of the chagos islands to mauritius fallapart. nigel sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius fall apart. nigel farage believes the deal would damage the uk's believes the deal would damage the uk's relationship with the us. welcome to newsnight for late night interviews and insight. your panellists this evening, sunday times columnist matthew syed and podcaster and financial times journalist, miranda green. tonight, the ongoing row over the chagos islands. shortly, we'll hearfrom a british—chaggossian campaigner, and reform uk leader nigel farage, who has told newsnight the incoming trump government is "horrified" by prospects of the deal the uk government has struck and mr farage has briefed the trump team about it. nick, bring us up to speed with this story. well, that deal to transfer sovereignty over the chagos islands to mauritius appears to be in trouble. there are two reasons, first we have a new prime minister in mauritius and he has voiced doubts about the deal and keir starmer needs his signature for this to come

now, the chagos islands has a rich history. has a relationship with another island in the indian ocean, marisas. you have to understand the relationship here. marisas and the chagos islands used to be partners, the chagos islands was a dependency of marisias was a colony of france. and while mauritius was a colony of france, mauritius established a relationship with the chagos islands. beginning in 1814, france said, look, we're going to cedemauritius and chagos islands. mauritius and the chagos were close, but they're not today. it they don't share the same culture, they don't speak the same language. they don't visit each other. many from chagos lived in the united kingdom. here's what president biden and vice president harris is doing. they say we need to grant independence to the chagos islands, but not the people of the chagos islands run their country. we need to give the chagos islands back to mauritius. why? i mean, no offense, but that's stupid. why -- mauritius and the chagos islands don't have a relationship anymore a

could starmer's surrender of the chagos islands to the ally of communist china, mauritius, be humiliatinglyd by one of donald trump's new appointments? plus, the sheer impact of mass migration to the uk is on full display as new demographic statistics reveal a third of babies born in this country are born to overseas mothers. but what does this mean for the makeup of the uk state of the nafion makeup of the uk state of the nation starts now . nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my most pugnacious panel joined by my most pugnacious panel, the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the journalist and author michael crick. as ever, it's a crucial part of the programme. let me know your views, mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite time of the day. the news bulletin with sophie reaper. >> good evening. the time is just after 8:00 and these are your latest headlines . a your latest headlines. a spokesperson for the prime minister has said that sir keir respects the decision of the archbishop of canterbury to resign. justin welby stepped down earlier this afternoon followi

people from the chagos islands.y've all been moved to crawley as if they haven't suffered enough . and i haven't suffered enough. and i say that as someone who used to do drivetime on 102.7 mercury fm, i know crawley, but deep down i don't know whether whether the outcome is good or not. what i do know is it should have been run through parliament. we have a parliamentary democracy. you want to make something, you run it past the people who represent us and get to vote for it. they wouldn't have done a three line whip. we could have actually had a vote on this. >> the issue with america is that they feel that it tilts things in favour of china, right? yeah, absolutely. to do with handing it back to mauritius as such. >> yeah. this is a strategic military base. and to say, oh, we've got a 99 year lease. i mean, a lease is nowhere near as robust and defensible as a, as actually owning it, as it being part of the empire. yeah. totally. and isn't it mad that trump's had to come in and save the british empire from being

also on the programme, chagos island , what on earth is chagos island, what on earth is going on withre? nigel, referencing yesterday that donald trump wants nothing to do with this one. if we hand over those islands so much to discuss. that's all >> well, i'm sorry guys, we had a few technical problems, but we are on air. that's the main thing. now, look , these figures thing. now, look, these figures are absolutely mind blowing. they are extraordinary. the to change our country in every way is beyond belief. and now the cost of illegal immigration. and when you think about it, 5.38 million, without counting the everyday cost of the channel, the manston centre is something like 4 to 5 times the cost of what they want to save on the winter fuel allowance from pensioners and what they want to take away from farmers. it gives you a sense of perspective that perhaps government has got the wrong priorities. and i'm joined now by tom pursglove and tom was the for minister legal migration, having previously been the minister for illegal migration. and in charge of borders during that period

