again. the latest >> hello again. the latest headunes >> hello again. the latest headlines from the gb news centre. the reform mp rupert lowe has been suspended from the party amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yusuf. mr yusuf confirmed the party had also received complaints from two female employees about serious bullying in mr lowe's parliamentary and constituency offices. in a statement, mr lowe said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he said were false allegations. he also said that the allegations of bullying at his offices are not about him, and he is taking legal advice. well, the metropolitan police has confirmed that it received complaints of verbal threats made by a 67 year old man, and officers are carrying out an assessment to determine what further action may be required.

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 at 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 were 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've got to get them. members of a russian run spy ring are facing lengthy jail terms for one of the largest and most complex spy operations to be uncovered on uk soil. the three bulgarian nationals were found

guilty at the old bailey of guilty at the old bailey of spying on an industrial scale spying on an industrial scale and putting lives and national and putting lives and national security at risk. well, security at risk. well, commander dominic murphy, head commander dominic murphy, head of the metropolitan police of the metropolitan police counter—terror command, details counter—terror command, details the threat they posed. the threat they posed. >> everything we've discovered >> everything we've discovered the threat was quite broad, in the threat was quite broad, in fact. so, yes, they were fact. so, yes, they were gathering information. it's what gathering information. it's what you might call lifestyle you might call lifestyle surveillance against individuals surveillance against individuals here in the uk. my concern has here in the uk. my concern has always been, though, what was always been, though, what was that lifestyle surveillance that lifestyle surveillance going to lead to.7 and we have going to lead to.7 and we have seen a long history of the seen a long history of the russian state conducting russian state conducting operations here in the united operations here in the united kingdom, including lethal threat kingdom, including lethal threat operations like the operations like the investigation in salisbury. so investigation in salisbury. so deeply worrying about the deeply worrying about the physical and information physical and information challenges created. challenges created. >> the police watchdog has >> the police watchdog has reopened its investigation into reopened its investigation into previous assaults by nottingham previous assaults by nottingham killer valdo calocane, following killer valdo calocane, following representations from the victims representations from the victims families. the alleged assaults families. the alleged assaults took place just a month before took place just a month before

calocane killed ian coates. calocane killed ian coates. barnaby webber and grace barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar. and that's it. o'malley—kumar. and that's it. you're right up to date with the you're right up to date with the latest gb news headlines. latest gb news headlines. >> for the very latest gb news >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning up to news alerts the qr code or go to direct to your smartphone, sign up �*qriews alerts direct to your smartphone, sign up “qr code llerts direct to your smartphone, sign up “qr code orrts direct to your smartphone, sign up “qr code or go to the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. gbnews.com/alerts. >> wow. >> wow. >> wow. >> wow. >> welcome along everybody. thank you very, very much for >> welcome along everybody. thank you very, very much for everybody who has turned up to everybody who has turned up to another electric live audience another electric live audience friday night show. so this is a friday night show. so this is a bombshell day in british bombshell day in british politics, isn't it.7 it all politics, isn't it.7 it all started so well. started so well. >> we're going to fight for it >> we're going to fight for it and we are going to win. and we are going to win. >> reform were riding high in >> reform were riding high in the polls. they were beating the polls. they were beating barry gardiner's labour, they barry gardiner's labour, they were beating the tories, they were beating the tories, they

were beating the tories, they were beating the lib dems. that's not that were beating the tories, they

were is where we're as i'm aware, is where we're up to. for what it's worth, i've contacted yusuf tonight. crickets on that front, i'm afraid. rupert lowe i did contact. i'll read you a message that i've had from him now, which was a whatsapp just moments ago. just quickly. it's quite funny, he says. it's malicious, child's play, but very damaging. he says he's just got home and he's opened a looking at online on x and this is ahome and he's opened a bottle of wine and he says the got home and he's opened a bottle of wine and he says the truth will out. have fun. so truth will out. have fun. so there we go again. right? where there we go again. right? where do people did anyone who in this do people did anyone who in this room voted reform? does anyone room voted reform? does anyone got many reform voters in? quite got many reform voters in? quite a few, i imagine. okay. are you a few, i imagine. okay. are you all feeling a bit let down all feeling a bit let down tonight, do you think? yeah, i'm tonight, do you think? yeah, i'm feeling a bit let down. i think feeling a bit let down. i think we should just go straight to an we should just go straight to an audience question on this. you, audience question on this. you, sir, in that lovely. what would sir, in that lovely. what would you describe it as? salmon? you describe it as? salmon? peach top. i think it's peach top. i think it's fantastic. salmon. barry fantastic. salmon. barry gardiner, salmon expert. over gardiner, salmon expert. over here. go on, hold the here. go on, hold the microphone. what's your point on microphone. what's your point on this, mate? this, mate? >> so with howard cox, ben habib >> so with howard cox, ben habib now rupert lowe who have been now rupert lowe who have been ostracised. is this more about ostracised. is this more about nigel farage being frightened of nigel farage being frightened of losing control of the reform party? losing control of the reform party? >> all right. jj, can i start >> all right. jj, can i start

with you on the end here? with you on the end here? because i think you were. you because i think you were. you don't mind me saying you were don't mind me saying you were quivering on the edge of being a quivering on the edge of being a reform supporter. >> were you that far, mate? no. reform supporter. >> were you that far, mate? no. >> were you that far, mate? no. >> but what do you make of this >> were you that far, mate? no. >> but what do you make of this gentleman's question here? gentleman's question here? >> it depends what you want as a >> it depends what you want as a reform voter. if you want to have a serious chance of getting reform voter. if you want to have a serious chance of getting into parliament, you're not going to support rupert lowe, into parliament, you're not going to support rupert lowe, unfortunately, because people unfortunately, because people who are not anywhere near who are not anywhere near supporting reform do not like supporting reform do not like what rupert lowe says. farage what rupert lowe says. you will see and admit over the 1522 00:07:21,704 --> 00: last year and a half, he's changed his stance on several things. he's become softer, the things. he's become softer, the things that he says he still means and believes in, i think. but he's not going as far as he used to because he needs to win. people like me, the labour voter who's disenfranchised by labour, he needs to be in the tories. so farage is doing the right thing. rupert lowe , unfortunately, and rupert lowe, unfortunately, and ben habib, a friend of mine, i like him, but the things that they were saying are not going to get them elected into government. >> okay, nana your views. >> okay, nana your views. >> well, i think that it kind of almost verifies ben habib's point about the party, that it's not a proper structure that people can actually assign themselves to, and that is a problem. interestingly, i was looking at online on x and this

is a home and