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as even and author michael crick. as ever, it's a crucial part of the programme.et me know your views, mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite time of the day. the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> jacob. thank you. good evening. it'sjust >> jacob. thank you. good evening. it's just gone. 8:00 your top story from the gb newsroom. the uk and germany have reached a landmark deal to tackle migrant smuggling. germany has agreed to tighten laws, making it easier to prosecute smugglers behind small boat crossings to the uk. the deal also focuses on intelligence sharing and removing smuggling content from social media to disrupt criminal networks. independent mp iqbal mohammed has spoken out against a proposed ban on first cousin marriages in the uk, calling the move unnecessary and unenforceable. speaking in the commons, mr mohammed acknowledged the health risks but stressed the need for a cultural shift, not legislation, to address the issue. he did condemn forced marriages and virginity testing, highlighting the need to protect women's rights. however, th

mail on sunday, i should add, and television news legend michael crick. to see all three of you. charlotte, let me start with you. can keir starmer turn this one around? he's going to have a reboot, a refresh. will it work? >> i don't think it's going to work. i think it's an admission of guilt. it's so embarrassing that he's even planning this thing. and he's claiming that it's been in the works for ages and wasn't conducted in the last few weeks, but i think it's a sort of admission that things have gone horribly wrong and people are going to see it for what it is. it's going to fall flat. >> wouldn't any government have a bumpy ride with their inheritance, whether it's the economy, broken public services, international wars, you know, haven't they inherited an almighty mess? >> they have. and god knows they've told us that a thousand times. but how many governments sort of then plan this sort of reboot? four months in, it's almost like he's saying, okay, well, some of this actually is our fault, actually. and we do realise it's going a bit bumpily wron

the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the author and journalist michael crick.in, do you think it's going too far to say, as i have just suggested, that actually foreign criminals should be deported straight away unless their crimes are particularly bad or had a big consequence on a victim , because we don't want victim, because we don't want the cost of maintaining them. and when they've gone back to their home country, somebody else's responsibility, it's fine. >> but even getting them out of the country turned out to be a nightmare, didn't it? what about what about those people that were those criminals? vile criminals were put on a plane to jamaica and in the end, both the crew and everybody else said, oh, we can't let these good people go abroad. took them off. one of the guys then went to on murder somebody. so we have got to one of our problems with government, whether it's conservative or labour, is that they have a very liberal view of crime, of course. and until of course, because nobody breaks into their houses because they've got they've got security