nana. >> nana. >> thank you very much and good afternoon to you. fast approaching 3:02. the top story. >> this hour, israel has released. >> another 183 palestinian prisoners today after hamas freed three more israeli hostages. this morning in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in gaza. the hostages are ohad ben—ami or levi and eli sharabi. it comes as yesterday hamas accused israel of violating the ceasefire deal by delaying the entry of hundreds of aid trucks. the foreign office has denied reports it's set to open talks on slavery reparations, with caribbean officials demanding trillions of pounds from the uk. according to the telegraph newspaper, a meeting could be held as soon as april after barbados prime minister mia mottley previously demanded almost £4 trillion from britain. the foreign office has told gb news though the story is false and misleading and insists the government's position remains unchanged. but the foreign secretary, david lammy, has previously been vocal in

but first, let's get your latest news with sophia wenzler. >> nana. thank you. >> nana. thank you. >> it'sjust >> nana. thank you. >> it's just gone. >> it's just gone. >> 3:00. >> 3:00. >> these are your headlines. >> these are your headlines. >> donald trump is set. >> donald trump is set. >> to impose tariffs on the us top. three trade partners today, with. mexico and canada facing a 25% tax. and chinese imports hit with a 10% levy. the move is expected to raise prices and disrupt. >> key sectors. >> key sectors. >> including energy, automotive, lumber and agriculture. the white house. >> insists the tariffs. >> insists the tariffs. >> are aimed at tackling illegal fentanyl distribution and addressing migration concerns. in response, canada, mexico and china have all pledged retaliation. meanwhile, president donald trump has warned that the european union could face tariffs next. >> the european union charges us 20% plus plus plus a vat tax called a vat tax, very similar and it costs us an absolute fortune. we are treated so badly and we have a tremendous deficit with

this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and nana akua. >> a new era of stagflation.s the chancellor >> a new era of stagflation. is the chancellor on notice? as the bank of england halves the uk's growth forecast? >> we live in an uncertain world and the road ahead will have bumps on it. >> and i wonder how the chancellor is feeling about that this morning. >> for god's sake, god's sake! for god's sake, for god's sake! >> are unacceptable, distressing and horrendous. tv chef gino d'acampo faces allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour claims which he denies. >> are we a nation of benefit scroungers? work and pensions secretary liz kendall says too many people on benefits are, quote, taking the mickey. do you agree? >> anti lgbt lego were being warned. the toy bricks are gendered and they pushed the idea that heterosexuality is the norm. >> and next week is 50 years since margaret thatcher became leader of the conservative party. we want to know what you think. is she the greatest britain ever? we'll debate that shortly. >> gender stereotypes strike again if yo

i'm nana akua. over the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine. it's theirs. and of course it is yours. we'll be debating, discussing and at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours, the former deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib, and also co—founder of novara media, aaron bastani. coming up in my niggle, i thought sir keir starmer was going to smash the gangs. >> to make it work is to smash the gangs that are running the vile trade. >> and instead he's making things more attractive to them. as labour pushed for a change in the tories illegal migration act, which will mean migrant adults can say that they are children and most children migrants end up being allowed to stay. why on earth would sir keir starmer be doing this when he previously had this to say.7 >> the previous government were running an open borders experiment. >> so what is t

nana happens to be the constituency of the leader of his majesty's loyal opposition, kemi badenoch.hat's why i'm here. and i'll tell you more about that in a moment. but first, of course, just have a think about this. something truly extraordinary is happening out there, something remarkable, something historic, something everybody thought was literally impossible. a new political party that started off seven months ago with no representation in parliament whatsoever, that made its first big step on july the 4th last yean big step on july the 4th last year, with 4.1 million votes and five seats. and everyone said, well, that's it, they can't possibly go any further. and here we are this week with seven opinion polls showing that we now are consistently three points ahead of the conservative party and just a point or two behind the labour party. and we are achieving something. we are achieving something that is quite remarkable. and we've been riding a bit of a wave. and you know what? if we keep riding that wave a bit more, we really will surprise everybody come that next general el