>> good evening. it's 9:00 pm and this is ben low tonight with me, alex armstrong. ben is taking a well—earned holiday, but don't worry, he's back as usual from next week. but you've got nothing to worry about. though you'll still get up front and hard hitting opinions while i'm in the hot seat. nothing is off limits tonight on the show. britain is the prime minister plotting to overturn brexit through the back door with his ramona friends in europe. and bev turner is joining us all the way from washington, dc as she gives us the inside scoop on trump's impending inauguration. plus, as over 70 people have

been arrested at a pro—palestine march in london today, we're asking , why the hell are these asking, why the hell are these marches still happening? even after a ceasefire deal has been done? also, reform uk's party chairman is joining us live from washington dc as well. i'll be asking him if nigel and elon have kissed and made up. and is it all falling apart for american hustlers harry and meghan? a major publication that used to have their backs has now gone on the turn. i've got. royal expert and biographer ingnd royal expert and biographer ingrid stewart joining me, and all the latest on that, plus what you promised an end to the train strike misery. well, brace yourselves for another year of train strikes as union bosses look set to reject a 2.8% public sector pay rise also. i'll be joined by my superstar panel journalist and comms adviser linda jubilee, journalist and writer peter lloyd, and author and academic doctor lisa

mckenzie. also, what's on earth do you think this might be? get a picture. >> get a picture ready? >> get a picture ready? >> good. it's about to fall on top of us, guys. oh, my gosh, what is this? >> britain? never. the eu can get stuffed next. >> good evening. the top stories from the gb newsroom. over a dozen people have been injured in a ski lift accident in spain. astun ski resort said around 15 people were injured, three of them seriously. the regional government previously said today that at least 30 people had been injured, nine of them very seriously. state tv channel tv

reported around 80 people remained trapped for some time on that chairlift. prime minister pedro sanchez says he was shocked by the news of the incident. the israeli prime minister's office says they cannot move forward with the ceasefire deal until, quote, we receive the list of hostages to be released. in a speech this evening, benjamin netanyahu said this war has changed the face of the middle east, whilst also suggesting the campaign is not yet over. it comes after the israeli military earlier said it was preparing to receive hostages after their release from hamas captivity, ahead of the ceasefire deal, expected to take effect tomorrow. in a phased release, the first three hostages are to be freed tomorrow, followed by 30 more over a six week period. british hostage emily de—man is reported to be amongst the first 30 to leave. in return, palestinian detainees will be released and a sharp increase in humanitarian aid. more than 70

pro—palestinian protesters have been arrested in trafalgar square today on suspicion of breaching protest conditions after demonstrators broke through a police line as they marched from a rally in whitehall. thousands of protesters met a line of police officers and eventually broke through with those who made it to the square, later finding themselves being held in one corner. the metropolitan police warned the group to disperse or face arrest, later announcing that 20 to 30 people had breached conditions and were arrested. those arrests are for pubuc arrested. those arrests are for public order offences and for, of course, breaching those conditions put in place by police. thousands of people are calling on the government to stop arming israel. 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 in the british government's deal, demanding the delay, according to the telegraph. fears over chinese influence if the strategically important islands are returned to mauritius are fuelling the delay. the us has a permanent

military base on the east african island. thousands of people marched from three separate points around washington, dc today ahead of donald trump's inauguration. the marchers were being led by several national activist groups, including women's rights groups. the 47th president's inauguration will be the first to be held indoors since ronald reagan's in 1985, due to the cold weather, and trump is shortly due to take off from florida, from florida, and he will travel to washington, dc in the next few moments. we'll bnng the next few moments. we'll bring you those live pictures as soon as we get them. temperatures are expected to drop there to —14 c, and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. >> more 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.

>> good evening. brexit nemesis, top eu bureaucrat and now polish prime minister donald tusk. well, he's been flirting with keir starmer, who is also on what feels like his 200th trip abroad since becoming prime minister. some might assume he's running away from diabolical approval ratings, but i couldn't possibly comment anyway, as the pm finished his flyby tour of poland, all designed to reset relations between the eu and the uk. ramona besties. keir starmer and donald tusk, who both campaigned vigorously against brexit for a second referendum. well, they held a cosy little press conference together. but disturbingly, during their press conference, tusk seemed to have had his martin luther king moment. yes, donald tusk has a dream, a dream of britain. some of you might ask, well, what is

britain? well, britain is the ultimate betrayal and undermining of the british democracy. it's return of britain to the dying european project through the back door. well, the prime minister has been out with his begging bowl to our eu neighbours as his chancellor's budgets crashed. whatever was left of our economy after the tories bottled it in the last government. and as part of our surrender to the eu, brussels is expected to demand freedom of movement be re—established for young people and alignment with eu laws and continued rights for eu nations to fish in british waters well past 2026. no, no and no. if this goes ahead, it will be the ultimate treachery of the largest exercise in british democratic history. the government, of course, would argue that closer ties with the eu would be tearing down

unnecessary barriers to trade and prevent unnecessary border checks to help tackle the cost of food crisis. but let's get real. what actually would we get out of this? what great innovations are coming out of the eu? well, i've got some here with me, actually. shall we have a little look? first of all, what's that? that is your new paper straws. that's another eu regulation. there are no more plastic straws which are far superior. and everyone's favourite. come on. this is the peak of eu innovation. why don't we take a look at what's going on in america? yeah. could the difference be any starker? why on earth would

we? would we be cosying up to the dying eu economy when we could be partnering with the most pro uk administration in generations and literally tie rocket boosters to our economy? well, anyway, let's get the thoughts of my superstar panel. joining me this evening is journalist and comms adviser linda jubilee. journalist and writer peter lloyd. author and academic doctor lisa mckenzie. lisa, look, surely with all this investment flooding into america, we should be tying our boat to them, not the eu. >> well, i mean, personally, i think we should be. we should be friendly with both. you know, there's no you know, i think this was the misnomer about brexit that somehow when we left the eu, we were not friends with the eu, we were not friends with the with the europeans anymore. and, you know, we didn't want a relationship that wasn't true. that's not actually what we voted for, what we voted for to leave europe was so we could

have more self—determination, not because we disliked europeans. and i think what has been built around brexit is somehow some animosity. and i think some of that has come from macron, from merkel at the time. and actually the british people have never had any animosity towards europeans. no, it's just the european union, right? yes. that's right. i mean, i. >> but would you not say that realigning with them and saying, you know, we're going to reintroduce freedom of movement for young people, we're going to augn for young people, we're going to align with i actually do all these things. >> no, i mean, i actually do think that i don't mind the sort of freedom of movement for young people. actually, i 1506 00: