meanwhile, labour mp for liverpool walton, dan carden, has called for a national inquiry, the first from the party to break ranks, urging sir keir starmer to use the full power of the state to deliver justice in germany. the afd has nominated co—leader alice weidel as chancellor candidate at a congress live streamed on elon musk's social media platform x, she promised to close the borders and abandon eu. eu climate policy, pledging to tear down windmills of shame. earlier, protesters clashed with delegates attending the congress in risor, the right leaning alternative for germany is polling at second ahead of the country's election in february. ukraine says its troops have taken two north korean soldiers prisoner in the kursk region. writing on x, president volodymyr zelenskyy said the wounded men who are fighting alongside russian forces are being treated and transported to kyiv, where journalists will be able to speak with them. some 10,000 north koreans are believed to be supporting putin's armies in the defence of russia. after ukraine's surprise incursion into its territory earlier

dan carden, the mp for liverpool walton, urged sir keir starmer to use the full power of the state to deliver justice. speaking to the liverpool echo newspaper, he called it shocking that crimes may have been covered up to avoid confronting racial or cultural issues, adding calls for an inquiry were not an obsession of the far right. urging others in the party to speak out. meanwhile, nigel farage has repeated a pledge that reform uk will pay for an inquiry into the grooming scandal if the government continues to reject calls. speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader renewed calls for a national inquiry while criticising division in the uk of living in two tier britain. >> had enough of two tier policing, had enough of two tier justice, had enough of us all being divided up. >> well, that speech comes as ten reform derbyshire councillors leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. in germany, the afd party has nom