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i don't know if musk wants anything from nigel farage i really don't. oes and believes and he has a level of support that absolutely but i don't think musk wants anything from nigel. what does reform, nigel, one from last? i think it's more not so much the money but it's looking at how musk supported tramp in campaigning in key seats, in key states, in pennsylvania and elsewhere, because reform is great in the air war but the ground is where we need... 2025 is about building a machine for the general election, is what he said. let's see. the bit the bigger links altogether is that people who like reform has felt let down by the main political parties. they were made promises which were not delivered on. that is a serious cancer for our political... year after year after year. is one of the reasons went to the reform yesterday because something is happening with this increasing membership. as we are talking about yesterday, there were people of all different ages there, it was not a particular demographic. but the one thing that people had in common was t

it is really embarrassing for nigel farage, to say the very least.boasting that elon musk was not the support of reform had made it a cool party with many young people, he described elon musk as a hero. within hours of that, elon musk orsay within hours of that, elon musk or say that nigel farage should not be the leader of reform and started talking about a man called rupert lowe, the mp for great yarmouth, also elected in the july great yarmouth, also elected in thejuly general election, started talking about whether he should be the leader instead. it is deeply destabilising, embarrassing for nigel farage. the reason for it is very important. there is a substantive disagreement there, which is that elon musk believes that tommy robinson, who is currently in prison in this country for contempt of court, should play a role this country for contempt of court, sh

nigel farage _ to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage had _ to be the leader. -- saying...been - to be the leader. -- saying... j nigel farage had been hoping that maybe mr musk would send some money to reform uk's way, to disrupt a party in uk politics, being against the status quo, being anti immigration. again, they seem to have had an falling out over nigel farage not being willing to stand up all support tommy robinson who, as you mention at the start, is a far right activist, takes a very anti—radical islam's year and is currently in prison. it shows you the sort of dilemmas that politicians in countries where elon musk takes an interest, the dangers of mixing your politics and relationship of someone who is clearly, how do you describe elon musk, an interesting individual on the world stage.— world stage. thank you very much indeed. _ world stage. thank you very much indeed. that - world stage. thank you very much indeed. that is - world stage. thank you very much indeed. that is rob i world stage. thank you very - much indeed. that is rob watson now, our political c

but is nigel farage's leadership under threat?w .yourthoughts by heading to know .your thoughts by heading to gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet me at alex h armstrong. i'm joined now by former spokesman for reform uk gwen taylor, and former deputy leader reform uk ben habib. okay look guys, political heavyweights, this is going to be a great debate i'm sure. but ben i'd love to start with you. look, you have been critical of nigel farage very openly, very honestly. do you think he's got this wrong on shemima or is this just a alleged misleading headline from itv? >> so just to be clear, i haven't been critical of nigel farage. what i've been critical of is some of the things that are coming out of reform uk and the constitution of the party. now that might be seen as being criticism of nigel, but i haven't had i haven't made any ad hominem attacks on nigel. for me it's all about policy and constitution. as far as shamima begum is concerned, i can see no case whatsoever for someone who is complicit in terroristic genocidal activity over

nigel farage is the trump whisperer. he's here, he's there, he's everywhere.o become a valid threat to the labour party in the next election, he's going to have to do a lot more than five seats. he's more of a threat, i think, to the fabric of the tory party chipping away at possible seats they can win back off. >> liberals and patrick come in here. >> i mean is that i disagree with that. i think actually a lot's happened since the election and i think first past the post you can correctly depict as a suppressor of insurgent parties. but if you reach a certain level in the polls, reform is now averaging. i looked at poll trackers at 24 on some of them, and no other party is over 30%. you know, suddenly it can start paying out a lot of seats. if reform can add another five points, it can suddenly win literally hundreds of seats. i think i might on less than tessa jowell. >> i think i'm right in saying the magic number for reform here is about 32%. now they're polling 25. if they get to 32% finishing ahead of the conservatives, you could see what we saw in the e

