akua. it's 3:00. radio. i'm nana akua. it's 3:00. for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines. right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine, it's theirs. and of course it's yours. we'll be debating and discussing and at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours, broadcaster and journalist claire muldoon and also political commentator jonathan lees. coming up on today's show, we'll be discussing the southport murderer axel rudakubana and how he has avoided a whole life term for the murder of three young girls and attempted murder of ten other people. was the sentence too lenient? mr prime minister, wrong not to call for a change in the law for teenage murderers. and in my niggle i'll be taking matt staniland head on as to why i think it's time to bnng as to why i think it's time to bring back the death penalty for the great british debate this houn the great british debate this hour. i'm asking, is it time to bnng hour. i'm asking, is it time to bring back the death penalty? three reform uk mps have ramped up calls for a debate around its

reintroduction, with others pointing towards the cost of keeping rudakubana behind bars. so i'm asking you, is it time to bnng so i'm asking you, is it time to bring back the death penalty then, in difficult conversations, joining me, musician and former fiance of vanessa feltz, has a new girlfriend. she's also called vanessa. they'll both join me in the studio. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with aaron armstrong. >> thanks, nana. >> thanks, nana. >> very good afternoon to you. let's get you up to date with the top stories for female israeli soldiers held by the terror group. hamas have been released and reunited with their families. they were taken to hospital in tel aviv, where they saw their families. finally, after 15 months in captivity. kanna after 15 months in captivity. karina ariev , daniella gilboa karina ariev, daniella gilboa and naama levy, all aged 20, and the 19 year old liri albag were all serving with the israeli defence forces when they were

captured. they were released earlier today. these are the pictures that were surrounded by hamas fighters. the women waved and smiled as they were led on to a podium. this is in gaza city, towards the north of the strip, before being guided to red cross vehicles and then taken to the border and handed over to the idf. and as part of the deal, israel has released around 200 palestinian prisoners and this, the second exchange since the ceasefire began last weekend. the first wave saw three israeli hostages released, including the british israeli emily damari. now, the met office says storm eowyn was probably the strongest storm to hit the uk in the last decade. some 185,000 homes and businesses are still without power in northern ireland following the storm. see some of the stormy conditions. up to

80mm of rainfall in parts of england and wales. several amber and yellow warnings issued by the met office for today and tomorrow. and all that comes after winds up to 100 miles an houn after winds up to 100 miles an hour. yesterday one person died in ireland. he's been named today as kasper dudek. network rail have given an update. they say most of the network is now back up and running. farmers from across the country are staging a national day of unity in a bid to protect the sector. it comes as pressure is mounting on the government to halt the controversial family farm tax that could see some forced to sell their land to foot the bill. well, the national farmers union warned many farmers are at breaking point and they say they cannot afford increased bills. a former actor released from prison in error as part of the early release scheme, has been convicted of assaulting his ex—partner. it took place the day he was freed. jason hodgkinson, who starred in the

1987 film empire state, was one of some 1700 prisoners who walked free on september the 10th last year as part of the government's plan to ease overcrowding. but the 53 year old was one of 37 inmates released by mistake when the scheme was rolled out. he was photographed giving a thumbs up as he left hmp durham after serving half of an 18 month sentence for assaulting his ex—partner and breaching a restraining order. well, wh smith is in talks to sell its entire high street business in britain more than 230 years after opening its first store in central london. in a statement today, the firm said it was exploring potential strategic opfions exploring potential strategic options for this profitable and cash generative part of the group, including a possible sale. so make of that what you will. the company's high street arm comprises roughly 500 stores. 5000 people are employed across the country, and the company will reportedly confirm the plan to the london stock

exchange on monday. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back in just under half an hour's time. >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching six minutes after 3:00. this is gb news var, britain's news channel. i'm nana akua. we are live on tv, online and on digital radio. on today's show , southport murderer axel show, southport murderer axel rudakubana has now and has now avoided a whole life term for the murder of three young girls and attempted murder of ten other people. i'm asking you, was that sentence too lenient? and as the prime minister, wrong not to call for a change in the law for teenage murderers, for the great british debate this houn the great british debate this hour, i'm asking, is it time to bnng hour, i'm asking, is it time to bring back the death penalty? three reform uk mps have ramped up calls for a debate around its reintroduction, with others pointing towards the cost of keeping rudakubana behind bars. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking is it time to bring back the death penalty?

and of course we will cross live to tel aviv to speak to mr varne performer uri geller, as four more hostages are handed back to israel from hamas. all of that on the way, as ever. send me your thoughts, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay. so farmers across the nation are staging a national day of unity as tractors gather throughout britain in a bid to protect the sector. when it comes as pressure is mounting on the government to halt the controversial family farm tax, that could see some forced to sell their land for foot to foot the bill. right. joining me now, former vice president of the national farmers union, adam quinney. adam, thank you very much for joining quinney. adam, thank you very much forjoining me now. do you see this protest continuing in this manner? and do you see any way that the government may find a way to u—turn? because, you know, this is all about saving face now, surely for them? >> well. >> well. >> first. >> first. >> of all. >> of all. >> i think. >> i think. >> it's really important that

the government actually engage with the industry. the chancellor has refused to meet the nfu president. yes, he's met the nfu president. yes, he's met the prime minister. but actually this is a discussion with the chancellor. and yes, i do think there are things we could look at that allows allows reform of the inheritance tax, but still looks after the family farm and keeps that intact. because family farms need to invest, they need to be more productive and they need to increase their investment in biodiversity on their farms and so on. and this tax will completely wreck those objectives. >> well, it is quite shocking that they didn't appear to see that they didn't appear to see that there would be this kind of ricochet. and also the fact that lots of supermarkets. i mean, you've had morrisons, although there was a bit of an issue, but you've also had others looking to join in with the process. i'm finding it very difficult to understand why the government are not even, as you said, engaging with the industry. what is it that you would like them to do if they could come up with a solution, what would you ask them to do? >> well, i think actually a

proper full consultation about the future of inheritance tax would be really useful. but today on the march i was in leamington and warwick today with about 40 tractors from from the surrounding area, along of tractors from all over, over, over england, primarily visiting centres and speaking to some of the farmers there. you know, they are incredibly worried about, especially the next seven years, because it is a bit of in effect, what's been announced is a bingo tax based on how old you are or whether your wife died ten years ago or not. the tax shouldn't be about that. it shouldn't be about that. it should be equitable. it should be based on profits and income, not an asset you're simply using to pass on. and the other aspect is there are many younger farmers 1498 00:08:45,584 -->