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show with the headlines on this show with all the grace of a barn door caughtin all the grace of a barn door caught in dara's winds. i've been tossed about more times than a greg wallace innuendo tonight. biting the cold, the endless train delays and left wetter than the conservative party's benches . but i have made party's benches. but i have made it into the studio. so you know we're there and it's going to be brilliant, make no doubt about it. winds of 90mph were recorded on the welsh coast, which actually, coincidentally, my friends, was also the speed news listeners reached for their little remotes this week to dodge keir starmers 50th reset speech. at this rate , this speech. at this rate, this government has had more comebacks than the sugababes and more reruns than dave. meanwhile, ed miliband's green delusions took a hit as starmer quietly watered them down and rightly so . because if you look rightly so. because if you look outside those £20 million bird bothering turbines , they aren't bothering turbines, they aren't spinning a watt of electricity. despite dara's deluge, the whole
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plan to power britain relies on goldilocks greenery. not too windy , not too calm, but just windy, not too calm, but just right. here's the thing miliband nature doesn't care about your eco zealotry, so never mind the gas from a cow's backside. what about the hot air spewing out of the mouths of politicians .7 the mouths of politicians? that's the real crisis we need to tackle in britain. now. who better to do it than our panel will? kingston are no nonsense aussie here to cut through the bluster like a boomerang of common sense . doctor renee like common sense. doctor renee like a surgeon of sanity , ready to a surgeon of sanity, ready to prescribe a dose of reality to the woke brigade. alex armstrong, the lion who roars against the madness with which, sharper than a wind turbines blade. and last but not least , blade. and last but not least, kai wiltshire, whose views are so progressive and useless i had to check he wasn't powered by wind energy himself. so buckle up, my friends. the saturday five where opinions are sharp,
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the nonsense is blown away and the nonsense is blown away and the laughs are at full power. let's get started. you know the drill. by now, each host outlines their argument about a chosen topic. then we all pile in and of course we want your views as well. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. don't forget your questions as well for ask the five. no topics are off limits, but before we start tearing each other apart, it's your saturday night news with joe casper . with joe casper. >> thanks, darren. it's 6:03. i'm joe casper in the gb newsroom . well, in the last few newsroom. well, in the last few moments, prince william has just arrived in paris. he was greeted by a french president, emmanuel macron , ahead of a grand macron, ahead of a grand reopening ceremony of the notre dame cathedral. the prince was delayed by storm daragh. he was meant to meet donald trump ahead of the meeting, but will now meet him after the meeting also.
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he was also meant to meet jill biden, the first lady of the united states. he will now meet the president. he will now meet her at a side chat during the ceremony . that's been confirmed ceremony. that's been confirmed by kensington palace in the last few moments, donald trump, the president elect , and volodymyr president elect, and volodymyr zelenskyy, the ukrainian president, have held trilateral talks with mr macron on the steps of the elysee palace palace in paris. all three posed for pictures and shook hands. the meeting came ahead of that ceremony that is going on right now. volodymyr zelenskyy said that he had a good and productive trilateral meeting with the pair. that's just in as well . before that, french well. before that, french president, mr macron greeted mr trump at the same place on the steps of the elysee palace. the pair also posed for pictures there. mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters moments later. and here's what the us president elect had to say . very president elect had to say. very great honour. >> and we had a great
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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, as you know very well. yeah . and it's an 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 right now. and we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for being here. >> 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 . report. >> a huge day for france as
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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 , west ham this afternoon, west ham footballer michail antonio has been involved in a road traffic accident in essex, the premier league club has said. >> in the last few minutes, the club confirmed the striker is in a stable condition in a statement, it said mikhail is conscious and communicating and is currently under close supervision at a central london hospital. at this difficult time, we kindly ask everyone to respect the privacy of mikhail and his family. the club will make no further comment. this evening, but will issue a further update in due course . an further 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
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pronounced dead at the scene. his family have been informed and are being supported by a specially trained officer . a specially trained officer. a major incident has been declared in parts of wales because of disruption from storm daragh duffy palace 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 the 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 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 with rail service disrupted, bridges and roads closed passengers at some
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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. dies. off. >> those are your latest gb news headunes >> those are your latest gb news headlines i'm joe casper more from me in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts .
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or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> hello lads and lasses, it's saturday night and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show. let's crack on with tonight's first debate. i am going to abuse the privilege of the chair and kick us off. my friends. a round of applause for mi5, mi6 friends. a round of applause for m15, mi6 and friends. a round of applause for mi5, mi6 and gchq friends. a round of applause for m15, mi6 and gchq holding the fort while britain's borders are leakier than a cheap colander from poundland, hundreds of thousands of fighting age men wandering about this country with sudden onset amnesia. no names , no backstory, no names, no backstory, no passports. they're more lost than sleepy joe biden at an international summit. but don't get too comfy just yet in your safety and security, because mi5's safety and security, because m15's top dog, ken mccallum, he's just done a podcast where
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he's just done a podcast where he says they're making uncomfortable choices as a vital service. what's the translation there? what does that mean? they're shelving counter—terrorism efforts because chasing down russians , because chasing down russians, setting fire to the police and assassinating dissidents is the new day job. jolly good. so with their plate piled higher than a list of keir starmer, starmer manifesto breaches, m15, 1499 00:09:25,936 --> 0
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