>> very good afternoon to you and a happy monday. it's 3:00 pm and a happy monday. it's 3:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news a broadcasting for you live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, after the fall of the assad regime in syria and the takeover by rebel forces, could the tens of thousands of syrian refugees who settled in britain now go back to syria to help rebuild the country? and will sir keir starmer's government help them to do so? we'll have the very latest on that throughout the show , and midlands farmers have show, and midlands farmers have gathered today at the rural capital of food, my old stomping ground , melton mowbray, the home ground, melton mowbray, the home of the best pork pie in the planet, to protest against the government's inheritance tax raid. and they have a clear message to the prime minister that he is a farmer. homer will cross the process to hear from them live and direct. and labour's controversial winter fuel payment cuts have been brutally mocked in a new parody song, gunning to top the charts as the christmas number one. they'll be freezing this christmas while keir starmers

warm , and i'll speak to the man warm, and i'll speak to the man behind that. it's called keir starmer and the granny homer's parody of mud's lonely this christmas song. a little later in the show , it's sensational. in the show, it's sensational. and that's all coming up in your next hour . waafs the show. next hour. waafs the show. pleasure to have your company. another topic i'd like to discuss today is christmas being slowly airbrushed out of existence in british schools. i wrote an article about this over the weekend for gb news. com get on the website, check it out. it's gone ballistic. thousands of you totally agreeing at your schools across the country. carol services being cancelled. nativity plays no longer exist. the word christmas itself being erased out to be replaced by that americanism , holidays or that americanism, holidays or happy winter. what do you mean happy winter. what do you mean happy winter? it's merry christmas. is it happening in your kids school? get in touch. use your way.

gbnews.com/yoursay. get involved in the conversation. let's have a great show. it's monday, let's get going. here's your headlines. sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you . good >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. these are your headunes afternoon. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom , headlines from the gb newsroom, a day after the collapse of the assad regime in syria, the debate over the return of syrian migrants is intensifying across europe and the west. germany has become the first country to pause all decisions on syrian asylum applications. senior politicians in germany are proposing offering syrians ,i,ooo proposing offering syrians ,i,000 and chartered flights to return sir keir starmer is return home. sir keir starmer is among world leaders to welcome assad's departure, calling it a good thing for the syrian people, but says there still needs to be a political solution to secure peace. >> we welcome the fact that assad has gone. the syrian people had to put up with his brutal regime for far, far too

long. we're to talking regional allies. it's very important now that there's a political settlement, a political way forward. and it's very, very important that we emphasise that civilians and minorities must be protected in this process. but very, very pleased that assad has fallen. >> meanwhile, the uk government is quickly reviewing its stance on hayat tahrir al—sham, a rebel group that helped topple the assad regime but remains banned as a terrorist organisation. cabinet office minister pat mcfadden says the government hasn't decided on its position, with syria's future described as very uncertain. the group once unked very uncertain. the group once linked to al—qaeda, played a key role alongside other factions in ousting assad . sir keir starmer ousting assad. sir keir starmer is facing criticism for putting efforts to kick start economic growth above human rights concerns, as he meets saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman. downing street said the economy was sukh keir starmers number one priority,

but insists he would still raise concerns about the saudi government's human rights record. campaigners are urging the prime minister to speak out on the cases of child defendants facing the death penalty and the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi . in other news, jay—z khashoggi. in other news, jay—z has dismissed allegations that he raped a 13 year old girl alongside sean diddy combs in 2000 as a blackmail attempt. the lawsuit , filed in new york, lawsuit, filed in new york, claims the pair drugged and assaulted the accuser after the mtv video music awards while a female celebrity watched. in a statement, jay—z called the allegations heinous and accused the claimant's lawyer of exploiting the case for financial gain. the accuser is seeking damages, while combs, who faces separate charges , who faces separate charges, remains in custody. jay—z said his only heartbreak is for his family as they face public scrutiny over the claims . now

scrutiny over the claims. now a 15 year old girl was stabbed to death while standing up for a friend who had wanted to get back her teddy bear from her ex—boyfriend. a court heard how 18 year old hassan sentamu sentamu lashed out at elianne adnan with a kitchen knife in a fit of white hot anger in croydon town centre. sentamu, who was 17 years old at the time, has admitted manslaughter but denied elian's murder, claiming a loss of control because of his autism . health because of his autism. health leaders are warning it's now or never to get a flu jab as cases skyrocket earlier in the season than ever before. hospitals say they're grappling with a quad demic of flu covid, norovirus and rsv with the flu hospitalisations quadrupling since last year. children aged 5 to 14 are the worst affected, with fears of a wave of adult cases next, despite the latest

nhs figures revealing hospital beds are already 95% full. health secretary wes streeting says the government has prepared as best it can for a challenging winter ahead. >> there are big challenges, particularly with flu, with covid, with norovirus and that's why in terms of the operational leadership, ministers are taking a close interest, not just in terms of how the system is performing overall, but getting right down into local areas and sometimes individual cases to understand why it is that some people are waiting so long and what we can learn not just for this winter, but already starting to prepare for next winter to . winter to. >> and donald trump has said the king is fighting very hard as the monarch continues to receive cancer treatment. it comes after the us president elect met with the us president elect met with the prince of wales in paris following the ceremonial reopening of notre dame cathedral on saturday. mr trump told the new york post that the pair discussed charles and the

princess of wales's health, with both being diagnosed with cancer this year. mr trump revealed princess kate is doing well and the king is fighting very hard, adding that william loves his father and he loves his wife, so it was very sad . those are the it was very sad. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin 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 . or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you sophia. now it's been a tumultuous 48 hours in syria as bashar al—assad is ousted by rebels after 24 years in power, kicked out in just 11 days, and the kremlin has now confirmed that the former syrian president has been granted asylum in moscow. and many are now left asking what the toppling will mean for syria and

the region as a whole. and meanwhile, back in britain , meanwhile, back in britain, syrian refugees vow to return to their homeland as they celebrated rebels seizing control of damascus . a key control of damascus. a key commander on the ground urged displaced people all over the world to return home, saying a free syria awaits them. but just what will they be returning to? and could this be a gift for our prime minister, sir keir starmer? we're now joined in the studio by gb news political editor chris hope. chris, welcome to the show . so my welcome to the show. so my question is quite simple. the germans, the austrians already saying, right, the war is over, no more future refugees will be allowed from syria into their countries. the conversation has moved on and this past half houn moved on and this past half hour, german politicians saying, let's go a stage further. let's pay let's go a stage further. let's pay refugees, a 1 million refugees, syrian refugees in germany. let's pay them ,1,000 each and get them on flights and repatriate them. go back. you know, we helped you out in your darkest hour . know, we helped you out in your darkest hour. now know, we helped you out in your darkest hour . now that know, we helped you out in your darkest hour. now that hour has passed. is it time to do the same here? there are 17,000 syrian refugees fled the war. the war is over. surely it's

time to go home. >> hi, martin. great to see you again . welcome to your new week. again. welcome to your new week. i think the difference here is numbers. we know that up to a million syrians now living in germany, they fled germany. and andrew and angela merkel, 1501 00:09:14,3