>> it's 9 pm. on patrick christys tonight. massive increase in defence spending cuts to foreign aid. but keir starmer has changed his tune. >> how on earth can the prime minister justify selling arms to saudi arabia and cutting aid to people starving in yemen? >> is it all thanks to this guy? >> is it all thanks to this guy? >> sfca. in the ncaa. >> sfca. in the ncaa. >> also tonight. >> also tonight. >> and that's why the labour party has a fully costed plan to

freeze energy bills this winter. >> only labour offers a plan for real change to cut energy bills for good. with gb energy and new publicly owned energy company. >> labour said they'd bring your bills down. but today. >> the news that energy bills are rising is going to be worrying for many families. it's happening because we're so reliant on fossil fuels, in particular gas. >> whoopsie. >> whoopsie. >> they betrayed you and made you poorer. we'll get stuck into that. and is kemi badenoch rubbish. >> no longer hide behind vapid statements that were at best ambitious 20 years ago. on defence it is not. again, it is not about picking, is it 2.4 2.5%? we know that to be working on this, i said that i wasn't going to be setting out detailed policy. >> yeah, just some policy would be quite nice though anyway. and then there's this. >> trans i've always known i'm trans ever since i can remember

growing up, i just pretended to be someone i wasn't and i hid myself away. >> you never know. trans police officers will now be able to strip search women. surely that shouldn't be allowed. >> and i'm always worried that one crisis is just going to leave me homeless. i'm literally one paycheque away from homelessness. >> we need you to raise our pay. >> we need you to raise our pay. >> what do we want? >> what do we want? >> 10%. >> 10%. >> when do we want it? >> when do we want it? >> now. >> now. >> what do we want? >> what do we want? >> 10%. >> 10%. >> when do we want it? >> when do we want it? >> now. >> now. >> lazy bone. idle civil servants complain about working in the office just three days a week. on my panel tonight is fox's ellie wheatley, gb news presenter alex armstrong and journalist jonathan. liz and labour's environment secretary met some farmers today. >> strength of feeling in the room and in the sector. we can see an example of that right in front of me now. >> yes. and can you tell me what this is all about here? this

kind of epic footage? what led up to that absolute disaster? get ready britain, here we go. spare a thought for the bangladeshi shrimp farmers. next. >> good evening. these are your headunes >> good evening. these are your headlines from the bbc newsroom. sir keir starmer has blamed a dangerous new era for his decision to increase defence spending and cut foreign aid. earlier today, the prime minister announced a major plan to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2027, calling it the biggest sustained increase since the cold war. but to fund it, the cold war. but to fund it, the aid budget will be slashed from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income, sparking backlash from charities who warn of

devastating consequences. addressing the nation from downing street, sir keir warned putin's aggression does not stop in ukraine and said the defence and national security of britain must come first. meanwhile, the prime minister went on to attack nigel farage for fawning over putin as he faced questions from gb news political editor christopher hope on whether he was nigel farage in disguise after his spending boost mirrored that promised in reform uk's election manifesto. >> farage didn't even turn up to the debate in parliament today. nigel farage is fawning over putin. that's not patriotism. thatis putin. that's not patriotism. that is not what working people need. >> now. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy plans to travel to washington on friday to meet us president donald trump, after officials agreed to terms on a draft minerals deal. that's according to several media reports. ukrainian officials hope it will improve relations with the trump administration and pave the way for a long term us security

commitment. it's understood kyiv is now ready to sign the agreement on jointly developing its mineral resources, including oil and gas, after the us dropped demands for a right to $500 billion in potential revenue from exploiting the resources. in other news, the bbc has issued an a public apology after a review revealed missed opportunities to address concerns over former radio i dj tim westwood's conduct. while the report found no widespread knowledge of serious allegations, the broadcaster admits it fell short of its values, apologising to those affected and promising changes to prevent future failures. westwood, who strongly denies all allegations, was accused of creating a toxic work environment during his time at the bbc. for reform uk leader nigel farage has called for antifa to be prescribed as a

hate organisation. in a new letter to the home secretary after violent mass protesters descended on the party's rally last night. mask wearing protesters, who refused to talk to local police officers around the gathering, vowed to shut down the reform rally in cornwall and accuse farage of racism. in his letter to yvette coopen racism. in his letter to yvette cooper, the reform leader said absolutely no politician or their supporters should be subjected to threats, abuse and violence. farage also claimed that local labour councillor zoe fox was inciting violence and asked cooper is this kind of violence acceptable in the labour party? a mystery disease has killed more than 50 people in the democratic republic of congo, just hours after symptoms began, with the world health organisation describing the outbreak as posing a significant pubuc outbreak as posing a significant public health threat. the who and doctors in the drc said that the time between symptom onset and death was just 48 hours in

most cases. officials believe the outbreak began on the 21st of january, and 419 cases have been recorded, including 53 deaths, according to the world health organisation. the first outbreak started in the town of boloco after three children reportedly ate a dead bat. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to patrick. 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/advent. >> welcome along. big news today. starmer said he'd cut foreign aid and increase defence spending. >> i can announce this government will begin the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the cold war.

>> naama. >> naama. >> we will deliver our commitment to spend 2.5% of gdp on defence, but we will bring it forward so that we reach that level in 2027. that means we will cut our spending on development assistance. >> let's start, shall we? by sparing a thought for the bangladeshi shrimp farmers, the queer community in outer mongolia and of course, rory stewart's wife's tribal army of afghan basketweavers. >> stopped. doesn't matter. you have a contract. so you know, turquoise mountain, which my wife shoshana runs, has a contract. had another million dollars to go. money just stops. >> rory stewart is talking about trump there. of course. and i think this is all down to trump. the us president came out and he said stuff like this. >> got it right anyway. i said, they're taking advantage. i'm they're taking advantage. i'm the one that got. and the secretary—general was here, as you know, two weeks ago, saying that if it weren't for me, nato wouldn't even exist right now because i raised from countries

that weren't paying their bills at that time, 28 countries, 20 of them were not paying their bills, 21 to be exact. they weren't paying. and or they were paying weren't paying. and or they were paying a very small portion. and i raised over $680 billion. that was the number he gave by saying, if you don't pay, we're not going to protect you. and as soon as i said that, the money came pouring in. >> now, we've seen what starmer is doing, what he's been told. so starmer has openly copied reform's policy. he's openly copied what the conservatives robert jenrick called for last march. and this is all down to trump, because starmer is on record absolutely slamming boris johnson for cutting foreign aid. >> cut is wrong because investing in 0.7% in international aid is in britain's national interest. this has been a cross—party position for 20 years. successive successive prime ministers, successive prime ministers, successive prime ministers have kept to the commitment. every living prime

minister thinks this is wrong. there is only one prime minister who is prepared to do this and he is sitting there. >> yes. and just two weeks ago, foreign secretary david lammy showed his tremendous intellect and political foresight by saying that trump's cuts to foreign aid were a strategic mistake that could leave other countries more reliant on china. well, it's a shame that read ed miliband didn't get the memo, though. now, i'm sure it's just a coincidence that his dad was a marxist, but he's just signed us up to a load of chinese funded windfarms. despite the former mi6 windfarms. despite the former m16 chief warning against relying on china for energy. anyway, back to defence spending. starmer is going to 1536 00:10:39,632 --> 0