it's nigel farage for now. arguably, it's alreadyl got broader than that. rnoon, though, seem to be coming to you because they're very angry. they're very angry about the state of the country. as they should be. do you think that's what it's about? as they should be, as they should be. you know, the reopening of the debate around the... well, they call it the grooming gang scandal, but it's not, it's the mass rape scandal. i just think people ask themselves, what has happened to our country? how could this possibly have happened? why did everybody want to cover it up? why has there been no full public inquiry? people are angry about that, yes. and they're right to be. absolutely right to be. they're also angry economically. we are getting poorer. you know, if you look at the last eight quarters, gdp per capita is falling in six of them. and it coincides with a period of record net legal migration. mass immigration not only makes it tough for young people to get a house, not only makes it very difficult to see a gp, not only makes our roads and infrastructure

elon musk has taken aim at reform uk leader, nigel farage — writing on x that he "doesn't have what ittter known as drag artist the vivienne, has died, at the age of 32. and the red carpet is ready to welcome the stars for the 82nd golden globes which take place in los angeles later. and now, newscast, the bbc s daily news podcast, looks at elon musk s involvement in uk politics. recorded this morning — just before musk said he thinks nigel farage should be replaced as the leader of reform uk. paddy, paddy, paddy, is so nice to see you in person. it's nice to see you, too. just back from cheltenham racecourse. chelmsford. oh, yes, i'm sorry. also a lovely place. also great races. the voice you are hearing is personally used to work from nigel farage until... not that long ago. december, until about then. until what happened then? i was fired. and then he became really popular. yes! forgive me, this is what happens on a newscast.

but nigel farage said musk was a hero who was right to raise the issue.y? - how could this possibly have happened? - why did everybody. want to cover it up? drip feed, drip feed, dripfeed~ _ no big, full national public inquiry. - jess phillips. jess phillips has denied that the conservative . administration before equally denied that. i but the question that i... and by the way, our americanj friends, ouramerican friends, and musk is one of them, look at what's happened i with utter disbelief. there have been several inquiries into child sexual abuse, including in rotherham in 201a, in telford and a seven—year national review that published its final report in 2022. labour say the recommendations that made were not implemented by the last government. the conservatives argue the review was not robust enough. they denied playing politics with the issue. the grooming gangs task force that rishi sunak set up has led to over 500 arrests of gang rape perpetrators, but has also uncovered this problem has not finished and that's why it's — because of those reaso

nigel farage has been keen to publicise support that he has had from the world's richest man. ring donating money to reform uk, mr farage said these backing had bought other benefits. what farage said these backing had bought other benefits. what he aives us bought other benefits. what he gives us is _ bought other benefits. what he gives us is huge _ bought other benefits. what he gives us is huge numbers - bought other benefits. what he gives us is huge numbers of. gives us is huge numbers of young people, he makes us look cool young people, he makes us look cool. i5 young people, he makes us look cool. , ., young people, he makes us look cool. , . ., �* young people, he makes us look cool. , ., ., �* ., young people, he makes us look cool. , ., ., ., cool. is that way don't want to criticise him? _ cool. is that way don't want to criticise him? the _ cool. is that way don't want to criticise him? the money? - cool. is that way don't want to criticise him? the money? i. criticise him? the money? i made it perfectly clear that i don't agree with everything he stands for but i

nigel farage has been keen to publicise the support he's had from the world's richest man.there had been talk that mr musk was considering donating money to reform uk. in a broadcast this morning, mr farage said his backing had brought other benefits. he may well give us money. whether he does or not, i'll tell you what he gives us. with huge numbers of young people, he makes us look cool. is the reason you hope he's going to give you money... is that why don't want to criticise him? i made it perfectly clear that i don't agree with everything he stands for, but i do believe in free speech. i think he's a hero, and i said that well before any potential money was offered. but this afternoon, the tech billionaire appears to have turned on mr farage, posting on his social media site x: the rift seems to have come over mr musk�*s support for far right activist stephen yaxley—lennon, also known as tommy robinson. responding to mr musk�*s post this afternoon, mr farage said... mr musk has in recent days posted a series of inflammatory messages about senior labour politicians on t

elon musk has taken aim at reform uk leader nigel farage, writing on x that he "doesn't have what it angeles later. wicked, emilia perez, conclave, and the brutalist are all in the running for top prizes. now on bbc news, path to the presidency. katrina has a well—deserved break, and we're very happy to have you joining us from london. i'm balancing my phone on five blocks of foolscap paper and a book and trying to lean it in the right way, just so that you can see me. so i hope it works. a true broadcaster will find the angle. i'm the loose wheel. i'm the loose wheel in this operation. i know my role. how did you guys spend your new years, ringing in the new year? well, i had christmas off, and then they said come in to work for some easy shifts with some filled back half hours. and then all hell broke loose yesterday.

