and of course, tonight i'm joined by my superstar panel and nancy rees—mogg, diana moran and nancy rees—moggana moran and paul richards, who'll be giving their expert opinions on all of tonight's biggest stories. our labour importing voters next. >> alex, thank you very much and good evening. the top stories three israeli hostages released from hamas captivity today have been reunited with their families. sir keir starmer says their release, including british citizen emily de—man, is wonderful news after months of agony for them and their families. earlier today, the red cross said they were all in good health. all three are now currently at the sheba hospital in israel. emily's mother has thanked everyone who never stopped fighting for her throughout this horrendous ordeal. she says her daughter is finally home. there were chaotic scenes in gaza city as the three female hostages were released after more than 470 days in captivity, along with 28 year old emily's. released today are two other named hostages , 24 two other named hostages, 24 year old romi gonin and 31 year old rina steinbreche

my panel have got annunciator rees—mogg, the head of communications for popular conservatives, and aarontani, the co—founder of novara media. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live for your 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom. donald trump has threatened russian president vladimir putin to end the war in ukraine. the us president said russia will face high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions if president putin does not end the war. posting on his truth social, trump expressed his love for the russian people and his good relationship with putin and then issued a direct warning to stop this ridiculous war. he continued, it's time to make a deal continued, it's time to make a deal. no more lives should be lost. meanwhile, the defence secretary has issued a stark warning to putin after a russian spy warning to putin after a russian spy ship has been located operating off the uk coast. speaking in the commons, john healey warned the russian president we see you and we know what you're doing. the ship is believed to be used

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight. >> yesew the details as they were emerging. >> sir keir starmer knew about the southport charges but has admitted he decided not to disclose the truth. so does the prime minister not trust the british public? i will also be debating whether our contempt of court laws are being used to suppress freedom of speech, with world leading legal expert joshua rosenberg. meanwhile, donald trump has hit the ground running with his executive orders, including leaving the world health organisation and renaming the gulf of mexico. so should we draw inspiration from this here in the uk? tonight i will reveal my proposed new name for the irish sea. state of the nafion for the irish sea. state of the nation starts now. so be joined by my panel, shadow defence minister mark francois 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 sophia wenzler. >> jacob. t

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nafion jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight.rachel, from accounts, is clinging on for dear life as her disastrous budget has crashed the economy. the cost of government borrowing has sent the markets into a downward spiral. and once the prime minister has to say he has confidence in a minister, the writing is on the wall. the echr strikes again. a foreign rapist whose name we're not allowed to know avoids deportation because of all the things he claims to be a bisexual. it's time to free ourselves of this undemocratic foreign court. a gb news exclusive has revealed. a whistleblower claimed the inquiry into child sexual abuse was a cover up, which redacted the evidence she provided. surely it's time for a new national inquiry. plus, former mi6 chief sir richard dearlove has warned against chinese investment in our net zero infrastructure, claiming it poses a serious threat to our security. he joins me shortly. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my most intellectual panel, the former conservative cabinet minist

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation. tonight.he labour party has shamed itself once again as it plans to vote in the commons against the conservative party's proposal to have a national inquiry into the grooming gangs. this comes amidst a gb news exclusive revealing the scale of the cover up. tonight i'll be speaking to former home secretary suella braverman, asking her whether this is evidence that multiculturalism has failed. meanwhile, tory leader kemi badenoch has been urged to borrow the reform party's policy of net zero immigration. is this what we need? plus, facebook has let go of the age of censorship, dropping its biased covid era fact checkers in favour of freedom of speech. i'll be joined by the director of the free speech union, toby, soon to be lord young, in just a moment. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my most pugnacious panel, former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the historian and broadcaster tessa dunlop. as even broadcaster tessa dunlop. as ever, let me know your views. it's a

