at that. and thanks to esg, defence companies have been regarded as unethical, which has many ramifications. is that harsh or fair? and speaking of defence, in poland, they're rolling out military training to all adult males. one uk mp says it's a good idea and all countries should follow suit. hang on, why do i feel like we are hurtling towards conscription in this country? and if we did, would you support that? and get this first generation migrants to make up 25% of britain's population by 2035? the shadow home secretary says that that is a threat to social cohesion. do you agree? with. goodness me, we have so much to discuss tonight and i've got a fabulous panel lined up for you. i've got charlie downs and alongside him, james schneider. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live and give you your 6:00 news

headlines. >> good evening. the main headunes >> good evening. the main headlines from the gb news centre, the reform mp rupert lowe is tonight at the centre of bullying allegations. reform uk chairman zia yusuf has released a statement confirming that the party had received complaints from two female employees about serious bullying in mr lowe's parliamentary office and his constituency office. the complaints relate to allegations of workplace bullying and the targeting of female staff who raised concerns. reforms say that the police have also been made aware of two other allegations that the chairman of the party was threatened by the mp on two separate occasions. in a statement this evening, mr lowe said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he said were untrue and false allegations. in more

breaking news, donald trump says he's working hard to get a ukraine peace deal as soon as possible. the president was speaking in the white house after another major wave of russian attacks on its neighbour overnight. mr trump said that ukraine was taking tremendous punishment and a peace deal was urgently needed. >> i want to settle the war. get it finished, because if i'm not here, nobody's going to settle it. and president macron has said that, and every president, everybody said that the prime ministers and presidents, we're pushing very hard. that's all i'm thinking about now, as far as the question about security later, that's the easy part. the hard part is getting it settled. we got to get them. >> members of a russian run spy ring are facing lengthy jail terms for one of the largest and most complex enemy operations to be uncovered on uk soil.

bulgarians katrin ivanova, vanya khabarova and tonia ivankov were found guilty at the old bailey of spying on an industrial scale, putting lives and national security at risk, while commander dominic murphy, the head of the metropolitan police counter—terrorism command, details the threat they posed. >> from everything we've discovered, the threat was quite broad, in fact. so yes, they were gathering information, what you might call lifestyle surveillance against individuals here in the uk. my concern has always been, though, what was that lifestyle surveillance going to lead to? and we have seen a long history of the russian state conducting operations here in the united kingdom, including lethal threat operations like the investigation in salisbury, so deeply worrying about the physical and information challenges created. >> and finally, the act representing the uk at this year's eurovision has been chosen. >> what the hell just happened?

fine. >> no clue, but i liked it. >> no clue, but i liked it. >> country trio remember monday will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of sandie shaw. lulu. brotherhood of man. bucks fizz and katrina and the waves. they'll be taking on the rest of europe. in switzerland this may. the very best of luck to them. i want to start a petition for a bucks fizz revival with michelle dewberry. >> 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 very much for that, mark. there's a vision, isn't it? that's something to plant into your minds, ladies and

gents. me and mark white doing bucks fizz. i don't think you'd get away with that in this day and age. him ripping my skirt off, he'd be at a workplace tribunal, wouldn't he? within about two seconds. life has certainly changed, hasn't it? anyway, look, i am michelle dewberry. this is dewbs& co. we're with you till 7:00 tonight. we have a lot to discuss. and look who's keeping me company to do just that. the broadcaster and writer charlie downs. and alongside him, the former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider. good evening, gents, to both of you. you're very welcome on this friday night as our each and every single one of you. oh, what a day it's been, ladies and gents. and i want you to join the conversation in all the usual ways. you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or you can text me. i want your opinions tonight. we have a lot to discuss. get yourself comfortable ladies and gents. because first up it's all been kicking off over at reform uk hq. let me cross live now to our

political editor christopher hope christopher. what on earth is going on? >> yes, it is kicking off big time here for reform uk tonight. civil war has broken out. the chairman of the party has reported that zia yusuf has reported that zia yusuf has reported one of its leading mps called rupert lowe to police over threats. zou yusuf has reported the rupert lowe is one of five mps for reform uk. the party's also revealed that mr low has been accused of bullying two female members of staff, and the complaint has been made to parliamentary authorities. now mr yusuf and the chief whip, lee anderson, the mp for ashfield, say they have evidence of workplace bullying. the targeting of female staff who raised concerns and evidence of derogatory and discriminatory remarks made about women, including reference to a perceived disability. now this statement comes a day after mr

low questioned nigel farage approach to the party, saying he would need the right people in quotes around him to deliver the goods. these claims have been completely denied by rupert lowe. he's issued a statement a 570 word statement and moments ago to gb news, he said . ago to gb news, he said. he's disappointed to read these untrue and false allegations. let me be clear, he says this investigation is based on zero credible evidence against me and has been repeatedly stated by the neutral investigator. he says he's spoken at length to a kc, a king's counsel they've instructed. rupert lowe says that she is dismayed that the party has issued a statement about him. and she says, according to mr low, that no evidence against him has been sent to her and she is shocked at the process. the first he heard about this was on friday

last week before the interview, which appeared in the daily mail, which drew question marks about nigel farage's leadership. he goes on to say he's been pushing behind the scenes for many months for structure to improve, for delegation to improve, for delegation to improve and for communication to improve. in this part, he's been frozen out. he claims of meetings, policy discussions, press conferences and more. he's known to your viewers on your show. michel, a regular person on the panel, he's well known. he says he's tried and tried to help and continue. will keep trying. he didn't speak out publicly, he said, before exhausting all other options. he's done all in his power to resolve this behind closed door. sadly, he failed. he wants to do better than this, he says. stay with the party, he says to reform supporters of his, not of the party, but his stay with the party. he says we must win the next election. there's no other choice in fighting. serves no body again. he goes on to dismiss his claims as saying they're false. he says this is our party as much as nigel's now

that comes after this party, with now as many as 200,000 members has reformed its structure. so those members have a say over how it's run. it was run as a company owned by nigel farage, no longer is now a party owned by members, at least according to the structure agreed with the electoral commission. i'm seeking a confirmation right now on air that the whip has been withdrawn. we know that rupert lowe was meeting with lee anderson, the party's chief whip, tonight. reports are saying that they that he has lost the whip, so he's been suspended. that means that reform is down from 5 to 4 mps. other parties, of course, are delighted, michel, about this. the tory party, which is feeling the most heat from reform uk on the most heat from reform uk on the right of politics. they say if the allegations are the right of politics. they say if