farage, as in nigel farage, doesn't have what it takes for nigel farage has been trying to get musk's financial backing, but it looks like that may have failed. one reason for that jailed british far right activist tommy robinson. musk wants him released. farage has been distancing himself from robinson. musk is also targeting the british prime minister, keir starmer, posting this. starmer was complicit in the rape of britain when he was head of crown prosecution for six years. starmer must go. he must face charges for his complicity in the worst mass crime in the history of britain. musk claims starmer failed to act against grooming gangs while he was director of public prosecutions. starmer supporters say that's not true. meantime, the prime minister is working to get on donald trump's good side and hold back the growing influence of farage's reform uk party. cnn european affairs commentator dominic thomas joins us now from los angeles live this hour. it's been a while. it's good to see you. >> right. thanks for having me on, john. good to see you back. >> thanks, mate. well, musk h

the leader of british political party reform uk, nigel farage, has defended elon musk in an interviewe — the owner of social media site x and electric car—maker tesla, and soon to be part of the us government. but elon musk has also been weighing in on uk politics. he has backed nigel farage, snapped here together at donald trump's mar—a—lago resort last month, with reports he is considering donating a sizeable sum to reform uk. but he has also been highly critical of keir starmer�*s government in increasingly provocative social media posts. speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg, mr farage defended mr musk�*s right to say what he chooses. you know, in public life, tough things get said. they get said by both sides of the debate. you're right, this man happens to be the richest man in the world. but equally — equally — the fact that he's bought twitter now actually gives us a place where we have a proper, open debate about many things. and hey — even facebook, even meta, are adjusting to the modern world. free speech is back. we may find it offensive, but it's a good thing, not a bad

he's made a mistake in ditching nigel farage for tommy robinson. nigel farage is a polarizing, popular and unpopular politician that a quarter of people might vote for and that they could say musk's millions might make nigel farage prime minister. and he's always stayed away from tommy robinson because nigel farage thinks when you're with tommy robinson, whose reputation is extremism, racism, football, hooliganism, then you're a 5% politician. so musk has actually taken himself out of mainstream politics by attacking farage for not backing robinson. so it shows that this attempt to be the sort of citizen kane of the world isn't going to work if you're not credible in the countries you're trying to influence. we could treat him like a pantomime bond villain, except it will stoke up violence at the extreme end of the sort we saw in britain. so it's not that he's going to change our government, but he can make our society more dangerous. >> in a moment from biden's border legacy to extreme weather events to terror attacks, reflections and warnings fro

that's going to be a political problem for reform and for nigel farage. really interesting point. and, you know, even among maga, the maga world here, we are seeing some some cracks there in elon musk�*s influence. and, you know, laura loomer, a far—right figure here who has obviously in the past been very controversial, she criticised elon musk when he and vivek ramaswamy, remember, the two of them are heading up the new department of government efficiency, talked about the need for h—ib visas here in the us. so bringing in kind of the top—talent engineers and that clashes with some of the america first anti—immigration rhetoric that we're seeing from the maga world. so, you know, his position is going to be fascinating to watch. but it brings me, i think, to the point that i've been looking at this week, which is the new congress coming in the 119th congress. of course, you know, it's going to be very interesting to watch. and i've been thinking about what a challenge it will be about, will be, not only for, you know, the gop, also for the democrats. yo

nigel farage.to that political party which could be quite influential. nigel farage, you know, was asked about his ally, his supporter elon musk. and he defended him this morning. musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist. now...now you know what he's referring to. there specifically is that in 2008, keir starmerwas hadjust been appointed as director of public prosecutions, and there was a case brought before them of alleged mass rape of young girls that did not lead to a prosecution. i don't know the rights and wrongs of that any more than you do. but the point... but if you believe in free speech, people are allowed to have an opinion. what did he say about the potential donation from elon musk specifically? well, he said that it was being discussed. he said that the 100 million that some had rumoured was for the birds, but he said that elon musk may well donate to reform uk. so i think it's we're in a wait and see mode for that. it was interesting, i thought yvette cooper, i mentioned t

