much don't need to go out so much now. headlines for you today. migration numbers continue to plague the government's economic plans, as the health secretary pledges to boost home grown talent following new stats that show the nhs is reliant on foreign doctors . and donald foreign doctors. and donald trump cannot stay out of those headlines, can he.7 this trump cannot stay out of those headlines, can he? this time, the us president is generating more controversy for revoking joe biden's national security clearance and banning straws. and the royals will bless them. they take on italy. the king and queen host a special italian banquet ahead of their state trip to rome. but who are the famous faces? got that all important invite? spoiler alert it wasn't me. i'm dawn neesom and the weekend starts right here and now.

yes. so thank you very much for joining me. as i've said, it's a saturday afternoon and it's very, very soggy out there, a bit miserable. so you don't want to go anywhere. we have got an absolutely jam packed show for you. we have got everything, including straws i know, controversial. oh and a bit of valentines as well. a bit of love on a saturday afternoon for you because it is all about you. this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today by simply visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and joining our conversation. have a chat. what we're talking about, what you want to talk about. this is what we're here for. keeping me company this hour as well as you, of course, is the brilliant journalist and writer benjamin butterworth. and don't start straight, you know, and political commentator claire muldoon. thank you very much for joining me. used to. but before we get stuck into today's stories, let's get the news headunes stories, let's get the news headlines from check in. she's not wearing the same colour. no, she's not sophia wenzler.

>> doing. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> doing. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone midday. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom. israel has begun releasing palestinian prisoners after hamas freed three more israeli hostages this morning. in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in gaza. the hostages are ohad ben—ami or levi and eli sharabi. in return for the captives release, hamas said it expects 183 palestinian prisoners to be freed. it comes as yesterday hamas accused israel of violating the ceasefire deal by delaying the entry of hundreds of aid trucks. the foreign office has denied reports it's set to open talks on slavery reparations, with canbbean on slavery reparations, with caribbean officials demanding trillions of pounds from the uk, according to the telegraph newspaper. a meeting could be held as soon as april after barbados prime minister mia mottley previously demanded

almost £4 trillion from britain, the foreign office has told gb news the story is false and misleading and insists the government's position remains unchanged. but the foreign secretary, david lammy, has previously been vocal in his support. in other news, a mass has taken place at saint mary's cathedral in sheffield to remember harvey willgoose, who was stabbed at school on monday. vicar general monsignor desmond sexton spoke to our gb news reporter anna riley after the mass. >> it was a very moving service. sometimes simplicity is the best and it came across very well and people held the family very much in their prayers. one quote i would give from the service is this that we cannot suffer as harvey's family are suffering, but we can suffer with them, walk with them. and later today a march will take place throughout the city to remember

the 15 year old and raise awareness of knife crime. the day of remembrance will culminate in a minute's silence at bramall lane this afternoon, before the match between sheffield united and portsmouth. now all reruns of old gino d'acampo shows have been pulled from the itv schedule after allegations of inappropriate behaviour against the tv chef. a new series of family fortunes that was filmed in october 2023 has not been broadcast yet, and as it stands, there are no plans to do so. d'acampo has been accused of making inappropriate sexual comments while working on a string of itv programmes since 2011. gino d'acampo firmly denies any allegations that have been made against him. the king and queen welcomed celebrities, chefs and diplomats to their highgrove estate last night to celebrate italian slow cooking dinner with dishes including crab ravioli and pork. alongside

engush crab ravioli and pork. alongside english and italian wine comes ahead of their italian state visit later on in the year. among the guests for charles and camilla's event were victoria and david beckham, dame helen mirren and stanley tucci, and the menu honoured a cause close to the king's heart. the tradition of slow cooking promotes the right to good, clean and fair food for all and strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine, and is championed by the italians to the us now, where president donald trump is set to revoke joe biden's security clearances and stop his daily intelligence briefings, as there was no need for his predecessor to receive classified information. in a post on truth social, trump said, joe, you're fired, as he referenced a report by special counsel robert her that described biden last year as a well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory. a spokesperson for biden has declined to comment.

and staying in the us, the wreckage of a small plane has been found in alaska after suddenly losing altitude and crashing earlier this week. the benng crashing earlier this week. the bering air flight left unalakleet at 2:38 pm. on thursday, but contact was lost less than an hour later, according to the firm's operations director. the us coastguard said the wreckage was found atop frozen sea ice. they also confirmed all ten passengers were killed in the crash , and a cold snap is crash, and a cold snap is sweeping in, with temperatures set to drop as low as minus seven degrees over the coming days. britain is bracing for showery rain, with a yellow weather warning in place across much of the country and snow expected in northern england and wales. the met office says demand for health care is likely to rise, but return of the dreaded beast from the east is unlikely. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to dawn. >> 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, sophia. right, you are already off, aren't you? okay. this one is for you, kenneth. good afternoon. kenneth, thank you very much for joining afternoon. kenneth, thank you very much forjoining me, dawn. not for me. hours of glasses on, glasses off. kenneth. how do you expect me to read things at my advanced age? okay. i need to put my glasses on to read things like lovely messages from you. so keep them coming. meanwhile, brenda. afternoon. brenda says i talk too fast. so, brenda, the rest of the show will be for you. i'm joking. i'm going to talk as fast as i possibly can. just try and keep up at the back there. any case, keep your messages coming in because i do enjoy reading them and i'm going to read as many as i possibly can, especially the red ones. so

keep them coming. gbnews.com/yoursay right, shall we talk about doctors? when was the last time you saw one? me nehhen the last time you saw one? me neither. okay. wes streeting has once again drawn criticism from nhs officials after attacking the service's reliance on foreign doctors, the health secretary hit out at the nhs habit of pulling the immigration lever, with nearly 70% of medics who registered to practise medicine last year not being trained in the uk. streeting has now pledged to boost home—grown talent, which sounds brilliant. but can he do it? that's the question. joining me now is oncologist and former director of the world health organisation's cancer programme, professor karol sikora. carol, thank you so much for joining me. really appreciate your time this afternoon, carol. really worrying headlines today nhs is being flooded with doctors from poorer countries. so a we're depriving those countries of doctors themselves. and we have really no idea how competent

many of these medics are. can you tell us a bit more about what's going on here? >> yes. we've always imported more doctors every year than we've actually trained. and despite several administrations, i've been in the nhs for more years than i care to remember. and it never has enough. it never has enough. home—grown product and other european countries do. even eastern bloc countries, poland, czech republic, they have plenty of home—grown doctors, you know, to get into medical school here, six qualified candidates apply and only one gets in. these are people all with three a's at a—level. they're all brilliant. and they, the girls present themselves better than the boys that interviewed because they're more mature at the age of 17, and they do well and they're fantastic. so wes and th