he was brought in by keir starmer, handing over the chagos islands to mauritius, something that was attackedconservatives. so he will be a figure of political controversy to some extent but as a diplomat and someone who knows his way around downing street i think he is virtually unparalleled. harrods' managing director has given a personal apology following the sexual abuse allegations against the department store's former owner, mohamed al fayed. speaking at its headquarters, michael ward told the bbc he was �*dreadfully sorry�* about what had happened. our correspondent ellie price reports. we are dreadfully sorry for what has happened with al—fayed. but we have nothing further to add. have you got anything else to say to his victims? he didn't say much, but this is the first time we've heard from the current boss of harrods on camera about sexual abuse allegations against mohamed al—fayed, the store's former owner. hundreds of women have alleged the billionaire raped or sexually abused them. harrods says it's engaged in a settlement process with more than 290 women. there are also separat

more time to study a deal his predecessor agreed with britain that would hand sovereignty of the chagos islandssovereignty over the archipelago, but maintain a 99—year lease over the island of diego garcia. us officials say china has freed three americans in a prisoner swap. they were the last prisoners in china classified by the state department as having been wrongfully detained. reports say a number of chinese nationals in us custody are being released in return. sean �*diddy�* combs has been denied bailfor the third time by a judge in new york city. two judges previously denied mr combs's release from custody, primarily due to concerns about potential witness tampering. he was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and has entered a plea of �*not guilty�* and denied more than two dozen sexual assault accusations. mexico's president claudia sheinbaum says she's had an excellent conversation with donald trump just days after the us president—elect threatened to impose tariffs on mexico unless it stopped migrants and drugs crossing the border. trump said the mexican leader agree

tonight, is keir starmer�*s deal to hand over the chagos islands in trouble?o a secretive uk us military base is suddenly at the centre of uk relations with the incoming us president donald trump. that is newsnight in about ten minutes. the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, has said her party "got it wrong" on immigration. in a speech in westminster, she outlined her plans on migration policy, saying the tories would impose a "strict numerical cap", with visas only issued to those who would "make a clear contribution". the latest figures on immigration will be published tomorrow. the former prime minister david cameron has said he has changed his mind and now supports a bill to legalise assisted dying. mps are two days away from voting on assisted dying — on a proposed bill that would give the right to terminally ill adults in england and wales. 0ur political correspondent joe pike is in westminster. david cameron has written about this in the tomorrow's times newspaper, why does he say he has changed his mind? , , why does he say he has changed his mind? ,_

i mean, the chagos islands deal that could unravel.e can only hope that he kind of. >> i'm not that keen on it. i'm not that keen on it either. i think that the chagossians should decide what happens to their islands, whether they want to go to mauritius or stay british or be independent. and i think it's wrong for imperial powers, mauritius or britain to decide for other people. >> whatever's happened is we have now got in the past week a lot of changes in politics, a budget, a new tory leader and now a new us. how a new us. >> now a new us. >> and we'll find out pretty soon. by the way, how much donald trump rates keir starmer. we'll see who he makes his first phone call to and whether that's the uk parliament. >> he's already made a first phone call already, and i think kamala harris has spoken to that. >> they've spoken together, that no other world leaders, as far as we know . listen, thanks to my as we know. listen, thanks to my panel as we know. listen, thanks to my panel, lloyd russell—moyle and moutaz ahmed. coming up next, co

. >> in other news, dozens of migrants who have been stuck in the chagos islands may now be offered thechance to be transferred to the uk following legal action. some 61 asylum seekers have been living on diego garcia since october 2021 after being rescued at sea by royal navy personnel. the government has previously opposed bringing the group to the uk and legal battles have been fought for years over their fate . but in a letter today, fate. but in a letter today, government lawyers said that following further consideration, the government had proposed a change of policy . and two more change of policy. and two more cases of a potentially deadly strain of the m pox virus has been detected in the uk. it comes after the uk health security agency said last week that a single case of the m pox virus variant, clade one b, had been confirmed in london following a trip to africa. the agency has now announced two further cases as a result of household contact with the first case, though they say the risk to the uk population remains low. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's time f

don't give away the chagos islands. don't give away america's military base. don't do it. if we object, they won't. if we don't say anything, they will. madam chair, i yield the floor. mr. cardin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: madam president, over the past year, we have used our voices and influence to press for the protection of civilians in gaza, for access to vital humanitarian assistance, to bring home the hostages, and to end this conflict. we all know that it's our responsibility to do more, israel's responsibility to do more, and the international community's responsibility to do more to protect innocent victims. but even as we work to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza, we must be clear about our commitment to our long-standing bipartisanship commitment to the state of israel. it's been the bedrock of our foreign policy in the middle east, a special relationship that was established in 1948, when president truman, against the advice at that time of the state department because there were more arab states than j

