>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm. >> or. >> or. >> welcome to the martin daubney. >> show here on. >> show here on. >> gb news. >> gb news. >> we're broadcasting for you today, live. >> from the heart. >> from the heart. >> of paddington. >> of paddington. >> and all across the uk. on today's show, an afghan asylum seeker who was known to police has. been detained for a suspected attack after he ploughed a car into a crowd in munich. live pictures on your screens now of the aftermath of that terrible attack, and the car ploughed into a car in a crowd in munich, and at least 30 have been injured, some critically, including children. we'll have all the latest from the city in a state of shock,

and they call him starmer the farmer harmer. but today the prime minister got a taste of his own medicine because farmers a visit to milton keynes, forcing sir keir starmer to be airlifted away from the scene by helicopter. look, there he goes. it's batman and robin, and i'll be joined by farmers who were there today protesting. and the lunatics have taken over the asylum system once again, because a nigerian woman has been granted asylum despite eight previous rejections, by claiming she's a member of a terrorist organisation. after even the judge admitted she was not being honest. is this a case of if at first you don't succeed, then lie and lie again? and suella braverman has slammed the conversion of a luxury country manor in fareham into asylum seeker accommodation as entirely inappropriate. well, on today's show i'll be joined by a furious local who says this is aninqu furious local who says this is an insult to every single british taxpayer. and that's all coming up in your next hour.

motor show is always a pleasure to have your company. another thing that's got my goat today is the world cup in 2034. in saudi arabia, due to strict islamic rules, they're banning booze. the first dry world cup in the history of the sport. now, i don't know about you, but i enjoy a few beers with the football. in fact, i would counter this as an england fan, it's positively essential to have a few beers just to keep your heart from exploding from the constant stress. but is it fair that they ban booze from the world cup? should we boycott the world cup? should we boycott the world cup? is the game being completely hollowed out by foreign nations who are buying the game? its heart and its soul? should fans kick back and say, get lost, saudi arabia, we're staying back here in blighty where the beer flows like wine. get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay. now time for your headlines and here's sophia

wenzler. >> martin. thank you. it'sjust >> martin. thank you. it's just gone. 3:00. these are your headlines. a car has ploughed into a crowd in munich, leaving at least 28 people injured, some critically. german police have arrested. >> a 24. >> a 24. >> year old afghan asylum seeker who was detained at the scene. officials say. >> the suspect was. >> the suspect was. >> known to the police for theft and drug offences. authorities also say. >> the. driver was. >> the. driver was. >> alone, but eyewitnesses reported two men in the mini coopen reported two men in the mini cooper. munich police have sealed off. >> the area. >> the area. >> and confirmed there is no further danger, though the cause of the crash remains unclear. the mayor of munich described the incident as deeply shocking, with children among those injured. it comes. >> just days before. >> just days before. >> the munich security conference, where world leaders, including ukraine's president, are set to gather. figures released this morning 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. however, the conservatives accuse the government of killing growth. here's what the chancellor, rachel reeves, had to say. >> 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. >> in other news, now, 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 7.46 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 2025 and reduce them further by 2026. passengers on the elizabeth line in london face major disruption as train drivers prepare for a four days of striking. aslef says its members will walk out for 24 hours on march, the 27th, march the 1st and march the 8th 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. it's the latest in a long running dispute, with londoners warned to expect severe delays. everton and liverpool have

condemned racist abuse aimed at abdoulaye doucoure after wednesday's merseyside derby. merseyside police are investigating after the 32 year old was targeted with abuse on social media after the two two premier league draw. chief superintendent claire doyle is urging anyone with information to come forward. the club say such abuse is reprehensible and will not be tolerated. vowing to work with police to identify those responsible, they are calling for a zero tolerance approach, urging social media platforms to take stronger action against abusers. the defence secretary says there will be no talks about ukraine without ukraine, 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. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin. >> 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 sophia. now let's get on with the show. and to the

huge news over in munich in germany, because nearly 30 people have been injured, with two in a critical condition after a car, a mini cooper, drove through a large crowd in what police say is now a suspected attack. the arrested driver has now been confirmed as a 24 year old afghan asylum seeker, who is previously known to police. now, a short while ago, the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has condemned the incident as a terrible attack, and he added that the suspects must be punished and must leave the country. but we can now speak with gb news national reporter charlie peters. charlie, what's astonishing about this story to me is, is the speed that the german authorities are moving to say this was an asylum seeker, this was an afghani. this was somebody known to the services. this is somebody who must be removed from the country. a sea change in germany, who's who's experienced so many terror attacks. what's the latest? >> well, this region is still

reeling from an appalling incident in aschaffenburg in bavana incident in aschaffenburg in bavaria just three weeks ago, when a two year old boy and a man, aged 41, were both killed in a stabbing in a german park. that incident, being done by a 28 year old afghan man. so it's the same sort of background again for another incident today, a 24 year old afghan man detained very soon after it appears a mini cooper accelerated before speeding into groups of people over a thousand gathering. as part of this left wing demonstration, the verdi trade union in munich and they were gathering on the siedel strasse, one of the main arterial roads going north out of the central train station, gathering there for of the central train station, gathering there fo