. the thoughts and prayers of the of everyone at the club are with mikhail, his family and friends at this time . the club will

at this time. the club will issue an update in due course . issue an update in due course. an investigation is underway after a man died when a tree fell onto his van during storm daragh in lancashire. emergency services were called at around 9 am. this morning near to lancashire police headquarters, where the incident happened. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officer . a by specially trained officer. a major accident incident has been declared in parts of wales because of disruption from storm daragh. dyfed powys police said it was continuing to experience high volumes of calls about fallen trees and poor driving conditions. the storm, which hit the uk overnight, has brought heavy rain and winds of up to 93 miles an hour, causing widespread disruption. counties across south and north—west wales have been hardest hit, with some areas facing severe weather conditions, including flooding. in northern ireland, authorities have warned people to undertake only essential travel. trains and some bus services were suspended and

nearly 50,000 customers left without power as high winds caused severe damage to the electricity network. met office has lifted the rare red warning, while yellow and amber alerts are still in place across affected regions. the weather has impacted travel, with rail services disrupted , bridges and services disrupted, bridges and roads closed. passengers at some of the uk's biggest airports have also described harrowing landings, as air traffic restrictions are in place. our scotland reporter tony maguire has been at glasgow airport for us. us. >> us. >> a storm continues to wreak havoc across the country. scotland has made it through friday night relatively unscathed. the scottish environmental protection agency, sepa. well, they've got flood warnings for essentially all parts of the country, but only two have been escalated to flood alerts and that is in tayside as well as south ayrshire. that amber warning that stretches across the north—west of england will that also leaks into dumfries and galloway, with residents there told to stay inside until the bad weather

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>> good afternoon. it's 38 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. i'm nana akua. we're live on tv , online and on live on tv, online and on digital radio. let's quickly cross back to paris at notre dame cathedral as it welcomes visitors for the first time in five years. after the fire. french president macron, us president elect donald trump, america's first lady jill biden, prince william and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy are all there. among 1500 guests

attending the reopening celebration, as you can see, dignitaries are gathering now. we're just bringing you some live pictures of that event as they are all meeting and talking, which is what we want them to do. we want our politicians to be meeting, talking, negotiating. we don't want them to be dropping bombs on other countries and being ridiculous about everything. right. so we'll keep you updated on that story as it unfolds and bnng on that story as it unfolds and bring you any live pictures that we have of it. but right now, it isfime we have of it. but right now, it is time for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, do you trust labour to not raise taxes again? now, earlier this week, sir keir starmer said that he cannot rule out further tax rises due to unforeseen circumstances. i don't know what circumstances that you would foresee, where you would tell people that you're never going to raise taxes. but rachel reeves clearly didn't see any of those. he added that whilst it was not his plan to impose more tax rises , plan to impose more tax rises, well, it never is. he pointed to the covid pandemic, the ukrainian war and examples of unexpected. well, those things are all foreseen . we've all seen are all foreseen. we've all seen them. they've all happened. so i don't really get what he's saying. and examples of global

events which could force him to change course. that's why if you're clever, you never say that you're never going to raise taxes. perhaps somebody could mention that to rachel reeves. so for the great british debate, i'm asking, do you trust labour not to raise taxes again? well, joining me now, former home office minister norman baker. also broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. lizzie cundy. i will start with you. >> no, i don't trust them. and i'm afraid to say i think they do not know what they're doing. i think they're clueless and rachel reeves. she's not up to the job. i'm sorry, nana. and i know there was all that about the loose truths on her cv, but she doesn't know what she's doing and they don't read the room. they're not going back on, on on some of their policies, which i think are going to just make everyone turn against them, like the farming, what they're doing to the farmers. >> but lizzie, she does know what she's doing because there is a clip of her explaining exactly what will happen if you raise ni on business and she clearly explains, and i've played it many times, that it will destroy growth. and she knows that.

