very good morning to you. >> it's 930 on friday the 27th of december. this is gb news live across the united kingdom with me, ben. leo. are we witnessing a political earthquake? a war of words breaks out between nigel farage and kemi badenoch as reform overtakes the conservatives in the number of members. >> you know, i don't mind all sorts of comments being made about me, but to be accused by her of being a fraudster, i'm sorry. i am not going to let this rest elsewhere. >> should more convicts be moved to open air prisons? that's the suggestion of one former justice secretary, who warns we've simply run out of space. and northern ireland secrets revealed unsealed documents show former prime minister tony blair attempted to amend a gerry adams statement on ira disarmament. we'll be live from stormont with all the details. and after what's been a difficult year health wise for the royal family, we'll look back at king

charles cancer diagnosis. and does this include you? new year, new job? new research suggests nearly i in 3 people are looking for a new career in 2025. very good morning to you. hope you're well and you had a lovely christmas. let me know what you've been up to over the houday you've been up to over the holiday season. gbnews.com/yoursay i'll share with you a very quick present. i got one of my favourites. it's a tie from my mother in law with if you can see at the bottom a picture of my two boys embroidered at the bottom there, just to let them know they're with me all the time. also new year's resolutions. have you got any? are they a waste of time? let me know. gbnews.com/yoursay and the christmas goodwill. it's run out, hasn't it, between reform uk and the conservatives. if it was ever there in the first place, to be frank. a massive row brewing over membership kemi badenoch. what has she been up to? has she

thought through her latest row with nigel farage and co? big two hours coming up. but first the news headlines with cameron walker. >> ben thank you. good morning. it is 932. i'm cameron walker in the gb newsroom. and we begin with some breaking news. and south korea's parliament has voted to impeach acting president han duck soo. the move was triggered by a short lived penod was triggered by a short lived period of martial law declared by mr han's predecessor, yoon suk yeol. mr han says he will step aside to avoid more chaos. meanwhile, a fresh row has broken out between reform uk leader nigel farage and conservative leader kemi badenoch. it follows the party claiming to have surpassed the total number of conservative party members, according to a digital tracker. but kemi badenoch has slammed the announcement as fake and issuing misleading figures. nigel farage had this to say when we spoke to

him a little bit earlier. >> you know, i don't mind all sorts of comments being made about me, but to be accused by her of being a fraudster, i'm sorry, i am not going to let this rest. we are going to become the challengers of laboun become the challengers of labour. we are becoming the real opposition. they can say what they like. the conservative brand is broken. so many broken promises. time and time again. people have had enough. they are looking for something fresh, new and honest. >> now. russian air defences were responsible for downing an azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan, killing 38 people, according to the reuters news agency, all sources speaking to them. the plane has been diverting from an area of southern russia where moscow has repeatedly used air defence systems against ukrainian drone strikes. a period of national rail disruption has begun today in efforts to allow for major engineering works, including for hs2. meanwhile, avanti workers

are preparing to stage a five month long series of strikes after pay negotiations broke down. travellers are being advised to check before they travel. and brits across the country have swapped the boxing day sales for the beach as they embrace the cold water for a festive swim. the tradition, which has gained popularity over the years, saw revellers of all ages taking to the sea in teignmouth, brighton and many other locations as well around the country looks very cold. well, those are the latest news headlines. for now i'm cameron walker. now it's back to ben 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. >> gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you, cameron walker. i want to know if he's got a home

to go to. he's such a hard working young lad over this christmas period. the news bulletins, breakfast. well done to you cameron, and good morning to you cameron, and good morning to you cameron, and good morning to you all at home. hope you had a very merry christmas. and you ate lots and drank lots, and spent some good time with your friends and family. just some quick messages on your say. debbie, good morning to you. you said ben, are you wearing lipstick? no. is the answer to that? does it look like i am? i'll have to amend that if it does. and, lenny. good morning, you say? hope you had a wonderful christmas. i did indeed.i wonderful christmas. i did indeed. i know when i was a lot youngenl indeed. i know when i was a lot younger, i used to look at uncles and grandparents and even parents in the living room at christmas time, and they'd always be now and then, as you probably know, asleep with their mouth open on the sofa half way through the afternoon. i never understood why they did that, but now i'm fully in that camp. i was dozing off on the sofa many a time over the christmas period. big show coming up because there's this massive row brewing between reform uk leader nigel farage and the conservative leader leader, arthur kemi badenoch. that follows, of course, reform's claims that it now has more members than the conservative party. that's according to the

digital tracker. you can now see on your screens. however, kemi badenoch has slammed the announcement as fake and accused reform uk of issuing misleading figures as you would expect. nigel farage he has since hit back, accusing her of being bitter, upset and angry. and nigel spoke to gb news breakfast this morning. here's what he had to say. >> congratulations, you have overtaken the tory party. or have you? >> well, i mean, the idea that the leader of his majesty's loyal opposition is accusing me of fraud is absolutely disgusting. she may be used to being in a party that lies to the british public. we are not. we put that digital tracker up a few days ago, showing every single person that goes online, gives us their postcode and pays us £25. we, even since we went through that number yesterday morning, the numbers are rocketing. we're another 5 or 6000 higher than we were when we went past the conservative party. and i know that kemi badenoch is well known for her

aggression and for lashing out, but to accuse me of not understanding the digital age when i've got 5.5 million followers on social media and she's got fewer than a third of a million. frankly, was a bit rich. i'm sorry, but, you know, the truth is there is a massive, as cameron hinted a moment ago, the truth is there is a very big shift that is going on in british politics. >> so, nigel, what do you say to kemi's allegation that it's a fake because of the back of the website? the coding on the back of the website or something has been ticking up the members artificially. >> well, she calls herself an engineer. let me tell you, she's not even in the same league as our chairman, zia yusuf, who has made vast amounts of money on tech and through digital media. and we have had our work confirmed by several independent sources overnight. if the conservative party want us to call in one of the big four auditors to check the validity

of our numbers against the ballot papers that were sent out in the leadership contest, thousands of which went to lapsed conservative members and those that had resigned earlier this year. i think if the truth came out, she'd be very, very embarrassed indeed. you know, i don't mind all sorts of comments being made about me, but to be accused by her of being a fraudster, i'm sorry. i am not going to let this rest. okay. >> so what are you going to do, nigel? >> i will let you know in the next couple of days, but i will not let this rest. it's absolutely disgusting that she should accuse us of defrauding the british public. it is quite wrong in every way. >> are you implying that there's some sort of legal action maybe coming? >> i haven't implied anything i've just said. i will let you know my course of 1517 00