over the next hour to join us over the next hour to find out what's the latest on donald trump's legal status. why we could be seeing an end to deepfake porn. and will you step up and make more babies now after seeing that picture? i'm stephen allen, and tonight's comedians are paul cox and lewis schaffer. this is headliners. but before tomorrow's news, let's get tonight's headlines with sam francis. >> very good evening from the newsroom. the top story tonight. nigel farage has vowed to target the conservative leader's seat at the next general election, accusing kemi badenoch of being accusing kemi badenoch of being a rude and ranting conspiracy theorist at a reform uk east of england conference earlier in chelmsford. he held up a phone showing the party's membership had passed 170,000 people.

>> oh oh the ticker and the ticker says 170,000. kimmy, are you watching on the live stream? did we deliberately fiddle it so that it happened during my speech? did it? hell. it's happening, folks, because this party is on the march. >> well, that follows claims from kemi badenoch that reforms onune from kemi badenoch that reforms online membership figures are fake. that's despite several news outlets now reporting the membership data is, in fact, accurate. farage told supporters he was offended by accusations of being a fraudster, saying that he's never been dishonest and will never be. he also ianed and will never be. he also invited supporters to an event later this month to prove the numbers are real, adding that her criticism had fuelled a surge in new members. in other

news tonight, the prince of wales says he and his wife, princess catherine, are shocked and saddened by the death of his former nanny's stepson. that was in a vehicle attack in new orleans. 31 year old edward pettyfer was one of 14 people killed when a pickup truck ploughed through crowds on new year's day, injuring at least 35 others. his majesty the king has also offered his personal condolences to the pettyfer family, who say edward was a wonderful son, and added that they are devastated by the loss. meanwhile, police in the united states say the suspect, shamsuddin jabbar, also fired shots before being killed by officers at the scene. and the fbi have now confirmed an islamic state flag was found in the vehicle, with president joe biden linking the attack to terrorist motives. the first boatload of illegal migrants this year has crossed the channel today, with 50 people intercepted by border force early this morning and now brought to dover. it comes as figures show the number of

people arriving in small boats in 2024 was up by a quarter on the previous 12 months. reform ukip leader nigel farage has called it a national security emergency and blamed mass immigration for what he described as a complete cultural disaster. well, the news and the uk is bracing for heavy snow and icy rain set to hit within just hours, with the met office warning there could be considerable disruption in some areas. two amber and two yellow alerts have been issued by the met office across most of the country, with up to 40cm of snow expected. forecasters say power cuts are also likely, and that vehicles could become stranded on roads as wintry conditions continue. and we're being warned that trains and flights could also be delayed or even cancelled 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 take a look at what paul and lewis will have to work with on sunday's front pages. the sun will shock at terror death of pal sunday telegraph goes with net zero drive will raise cost of holidays. the observer fears of unrest as pm considers open prison for more offenders. sunday express has in the bleak midwinter. the mail goes with paul starmer, will be out of number 10 in a year, and the star says the age of the budgie smugglers. let's find out more about that. but i guess we start to find out more with the telegraph. paul, what they got? >> yeah we do. pm urged to scrap new islamophobia definition. so sir keir starmer, if you're not aware he's our pm, has been urged to shelve plans for an official government definition official government definition of islamophobia in the wake of the grooming gangs scandal.

critics say a strict definition would curtail free speech and make it harder for whistleblowers to point out certain instances of wrongdoing. i think they're probably right. i'm sure there's some people that would disagree, but labour, of course, there's a lot of context to this. labour, of course, are doing this to maintain the muslim vote in constituencies like wes streeting constituency and jess phillips constituency. they were both run, particularly jess phillips was run very close in her constituency and there were 18 pledges or requests by by labour muslim groups that suggested that they want certain things. this is one of them. essentially, it reintroduces blasphemy laws into the uk, though, which i see as regression. i don't see as progression in any way, and i kind of see us bowing to a particular group and not taking into account the much wider group that is greater britain. look, i don't think labour, i think labour are tone deaf on all this. i don't actually think

they'll make any changes, i really don't. i think potentially they could on this particular one because the idea of defining islamophobia in a way that that appeals to everybody is going to be very difficult. >> yeah. i mean, that's the thing, isn't it, lewis? having a definition of it, it's fair enough, but it depends on what the definition is, doesn't it? >> no, not with this, not with the uk. >> they can put anybody in jail, isn't it? it's true of all words. >> no it isn't. they could put anybody in jail. there are people rotting in jail for tweets that were like nothing is thatis tweets that were like nothing is that is that labour is i'm going to start early. it's team world. they don't care about england. they don't care about england. they don't care about england. they don't care about the angles, the saxons, the new personal best. yeah. they don't care about the angles, the saxons, the jutes, the picts. they don't care about the nigerians who are christians in this country. they don't care about the muslims who moved to this country to escape suppressive muslimism. they just don't. they just don't care. they're labour. these are people who care about feelings before facts. >> do you think paul's paul's take on it has got maybe some more believability that they're

afraid rather than just they don't care. and randomly through this not caring a thing happens. paups this not caring a thing happens. paul's point is like there's a bit of steering happening here to try and keep a vote. >> well, the reason they're afraid is because they've sucked up to the muslims for so long that they don't want to lose the muslim vote because people are not they're not, they're not bringing. keir starmer brings nobody joy in this country. >> the problem, i think, lewis, is if they bring in an islamic islamophobia definition, which in itself creates another form of racism and help protect future grooming gangs or protect by protecting future grooming gangs, i mean, preventing whistleblowers, holding back people, parents, for instance, let's not forget, in this grooming gang scandal, parents were arrested, parents were arrested, the victims themselves and the victims were arrested. and you introduce islamophobia, islamophobia and a new definition and a new law associated into this, this huge problem that we've got this dark secret of a problem that we've got in the uk at the moment. and i think we are going to end up

in a lot of trouble. so i think this is a good opportunity, this good opportunity to really question this. >> and no, it isn't a good opportunity. the only opportunity. the only opportunity is to get rid of these people. >> and that's what elections are. yeah, that's what elections are. >> the fact is, is let them do what they want to do. we're heading towards a police state. as i speak to people in america, it's like britain is like a laughing stock. it used to be. it used to be actually believed that there was some kind of openness in britain. and there's none of this openness in britain. i don't know what i'm saying. >> no. >> no. >> well, we'll move on then. what else is on the front page? >> there's lots on the front page of the sunday telegraph. actually, i think i'll go to net zero drive will raise cost of holidays. and the answer is of course it will net zero. by the way i said this last night actually. but i reiterate it in case nobody heard me. you know, the plan for net zero is to hit the plan for net zero is to hit the half point by 2030 and full net zero by 2050. 1521