. >> starmer ribs nigel but has farage got the last laugh over the chagos islands .7 the chagos islands? >> i warned the foreign secretary six weeks ago in this chamber that it was an enormous mistake to do this, given that we had a us presidential election . election. >> breaking reports tonight suggest donald trump is set to ensure the islands stay under british ownership. >> but the problem is not too many managers, but too few with the right skills and capabilities. >> controversial, i know, but is this labour's most capable cabinet member ? wes streeting cabinet member? wes streeting targets fat cat nhs bosses in a crackdown on failure. >> and i'm not ashamed that people come to my house with a really crazy overreaction to something that should just be let go. it's trying to shape the morality of the population. right. it's thought control. >> even elon musk has waded in tonight. orwellian police quizzed telegraph journalist allison pearson over hurty words in a tweet she now faces a hate crime investigation. >> also , mr president elect and >> also, mr president elect and the form

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as nigel just saved the chagos islands next. >> thank you ben. the time is just after 9:00 and these are your latest headlines . axel your latest headlines. axel rudakubana. the teenager charged with the murder of three children in southport earlier this year, has appeared for a plea and preparation hearing at liverpool crown court this afternoon but was not asked to plea. the teenager appeared via video link from hmp belmarsh, but refused to speak when he was asked twice to confirm his identity. rudy cabana is also charged with ten counts of attempted murder, one count of possession of a knife and two terror related offences. his trial is scheduled for january of next year . trial is scheduled for january of next year. failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables, and managers sacked if they cannot improve patient care and take control of their finances. patient care and take control of theirfinances. health patient care and take control of their finances. health secretary wes streeting told leaders that the nhs providers conferen

i don't know why keir starmer was so was was so in such a hurry to get rid of the chagos islands.people, the chagos islanders themselves, who for some reason most of them seem to live around gatwick airport now, but they don't want chagos to be given to mauritius or wherever it is. it's not a mauritius rumour. yeah. but. and also also trump doesn't want it. i mean , trump doesn't want it. i mean, it seems like a geopolitically terrible thing to do. i don't know how it serves us. >> how does it serve the uk? >> how does it serve the uk? >> really? absolutely. nobody. nobody wanted it. they're also saying gen z. >> gen z spends up to six hours a day online. i mean, who would have guessed? >> i mean, of course, those antidepressant unboxing videos aren't going to watch them. they aren't going to watch them. they are great. >> and i watch all of them. >> and i watch all of them. >> oh yeah. sertraline and the whole thing. yeah. i mean, young people are spending increasingly times online. >> yeah. of course. i mean , that >> yeah. of course. i mean, that doesn't seem like. yeah. >> and

i don't know why keir starmer was so was was so in such a hurry to get rid of the chagos islands. know, the people, the chagos islanders themselves, who for some reason most of them seem to live around gatwick airport now, but they don't want chagos to be given to mauritius or wherever it is. it's not a mauritius rumour. yeah. but. and also also trump doesn't want it. i mean , trump doesn't want it. i mean, it seems like a geopolitically terrible thing to do. i don't know how it serves us. >> how does it serve the uk? >> how does it serve the uk? >> really? absolutely. nobody. nobody wanted it. they're also saying gen z. >> gen z spends up to six hours a day online. i mean, who would have guessed? >> i mean, of 1517 00:08:2

could delay the chagos islands could delay the treaty from taking effect until after us president elect donald trump takes office. lord bellingham is leading a group of peers who plan to introduce an amendment to the treaty when it reaches the house of lords to require a vote of chagos to approve it. us president joe biden's administration agreed the deal, with prime minister sir keir starmer's government, but mr trump's team is reportedly opposed to it and could look for a way to scrap it. sir keir starmer has said he will defend the decisions made in the budget all day long, amid anger from farmers over inheritance tax changes. the prime minister made the comments at his first speech as prime minister at the welsh labour conference in llandudno . conference in llandudno. meanwhile, farmers descended on the conference in protest over changes to inheritance tax in changes to inheritance tax in changes announced in the budget. farmers who pass on their land will have to pay a 20% tax on assets worth more than £1 million. the prime minister defended proposals, saying the government needs