>> and she's done it right. and i'm there at my local pub yesterday, and they're having to fire people rather than hire them. it's going to affect all small businesses. how are we going to grow? and we've got 5000 multi—millionaires have already left this country going to dubai and other places because of the tax hikes. she doesn't know what she's doing. how are we going to grow this economy with with what she's put in place? >> maybe she was reading something that somebody had written and she didn't know what she was saying when she said those things, but i can't really explain it otherwise. >> there is a certain naivety, i'm afraid, about the chancellor and she hasn't been around the block many times, i don't think. and she said things which she shouldn't have said. it's quite foolish for a chancellor to sandro tonali you're referring to the political block? yes. i mean absolutely political block. i mean, it's quite foolish for a chancellor. they're never going to raise taxes. you don't know what's going to happen. i mean, starmer's statement was actually quite correct in the sense you don't know what can come down the road. could be, you know, he gave covid inquiry as an example of what happened before and also

the ukraine war. things do happenin the ukraine war. things do happen in life. you don't know what's happening next week. i think it was harold wilson who said a week's a long time in politics. you know, if a week's a long time, five years is an eternity, you can't know what's going to happen. so it's quite foolish to say you're not going to raise taxes. >> now. but does that not give you a level of real distrust when somebody is saying something that they know cannot, you cannot make that statement. >> she shouldn't have said it. i mean, it's quite stupid to have said it actually , and she can't said it actually, and she can't be held to that. and if they try and hold to that, then they'll be they'll fall down badly. it's much more realistic to say, here's what our plan is. we'll take into account circumstances as they happen. and you know , as they happen. and you know, harold macmillan, going back even further in time, you know, when he was asked about what what changed his policies, he said events , dear boy, events. said events, dear boy, events. because what happens in life, things happen. >> so should she be forced to resign? i mean, she's come up with a load of things that obviously she's either representing for the party or maybe she's come up with them herself. i don't know, but she's sorry. she's. hold on. sorry. let me finish. but she is coming up with things like that that are pure naivety. >> well, it's pure naivety. but

the buck lies with keir starmer. he's the one that wanted her as chancellor . he's the one that wanted her as chancellor. his judgement has been appalling. look at louise hague , look at rachel reeves. hague, look at rachel reeves. you know look at david lammy. i'm sorry. they're putting their you know they're making mistakes. the whole entire time. they don't look like they know what they're doing. and for me, keir starmer i'm afraid is very different being prime minister and governing and to me he looks amateur. he looks scared, you know, and it's just not working. he should have stayed with his father in the tall business. i don't think it's working well. >> what about the reboot? he had a little reboot earlier this week. did you know? and you know, this was supposed to sort of reset everything, wasn't it? >> but. >> but. >> but. >> but nana how many times are you going to reset? change? do what? he didn't even put any depth or any detail into that. he didn't even mention about migration or anything that people are really worried about. >> it's a bit early for a reset. he's five minutes into his party, into his premiership. i mean, you talk about reset near the next election , really. i the next election, really. i mean, you know, i don't wish him

ill or anything else, but i mean, the fact of the matter is, and i don't want to be unkind to him, but he's not a politician. >> well, he is, he's exactly what he is. >> he isn't because he's a bureaucrat. he's a bureaucrat. he's someone who was a director of public prosecutions. he's used to be a kind of civil service role. he doesn't understand how politics works. i mean, this is rachel reeves, then. >> well, i mean, she was his appointment was an economist. >> she was a bank clerk. >> she was a bank clerk. >> she was a bank clerk. >> she wasn't an economist at the halifax. >> no, she wasn't she wasn't that. but the point is, this. when he had his announcement last week, we had all these kind of targets or what are they called, foundations and milestones. i've forgotten all the words you used . people don't the words you used. people don't want to know about these things. they want to know about policies. they want to know what you're going to do about particular matters. that's why i say he's not a politician. he said, management speak. >> if i if i hear him saying fixing the foundations again, or any of them saying that , i just any of them saying that, i just find it really irritating. >> i feel like he's a parrot that swallowed, swallowed a dictionary. he just repeating the same old lines after again this six milestones. you know, it's like millstones, rather

millstones. it reminds me of millom. remember miliband when he wrote in stone ? he chuckled he wrote in stone? he chuckled in and stone. i mean, it's just not working and he needs to go. itold not working and he needs to go. i told you, i don't believe he'll be in by christmas. everyone's lost their faith credibility. we've had lord alli all of that with freebie gate. they could never say sorry or say, look, we've done something wrong. they were supposed to be the party that was going to , you the party that was going to, you know, be the honest party in politics. they've lied and lied and they're worse than the tories. >> he will be there for quite some time. whether it should be or not is another matter. but he will be there for quite some time because just as a matter of practicality, it's quite difficult to replace a labour leader. much easier to replace a tory leader within the tory party rules than it is to replace a labour leader. >> but no one can i just say what's going on this winter with the pensioners? we're going to have the farmers that are going to be protesting even more. what he's done with the national insurance changes , all of the insurance changes, all of the small businesses, businesses that are being affected. i'm sorry people are going to revolt

