well. >> good afternoon. it's 12:00 on saturday the 18th of january. know me.7 no idea either. this is the weekend on gb news now. sir keir starmer has promised to deliver justice to the victims of grooming gangs, with five new local inquiries launched earlier this week. but has the government done too little, too late to really crack down on those criminals? and the other group who aren't that happy farmers, took to the streets once again to protest the government's changes to inheritance tax. but is their ongoing struggle beginning to fall on deaf ears? and we are just two days away. incredible. i know from donald trump's

inauguration, as he prepares to return to the white house. could this be the change that the us is after, or is there more trouble on that horizon? i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend and it starts right here and now. so thank you for joining me on this january saturday afternoon. ihope this january saturday afternoon. i hope you're having a cosy, warm time out there. it's still not too good is it. and it's national quitting day. so what have you promised yourself you'll do on the 1st of january? today is the day you're more likely to quit it dry. january. how's that going, folks? yeah. me neither. okay. but because this show is nothing without you and your views. so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today. it's really simple to get involved, and that involves everything from what trump's doing in america, what labour are doing here, actually not here on tour

in europe. and whether you're actually cracking on those resolutions, very simple. to get involved, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and join our conversation. we have an absolutely packed show. it's going to be non—stop. great panels, great debate. but but but but but before we get to those, here's the news headlines with will hollis. >> thanks, dawn. at 12:02, your top story israeli ministers have given full approval for the ceasefire and hostage release deal ceasefire and hostage release deal, pausing the war in gaza after a six hour meeting, the decision was made to support the deal at the very last moments in a phased release, the first three hostages will be freed on sunday at 630, followed by 30 more over a six week period. women and children plus older men will be the first to be released . british hostage emily

released. british hostage emily de morais is reported to be amongst the first 33 hostages leaving captivity. that's according to the jewish chronicle. in return, palestinian detainees will be released and there will be a sharp increase in humanitarian aid to the enclave. well, back here in the uk, thousands of people will march through london today calling on the government today calling on the government to stop arming israel. the pro—palestine march was planned to assemble outside the bbc building, accusing the corporation of bias. however, because of its proximity to a local synagogue, the met police has restricted the group to whitehall. a thousand officers are on duty in the capital monitoring the march, and a 61 year old woman has already been arrested on suspicion of inciting others to breach public order conditions. sir keir starmer says the uk poland

treaty would cover all aspects of the threats that the uk faces, and how to meet them. poush faces, and how to meet them. polish counterpart donald tusk also said he hoped for a britain rather than a brexit, as he said he had discussed the european union with sir keir starmer. the pair told reporters they discussed how the countries can combat people smuggling gangs and russian aggression, while bolstering european security. sir keir says poland and the uk have shared values and shared interests during his visit to warsaw, adding this will include deepening ties between the two nafions deepening ties between the two nations defence industries. >> he spent much of our time today focusing on defence and security as europe's biggest military powers, with our troops serving together, guarding the eastern flank, we share an unbreakable commitment to nato.

>> donald trump is to review the chagos deal when he returns to the white house on monday. the president elect's team directly intervened in the british government's deal, demanding the delay. that's according to the telegraph newspaper, fears over chinese influence if the strategic, strategically important islands are returned to mauritius are fuelling the delay. the us has a permanent military base on the east african island ahead of trump's inauguration in america, gb news spoke to reform uk leader nigel farage. >> the other thing that's been discussed by everybody is what the hell were you thinking about with the chagos islands, diego garcia? the honest truth is that our government is getting off to the worst possible start with the worst possible start with the incoming trump administration. and my other worry if we pivot towards the european union, that makes getting a trade deal of some

kind with trump's america even more difficult. >> meanwhile, for days of special events are beginning ahead of donald trump's inauguration as president, thousands of people are expected to march in protest, including women's rights groups. the 47th president's inauguration will be the first to be held indoors since that of ronald reagan in 1985, and that's because of cold weather. temperatures are expected to drop to —14 c back here. a £20,000 reward is being offered in the search for the parents of babies abandoned in london over eight years. the three children, the third of which, elsa, was only an hour old when she was found abandoned in a carrier bag a year ago, are full siblings. babies harry and roman were discovered in similar circumstances in 2017 and 19,

police say. despite reviewing 450 hours of cctv while analysing dna, their parents remain unidentified. it's believed that the mother at least, has lived in the same area of east london for the past six years, and your last one for now. tributes continue to pour in for the death of denis law, footballing legend. a true character the manchester united and scotland player law scored 237 goals for united and he died yesterday aged 84. well earlier, gb news spoke to the england goalkeeper, peter shilton. >> he was just a brilliant player. i mean, he was a lethal finisher, you would say. he was always in the right place at the right time. if, if as a keeper you drop the ball, he'd be there to knock it in the net. and yeah, that he was, he was a brilliant player. >> you're up to date. i'll see you again 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. >> thank you very much, will, and welcome to you slot. thank you for joining and welcome to you slot. thank you forjoining me on this you for joining me on this pretty nippy january afternoon. really appreciating your company this afternoon. you don't want to go anywhere because we have got a packed show coming up for you, so we're going to get straight into it. let's get cracking, shall we? now, yesterday, farmers once again took to the streets to protest the government's changes to inheritance tax. this time they decided to park and parade outside supermarkets who they claim have failed to support them during this ongoing battle with the government. to tell us more about what happened yesterday and how they're getting on negotiating with the prime minister, who's never actually in the country, is he is farmer rob harris. rob, thank

you for joining is farmer rob harris. rob, thank you forjoining me is farmer rob harris. rob, thank you for joining me this afternoon. really appreciate your time. so bring us a bit up to date on what happened yesterday. >> so yeah, they've been having displays outside supermarkets and warehouses that were the supermarket distribution centres in the last few weeks, just to highlight the issues that are still going on and just really wanting to get the supermarkets to stand with us. >> and asda have done so, haven't they? they have issued a statement saying that basically farming is a vital part of our supply chain. we need a confident farming sector. >> yeah. and also i think morrisons have issued something very similar saying that they don't want to be sort of targeted because, you know, they have got british agriculture and they're going to stand with. so hopefully we can all put pressure on the government to take food security seriously. >> this is the thing, rob, what difference will this make to the government, do you think, if

any, who knows when they're they just got a mindset that they can get their food from anywhere across the world and they don't take security, food security seriously at all, do they? >> you know, they can just buy it in cheaper from anywhere else. and it doesn't take much to remember back during covid what happened there? >> are they even talking to you still? rob? i mean, defra seems to be pretty quiet on everything at the moment. is there a dialogue 1508 0