voters, coalition not just of voters, but also a new leadership team that will lead on to the chagos islands, which i think could become a row between the americans and us. but also, what about the chagossians.7 has anybody asked them whether they want the islands to go to mauritius? and we'll also finish up talking about net zero bill, net zero, pushing bills up to possibly unaffordable levels at peak times . all of that comes peak times. all of that comes after the news with sophia hill . after the news with sophia hill. >> very good evening. it's just gone. 7:00 i'm sophia hill with your latest headlines in the gb newsroom. our top story this evening, president joe biden has told americans to accept the choice. americans made and bring down the temperature following vice president kamala harris's defeat to donald trump in the us election. speaking at the white house, the president says the us electoral system is fair and can be trusted with just 74 days until president elect donald trump enters the white house, biden reminded americans of their responsibility to make the next weeks count

. here for the chagos islands. journalist nelson aspen will be joining us live from new york. >> and later this hour , we'll be >> and later this hour, we'll be meeting the ten year old who has a higher iq than albert einstein and stephen hawking. his name is krish. aurora and his dad will be here with us, live in the studio to share what it's like being a genius. you wouldn't know about that, would you.7 being know about that, would you? being a genius. excuse me. >> takes a lot to read an autocue. i'll have you know. well, 162. isn't that the top ? well, 162. isn't that the top? it's pretty much as high as you can go. >> the highest possible score that you can get in mensa test almost triple yours. well, i've never actually done the mince test, have you? no, i haven't. i think i'll probably keep it that way. >> i'm petrified to do one. >> i'm petrified to do one. >> yeah, we don't want to do one, but we have tested ourselves with some of the questions. this morning. we're going to share some with you as well thro

the work for donald trump as he implied that the us president would have the power to veto the chagos islandr. take a listen. >> mauritius has no legal or historical claim to the sovereignty of a group of islands that are 1300 miles away from where it is, nor does from the international court. it was purely an advisory opinion. there is no legal reason why we have to do any of this. now, i warned the foreign secretary six weeks ago in this chamber that it was an enormous mistake to do this , given that we had a us this, given that we had a us presidential election coming up on november the 5th. and if you say to me, well, yes, it's okay, the united states are fully in favour. really, there is no bafis favour. really, there is no basis for this agreement to continue as it is. and if you do, you'll be at conflict with a country without which we would be defenceless. well, thank you , be defenceless. well, thank you, mr speaker. >> i am afraid, obviously, i fundamentally disagree with what the honourable gentleman has had to say. >> international courts were reaching judgements. international or

to be insisting that the americans are very for happy us to surrender the sovereignty of the chagos islands was in the house of commons today and i 29

but sir keir starmer is ploughing ahead anyway with surrendering the chagos islands for himself is a man of very interesting background because he is, by inclination and politics for a long time a person of very, very far left. so is the truth that the pm loves swiping assets because he's a raging communist. also tonight, barbara, we just wanted tonight, barbara, we just wanted to deliver a special award for you. >> you are the bbc women's footballer of the year 2020 for the bbc. >> crowns its women's footballer of the year. a suspected man who's reportedly failed two gender verification tests . gender verification tests. elsewhere, boris johnson blames childhood obesity on parents who fear there are everywhere. confused? i'll explain all shortly . and the suspects shortly. and the suspects packages blown up all over the uk. and unidentified drones flying over us air bases in suffolk and norfolk. is russia throwing its weight around on british soil? and forget the grannies and farmers. your taxpayer money is going on. expensive legal aid, lawyers for asylum seekers in a bid to crack

plans to force a referendum over the handover of the chagos islands could delay the treaty from takingfect until after us president elect donald trump takes office. lord bellingham is leading a group of peers who plan to introduce an amendment to the treaty when it reaches the house of lords to require a vote of chagos to approve it. us president joe biden's administration agreed the deal, with prime minister sir keir starmer's government, but mr trump's team is reportedly opposed to it and could look for a way to scrap it. a woman's body has been found in the boot of a car in east london. detectives said a murder inquiry has now been launched into the suspicious discovery in ilford . suspicious discovery in ilford. the woman, who has not been named but is from corby in northamptonshire, may have been a victim of a targeted incident, according to police. now, more than 400 illegal migrants have arrived in britain by small boat today. gb news can reveal. it comes a day after we revealed the country had passed the 33,000 mark for migrants arriving in the uk, with official figures showing