vile mayor mogg gb news.but i'm joined now by a friend of the programme, pr tycoon and former labour candidate kevin craig. kevin, thank you for coming in. when even the equality and human rights commission is saying that this could stop freedom of speech, making employers responsible for people's views in a pub is pretty silly legislation, isn't it? pretty silly legislation, isn't it.7 well, it's good to see you, jacob. >> first of all, let me just say, as you'd expect me to, the way you've described this legislation, i think is, is one way of doing it. this bill is also, i think, about giving workers more protection against unfair dismissal, rights to guaranteed hours, better sick pay, guaranteed hours, better sick pay, bereavement pay, things that many listeners and viewers of this programme will be in favour of the hypothetical because you, very erudite man said, could cause these consequences, these hypothetical consequences. most sensible people, i think, would would agree with the british beer and pub

nigel farage, suella braverman, sir jacob rees—mogg and baroness kate hoey, who joins me today in theio. and gerry adams could be in line for a british taxpayer funded payout because of keir starmers human rights plans. well, today the prime minister appeared to do a u—turn on the issue. on today's show, i'll speak to the son of a belfast police officer who was murdered by the ira. and that's all coming in your next houn as kemi badenoch got the bite to be a leader of the opposition. a few weeks ago, 500 tractors were outside whitehall. she didn't even mention them at pmqs. you could hear them inside a deafening cacophony of angry farmers simply ignored. today, tulip siddiq was put aside, resigned because of corruption charges. the anti—corruption minister following louise hague, who of course got the boot over a fraud allegation. two ministers gone to sweden. instead, kemi badenoch went on the offensive on the economy. well, inflation went down today. are they living in a bubble? have they got the teeth? have they got what it takes to be the leader of the opposition? let me know your

i'm joined by head of communications at popular conservatism and akshata rees—mogg, conservative peernd former adviser to boris johnson, lord colvin, arranger, and the former labour advisor paul richards. and can you guess which political party thought this mental social media campaign was a good idea? good evening to you. can elon musk really barrage the farage? that's next. first, though, your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> ben, thank you very much. the top stories reform ukip leader nigel farage has responded after elon musk said he doesn't have what it takes to lead the party. farage said while this is a surprise, elon is a remarkable individual but i'm afraid on this i disagree. my view remains that tommy robinson is not right for reform, and i never sell out my principles. well, that's after musk posted on x saying the reform uk party needs a new leader. this apparent turn comes just a few weeks after nigel farage travelled to florida to meet with elon musk about possible funding for his party. and it also comes less than 24 hours after farage said there was no question

it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation. tonight.he world now looks upon the united kingdom in shame as the full extent of the grooming gangs scandal is revealed. tonight i will be joined by an oldham councillor who has been trying to highlight the scandal for years. meanwhile, the story has ignited an unlikely feud between nigel farage and elon musk, with the twitter owner calling for nigel to be removed as leader of reform. but does this present an opportunity for him.7 we'll reform. but does this present an opportunity for him? we'll be assessing the new data that reveal foreign nationals are three and a half times more likely to be arrested for sex offences than british citizens. the league table will be revealed shortly. plus, as it's the last day of the archbishop of canterbury's leadership of the church of england, i'll be joined by the chairman of the spectator, charles moore, to discuss whether his resignation is just the state of the nation. starts now. i'll also be joined by my most forthright panel, telegraph columnist ti

jacob rees—mogg, suella braverman and many, many more.news reporter adam cherry will be dropping in from the inauguration watch party. >> here it is. the question is, what does it mean for people here in britain? >> that's adam cherry dropping in there from a republican overseas party live. but of course, the biggest story in the uk today is the government has just announced a full scale pubuc just announced a full scale public inquiry into the southport attacks from last yean southport attacks from last year, following suspect axel rudakubana guilty plea to all charges. the announcement was made just moments ago. gb news home and homeland security editor mike mark white is on hand to bring you all the latest. >> well, the announcement of this public inquiry is an acknowledgement of the very real concerns over axel rudakubana and the fact that he was referred to the prevent counter—extremism programme not once, but three times over the years. also referred to the police, the courts, the youth justice system, social services and the nhs. n

gb news presenter and former cabinet minister sir jacob rees—mogg, the telegraph columnist tim stanley labour mp lloyd russell—moyle. tim stanley to you first. very briefly, he put his hand on his heart and put his hand on his heart and put his hand out, didn't he? what? what do you make of that? that symbol, the sign he's making. >> i'm not going to replicate