called the woman ugly. famously called the woman ugly. so maybe i'm stephen allen, and tonight we've got a showbiz line—up. a woman who will be on strictly one day, cressida whetton. and a man who'll be on lily philips one day, louis schaefer. tonight, they'll be taking you through tomorrow's top stories. this is headliners. but before tomorrow's news, let's get tonight's headlines with sophia hill. >> thanks, steve. a very good evening. it'sjust >> thanks, steve. a very good evening. it's just gone 11:00 i'm sophia hill with your latest headunes i'm sophia hill with your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. our top story yvette cooper is pledging to restore order and control to uk borders and asylum systems. the home secretary has been holding migration talks with her italian counterpart in rome in a bid to create stronger cooperation against criminal smuggler gangs. it comes as the number of people crossing the channelin number of people crossing the

channel in small boats this year exceeded 34,000. that's a 19% increase on the same point in 2023. she says the government is doubung 2023. she says the government is doubling down on illegal working and new technology. >> so announcing the much stronger enforcement that we've been taking in the uk, including over 13,000 returns since the election and a big increase in enforcement on illegal working and a wave of new technology, biometrics and body worn cameras that we're introducing into immigration enforcement. because the rules need to be respected and enforced. >> five people have been killed in shootings in and around a migrant camp near dunkirk, according to french media. two migrants and two security agents are among those who have died in loon—plage. a 22 year old man is said to have handed himself into a police station following the incident. we'll bring you more on that as we can. now, the chinese money linked prince andrew is now under investigation by m15 as more details emerge about the embattled duke's connection to

an alleged spy. it's believed prince andrew invited the man in question, described it as close confidant to buckingham palace, with their relationship reportedly dating back to 2012. the royal has now said he ceased all contact with the businessman in question, and denied discussing anything of a sensitive nature. meanwhile, buckingham palace have claimed it has no power to scrutinise the duke's finances and the geminid meteor is expected to light up the night sky this weekend. the celestial spectacle returns every december and is one of the last of the year's major meteor showers. it was visible in the early hours of saturday morning and was spotted in parts of northumberland and as far south as somerset, by keen night sky photographers. the shower has been known to produce more than 150 meteors per hour at its peak, but due to light pollution and some other factors, the number seen is usually considerably less. leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey has performed his christmas single in bath this

afternoon near . christmas single in bath this afternoon near. la glass on the northern ed davey was joined by the bath philharmonia carers choir at their christmas concert at the bath forum. the single was written by six young carers and has climbed the charts since its release, with all proceeds going to the carers trust and bath philharmonia. ed davey has even pledged he'll do a skydive if the single gets 10,000 downloads next week. those are the latest gb news headlines for now and that's me done for the day. but now it's time for headliners 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. >> hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's top stories with three comedians. before we dive in, let's have a look at what cressida and lewis will have to work with on sunday's front

pages. the sunday times, andrew's chinese spy confidante, met two former prime ministers. one of them wasn't liz truss, so it really does count. observer pm condemned for allowing a new wave of slum housing. the sunday express has. boris warns of keir brexit threats. the telegraph goes with chinese influencer at heart of whitehall. the mail on sunday has starmer surrender squad to undo brexit and the daily star sunday a room with a who. well that's i think that was well delivered, even if i do say so myself. but ignoring all that into the actual important stuff. what are we starting with, cressida.7 >> we're starting with the daily mail. what have they got, steve? they say starmer's surrender squad to undo brexit. you're very close. >> i was put here. did you see that happen? i did, i came out here and put me right here. so it's. >> it feels like he's not got the email about the restraining order. >> and i was looking at my phone. it looked very unprofessional. and i like it was me who suggested that we should get closer. closer? i

know that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> interesting. well, starmer's surrender squad to undo brexit. so apparently there's 100 civil servants who've been put into a special squad. that doesn't sound very political, does it? and they are likely to undo all the freedoms that we're enjoying . the freedoms that we're enjoying. having had brexit, which is your favourite freedom? exactly, exactly. steve, i don't know. this is like ross and rachel isn't it? on again. off again. us in the eu, it's never going to end. we're on a break. >> yeah. who was ross and rachel? ooh, no, i know i was making a joke. the point is, is that we voted to be out of brexit. but you know, what the labour is, is against brexit. that team world, they're totally against it. so you think they're going to put up with it. >> do you think we should have a trade deal with a trading bloc that's really nearby. >> i think we should. but that's not what brexit is. brexit is them controlling our lives, coming in and telling us what we should, whatever it is that they are doing. we don't like europe. that's what makes britain so great. it's the worst of both worlds. >> yeah, no, we never liked

europe, even during the years mid 70s, all the way up to 2016 when the vote was. yeah, every punch line was something, something dot dot dot. >> the french, well, nearly half of us apparently liked europe, but just not half of us. >> not half and half. half to because it's because the country was so evenly divided. i think right now they're going to wake up though. britain's going to wake up and say, why have we listened to these left wing people? we don't like them. >> and there was a poll last year that was of gb news viewers. it was a majority said that they would like to. i can't remember what it was, but it was a surprise. it was either have closer integration or maybe that was the full regretting brexit. i can't remember what the question was by the way. it was a surprise. but if you get rid of that, if you get rid of the daily mail's way of looking at things, if you could have the trade without giving up the freedom, right. because you if you agree to something, you've not given up the freedom you've chosen, it's our choice. our parliament would be the sovereign one saying, all right, we'll stick to those standards. >> yes. well, that's that's how that's how trade works. yeah.

you know, countries trade with people they don't like at all. that's what trading is. i go into a shop, i buy a kebab. i'm not taking those guys home with me, but they make a nice, decent kebab over there in peckham. right, right. >> right across the way. meanwhile, we'll be bending over backwards to have some sort of american meat. it's the same story, but for some reason we hate the europe one. we love the trump one. >> i think. i think what it is, is, is that is that even the brexit people are not against trade. they're in favour of trade. they're in favour of trade. they're in favour of trade. the people who are in favour of brexit. when this whole thing started, it was an economic thing. and then soon, slowly it became the fact is the french people are so arrogant. they think they know what's best, they think. >> and that's what we were saying all the way from the 70s through to 2016. the french are arrogant. yeah, she's got the good old days again. >> yeah. and it's hilarious coming from you that you think they're arrogant. >> well, do you know what? they were arrogant, though. the french, of course. they're meant to be arrogant. that what's what's the point of a french person who's not arrogant? is thatis

person who's not arrogant? is that is that it's like an american who's not friendly? you know why? why hang out with americans who aren't friendly? amazing. this is so weird. we're so close to each other. the two of us. >> this is to the times. of us. >> this is