and nigel farage claims the government is trying to fast track the uk's handover of the chagos islands. before that man donald trump returns to the white house. well, as britain's national security adviser jonathan powell visits mauritius today, we have. have we witnessed today our territorial surrender to an ally of china? and will trump step in to stop that move before all of that meat ridden menu? it's time for your news. and here is san francis. >> martin. thank you and very good evening to you from the newsroom. 7:02. well, it's being reported that two british tourists have now been rescued and two others are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of the red sea in egypt. the foreign office says it is supporting several british nationals and their families. that vessel was carrying 31 tourists and 14 crew when it went down near marsa alam. the cause of the sinking is unclear at this stage, but authorities had been warning of high waves at the time. rescue efforts are ongoing and being led by the military and local officials. tonight, the environment secretary has said more

well, just over 100 days following freebie gate , the following freebie gate, the chagos islands disasternd the southport far right slur, many observers thought things couldn't get any worse under this new administration . well, this new administration. well, they were wrong. this halloween budget is only the beginning of britain's nightmare . let's get britain's nightmare. let's get reaction from ariana neal, who's a broadcaster and beauty queen pageant superstar. we've also got the top bbc presenter, the one and only alex and gb news legend, broadcaster and writer amy nicole turner. amy, let me start with you, nightmare budget. the halloween budget. be afraid. be very afraid . afraid. be very afraid. >> i just think you're being a bit shortsighted, mark. >> you're not seeing this in the long run. okay, fine. it will appear that taxes have. >> actually, they have they have trebled for the for the first time in three decades. they have they've gone up . but that they've gone up. but that actually translates to investments. we have investment. >> we invested in our public 1504 00:10:15,480

i fear that perhaps it is the chagos islands. the government are sticking to their line that somehow the americans think it's a good deal. well, biden might have done. let me promise you something. the trump administration will not take the same view. i think the government will have to change tack. and our farmers will be protesting in london next week . protesting in london next week. on the 19th of this month, there will be a national farmers union lobby. there will be a bigger alternative protest to as farmers now threaten a strike. believe it or not, withholding meat from supermarkets. are they serious? all of that coming up in just a moment. but first, let's get the news with sophie reaper. reapen >> thank you. nigel. the time is just after seven. and these are your latest headlines. axel rudakubana. the teenager charged with the murders of three children in southport earlier this year, has appeared for a plea and preparation hearing that was at liverpool crown court this afternoon. but he was not asked to plea. the teenage

plans to force a referendum over the handover of the chagos islands could delay the treaty from takingct until after us president elect donald trump takes office. lord bellingham is leading a group of peers who plan to introduce an amendment to the treaty when it reaches the house of lords to require a vote of chagos to approve it. us president joe biden's administration agreed the deal with prime minister sir keir starmer's government, but mr trump's team is reportedly opposed to it and could look for a way to scrap it. now some breaking news at least eight people have died after a stabbing attack at a chinese school, with 17 others injured, authorities said in a statement that a 21 year old student is believed to have carried out the attack in zhenjiang city in china's jiangsu province, according to the state owned news agency. the suspect graduated from the school earlier this year and was angry over not receiving his graduation certificate. police say the student confessed to the crime . now, more than 400 crime. now, more than 400 illegal migrants have arrived in britain by small

well, just over 100 days following freebie gate , the following freebie gate, the chagos islands disasternd the southport far right slur, many observers thought things couldn't get any worse under this new administration . well, this new administration. well, they were wrong. this halloween budget is only the beginning of britain's nightmare . let's get britain's nightmare. let's get reaction from ariana neal, who's a broadcaster and beauty queen pageant superstar. we've also got the top bbc presenter, the one and only alex and gb news legend, broadcaster and writer amy nicole turner. amy, let me start with you, nightmare budget. the halloween budget. be afraid. be very afraid . afraid. be very afraid. >> i just think you're being a bit shortsighted, mark. >> you're not seeing this in the long run. okay, fine. it will appear that taxes have. >> actually, they have they have trebled for the for the first time in three decades. they have they've gone up . but that they've gone up. but that actually translates to investments. we have investment. >> we invested in our public services is givin

labelled covid the chinese virus and conservative peers are planning to delay the handover of the chagos islandsauritius to allow donald trump to block the controversial deal. sir keir starmer's government has already agreed a draft treaty for the transfer. however, opponents of the plan say giving up the british overseas territory could give china greater influence in the region , threatening the the region, threatening the security of a us base . those are security of a us base. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> dot com. forward slash alerts . >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon. welcome to gb news. it'sjust >> good afternoon. welcome to gb news. it's just gone seven minutes after 3:00. this is britain's news channel. i'm nana akua coming up the home secretary is expected to strike up an italy style migrant deal with kurdistan. and vietnam, which will see the nations do more to prevent illegal mi

