bankrupting britain. >> the government are determined to secure the right to kill people. >> millionaire. miliband is a rank hypocrite. >> mayor khan for himself, but can't for londoners. >> and donald trump's policies are a fascist nightmare. >> he always has to ruin it, doesn't he.7 it's >> he always has to ruin it, doesn't he? it's 6 pm. and this saturday five. good evening. and

a very warm welcome to the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i'm still firmly gripping the hot seat, despite the increasingly desperate and naked attempts of alex armstrong to. >> rescue me. >> rescue me. >> i've actually had to hire my own security detail to keep him at bay, lest he launch an assassination attempt in the dead of the night. armed with nothing but an expired labour party membership and a deadly thirst for air time. now, viewers of gb news will have noficed viewers of gb news will have noticed that last night there was a mysterious disappearance. patrick christys was gone. haven't. >> had an update on his whereabouts. >> but i can only assume that armstrong's grubby little arm strong's grubby little fingerprints armstrong's grubby little fingerprints were. >> all over, given that. >> all over, given that. >> he presented his show last night. his hunger for a presenting gig on the people's channelis presenting gig on the people's channel is so intense that i fear none of us here are safe.

so if i suddenly slump over mid—show someone check my drink for traces of the one time socialist worker's sedative. >> of choice. >> of choice. >> lukewarm oat milk. that's what he'll poison me with. thankfully, i've got my good friend, the glamorous gp doctor renee on standby with an epipen. not only must she be prepared to fend off assassination attempts from labour party, former labour party members, acting like devious diva delinquents. but she's also on call to handle the disturbingly stiff and rigid australian to her right. now, speaking of which, free willy was my favourite film as a child. there was nothing more thrilling than seeing that orca burst free from its human made prison, and our very own willy kingston is no different. one congratulatory pat too many and he's primed to explode, my friends. >> the man's under so. >> the man's under so. >> much pressure to perform that he's practically a shaken up can of foster's one shake too many,

and there's a real frothy freak show . making a return is the one show. making a return is the one and only kai willsher, cardiff's most self—described gender fluid blairite babe in the village. kaihas blairite babe in the village. kai has just informed us that while hitting the clubs of soho, he suffered an unexpected crisis. ymca came blasting over the. speakers and triggered by its appropriation by the maga movement, he hurled a speaker across the floor screaming justice for kamalai now, in light of this, we've had to ban all village people songs @gbnews towers to prevent another triggered tantrum. now, as ever, each of our panel get to make their arguments and then it's game on. expect things to escalate faster than the blood pressure of ed miliband's new vanhy pressure of ed miliband's new vanity photographer, who's frantically trying to capture a single shot of aides looking like a normal human being. here's his latest attempt. now, for our radio listeners, all i

can say is i wish i was you right now. and of course, we want to hear your views. drop us a line at gbnews.com/yoursay. and don't forget to get your questions in for ask the five. no topic is off limits, except, of course, all of your willy related messages. but before this descends into total chaos or doctor renee has to administer some form of muscle relaxant to will. it's time for your saturday night news with sophia wenzler. >> darren. thank you. it's just gone 6:00. these are your headlines. donald trump has said many isis terrorists have been killed in caves by us airstrikes. he ordered this morning, posting on his social media site truth social. the us president said this morning i ordered precision military airstrikes on the senior isis attack planner and other terrorists he recruited and led

in somalia. these killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the united states and our allies. meanwhile, donald trump is set to impose tariffs on us top three trade partners today, with mexico and canada facing a 25% tax and chinese imports hit with a 10% levy. the move is expected to raise prices and disrupt key sectors including energy, automotive, lumber and agriculture. the white house insists the tariffs are aimed at tackling illegal fentanyl distribution and addressing migration concerns. in response, canada, mexico and china have all pledged retaliation. meanwhile, trump has warned the european union could soon face similar measures. the mayor of philadelphia has confirmed the driver of a car was also killed when a medical transport plane crashed in the city. all six on board were killed in the crash, including a young patient and her mother. at least 19 others

were also injured. after the jet rescue air ambulance erupted into a fireball just 30s after takeoff, engulfing several homes in flames. an investigation is underway with officials from the national transportation safety board on the scene. it comes just days after a plane collided with a us army helicopter near washington, dc, killing 64 people on the plane and three on the helicopter. in other news, hamas and israel are exchanging hostages and prisoners today in the fourth swap of a fragile ceasefire in gaza. in tel aviv, supporters clapped and threw their hands in the air as they watched the last of three hostages cross the border into israel. meanwhile, in exchange, 182 palestinian prisoners are expected to be freed, with some already taken in buses to gaza and the west bank. the release comes as gaza's rafah crossing reopens for the first time, allowing injured palestinians

into egypt. now back in the uk, six people have been arrested following stop the isolation and stand up to racism rallies in central london. the metropolitan police said these include the incident where a flare was set off an arrest near waterloo after an officer was spat at, and three arrests in whitehall after stop the isolation protesters entered the stand up to racism area. thousands of protesters have gathered in the capital with a march in support of tommy robinson and a separate counter demonstration. robinson is currently serving an 18 month prison sentence for breaching a high court injunction. and angry crowds have gathered outside a barclays branch as a major it glitch is causing thousands to be left without their funds for more than 24 hours. many have taken to social media to hit out at the firm and demand compensation for the problems, which leading experts have warned could cost the bank

millions. this morning, the bank apologised to its customers, acknowledging intermittent errors with their payment system and assuring that they were working to fix this as quickly as possible. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to darren. >> 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. >> cheers, sophia. it's saturday night, my friends, and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show. three whole hours. what more could you want? sit yourself down and bustle up, get ready. because grumpy grandad has just messaged him, my friends. and he says willy is looking a bit flush tonight. i hope he doesn't get overexcited.

it might get messy. sitting next to him. well yes, you've got quite loose. >> you're wearing white. >> you're wearing white. >> and peter says and peter says how much? what? alex? peter says, how much whiter are your teeth going to go? darren. well, better. >> ask willie. >> ask willie. >> yeah, but oh no, that's filth. right. okay. before this descends into total farce, i'm going to ask doctor renee to take it away. >> with pleasure. >> with pleasure. >> oh, god. okay, you. >> oh, god. okay, you. >> does anybody remember when kim ledbetter stood up and said that a vote for her assisted suicide bill wasn't so much a vote for the assisted suicide bill, but a vote to continue the debate in the committee stages. well, the committee stages are here, and that's exactly what is not happening. so the first thing the committee did this week was vote to hold the meetings where they selected which witnesses would be heard from in secret. so the journalists and the public were asked to leave. hansards will be

blank. then. kim ledbetter suppued blank. then. kim ledbetter supplied the list at the last minute, changed from which they would choose those said witnesses. she is in total control and supplied a list which was heavily weighted towards her bill passing. in fact, nine of the lawyers who were going to speak for this bill, seven of them are pro and two of them at very best are considered neutral. then let's actually look at who else they're going to invite. they asked whether or not they could invite the royal college of psychiatrists. seemed reasonable. they said no. under pressure, they quickly reversed that decision and then the heanngs that decision and then the hearings themselves. so when we went to