you this first hour. stories for you this first hour. the pm takes the fight to reform as he tells his cabinet that labour must stop looking down on working class voters and start taking their worries about immigration seriously. has the penny finally dropped or is. >> it too little. >> it too little. >> too late? and as we cosy up to brussels, britain will offer eu countries a youth mobility scheme, bringing tens of thousands to our country. is this the start of that big brexit betrayal? and in the latest case of have the lunatics taken over the asylum system? spoiler. yes, a sri lankan sex offender has been allowed to stay in britain because he is 93v- stay in britain because he is gay. so is it finally time to leave the. and this is a sad one. as labour pulls mental health support cash for farmers

amid the inheritance tax ride. i'll be getting the reaction of a farmer whose dad took his own life. that's later on in the show. so congratulations. you made it to friday. i know i never thought we'd do it either. it's been one of those weeks. a tough one, hasn't it? but we're here to keep you company this afternoon, so thank you very much for joining afternoon, so thank you very much forjoining me. just much for joining me. just snuggle up. you've got nowhere to go. put your feet up and relax. oh, yeah. we're on the radio as well, by the way, because this show isn't about martin daubney. that's him there. he's on holiday, obviously, with the kids. it's half term. it's not about me. dawn neesom. it's about you and your views. and it's really, really simple to get involved in the show and have a chat. just go and post your comments to gbnews.com/advent. get involved. what you want to talk about, what we're talking about. it's a friday afternoon. let's have a chat, shall we? but first, let's get these news headlines with sam francis. here he is.

>> dawn, thank. >> dawn, thank. >> you very much. >> you very much. >> and good afternoon. >> and good afternoon. >> to you. it's just after 3:00. >> to you. it's just after 3:00. >> well, israel has accused. >> well, israel has accused. >> hamas of violating. >> hamas of violating. >> the ceasefire after a. >> the ceasefire after a. >> forensic test showed a body returned from. gaza was not. >> that of hostage. >> that of hostage. >> shiri bass. her two young sons were. >> identified among the. >> identified among the. >> remains, along with an. 84 year old man. >> oded . >> oded. >> oded. >> prime minister benjamin. >> prime minister benjamin. >> netanyahu says. >> netanyahu says. >> hamas put. >> hamas put. >> the body of a gazan woman. >> the body of a gazan woman. >> in a coffin. >> in a coffin. >> and have. >> and have. >> now vowed to make. >> now vowed to make. >> the terror group pay the. >> the terror group pay the. >> full price. >> full price. >> israel is also demanding. >> israel is also demanding. >> the return. >> the return. >> of shiri bass. >> of shiri bass. >> whether she is alive or dead. >> whether she is alive or dead. >> well, hamas. >> well, hamas. >> say the mix. >> say the mix. >> up may have been. caused by an israeli air strike, and earlierjournalist an israeli air strike, and earlier journalist amir oren. >> gave us his thoughts. >> gave us his thoughts. >> you have two possible hypothesis. one is that the chaos in gaza is such that the

minor organisation or actually crime family, who originally abducted the bibas family and then had to give them over to hamas, misplaced the body, or perhaps hamas later misplaced the body. the other possibility is that. shiri bebe was abused, molested or worst. >> the bbc. >> the bbc. >> has pulled a gaza documentary from iplayer after discovering its 13 year old narrator is the son of a hamas official. the broadcaster says it wasn't informed of the family connection before airing the programme, and is now conducting further due diligence. it comes after culture secretary lisa nandy and high profile media figures urged the bbc to investigate how the film was made. the programme was removed today, with the bbc saying it won't return while the review takes place. sinn fein are set

to boycott white house saint patrick's day celebrations over trump's stance on the israel—gaza conflict. the party leader, mary lou mcdonald, says she won't attend an event at the white house because of what she called a principled stance against the expulsion of the palestinian people from gaza. however, no invites have officially been issued so far. let's just turn to some breaking political news here at home. labour mp andrew gwynne, who was sacked over what were described as vile whatsapp messages, is now under investigation by parliament's standards watchdog. he was dismissed as a health minister earlier this month after seeing sexist, antisemitic and racist messages sending rather those messages in a group chat with other labour mps. the parliamentary commissioner for standards is now probing whether his actions caused significant damage to the reputation of mps and the house of commons. also breaking this hour, the solicitors regulation authority

is reopening its investigation into business secretary jonathan reynolds over claims he misrepresented his legal career. regulators had initially reviewed the issue and closed that case after reynolds corrected his professional profiles online, but they've now received new information and say they will be taking another look at that issue. and it's an afternoon of breaking political news. we're just hearing that sir keir starmer has told his ministers to admit that labour ignored working people's concerns about immigration for too long. in a letter seen this afternoon by gb news, the prime minister says politics became too scared to acknowledge that some migrants are genuine refugees, but some aren't. he's warning that labour must stop patronising voters and prove that reform uk's policies on tax and the nhs are not the answer. and in that letter, citing a woman in oldham, he says people feel they must justify their

concerns to be to avoid being labelled racist. and he's also pledged to stand up for ordinary people who feel shut out and ignored by elites. volodymyr zelenskyy has told donald trump's envoy that ukraine needs reliable security guarantees before any peace deal with russia. it comes as the white house cancelled a conference with zelenskyy after donald trump called him a dictator. and elon musk accused kyiv of being a massive graft machine. meanwhile, 12 civilians have been killed in russian strikes over the past day as homes and infrastructures are hit. reports also say the us is blocking a g7 statement calling russia the aggressor. on the third anniversary of the invasion, meanwhile, french president emmanuel macron says trump cannot be weak against vladimir putin. it comes ahead of the french leader's visit to washington next week, where he'll attempt to convince trump that their interests are the same. the intervention now puts

sir keir starmer under pressure to also take a tough line during his own trip to washington, well, safeguarding ministerjess well, safeguarding minister jess phillips says the prime minister will have a serious talk with donald trump when they meet. >> i'm absolutely sure that the prime minister, who has made it incredibly clear that the security of our nation and our nafion security of our nation and our nation in the world is a fundamental core principle and the most important thing for our government that he will negotiate with donald trump with, you know, not not with laughter and with jokes, but with the seriousness that it deserves. >> that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you for another look at the top stories in around half an hour. now though, it's over 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/poll.

>> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> hello. thank you very much, sam, by the way, for those are marvellous news bulletins for you where you want to start this friday afternoon, then what about the prime minister? good. a place as any, isn't it? sir keir starmer has taken the fight to reform, as his warned his cabinet that labour must stop looking down at working class voters and take their worries about immigration seriously. slightly worrying that he feels like he has to actually articulate that. but hey, we'll go with it for now. gb news political editor christopher hope, joins me now with the latest on this breaking story. >> exciting dodi. >> exciting dodi. >> are they talking the talk and walking the walk, or is it just talk? >> it shows to me that the team around keir starmer and himself are listening, i think to the concerns of gb news viewers and listeners, the 1500 word letter to the members of the labour cabinet from sir keir starmer sent in the past seven days. in there, he says in terms that we must recognise all immigration

is not an untrammelled good. he says that pure economic migration was confused with genuine concern for those fleeing persecution in the past, and we end up treating all immigration as as an untrammelled good. somehow politics ended up being too scared to say what's obvious. some people are genuine refugees and some aren't. people coming here coming to work here can be positive, but it can also. we need to control the borders. it's almost an obvious thing to say for gb news viewers and listeners, but i just think that maybe some people in labour need to hear this too. >> i think it's. >> i think it's. >> astonishing that any politician in this country needs to hear politicia