is today flying to mauritius is today flying to london, seeking to extract even more concessions from the british government over money and territory. kemi badenoch slams the deal, saying the pm is solely to blame. we'll have all the latest. >> we will indeed. >> we will indeed. >> and the search continues. following the disappearance of two sisters in aberdeen. >> now the pair have been missing for a week now. we'll be live on the ground in aberdeen. yeah. it was a testy exchange at prime minister's questions. but one issue does seem very, very peculiar. and that is over the course of these negotiations, these desperate, these rushed negotiations around the chagos islands. i've never seen a deal in history before where the side thatis in history before where the side that is giving something up also has to pay for the privilege. well, this is the thing. bring it back to basics.

>> why are we giving up this territory? >> and what are we getting in return? >> and why on earth are we paying >> and why on earth are we paying for it? as you say, it does not seem to add up. some people are getting in touch wondering about whether this is all to do with the influence of china. we know rachel reeves has been on a recent trip. >> i don't know if that's a conspiracy or whether there could be some truth to that, because it doesn't seem to be making sense. >> keir starmer doesn't himself seem to have a particularly strong answer on all of this ? strong answer on all of this? >> whenever he's asked, and whenever any labour mp is asked, they say this is about securing they say this is about securing the base, but the base isn't under threat. no one's about to invade the base. i mean, do they know something we don't? in their view, securing the base is about ending any discussion of the base at the un because these people think that the un is the be all and end all of political discussion. the trouble is, the incoming, most powerful man in the world really does not think whatever the un talking shop says, matters are jo white. and as long as there is a single us armed personnel on that base, that base is safe. it's not

going anywhere because of some advisory, non accurate vote at the un. >> and keir starmer cares a lot about that sort of thing, a lot about that sort of thing, a lot about international law, a lot about international law, a lot about judges in other countries. >> but is this all about sort of decolonising or that sort of progressive nonsense in my view? >> i think there are a lot of people who are just a little bit embarrassed that the united kingdom still has territory around the world, particularly, you know, geopolitically significant territory. i think there are people in this country who would much rather the uk, you know, gave up the falkland islands, gave up gibraltar gave up the picton islands, gave up. diego garcia gave up the isle of wight, | diego garcia gave up the isle of wight, i don't know, i mean, i'm sure i'm sure lots of people would rather this country was far smaller and less important in the world. it's their world view. yeah. and is anyone thinking of the chagos islands for that matter? >> gbnews.com/yoursay do you understand why keir starmer is doing this? >> trying so hard to give away this territory? >> let us know gbnews.com/yoursay. but let's get the headlines with sofia.

tom. emily. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust tom. emily. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone. 1:00. these are your headlines. sir keir starmer and kemi badenoch clashed over the uk economy at prime minister's questions today, following speculation over the chancellor's abilities, despite an unexpected drop in inflation to 2.5%. in december, kemi badenoch criticised the government over the economic situation and asked if sir keir would rule out further tax rises this year. >> his chancellor ignored all the warnings and ploughed ahead with an unprecedented borrowing spree, leaving all of us more vulnerable. now we have businesses saying they will raise prices to cover his jobs tax. we have an energy policy that will drive up bills and all the while we are spending more day to day on debt interest than we do on schools and universities. the prime

minister, the prime minister, refused to repeat his chancellor's promise that she wouldn't come back for more. will he now rule out any new tax rises this year? >> yes. >> yes. >> meanwhile, sir keir starmer blamed a £22 billion black hole left by the conservatives. the prime minister went on to pledge his commitment to the chancellor, rachel reeves, but he stopped short of guaranteeing no more tax hikes. >> we had to deal with the £22 billion black hole that they left. the chancellor will be in place for many, many years to come. she'll outstrip them and. >> and, mr speaker, if we all thought that politics was about cheap points, i could criticise their chances. >> but i don't have enough time to go through all of the chancellors that they had. we have one budget. that's what we're committed to, strong fiscal rules, and we will stick to them. unlike the party opposite. >> now some breaking news. two teenagers, two teenagers rather

have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 14 year old boy who was stabbed to death on a double decker bus in south—east london. kelly and bokassa was pronounced dead shortly after being attacked in woolwich on the 7th of january. two boys, aged 15 and 16, were arrested on wednesday on suspicion of murder, and a 44 year old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. all three remain in custody, according to the met police. now there has been no deal reached on the chagos islands following a cabinet meeting today, the attorney general of mauritius will travel again to london to continue talks to reach an agreement. it comes after prime minister sir keir starmer agreed a deal with the previous mauritian government to give away the indian ocean islands, which have been british for 200 years. under the pact, uk taxpayers would pay mauritius a reported £9 billion over 99 years to lease back diego garcia, the site of a key us

airbase. the death of a two year old boy after a medical episode at a children's nursery is being investigated by police, merseyside police said. the incident was reported at the early learners day nursery on hawthorne road in bootle, at 12:35 pm. yesterday. the boy was taken to hospital by paramedics but sadly died and his family is being supported. an investigation has now been launched to establish the full circumstances and cause of death. gerry adams could be in line for taxpayer funded compensation because of sir keir starmer's human rights plans. the former sinn fein leader is set to benefit from a decision by the government to repeal troubles legislation. the current law blocks his claim for compensation over his detention in prison in the 1970s for suspected involvement in terrorism, but sir keir's plan will reverse this. it's after the northern irish high court ruled that the legislation was

incompatible with human rights laws, and some breaking news. lynda nolan has died at the age of 65 after several years of battling cancer. the irish star was part of the family group the nolans, which also included sisters coleen, maureen, bernie, denise and anne. she died peacefully in hospital this morning, embraced with love with her siblings by her side, according to her manager dermot mcnamara. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half 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. >> so good afternoon britain. it is 1:08 and today we start the

show with the news that the attorney general of mauritius is today flying to london, seeking today flying to london, seeking to extract more concessions from the british government over our money and our territory. more concessions. while cabinet minutes from the east african country seen by gb news, declare the commitment and resolve of mauritius to end this long battle for sovereignty. just how much more money will the country demand? and could we lose rights to access our crucial uk us military base on the islands? well, let's speak to our political editor, christopher hope, live from westminster hall. christopher, what's the latest on this then? >> well, that's right, he's flying over now. the mauritius attorney general meeting in in saint louis, the capital of mauritius. he's flying over tonight for meetings tomorrow. we don't know who he's meeting. and the clock is ticking, isn't it? tom and emily on next tuesday, when? that was the notional deadline for getting a deal done. this deal to pass the chagos islands to mauritius and have a 99 year lease on the diego garcia military base, was

supported by joe biden, the us president, and by keir starmer. but it's been agreed. the deal agreed back in september time, october time was with with was with biden, who's no