is basically the idea that sir keir starmer is trying to rush through a treaty giving away the chagos islandstrump gets becomes us president. so as we know, that was basically a deal that was going to go through. and the trump, trump and actually basically their their parties basically their their parties basically said, we think this is a bad idea. we like having this strategic base because even though it's a british military base, it is occupied by the american military. very strategic place for us. and the idea of, i think the current deal that we were supposed to get that they want to rush through is one where we give them back, but we pay them for a lease. and it's, i don't know how it serves the british people other than maybe virtue signalling. >> it's shorting an island. yes. >> it's shorting an island. yes. >> the thing is , having actual >> the thing is, having actual sovereignty, having actual ownership of the islands, that's much more robust than than having a 99 year lease. i mean, they could be like, you know what? we don't like this lease anymore, and you don't really have the

i suspect the handover of the chagos islands casting long term doubt over the naval base that the americansgarcia. i suspect that could become a problem, and not to mention some very disobliging things that have been said by very senior labour politicians, including, of course, sadiq khan, who's now ten years into an outright feud with donald trump. well, let's talk to somebody who remembers when relationships between us and america were really at their very best. i'm going to talk to peggy grande , who was an peggy grande, who was an executive assistant to ronald reagan. peggy, when you were around working for ronald reagan, i mean , relationships reagan, i mean, relationships with this country simply couldn't have been better , could they? >> well, thank you, for nigel, having me on. and yes, that special relationship was as special relationship was as special as it has ever been. but i'll say, even when politicians come and go and even when we have different sides of the aisle, that maybe agree or disagree, i think that the american people and the people in great britain continue to have

the independent revealed trump pushed to sabotage starmer's chagos islands deal.he i labour will miss its new homes pledge, says official leading plan. the metro. trump's defence chief is a tv host. the daily star widdle in the shower to save the planet . in the shower to save the planet. finally, some common sense. those were your front pages . those were your front pages. let's have a closer look at those front pages. we'll start with the telegraph. >> steve loads on the telegraph. i mean, they talk council tax. we'll talk more about that in a bit. 30 clergy may face sacking abuse scandal. so there is some good news on there. but main story police in appalling attack on free speech. this is the story about allison pearson who look, i mean, i don't normally agree with the kind of thing she says, and which means it means something. when i think this is appalling, it doesn't matter whether you agree with her or not. what you shouldn't do is do a tweet, then get a knock on the door and think, oh, it's the police have turned up, what's this about? and they say they w

has blasted the uk's new national security adviser for jetting to mauritius to surrender the chagos islands before trump's inauguration. the reform leader addsif inauguration. the reform leader adds if we treat the usa like this, can they still regard us as an ally? a labour on a collision course with the trump train. that's all coming up in your next hour . what's a show? your next hour. what's a show? always a pleasure to have your company on this beautiful monday afternoon now. here we go. 2.2 million people have signed that petition for another general election. now, i know these petitions are performative . petitions are perform ative. they're petitions are performative. they're largely pointless. but here's my point. for three years, sir keir starmer campaigned for a second referendum on brexit, another roll of the dice when he didn't get his way and suddenly no, no, no, that's not how our system doesn't work that way here in britain. no, no, you had your chance for a vote and we must abide by it. double standards once again, do you think? not from sir keir starmer. he wanted a second

will donald trump save the chagos islands? would you accept monthly bin collections to save the planet? should the nhs bin expensive translators ? and expensive translators? and should gary lineker replace justin welby as the archbishop of canterbury ? of canterbury? well, he is holier than thou to fall out over those topics and many more. tonight, my friday 18 we have communications manager at the institute of economic affairs at reem ibrahim. author and broadcaster amy nicole turner and radio and tv legend alex. okay folks, my friday feeling monologue is coming. but first, the news headlines and sophia wenzler. >> mark thank you. good evening. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. four teenagers and a 45 year old man have been convicted of murdering 15 year old mason rist and 16 year old max dixon, who were attacked with machetes in a case of mistaken identity . they were mistaken identity. they were chased by four armed teenagers who had been looking for revenge following an attack on a house in hartcliffe, which