against this government. >> none of that will change the prime minister. he'll be there for quite some time. >> well, we shall see. norman, leslie might be right. maybe, you know, maybe he will be ejected from his seat. especially if his own party starts to turn against him. they have got a massive majority. >> yeah, they have got a massive majority. they've got a massive majority. they've got a massive majority. but it's very narrow. it's shallow actually. it's very broad, but it's shallow. yeah. they got 35% of the vote and a big majority. that's not a very safe position to be in. but i come back to the essential point for the labour party to remove the prime minister. it has to be the prime minister. it has to be the labour party that does it. that's very difficult within the labour party rules. it's just a fact. >> all right. well, some breaking news. west ham united have confirmed that the player, michail antonio, is in a stable condition following a road traffic accident this afternoon. the essex area in the essex area. now, the club have said he is conscious and communicating and is currently under close supervision at a central london hospital. so just in case you were worried about him, there you go. we've got an update there. so it sounds it sounds like he may be okay, but we all we all wish him well. we will

continue to. yeah, we'll wish you well and we'll continue to bnng you well and we'll continue to bring you information on that as and when it happens . right. and when it happens. right. well, stay with us. 46 minutes after 5:00. if you've just tuned in. welcome. you're here towards the end of the show, so i will forgive you this, but next time, tune in at 3:00 tomorrow. coming up, my quick fire quiz, i test the panel on some of the that caught their this week. don't go anywhere .

welcome . this is gb news is fast welcome. this is gb news is fast approaching 51 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua. welcome. it isfime 5:00. i'm nana akua. welcome. it is time for our quick fire quiz. as part of the show where i test my panel on some of the other stories hitting the headlines right now. joining me, former home office minister norman baken home office minister norman baker. your buzzer please, norman. and also broadcast columnist lizzie cundy. your buzzer please, sir. >> i'm right . >> i'm right. >> i'm right. >> worst name in show biz. >> worst name in show biz.

>> not being the first time. >> not being the first time. >> right. let's please play along at home, remember? okay. the rules are. please do not buzz in before i finish the question. right. question one a man dressed as a superhero fled police after being arrested for crashing his cars into a pole while drunk. but who was he dressed as? was it a spiderman b superman or c batman? lizzie cundy. >> i'm going for b superman. >> i'm going for b superman. >> er, norman baker. i'll go for batman. batman. >> that's c batman. the answer is c batman. i'll give you that one, because even though you didn't buzz before, you got it wrong, right? question two according to researchers, you might want to limit those christmas shandies. apart from the obvious hangover the next day, why else are you being advised not to overindulge over christmas? is it a because it causes baldness? b because it causes baldness? b because it causes memory loss, or c because it causes bad breath? norman baken >> it causes memory loss. i think i may have forgotten. >> oh. very good. >> oh. very good. >> c i thought you were going to say baldness. no, no, it's too

late for that. i was going to say i'll go see. just because i know it's bad breath. >> yeah. the answer is, i think it's probably bad breath. no it isn't. >> it's baldness. oh, no. >> it's baldness. oh, no. >> neither of you get a point. nothing. yes. according to experts, excessive alcohol consumption during the festive season can cause issues such as nutritional deficiencies or hormonal issues, which can thin out your hair. possibly. what happened to you? a long time ago? >>a ago? >> a long time ago. >> a long time ago. >> right . question three how >> right. question three how many milestones did sir keir starmer unveil? closest answer wins lizzie cundy six six, six six. okay, well, the correct score is of course, six. so the answer is six. you are both right. but liz you got there first. anyone remember what they are for a throw away point? >> housing economy. >> housing economy. >> let's just throw it away. he ain't going to do any of it. >> it's the same old stuff. >> it's the same old stuff. >> same old stuff. stuff. >> same old stuff. stuff. >> same old stuff. stuff. >> same old stuff. different day. right. question four. what is the oxford word for year 2024? open question . 2024? open question. >> don't know. >> don't know.

