>> good evening. tonight we discuss after keir starmer's visit to estonia. where does he really stand on defence? is nato the priority or should we get closer to the european defence union? we'll talk about westminster council and there's a big housing row over who are these houses actually going to. a sad story of a war hero fundraising charity having money stolen from them. that's pretty awful. we'll also discuss chagos once again and waspi women. but before all of that, let's get the news with katie bowen. >> and nigel. thank you. and a very good evening to you. your

top stories from the gb newsroom at 7:00. a downing street spokesperson said a short time ago that the prime minister, sir keir starmer, had a call with us president elect donald trump this afternoon. the spokesperson said that both men agreed on their joint said that both men agreed on theirjoint ambition said that both men agreed on their joint ambition to strengthen the close and historic relationship between the uk and the us. sir keir starmer and mr trump reiterated the need for allies to stand together with ukraine in the face of russian aggression. the prime minister also underscored the importance of securing peace in the middle east. the downing street spokesperson shared that the two men looked forward to seeing one another at the earliest opportunity. pleas of not guilty have been entered on behalf of axel rudakubana valdo calocane after he failed to reply when arraigned at liverpool crown court on three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following the deaths of three young girls in a knife attack at a taylor swift themed dance class in southport. rita cabana appeared via video link in court as pleas of not guilty were entered to

all 16 counts on the indictment. it comes as a police report published today found that officers were unprepared for the scale of the summer riots, which followed the southport attacks. the report also found that there were gaps in intelligence linked to social media and the dark web. in the lead up to the riots. the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch, has accused the prime minister of playing politics with the waspi women. the prime minister is now facing pressure to give mps a vote on his government's decision to rule out compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age. here's what sir keir starmer had to say at prime minister's questions earlier on. >> it is a serious issue. it's a complex issue. the research, as he knows, shows that 90% of those impacted knew about the changes that were taking place. and i'm afraid to say, the taxpayers simply can't afford the tens of billions of pounds in compensation when the evidence does show that 90% of those impacted did know about

it, that's because of the state of our economy. >> uk inflation has risen to its highest level since march, according to official figures. the office for national statistics said inflation rose to 2.6% in november, up from 2.3% the previous month. that is the highest rate since march and the highest rate since march and the second rise in two months. the figures come ahead of the bank of england's latest decision decision on interest rates tomorrow. the ons chief economist said the drive was dnven economist said the drive was driven by an increase in petrol prices. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. let's go back to nigel 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. >> good evening. it's the

subject that won't go away. it is the giving away of the sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius. this came as an absolute bolt from the blue. nobody expected it. the government say they have to do this because the international criminal court has said the islands ought to go to mauritius. but mauritius has never had sovereignty over the chagos islands at any point in history. and it was only an advisory ruling. so the arguments go back and forth. the government keeps telling us that the american administration are fully in favour of this deal, because the 99 year lease on diego garcia, an essential and essential military base, is something the americans are happy with. two days ago, i was in a very full mar—a—lago. let me tell you, every single american official i spoke to was deeply worried about this because just think about it. we had a 50 year deal with china over hong kong that they would

maintain their democratic independence, and that's disappeared already. but no, the government insists that the americans support it. i know damn well that the incoming trump one won't. but the one thing that really interests me is the government say, but don't worry, the sovereignty of the falkland islands and the sovereignty of gibraltar are not under threat because it's for the people that live in the falklands and on the rock of gibraltar. it's for them to decide their fate. so i put this suggestion to the house of commons earlier on today. can we please, if we respect the sovereignty of gibraltar and the falkland islands on the basis it's what the people want? can we have a referendum of all of the eligible chagossians and let them decide what the future sovereignty of the chagos islands is? that surely is the only fair solution that is going. >> mr speaker, we've been very clear that these were

negotiations between the united kingdom and mauritius, and i have set out in the past the reasons for that. the interests of the chagos islands are absolutely at the heart of this agreement. as i said, i have repeatedly engaged with them. and i do find, mr speaker, the hon. gentleman continues to speculate with the greatest respect. he does not know the detail of what is agreed. he does not know the detail that has been shared. he does not know. mr speaker, the detail that the national security apparatus of the united states has considered. and i am confident that, mr speaker, that he would have his concerns allayed when he sees the detail of this deal. >> doctor andrew morris well, the idea that the chagossians have actually really been consulted at all is for the birds we've had previously on this show, the leader of their community at several thousand strong. fascinatingly, many of them still live in crawley, right next to the airport at gatwick, because they actually want to go back to the islands. but in previous times they've been treated pretty badly by the mauritians, mostly on the grounds of race. i'm joined in

the studio by lloyd russell—moyle, former labour mp, and kwasi kwarteng, former tory mp and chancellor lloyd. this is one. i mean, jeremy corbyn, for example, has been campaigning for decades on behalf of the chagossian community and they got a pretty rotten deal of it back in 1968 being taken off the islands. and what they say is they accept diego garcia, but they accept diego garcia, but they want to be able to settle on the neighbouring islands, and that's right and fair and proper. and we would be sort of undoing a terrible injustice on them. the ones i've spoken to. and the impression i get is that overwhelmingly they'd rather be under british sovereignty than mauritian sovereignty. but what about my idea of having referendum? >> well, i think your ideas are rather superb. one, actually. good lord, it can't be this agreement. usually. i'm usually very sceptical about referendums because we saw how awfully. oh, you don't like the result of the last one, do you? no, i know manipulator. they can be. but i do think we have a principle in this country that we don't do

anything without the representation of those peoples. and i do think that it sends a difficult decision, a difficult precedent for other areas. this argument that stephen, who is a very good friend of mine, gives where he says we have negotiated on the best interests of the chagossians. there used to be a phrase nothing without us, nothing about us, without us. and i'm afraid this doesn't pass that test. >> so he knows what's best for the chagossians is sort of the implication, quasi that we got there. so i think what's interesting about this is clearly there's this is the administrative state, the blob, you know, the kind of the secret people who really control everything. >> so what i think happened, not in any spirit of conspiracy theory, is that the foreign office took a view under the conservatives, originally under the conservatives, they would have presented. and this is what they do to ministers. you have a, b, c they always present three choices, and the middle one is always the one they want to guide you to. and clearly

they took a view that this is they took a view that this is the best deal they would have given alternatives, i.e. we keep them given alt