>> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on thursday the 13th of february. i'm tom harwood. >> and i'm emily carver. >> and i'm emily carver. >> at least 28 people injured, several critically and perhaps one dead as a car ploughs into pedestrians in munich, just a day before a major security conference begins in the city. >> yes, live shots here from munich, as police have now confirmed, the man arrested is a 26 year old afghan asylum seeker, adding the incident is a suspected terror attack. we'll have the very latest. >> elsewhere, the prime minister has been forced to abandon a buckinghamshire visit due to a farmers protest with some sounding musical horns, while

the prime minister spoke to workers at the site. we're speaking to farmers throughout the show. was this protest move justified? >> and elsewhere, we'll bring you the shocking story of a nigerian woman who tried and failed eight times to secure asylum in britain. well, she joined a terror organisation just to boost her claim, apparently. it truly beggars belief. >> throughout the show, we're going to be on the ground in munich, piecing together what has gone on here on the most significant street in the city. a car ploughs into a group of people. the number affected has been rising as we've been learning more about this incident. but crucially, munich is playing host to the munich security conference, an annual event. it's going to be attended by jd. vance. it's going to be

attended by volodymyr zelenskyy. world leaders from around the world will gather, as they do each and every year in munich, to discuss matters of global security. could this have been a symbolic move on the eve of that conference? >> yeah, we know the police have said that the driver of the car which crashed into these people, we now know 28 people at least have been injured. at least two. seriously? that's what the police are saying. the driver is a 24 year old. afghan nationals officers treating the incident as a suspected attack. so it sounds as though this was , well, sounds as though this was, well, intentional. intentional to harm. >> it's so hard to piece together everything at this stage. we know what we've seen, but of course there's a lot yet to be seen throughout the show. no doubt we'll be learning more about this suspect, and we should expect german authorities to be releasing more information to be releasing more information to are sticking with this story. do stay with us too. and of course have your say

gbnews.com/yoursay. that's all to come after your latest news headunes to come after your latest news headlines with sam francis. >> thank you very much, tom and emily. a look at the other stories, making the news. we will, of course, get plenty more on what's coming out of munich later this hour here though. meanwhile, figures released earlier today show the economy unexpectedly grew at the end of last year, but gdp per head still fell. growth between october and december last year was 0.1% better than expected after stagnation in the previous three months. the data was compiled by the office for national statistics and is subject to revision. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has pledged to go further and faster with her plan to put more money in people's pockets, but the conservatives accused the government of killing growth. well, let's take a listen to what the chancellor, rachel reeves, had to say about those figures earlier today. >> the growth numbers have come in higher than many expected,

but i'm still not satisfied with the level of growth that our economy is achieving. and that's why i am determined to go further and faster in delivering the economic growth and the improvements in living standards that our country deserves. >> the nhs waiting list in england has dropped for the fourth month in a row, now at its lowest level since april 2023. figures show. just over 7.4 million treatments were waiting at the end of december, down slightly from november's total and well below last year's peak. long waits are also falling, patients waiting over a year for treatment are at their lowest since 2020, but more than 2000 people had been waiting over 18 months, a number that has barely changed. the government aims to eliminate year long waits by march of this year long waits by march of this year and reduce them further by 2026. passengers on the elizabeth line in london are facing major disruption as train drivers prepare for four days of strikes over pay. aslef says its

members will walk out for 24 hours on the 27th of february. march the 1st, the eighth and march the 1st, the eighth and march the 1st, the eighth and march the 10th. the union accuses transport for london of failing to offer a fair pay deal failing to offer a fair pay deal, is the latest in a long running dispute, with londoners warned to expect severe delays. the defence secretary says there will be no talks about ukraine without ukraine's involvement, as john healey insists kyiv must be in the strongest position to negotiate. nato's new secretary—general also says any peace deal must prevent russia from trying to seize more land in the future. it follows donald trump claiming he and vladimir putin had agreed to start talks on ending the war immediately. >> we'll see what that means. we have, i think, when the war ends. one thing he was very strong about, he wants, if it ends, he wants it to end. and that's president putin said that he wants it to end. he doesn't want to end it and then go back to fighting six months later. we talked about the possibility i mentioned it, of a ceasefire so

we can stop the killing. and i think we'll probably end up at some point getting a ceasefire in the not too distant future. president putin wants to have peace now, and that's good. and he didn't want to have peace with biden. >> was that conversation with. >> was that conversation with. >> can you tell me why that is okay? >> sir keir starmer has promised the largest house building programme since the post—war era, with dozens of new towns built. he says, by british workers more than 100 locations are being considered, each with at least 10,000 homes, as he vows to take on the nimbys and the blockers. his plans were inspired by king charles's work on the sustainable town nansledan in cornwall, which he visited on monday. the move has raised concerns, though, about dragging the king into politics. just days before an announcement on building beautiful communities. but the prime minister insists he doesn't want to involve the monarch, only to deliver homes that give working people security. and three links illegally released in the

cairngorms are doing well. apparently. after a month in quarantine at edinburgh zoo, the young female cats were rescued in january after being spotted on the loose, while a fourth, a male, sadly died after capture. the zoo says they would likely have not survived in the wild and is now looking for a permanent home for them. for now, they've been named a, b and c , following a tradition dating c, following a tradition dating back to the zoo's opening in 1913, keepers have launched an appeal to help cover costs, saying support so far has been very encouraging. those are the latest headlines for now. plenty more are up next with charlie peters, tom and emily on that. breaking news in munich. >> 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 afternoon britain. it's seven minutes past midday and we're going to return straight to that. breaking news out of munich. nearly 30 people have been injured, with two in a critical condition after a car drove through a large crowd in what police say is a suspected attack. >> yes, the arrested driver has now been confirmed as a 24 year old afghan asylum seeker known to police. >> well, joining us now is our national reporter, charlie peters. because, charlie, this is a curious, curious incident. firstly we saw that picture there, a mini cooper as this. i'm confused. >> yes. so usually when we've seen these sort of car ramming attacks and we should stress this is now a suspected attack, you typically associate the vehicle to be something heavier than a mini cooper. and when we first saw that picture this morning, i think some people were a little bit confused as to whether this was a car ramming attack or perhaps an incident where someone could have had a medical issue and they were

accelerating due to them perhaps passing out behind the wheel. there was some discussion in munich about whether the person had confused the accelerator with the brake. but we have to say now, with more recent reports, that theory support is dwindling, as it's been confirmed that a 24 year old afghan has been detained. the driver involved in the accident is an asylum seeker, who has already been known to the police for drug and theft offences. and at a press conference in for drug and theft offences. and at a