>> way. >> way. >> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it's 1:00 on wednesday. the >> it's1:00 on wednesday. the 26th of february. i'm emily carver. >> and i'm tom harwood. >> and i'm tom harwood. >> well, during prime minister's. >> questions, the. >> questions, the. >> prime minister. >> prime minister. >> and the leader of the opposition. clashed over defence spending. kemi badenoch pressed keir. >> starmer over. >> starmer over. >> whether the. government's increase. >> to defence. >> to defence. >> includes funding. >> includes funding. >> that will be. >> that will be. >> used for the chagos islands. >> used for the chagos islands. >> deal. >> deal. >> elsewhere, gb news can exclusively reveal that more than 2000 small boat migrants have crossed illegally from france since the beginning of this year. the grim figure was reached last night as at least 138 migrants arrived into dover

harbour. >> and one question for you. >> and one question for you. >> would you give up your kebab to save the planet? >> well, the climate change committee has said we all need to give up two doner kebabs worth of meat a week. scrap our gas boiler. >> and we. >> and we. >> also need to halve the number of sheep and cattle in the country in order to get those carbon emissions down. >> elsewhere, dramatic scenes outside the bbc last night, furious protesters accused the broadcaster of pushing hamas propaganda. we'll speak to a man on the scene. >> this climate. change committee has too. much power and too little accountability. >> doesn't it? come up with his. >> doesn't it? come up with his. >> ideas that will affect. >> ideas that will affect. >> the minutiae. >> the minutiae. >> of our lives. >> of our lives. >> every single aspect. and the government has to listen, don't they? >> well, yes, if the government accepts the carbon budget. so there have been six of these so far. i think the climate change act established this committee

back in 2008. ironically, since 2008, we've seen productivity absolutely flatline in this country. i mean, some would say that's the global financial crisis. i might be being trite to say that this is a this is a correlation, but it certainly is the case that the when the government accepts this climate budget, as it's called, if any policy doesn't fit within that budget, anyone can sue the government. and then we get judges and lawyers and lawfare saying, this new road or this new power station or this new housing development. well, it's not within your carbon budget. we're going to have to stop it. we're going to have to stop it. we're going to have to throw it through the courts. you can't have that drilling site. you can't drill for that oil because that's not within the carbon budget. you can't have that runway. >> so it's the lawyers that win, isn't it? it's always the lawyers that win. but yes, apparently we need to give up two kebabs worth of meat in order to save the planet. apparently, we need to be taxed more when we fly. if we're even allowed to fly, we need four and five cars to be electric. yet the sales of those seem to be

going down and we all need to rip out our gas boiler, of course, and put in a delightful heat pump. so there you go. would you do that to save the planet, i must say. this all comes on the day that bp, the oil giant, have announced that they're going to be slashing their green stuff, their green investment, and just going for gas and oil. drill, baby, drill is what they're doing. meanwhile, we're concreting over every chance of that. >> it's fascinating. up until now, these so—called carbon budgets from the from the climate committee, they've done the relatively easy stuff, the low hanging fruit. but now we're getting to the stuff like our our flights and heating our homes and what we eat. >> our sheep. >> our sheep. >> i mean, this stuff is going to be more and more encroaching upon our lives. the question is, should the government accept or throw out this new so—called carbon budget? >> yes. well, we're going to have a farmer who is not impressed by the cutting half of all of our sheep and cattle, i can tell you that. but do let us know your thoughts. would you give up your kebab to save the

planet? but it is the headlines now with sophia wenzler. so some. >> almost, but not quite. it's sam francis, not sophia wenzler. she'll be here with you very shortly. first, though, a look at the top stories from the newsroom. and kemi badenoch has accused the prime minister of copying her proposal to fund an increase in defence spending with cuts to foreign aid. in a clash at prime minister's questions, the conservative leader said she backs the increase. but questions if it's really £134 increase. but questions if it's really £13.4 billion increase. but questions if it's really £134 billion a year, as mr starmer claims, or closer to £6 billion, as his defence secretary suggested this morning. >> how is it that the defence secretary says 6 billion and he says 13.4 billion? the ifs said today that the government is playing silly games with numbers. how does he find this difference in numbers? >> however, sir keir starmer insists the figure is correct and accused kemi badenoch of a

desperate search for relevance. >> she's appointed herself, i think, saviour of the western civilisation. it's a desperate search for relevance. but, mr speaken search for relevance. but, mr speaker, look, if you take the numbers for this financial year and then the numbers for the financial year 2728, that's £134 billion increase. that is the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the cold war, which will put us in a position to ensure the security and defence of our country and of europe. >> in other news, more than 2000 thousand small boat migrants have crossed the channel illegally since the start of this year. the latest group of 138 arrived last night, brought to dover by border force after being picked up in uk waters. earlier, another boat was intercepted after some on board refused french rescue and continued towards britain. sources say people smugglers are now taking bigger risks, launching in rough seas after

weeks of bad weather. the government is pushing for new laws to criminalise those who reject rescue as they vow to smash the gangs. israel is expected to release 600 palestinian prisoners after a delay over hamas's treatment of israeli hostages. they'll be freed in exchange for the bodies of four israelis, likely today or tomorrow. the move clears the way for fresh ceasefire talks, as us envoy steve witkoff heads to the region. it comes as thousands gathered in israel earlier today to mourn shiri bibas and her two young sons, whose bodies were returned by hamas last week. israel and hamas last week. israel and hamas have both signalled commitment to the ceasefire deal commitment to the ceasefire deal, but the next phase remains uncertain. bp has confirmed a major u—turn on green energy, slashing more than $5 billion from its net zero spending each yean from its net zero spending each year, instead ramping up oil and gas production. they had pledged to cut oil and gas output by 40% by 2030, but the energy giant

will now be investing up to $10 billion annually in fossil fuels. that's an increase of 20%. bp's ceo calls it a reset, with an unwavering focus on long term shareholder value. but environmental groups and some shareholders warn the shift could backfire. while greenpeace says bp should brace for pushback at every turn. in sport, liverpool boss arne slot has been handed a two game ban for confronting a referee after their two two draw at everton. the fa have released an official statement today confirming he'll miss wednesday's clash with newcastle and southampton's visit on the 8th of march. however, he can be on the sidelines for their champions league tie against psg. assistant coach sipke hulshoff is also banned for two games. meanwhile, liverpool and everton clubs have both been fined 65,000 and £50,000 for failing to control their players. apple

says a bug caused iphones to briefly display the word trump when users said the word racist. using voice to text clips of the glitch have gone viral, with some trump supporters accusing the tech giant of political bias. apple says it's rolling out a fix, blaming a speech recognition issue that briefly suggests words with phonetic similarities. it comes amid wider concerns over political bias in other tech companies. after meta was accused of automatically making users follow donald trump after the us election. and just before i hand you back to tom and emily, breaking line just into us, that henry kelly, who of course, presented well—known tv shows such as going for gold and game for a laugh, has sadly died today at the age of 78. in a statement from his family, they said he passed peacefully on tuesday after a period of ill health. they added in that statement that henry will be sorely missed by his friends and

family, including his partner carolyn, their son and daughter, and his mother to her mother, rather so henry kelly, who has died today at the age of 78. that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you in half an houn be back with you in half an hour. now, though, it's over to westminster. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the