nigel farage, you know, was asked about his ally, his supporter elon musk.ed as director of public prosecutions, and there was a case brought before them of alleged mass rape of young girls that did not lead to a prosecution. i don't know the rights and wrongs of that any more than you do. but the point... but if you believe in free speech, people are allowed to have an opinion. thanks to our pitt or corresponded. do stay with us here on bbc news. —— thanks to our political correspondent. we can still see some accumulations with this sleety mix of wet snow to us levels but possibly to a 50 snow with brisk easterly winds and some of the snow making its way into the southern uplands are but a bit of sunshine for northern scotland and perhaps most wedded to a 50 snow with brisk easterly winds and some of the snow making its way into the southern uplands are but a bit of sunshine for northern scotland and perhaps most wedded towards coastal areas areas and there'll be a lot of spray without snowmelt and extra it is likely that we will see everything we freeze on

. >> elon musk appeal to have turned on nigel farage. more on that next.t's go boys. the way that i approach work, post fatherhood, has really been trying to understand the generation that we're building devices for. here in the comcast family, we're building an integrated in-home wifi solution for millions of families, like my own. connectivity is a big part of my boys' lives. it brings people together in meaningful ways. ♪ ♪ >> good morning. these are the stories that set your agenda. asian currencies had a two decade low versus the dollar with japanese stocks falling and china reaffirming support after a sudden drop in the currency last week. canada's prime minister is reported to be planning to resign as early as today following pressure within his party. the loonie rises on the report. and herbert ginkgo is on track to become austria's next chancellor. let's check in on these markets on a day and week of big data releases across the euro zone and nonfarm payrolls out of the u.s. and listening for fed speak throughout monday and tuesday to give us a se

nigel farage's reform uk party the break. >> are you okay? >> are you okay?attacks tories, saying the party of churchill and thatcher, like we need reminding, has transformed into something unrecognisable. in another blow to new conservative leader kemi badenoch, it's a death of a thousand cuts for the conservatives at the moment, leo, isn't it? it really is. >> the letter out of cuts there? >> the letter out of cuts there? >> yes. i think they might well have done. this is what happens, though, when you sell your voters down the river and you sell your voters down the river, thinking they have got no one else to vote for. and then ha ha, nigel farage and reform come sailing along and pick every one of these people up. and it's growing and it's growing and it's growing and goodness only knows where it's going to end, perhaps with a new prime minister one day. >> yeah, possibly. i mean, the odds are the odds are looking good for nigel farage actually being the next prime minister. and it's interesting here that marco longhi says that the tories have been captu

initially backing nigel farage's party, now coming out against nigel farage.you like a combination of stirring the pot but also perhaps having a real's agreement with keir starmer over some speech rights. x has had back-and-forth with the british government over how they should regulate misinformation and that sort of thing. caroline: keir starmer now speaking back. he had been relatively silent. he says a line have been crossed when it comes to the safety of one of his m.p.'s. away from the intricacies of what is going on in the u.k., how does it affect elon musk's relationship with trump going forward? as we reported, these u.k. senior figures are coming out and saying this is bad for the u.s.-u.k. relationship. >> i think people in the u.k. realize elon musk and donald trump are different people. there may be a close relationship. trump will make his own policy. historically, trump has cultivated ties with extreme figures who would sometimes come out and stir the pot. it almost gives trump a weapon dealing with u.k. politicians. tommy robinson is a very ext

let's return to the ongoing dispute between elon musk and nigel farage. i am afraid i disagree". this morning, the reform uk leader sat down with laura kuenssberg on bbc one, where he was asked about mr musk�*s attacks against the labour party, over the grooming gangs scandal. here's some of that conversation. some of the people here we've spoken to this afternoon, though, seem to be coming to you because they're very angry. they're very angry about the state of the country. do you think that's what it's about. as they should be, as they should be. you know, the reopening of the debate around the. well, they called it the grooming gang scandal, but it's not. it's the mass rape scandal. i just think people ask themselves, what has happened to our country? how could this possibly have happened? why did everybody want to cover it up? why has there been no full public inquiry? people are angry about that. yes. and they're right to be. absolutely right to be. they're also angry. economically, we are getting poorer. you know, if you look at the last eight quart

elon musk takes aim at nigel farage, writing on x that he "doesn't have what it takes" to lead reform and the brutalist are all in the running for top prizes.

