but with authorities now believing the attacker acted alone, are we facing an increased risk of these lone wolf terror attacks here in the uk? and wolf terror attacks here in the uk.7 and safeguarding minister uk? and safeguarding minister jess phillips has refused calls for a public inquiry into the shocking child sexual abuse perpetrated by gangs of mostly pakistani men. as the details of these shocking crimes spreads across the world on social media, we'll be asking if former home secretary suella braverman is right to call for the abusers to be deported, and the secretary of state for technology has said it's unlikely that the uk will follow australia's lead in banning social media for under 16 seconds, despite increasing evidence that time online is having a serious negative impact on childhood. we'll be asking why leading children's charities

don't support social media restrictions for children, and as hospital treatment for obesity quadruples in a decade. is britain's obesity epidemic killing the nhs and what's the answer? fat jabs or just more self—control? and joining me tonight for the next hour i've got my panel. former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, alongside former jeremy corbyn adviser james schneider. alongside former jeremy corbyn adviserjames schneider. but adviser james schneider. but first, the latest news headlines with sam francis. >> miriam, thank you very much and good evening to you. the top story tonight at six. well, a truck attack in new orleans on new year's day has now been confirmed as an act of terrorism. authorities say 15 people were killed, including the attacker, shamsuddin jabar, who died in a shootout with police. an is flag was found in his vehicle and while no group has so far claimed

responsibility, supporters of the islamic state are widely celebrating online. the fbi is now reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance footage and over 400 public tip offs. the identities of the victims, including a former princeton football star and an aspiring nurse, are still being confirmed. meanwhile, a deadly explosion outside a trump hotel in las vegas is also being investigated. but fbi say there is no definitive link to the incident in new orleans. well, that blast caused by a tesla cybertruck filled with fuel canisters and fireworks sadly killed the driver and injured seven others, though their identities remain undisclosed. the fbi's director confirmed the investigation is now underway, but says it's still in its very early stages. in the wake of the attack, incoming president donald trump has taken to truth social, blaming the nation's open borders but vowing to stop the chaos under his leadership.

here, a group of 20 labour councillors has quit the party, accusing sir keir starmer of abandoning traditional labour values. the group, from broxtowe borough council, have formed a breakaway independence group with 100 members and a county councillor also leaving labour. in response. the remaining labour councillors in broxtowe say they're extremely disappointed but pledged to continue working for local residents, while the council's leader, milan radulovic, has criticised labour's policies, including the recent means testing of winter fuel payments. >> and my conscience says that i am a local elected representative. i've been a broxtowe borough councillor since 1986. i've been leader for 22 years, and i've dedicated a large part of my life to the service of local people and to see those freedoms, to see that opportunity to represent those local communities and fight for our share of resources being totally ignored by a centrist

control who do nothing but protect the establishment and the elite, who hoard all the wealth and see what do privileges we do get taken away from us ? disgusts me. from us? disgusts me. >> kemi badenoch is calling for a national inquiry into the uk's rape gang scandal, saying that justice for victims is long overdue. her plea comes after labour's safeguarding minister insisted it was for oldham council alone to decide whether to launch an investigation into exploitation. between 2011 and 2014. even elon musk has attacked that decision, claiming that jess phillips deserves prison, he said, and accused sir keir starmer of inaction as director of public prosecutions before leading the labour party. however, the government says it is working to implement recommendations from the 2022 independent inquiry into child sexual abuse and pledges to strengthen the law to protect victims, suspected people smugglers could soon face travel bans, phone restrictions and social media blackouts under new

government proposals. ministers say they're introducing interim serious crime prevention orders to impose immediate restrictions while courts review full orders. the move follows a sharp rise in small boat crossings last year, with over 7000 more migrants arriving than the previous 12 months. labour says the powers will tackle vile gang networks. but the shadow home secretary, chris philp, told us it won't make any difference. >> this is the same government, of course, the same labour party who voted against life sentences for those very same gangs when they were in opposition and on their watch since the election. now, six months ago, illegal immigration across the channel has gone up by 29% compared to last year. and i think it was a huge mistake of labour to scrap the rwanda deterrent before it even started. the first flight was due to take off on the 24th of july, and labour cancelled it before that plane had a chance to leave. and i think if that had started then we would see the numbers dramatically

reducing and the uk is bracing for a blast of arctic air, with cold weather alerts across england and snow forecast for much of the country this weekend. >> met office warnings for snow andice >> met office warnings for snow and ice span england, wales and scotland, with saturday expected to be the coldest day as temperatures plunge below freezing and severe snowfall could bring up to 40cm in higher areas like the pennines, causing potential travel, chaos and power cuts. how wonderful! those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you in an hour 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. >> welcome back to dewbs& co with me, miriam cates, and joining me until 7:00. i've got my panel, former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and former jeremy corbyn adviser

james schneider. and always as always, remember to get your views in @gbnews. com your say. i'll be reading out your opinions and your views throughout the show. now today's main news. in the last couple of hours, the fbi has confirmed that the new orleans attack was an act of terrorism. the fbi deputy assistant director also told the media that as it stands, they believe the new orleans attacker was a lone wolf with no definitive link to the cybertruck blast in las vegas. the fbi has named the suspect as us citizen shamsuddin bahaa jaban us citizen shamsuddin bahaa jabar, who previously served in the us army. the authorities have also said an islamic state group flag was found in the vehicle. so kelvin, obviously we thought for some time that this might be a coordinated attack. there might be others involved, there might even be a link with this other attack. but it seems now that it's another lone wolf operator. and do you think we're in danger of copycat attacks here in the uk? we've obviously seen one in germany recently. >> yeah. well, possibly because remember, isis have been chased

out of the middle east. they have they have no land anymore. right? their idea of some kind of state within a state has turned out to be destroyed by actually democratic forces, and the only place that they are big in actually fell off is parts of africa. and so, however, the way that isis now work is they operate through the online world. and this kind of quotes success that, as they see it, will undeniably lead to other nasty people of one particular extreme religion actually pursuing, pursuing us. for some time out. and so we've all got to be aware, but i'm not sure what you can do about this kind of stuff, but what it does lead is to the other thing, which it leads to tensions within our communities as one community blames in this case, what blames the muslim community for killing

them? i find that absolutely normal and straightforward, but it does lead to a tension, especially in a place like london or bradford or actually oldham or rochdale or any of these other things. and we're coming to another story coming up shortly in which people just don't know how to react when they see people dressed in a certain way and wondering, are they on our side or are they on they on our side or are they on the other side? >> i would say that's unfounded prejudice, but others would say, well, it's well—founded given the nature of some of these attacks. but james, is it even that simple anymore? because sometimes some of these attackers have been recent converts to islam, for example, or they've got 1504 00:09:4