i'm afraid i. i can't. >> well, i'm afraid i. i can't. >> i mean that's a yes isn't it. could it have anything to do with the fact that the man who he appointed as attorney general used to represent gerry adams a little bit like how his mates with the lawyer representing mauritius over the chagos islands also tonight. a ceasefire has been reached between israel and hamas. but will it last.7 >> politicians who sat in government for many years calling for inquiries because they want to jump on a bandwagon of the far right .7 of the far right.7 >> at 10 pm, i have a bombshell exclusive poll that shows how out of touch keir starmer is on grooming gangs, and i'll reveal who britain's most popular politician is. can you guess? in

ready, britain, here we go. if you do one thing today, please listen to the brave lady i'm about to speak to next. >> very good evening to you from the newsroom. 9:02. the top story tonight. well, after 15 months of war, israel and hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal. us president joe biden confirmed that plan earlier tonight. >> long last i can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between israel and hamas for more than 15 months of conflict that began with hezbollah's brutal massacre on october the 7th. more than 15 months of terror for the hostages, their families, the israeli people, more than 15

months of suffering by the innocent people of gaza fighting innocent people of gaza fighting in gaza will stop. and soon the hostages will return home to their families. >> well, the deal, expected to start on sunday, involves releasing 33 israeli hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners, along with a surge of humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. negotiations for the next second phase, full troop withdrawal, more hostage releases and lasting peace are then set to begin. two weeks into that truce, foreign secretary david lammy has just been giving his reaction to that announcement tonight of the ceasefire. take a listen. >> finally, this horror has come to an end. this is the moment now to get the humanitarian aid in, to support those many, many, many people who have found the last 14 months so horrendous. and of course, to begin the reconstruction. and i thank the

united states, both administrations, for what they have been able to achieve alongside the work of the qataris and the egyptians. >> in other news tonight, sir keir starmer and kemi badenoch have continued clashing over the economy, trading blows today on debt tax hikes and leadership stability. during prime minister's questions this afternoon, badenoch warned the uk is now spending more on debt than on schools and hospitals, accusing the chancellor, rachel reeves, of being unqualified and planning costly tax rises. >> 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, sir keir starmer then called the conservatives economic vandals and blamed them for a £22 billion black hole and the worst cost of living crisis in living memory, he said. the prime minister, though, also defended rachel reeves, calling for fiscal rules ironclad, but refused to rule out march tax hikes amid rising borrowing costs. >> 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. >> and the government is reviving a controversial free speech law for universities. just months after it was paused over concerns about protecting hate speech, the higher education freedom of speech act, passed in 2023, gave universities a duty to promote free speech and allow the regulator to fine institutions or student unions that fail to comply. critics, though, including the education secretary, paused that law last summer, warning it could expose universities to costly legal action. now, a government source says the act will be adjusted to balance academic freedom with a proper complaints process. that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you at 10:00 now, though, it's over to patrick 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 along everybody. good evening. so look, i just wanted to start tonight's show by reminding everybody of this epic fundraiser that so many of you have taken part in and say, massive thank you, £303,000 has been raised for the maggie oliver foundation. you can go to gofundme.com. forward slash stop grooming gangs. there's actually a qr code on your screen there, so if you hover your phone over it, then there you go. i will just say this, which is that grooming gangs go in and out of the news and have done for the last kind of 10 or 15 years, i think, but your money will actually go towards lasting a lifetime. and i'm very pleased to start tonight's show and very grateful to start tonight's show by being joined by a ambassador for the maggie oliver foundation. it's dolly cole. dolly, thank you so much for joining us tonight. it's great to actually have you on right at the start of the show. can i just start by if you don't mind, start by asking you what it is that you survived. just to let

our viewers and listeners know the kind of context here. >> yeah. no problem. so i'm a survivor of abuse from the age of five, between 5 and 8, i was sexually abused by four different men in the village that i'm from. a few years later i went on to be abused. from the age of 12 to 16 by all those people and family, friends, trusted ones, they went on to abuse me. yeah, for four years. sexual, psychological. emotional. >> yeah, yeah. i mean, look, obviously it's absolutely horrific. and. and you, how did you hear of the maggie oliver foundation? how did you first get in touch? >> so i was actually at home one day. i was heavily pregnant and i was watching celebrity big brother. and i saw maggie go on there. i saw her little introduction and i was just in

awe. i was in awe of this woman. i suddenly felt a warmth to her, and i didn't. i couldn't tell you why or explain why. i wasn't sure. i just felt a very strong warmth to this woman. and, you know, i watched her on big brother. i watched her talk about the rochdale grooming scandal, the whistle blowing and how much that she'd bought for these girls. and i watched a programme, the three girls and i player. and a few years later she was she just remained on my mind. she remained in here somehow. and so i looked her up and i sent her an email, and i just wanted to let her know what i thought. she was such an incredible woman, the work that she was doing for these girls. and i just thought how i would have loved that safe, that safe person. not in the same context, but i don't know, she just there was something about her. i just, you know, i was, i was in awe of. so i wanted to let her know that. and i touched on the fact that. and i touched on the fact that i'd been through some abuse in my childhood. and she she

emailed me straight back. and over time we sort of got chatting and we became friends. and i then took the emotional, sorry to interrupt you, dolly. >> apologies for this, but so just so you emailed the foundation and maggie actually emailed you personally, so it must have been quite important for you at the time. i imagine. >> yes, it was. so when i emailed maggie and she emailed me back, so i, i couldn't believe it. i was blown away. the fact that she'd listened to me, the fact that she took the time to make me feel heard and responded at such a lengthy email she didn't, you know, brush me off or anything. she pointed me in the right direction of the foundation and what they could do for me, which what they could do for