nigel farage has said he supports that too.lon musk will in a few days become part of the american administration, so he has an important international role. some of his language has been completely unacceptable, the fact that some politicians in this country are under greater protection as a consequence is also unacceptable. but in many ways, that is a distraction. the spotlight should be on the failure of this government to have a nationwide inquiry into these grooming gangs. there was an independent inquiry set up a decade ago which spent seven years investigating abuse in england and wales. two and a half years ago, it produced 20 recommendations. its chair is now working with a new group, whose mission she says is not to call for new inquiries, but to advocate for the full implementation of the original recommendations. her group says the original inquiry, which heard from over 7500 victims and survivors, provided a clear road map for action. yet two years later, none of the recommendations have been fully implemented. jes

elon musk calling on nigel farage to quit his job as reform leader.musk want farage out? ashley: has to do with musk's comments in support of british anti-immigration and anti-activism and known by the pseudonym tommy robinson currently in prison for contempt of court. musk posted on x saying "the reform party needs a new leader. farage doesn't have what it takes. well, nigel farage, leader of theerer form uk party responded to musk saying in part "well, this is a surprise. elon is a remarkable individual, but on this i am afraid i disagree". it's a big reversal for musk who appeared to support farage and posted with a photograph with him last month. farage's reform party won 14% of the total and 4 million votes vs and five seats in parliament in last july's national election. maybe they can make up. we'll see. stuart: thanks, ash. president biden will permanently ban new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the u.s. coastline. rich edison, come on in, please. can trump easily reverse this ban? >> well, the president elect says he'll unban it i

he withdrew his support from nigel farage in britain's reform party as nigel farage doesn't have what it takes. to a administration officials on the way out trying to justify their performance. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre says it's the best in the business, her words. secretary of state anthony blinken tells the new york times that he and biden made the right calls on afghanistan, ukraine and gaza. two news items on the president. biden angrily brushed off reporters when questioned about his age, he said is no more world leader than anyone he met in your old didi life. he gave out freedom metals, the recipients included hillary clinton, the radical george soros and the soccer player lionel messi did not want to receive a metal wall and sent no one's looking out for him. two weeks to the inauguration, the first full week of trading at 25. a massive storm that hit 60 million americans. a lot going on monday january the sixth 2025. "varney & company" is about to begin. stuart: i think the song is about me, i'm back to two wonderful weeks of vacation. >> you look relaxe

nigel farage is waiting in the wings, happy to offer his own inquiry.ppened in towns like oldham has been raked over for years. police and prosecutors say they've changed the way they tackle sexual abuse gangs. but the conservatives want something else — to hold to account people in power who may have prevented young girls getting justice or protected abusers because of their race. tom symonds, bbc news, westminster. must return to the story that has dominated the day, they wildfires in california. that is the scene with those huge plumes of black smoke just drifting across the picture and, of course, so many of those fires still out of control. the evacuation orders, the numbers have been expanded that the authorities telling as two civilians had been killed so far. the numbers of firefighters, the ever increasing on the ground but really struggling to actually bring these fires under control. stretched to the limit, was the phrase used at that news conference. we are going to stay with this furphy was in the uk. let's return to that a news conference

nigel farage says he supports that too. will in a few days become part of the american administration, so he has an important international role. some of his language has been completely unacceptable, the fact that some politicians in this country are now under greater protection as a consequence is also unacceptable. but in many ways, that is a distraction. the spotlight should be on the failure of this government to have a nationwide inquiry into these grooming gangs. there was an independent inquiry set up a decade ago which spent seven years investigating abuse in england and wales. two and a half years ago, it produced 20 recommendations. its chair is now working with a new group, whose mission she says is not to call for new inquiries, but to advocate for the full implementation of the original recommendations. and her group says the original inquiry, which heard from over 7500 victims and survivors, provided a clear road map for action. yet two years later, none of its recommendations have been fully implement it. ha