>> come on. i don't know. >>— >> come on. i don't know. >> what is the oxford word for year 2024? don't know. no. nothing . it says brain rot. nothing. it says brain rot. >> we had a bit of that then. >> we had a bit of that then. >> yes. >> yes. >> that is the what do they call it? brain rot reflecting. well it? brain rot reflecting. well it was, yes, but we like to make it was, yes, but we like to make it a bit tricky, reflecting the growing concerns of over excessive social media use and low quality content. >> others may object to. >> others may object to. >> well, it's hyphenated. it's hyphenated. the word was announced in the word of the year following a public vote in which more than 37,000 people had their say. question five. final question. a merger has been approved between two of britain's four mobile networks. but how much was that signed for? closest answer wins quickly. you've got about five seconds. >> i'm sure it's on. >>— >> i'm sure it's on. >> norman baker 150 million. >> norman baker 150 million. >> i'd say 2 million. >> i'd say 2 million. >> billion. 2 billion. 2 billion. 150 million. close wins. 19 billion. lizzie cundy. well done . you are the victor on well done. you are the victor on the quiz. i think it was three one. >> it was three one.

>> it was three one. >> three one to the a&e. well done. right. well, listen, on today's show, i've been asking, does sadiq khan deserve a knighthood? well, this is according to our twitter poll. keep the guesses to just 2.2% of you say yes. whilst an incredible 97 point. sorry, i got it the wrong way round. 2.2% of you say no, he doesn't. an incredible 97.8% of you said yes. >> so hey. keir starmer decides he's in the 2.2%. >> that's what you call landslide. >> sadiq khan deserve a knighthood. i think it's the wrong way round. you'd have said no. 97.8% of you said no. huge thank you to my panel. former home office minister norman baken home office minister norman baker. also broadcast columnist lizzie cundy. and as ever, a huge thank you to you at home for your company. i'll see you tomorrow. same time, same place. saturday five is next. >> a nice bright morning will generate a lovely warm day right through to the evening. boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news. weather

from the met office. storm dara continues to bring strong and blustery winds and some heavy rain that will clear its way eastwards through the rest of today. but there are still weather warnings in force as we go into the start of sunday. that squeeze in the isobars across that western flank of that area of low pressure is what's bringing us those strong winds as we head through the rest of sunday with amber wind warnings in force through until saturday evening , winds then saturday evening, winds then down a notch as we go through saturday night into the start of sunday. but we could still see gusts here of 50 to 60. perhaps 70 miles an hour, and plenty of heavy rain continuing across eastern parts of england so we could see some localised flooding here. temperatures. it will be quite a chilly night, although likely staying above zero, although feeling a very chilly and cold start to the day on sunday with those northerly winds, it'll be quite a cloudy and damp start to the day across southern and eastern parts of england through sunday morning, that rain turning persistent in places but perhaps a bit of a brighter start across parts of southwest england and wales. some sunshine in places and for northern ireland too. a bit of a brighter start to the day. western parts of scotland seeing those brighter skies as well to

start on sunday morning, but eastern scotland continuing to stay quite cloudy , with plenty stay quite cloudy, with plenty of blustery showers around these perhaps turning to sleet and snow over any high ground that rain across eastern parts of england does continue through much of the day on sunday, turning heavy in places and quite persistent as well, so we could see some spray on the roads, some further localised flooding through sunday afternoon, but the further north and the further west you are, those winds gradually starting to ease and turning a bit brighter with some sunshine through the afternoon. so a bit of a more pleasant day here. temperatures still remaining around average across the board , around average across the board, although feeling really quite chilly again with that northerly wind. particularly across the southeast where those winds will still be quite strong. that rain continues across the southeast of england through sunday evening, although gradually starts to fizzle out into the early hours of monday morning. but plenty of clear, clear skies across the north and the west, so a chilly start to the day on monday. there is some sunshine on the horizon, though high pressure does start to build through next week, but that does mean some colder temperatures are on the way. >> we'll see a cold snap which will quickly develop into a warm

along with will kingston renee alex armstrong and kai wiltshire. tonight on the show, sadiq khan is the worst night since the blitz. >> the fa is a woke political disaster. >> dai needs to die as white men are banned from our security services. >> the only the only change this country needs is a change of government. >> reject fascist trump, embrace the eu. >> it's 6 pm. and this is the saturday five. well, welcome to