i mean, you wake up and you think, what is michael portillo going to be wearing? >> i decide at the last minute and i'm so sorry we didn't coordinate, but i think we've done all right. >> okay. >> okay. >> it looks like liverpool colours. that's why i'm not so happy about the whole thing. >> coyte it wasn't personal. >> coyte it wasn't personal. >> oh was it not? okay. >> oh was it not? okay. >> how are you this morning? >> how are you this morning? >> i'm okay. >> i'm okay. >> are you. you had a tough evening. >> it was michael. it was tough. >> it was michael. it was tough. >> did you watch it through. >> did you watch it through. >> to the end? you know what i did? and the thing is, i have to. there's this, like, masochistic thing where i end up then having to watch the summary afterwards and then watch the replays. and it wasn't good. it wasn't good. >> it's been described as what an annihilation. yes. de—banking. >> all right, don't rub it in already. okay? i see what. >> you're doing it in. yeah, but i mean, just in case anyone is slightly confused what coyt

have supposedly now entered the last month of the winter, and i hope that here on sunday, with michael portillo, we can melt the icy rigidities of political debate and provide warmth with two hours of arts, culture and current affairs. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has indicated that she wants fundamental reform of the welfare system by looking at areas that have been ducked for too long, like the rising cost of health and disability benefits. i will ask my panel whether she's likely to persevere and whether she'll succeed, and whether any system can relieve poverty without undermining self—reliance. earlier this week, i had the pleasure of visiting the silk roads exhibition at the british museum. i'll bring you a special report which explores the trade networks that link communities across asia, africa and europe. we'll travel together from xi'an to samarkand to sutton hoo , as to samarkand to sutton hoo, as we enjoy some extraordinary artefacts, and stefan kyriazis has once again had a theatrical week in the west end, and he'll be here to award star ratings to the stars. but first, your news

i think michael portillo's just told me off for wearing grey basically. god. >> you're wearing. >> you're wearing. >> red or purplish. i bet. >> red or purplish. i bet. >> it's the. opposite extreme. >> it's the. opposite extreme. >> it's the. opposite extreme. >> i think we look smart between us anyway. but before we get stuck into today's stories, here's the news headlines with aaron armstrong. >> very good afternoon to you. let's get you up to date with the headlines. four new laws have been introduced to tackle a threat of child sexual abuse. images generated by artificial intelligence. home secretary yvette cooper says ai has put child sexual abuse on steroids, and claims the uk will be the first country to make it illegal to possess, create or distribute tools that create abusive images. owning software which can generate these pictures could result in a five year prison sentence. users found to own ai made so—called paedophile manuals could face up to three years in jail. ministers are warning that al generated images are being used to blackmail ch