why musk is so agitated about keir starmer and how nigel farage fits into it? >> well, we have to try and figure a lot of it out. i mean, there's certainly a lot that elon musk has done to unsettle european governments. i mean, others are italy and germany. he's getting very involved in their internal affairs and even accusations that he's interfering in elections. for example, here in the uk. his issue? he's had a long standing issue with keir starmer, who he says didn't act on child exploitation back in the days when he was head of public prosecutions. and he wants starmer to go. starmer, you know, has to tread carefully here because obviously elon musk has emerged as a gatekeeper to donald trump, who is crucial to starmer's successful success, really, in terms of any sort of foreign policy. so he's trying to juggle that. i think this farage spat is particularly interesting because, you know, the beef here is over. tommy robinson, who is a far right activist currently in a british prison. um, and musk wants him released. farage is not a fan of, um, of this fa

and nigel farage's reform party in the uk. similarly, he believes, will be the savior of britain. the context is the conservatives were defeated last summer by the by keir starmer's labor party, and the conservatives are competing with reform for the far right vote. they're moving to the right and nigel farage's reform is moving to the left to make it a bit more electable. and they're roughly neck and neck in the polls. so there is this sort of battle as to who can be more right wing and who can claim the mantle of sort of being a trumpian british conservative party. and musk's interventions in favor of reform, um, should be seen in that context. the reality is that musk is not popular in britain. the approval ratings, i think a few years ago for him, when he was seen principally as a space guy and an ev guy, were very high. they're now fewer than 1 in 5 british people approve of musk. so i think there are there are diminishing returns to this kind of really unprecedented intervention in another democracy. >> at loose. always a pleasure to have you on. thank you. >> thank you. >>

reform uk leader nigel farage has issued a challenge to sir keir starmer, saying his party will pavester didn't act. the issue has caused the pm's ratings to slump this week, following an online row on the subject led by x owner elon musk. farage was speaking at his party's south east england conference moments ago. keir starmer apparently doesn't want to have an inquiry. he says we've had one already. it's called thej inquiry. it is 400 59 pages long. it barely touches on grooming gangs and mentions robjust once. it is mentions rob just once. it is a whitewash, as far as far as this is concerned. we know that 76% of the population want this inquiry and want the truth, if keir starmer won't do it, then i will give him until the end of the month. if keir starmer won't do it, i will raise the money and we will hold that full public inquiry, we will do it. we will do it. since the start of this year elon musk has made or shared posts about uk politics, grooming gangs and child sexual abuse at a significant rate. bbc verify has examined a 24 hour snapshot of his timeline and found a wave

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elon musk has taken aim at reform uk leader, nigel farage — writing on x that he "doesn't have what itprizes. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. heavy snow and freezing rain is causing widespread disruption across the uk — with amber warnings in place in parts of northern england and the midlands. forecasters say up to forty centimetres of snow could fall in some places, and temperatures overnight fell as low as minus 11 celsius. after earlier closures due to snow and ice, the runways at liverpool, manchester and leeds bradford airports have now reopened — but there are warnings of more delays and disruption to come. danny savage reports from scotch corner. at the extremes of today's weather, conditions were atrocious. blizzards created drifts here in north yorkshire

elon musk takes aim at nigel farage — writing on x that he "doesn't have what it takes" to lead reform— we'll bring you the latest, live from los angeles. hello, i'm helena humphries. we begin here in the us — where millions of people are under weather alerts as a major winter storm sweeps the country. some communities could experience the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in more than a decade. a state of emergency has been declared in six states — west virginia, kentucky, virginia, kansas, arkansas and missouri. in kansas, the usual average low temperature at this time of year is minus 6 degrees celsius — now it's expected to fall to minus 29 degrees. in kentucky, the average low is minus 3 degrees, but it's expected to be as low as minus 16. these are pictures from missouri — one of those states under an emergency. snow, ice and plunging temperatures have affected the roads while air travel has also been hit. more than 5,000 flights across the us have so far been cancelled, according to flight tracking website flightaware. joining me live now is ben noll. he's a weather, cl

