>> sunday, the 8th of december. actually, why am i telling you the time? it's a sunday in december. you don't want to know the time. just chill. this is the time. just chill. this is the weekend on gb news now. the prince of wales is a good man doing a fantastic job. according to president elect donald trump, who spoke of his warm and fond memories of the late queen when he met the future monarch in paris yesterday. could the royal family ensure a healthy partnership between our two nations? under trump's leadership ? as a brand new poll leadership? as a brand new poll shows, reform uk has made a dramatic three point jump in the polls this week . i'm asking if polls this week. i'm asking if keir starmer's reset speech , keir starmer's reset speech, whatever it actually was, did anything to help the labour government, whose popularity isn't doing too well, is it? i mean, it's its lowest since jeremy corbyn was leader . and jeremy corbyn was leader. and have you had your work

christmas? do yet? reports suggest gen z are shunning boozy office festivities altogether, preferring alcohol free crazy golf and ping pong tournaments. could the classic december work party become a thing of the past? i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend and we are having a party today . party today. if i had the pleasure of your company yesterday and i think many of many of you, i did that weekend thing at the beginning, doesn't it need some tinsel or at least some bells or something? i mean, it's just very relaxing. right. okay. but this show is nothing without you and your views. and i love your company. i love chatting to you all, so please do let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today. really, really easy to get involved,

just visit gbnews.com forward slash yoursay and join our conversation. i'd say our conversation. i'd say our conversation because i've got a cracking panel for you today. one of them is already fiddling. honestly, can't get the staff. just sit still, young man. keeping me company on today's show is political commentator and former special adviser. the wonderful claire pearsall looking very festive and she's brought her old man along. senior political commentator for gb news, nigel nelson. thank you very much. whose chair is you know, he's fiddling with his chair already. but before we get stuck into today's stories, here is the news headlines with sam francis, who is not fiddling with his chair. result . with his chair. result. >> dawn, thank you very much. good afternoon to you. just coming up to 1:03. well, strong winds are continuing to batter the uk following storm darrah, which left two men dead and thousands without power. a yellow weather warning, though, does remain in place, with gusts of up to 70 miles an hour expected in coastal areas, risking more power cuts and

travel chaos. the storm, which saw a rare red warning on saturday, brought the highest wind of up to 93 miles an hour and left 250,000 homes without electricity. flooding, though, is now a major concern, with over 200 warnings and alerts issued across england, wales and scotland. train travel and roads are also heavily disrupted, with speed restrictions and closures including on the severn bridge. the uk has welcomed the apparent collapse of bashar assad's regime in syria after rebels seized damascus, forcing him to flee. the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, says the focus must now be on stability and a un led political resolution warning of potential regional fallout in the middle east. the foreign office has been evacuating british nationals ahead of the offensive, though the exact number of those evacuated remains unclear at this stage. here, the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, is calling for the uk to work with allies to make sure assad faces justice for his crimes. he says the conflict's end must

bnng says the conflict's end must bring peace , democracy and bring peace, democracy and security to syria and the wider region. well, breaking news that we brought you in the last hour or so from edinburgh that the leader of the city council there has been suspended by the labour party after claims he sent inappropriate sexual messages to ukrainian refugees, including through a dating app. police are now investigating a report of kami david's kami days behaviour rather made through the council's whistleblowing service . council's whistleblowing service. opposition leaders, including from the snp, are calling for his immediate resignation, describing the allegations as beyond shocking. the leader of scottish labour, anas sarwar, says the claims are deeply distressing and insists the party acted swiftly when alerted on saturday. mr day, who denies any contact with police, has not yet commented on the allegations . yet commented on the allegations. a march against anti—semitism is taking place in london this afternoon . demonstrators are afternoon. demonstrators are gathering outside the high court. the route will pass through westminster and

whitehall, ending with a rally at parliament square. it follows at parliament square. it follows a reported quadrupling of anti—semitic hate crimes over the past year, making jewish people the uk's most targeted minority faith group. the rise is linked to the hamas attacks on israel and subsequent strikes on israel and subsequent strikes on gaza . the snp is on course on gaza. the snp is on course for a pro—independence majority at holyrood, according to a poll in the sunday times today. the survey puts support for the snp at 37% for constituency votes and 32% on the regional list, with backing for independence now standing at 54%. that is the highest in four years. analysis by sir john curtice suggests the snp would win 59 seats with labour at 20 and the tories on 19. that would leave a pro—independence majority of three seats. labour's support, though, has fallen nine points since august, with votes shifting to both the snp and reform uk. sirjohn blamed the decline on the prime minister's unpopularity, with his approval rating in scotland now standing

at —32. an update on the situation in new york now, where police have released two new images in the hunt for the gunman who shot dead united healthcare's chief executive, bnan healthcare's chief executive, brian thomson, this week in what is believed to have been a targeted assassination. the suspect, seen wearing a hood and face mask, fled on a black bike after that killing. well, investigators are now examining bullet casings marked with the words deny, defend and depose. potentially, they say , linking potentially, they say, linking the attack to critics of private healthcare. the fbi has put up a $50,000 reward, as the killer is thought to have escaped, possibly boarding a bus to atlanta. the new york mayor, eric adams, insists , though the eric adams, insists, though the net is tightening with cutting edge facial recognition leading the chase . and the prince of the chase. and the prince of wales has met us president elect donald trump. yesterday, during a ceremony to mark the reopening of the notre dame cathedral in paris, five years on after it was devastated by a serious fire, prince william joined

world leaders including french president emmanuel macron and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy for that landmark event. kensington palace have described the prince's meeting with trump as warm and friendly, with trump as warm and friendly, with discussions focusing on the uk, us special relationship and other global issues. meanwhile, trump praised the prince as a good man doing a fantastic job. he said those are the latest headlines. i will be back with you in around half an hour for another look at the top stories. now that it's over to dawn 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. >> thank you very much, sam. i'll be back in half an hour. sounds vaguely like a threat, doesn't it? but he will be back in half an hour. but in the meantime, you've got a slot. i

just want to say hello to our grumpy grandad's. already got in touch. afternoon, grumpy. i'm guessing that's not your name, by the way. i'm hoping we can liven things up . yes, we can, liven things up. yes, we can, and we are going to. we've got a cracking show lined up for you, so we might as well get straight into it. shall we? now world leaders are congregated in paris yesterday to mark the reopening of notre dame cathedral. five years after a while. those pictures were awful. remember those destroyed the building? the prince of wales met donald trump at the ceremony with the president elect describing the prince as a good man. during doing a fantastic job. so could the royals help build bridges ahead of trump's presidency? you know that special relationship? i know america has a special relationship with every country. but as this special special, isn't it? royal commentator richard fitzwilliams joins us now. richard good to see you. thank you for joining now. richard good to see you. thank you forjoining us on this thank you for joining us on this lovely festive sunday afternoon. i thought the two men got on remarkably well. >> yes, they did . and that was >> yes, they did. and that was

the impression given. and also i think that's the impression they wanted to give. and the photographs t