i'm leo pearson tonight i've got the comedians paul cox and kerry marx taking you through friday's top stories. there they are. don't they look ready? this is headliners. but before we look at saturday's news, let's go to tonight's headlines with sam francis. >> while the top story tonight. nigel farage has rejected any links between his party and tommy robinson after elon musk threw his support behind the jailed activist. a reform uk conference in leicester. earlier, farage made it clear that robinson, who is currently serving time for contempt of court, isn't someone his party needs. that's despite mr musk calling him a hero for standing up to grooming gangs. well, our political editor, chris hope, asked farage earlier if elon musk had become a political risk to reform uk. >> britain's been terribly badly led and that the grooming scandal, the mass rape scandal, which has resurfaced and transcripts of what was said in court have been online and i recommend you at home. don't read them. you won't sleep at night. and so, yes, he is attacking the leadership in britain. he's very support

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i'm stephen allen, and tonight i've got comedians kerry marx and nick dixon taking you through friday's top stories. this is headliners. but before tomorrow's news, let's get tonight's headlines with sam francis. >> very good evening to you. the top story tonight. well, the street in new orleans where a deadly new year's day attack took place and left 14 dead, has now reopened tonight. among the victims were an aspiring nurse and a father of two, remembered today in a minute's silence at the sugar bowl football game. the fbi says the attacker, shamsuddin jabar, acted alone, killed by police after driving into crowds and planting explosives. he also reportedly posted videos pledging allegiance to isis before the attack, though no links to so—called islamic state has been found relating to a tesla explosion near a las vegas hotel just hours after the incident in new orleans, the fbi says it's now reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance footage and over 400 public tip offs here. meanwhile, kemi badenoch is calling for a national inquiry into the uk's rape gang scandal, saying justice f

>> i'm simon evans tonight i've got comedians leo kearse and kerry marx taking you through tuesday'sop stories. this is headliners. but before tomorrow's news, let's go one last time to tonight's headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> simon thank you. the top stories. the home secretary says the government will make it an offence with professional and criminal sanctions to fail to report or cover up child sexual abuse. yvette cooper told the commons this afternoon the government will be establishing a victims and survivors panel to advise on wider work around the issue. that's as the prime minister has defended his position as director of public prosecutions, saying child sexual exploitation is utterly sickening and it was something he had tackled head on whilst in that role. sir keir starmer also hit back at elon musk over his comments on x that claimed safeguarding minister jess safeguarding ministerjess phillips is an evil witch and deserved to be in jail. yvette cooper told the commons there's no excuse for anyone not to take such crimes seriously. >> ten years ago, two reports by al

i'm stephen allen and tonight's comedians are kerry marx and josh howie.his is headliners. >> but before friday's news, let's get tonight's headlines with sophia wenzler. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom. the mayor of los angeles has said historic winds and extensive droughts created the perfect storm. but dropping winds mean firefighters are now able to tackle the fires from the air, and authorities are hopeful the tide is turning. the hollywood hills blaze, described as the most destructive in la's history, has claimed five lives and forced 179,000 people to evacuate, including many a—list stars. meanwhile, prince harry and meghan markle have issued a statement on californian fires urging people to check in on disabled and elderly people. the duke and duchess of sussex, who live in montecito, have called for friends and neighbours of those impacted by the wildfires to open their homes. president joe biden has delivered the eulogy for the late former us president jemmy carter at his state funeral, following his

i'm josh howie and tonight's comedians are kerry marx and lewis schaffer. yep, there they are. >> this is headliners. >> this is headliners. >> part before tomorrow's news, let's go to tonight's headlines with sam francis. >> very good evening to you. the top story tonight rachel reeves faces backlash in the commons earlier over market turmoil and her handling of the economy after a trip to china sparked outrage. however, miss reeves defended her visit to asia, highlighting agreements reached with the world's second largest economic power. >> opportunity to make working people off by making britain better off. that is the mandate that this government had, has, and this is what we will deliver. >> it came after the pound slumped to a 14 month low. borrowing costs hit a 27 year high, and businesses are warning that tax hikes are stifling growth. shadow chancellor mel stride called it a crisis made in downing street, accusing the government of breaking promises and crushing business confidence . and crushing business confidence. >> to go or not to go. that is