ten reform uk councillors in derbyshire have resigned in protest over nigel farage�*s leadership.ingly autocratic manner" and that reform "had lost its sense of direction" since mr farage took over as leader. mr farage told the bbc that the ten councillors had come from a rogue branch of the party. as far as the counsellors are concerned, they're nearly all parish councillors. and actually, the truth is that none of them passed vetting. we had a rogue branch putting people up. and i think you will find in many cases there will have to be by—elections because they weren't legitimately put forward. here in the uk, experts are warning of more "deaths and disfigurement" caused by botched cosmetic procedures, unless the government introduces new regulations to make the industry safer. thejoint councilfor cosmetic practitioners said, in the last year, it's dealt with an "explosion in complaints" from local authorities about poor practice. one woman has told the bbc she "looks like a gargoyle", after undergoing a procedure by a former tattoo artist who was claiming to be doctor, as carol

elon musk has called for nigel farage to be replaced as the leader of reform uk, just weeks after reportsto the party. a rift emerged between the two this week, when farage distanced himself from musk�*s support for the jailed far—right activist stephen yaxley—lennon, also known as tommy robinson. austria's president says he will hold a meeting tomorrow with the far—right leader whose freedom party came first in the general election last september. on saturday, negotiations between the conservative austrian people's party and the social democratic party broke down. the president, alexander van der bellen, said the conservatives had now softened their opposition to talks with the far—right. the red carpet is rolled out for the first big film awards of the season — with the 82nd golden globes in los angeles now under way. emilia perez, wicked, and conclave are all in the running for the night's top prizes. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest on the big wins. a lot of winners so far, these awards on the television as well as movies, i will start with some of the tv win

and also this increasing ties he has with nigel farage.eeling in westminster about elon musk and the role he has possibly trying to play in uk playtex? i think there is a degree of shock that elon musk are not just the owner of also tesla, has such an interest in british politics. numerous tweets, nearest post next, just in the last few hours or so. i think there is a bit of a surprise that he is so interested and take so much time focusing on british politics but there is an interesting line at the prime minister has to walk because he is very conscious of wanting to establish a good relationship with donald trump's new government, wanting to be on the right side of that government when it comes to international affairs, not least ukraine, middle east, as well as the possible indications for trade here in the uk. the prime minister is very keen not to upset the incoming us ministration and i think it was interesting he chose to focus his criticism on the conservative party here, not actually on the main origin, i suppose, not actually on

the turbulence is back here, and half the county council elections in england could be delayed, nigel faragetoday in norfolk but has become an unlikely source of controversy. last week, organisers barred israel's three athletes from attending, citing challenges caused by pro—palestinian protests. but in the face of significant criticism, there was a sudden u—turn. 0ur sports news correspondent, laura scott, reports. the bowls world championships on the coast of norfolk. far from the peaceful images that might conjure up, the build—up has been dominated by geopolitics, protests and accusations of anti—semitism. it's a very difficult situation. at the end of the day, it's a sporting event and everybody here is here to play sport. any decision for world championships and any sport isn't taken easily. and sometimes, when you look at further information, you get further advice. decisions can change. that's just the world we live in at the moment, but i don't think there's any regret at all. since the war between israel and hamas broke out 15 months ago, there have been instances of it impacting s

reform uk leader nigel farage defends tech billionaire elon musk over a series of critical posts aboutr us presidentjimmy carter, who died last week, have begun in his home state of georgia. avoiding hospital backlogs. we take a look at the frailty unit aiming to help elderly patients get seen quicker and sent home from hospital. a frustrating day for the teams chasing liverpool in the premier league title race. both arsenal and chelsea are held to draws away from home. leaders liverpool will go eight points clear if they beat manchester united later. snow has been falling across large parts of the uk, causing travel disruption and power cuts in some areas.

it's a view shared by elon musk and by nigel farage., get doing. nick robinson, bbc news. and you can see more on all of this with victoria derbyshire on newsnight — including the full interview with the labour minister jess philips on bbc two shortly. thank you, yes, the safeguarding minister also talks about the reaction of survivors to the controversy and what she thinks of opposition calls for a national public inquiry into the mass rape crimes. plus we ask a tramp insider about the president elect�*s refusal to rule out using military force to take out allied countries. —— we talk to a trump insider. thank you, victoria. a 14—year—old boy has died after being stabbed on a bus in south—east london this afternoon. police have called the attack in woolwich "a horrendous crime". no—one has been arrested. the incident comes a day after an 18—year—old man was stabbed near a school in the same area. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher is in woolwich for us now. people here are upset obviously, reeta, by what happened, especially because

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