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parliament, but it won't fund all the equipment and projects from submarines to nuclear weapons the armed forces says they need. here reacquainting himself with france's president macron? harry farley, bbc news, in westminstered for the release of all the palestinian hostages held by hamas. of over 600 palestinians because hamas was using hostages for propoganda purposes. hamas accused israel of deliberately disrupting the ceasefire deal. who's injerusalem. to those 600 or so palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be released by israel on saturday, is going to saturday, what is going to happen with that part of the process? so, what we are expecting — process? so, what we are expecting - according i process? so, what we are l expecting - according to process? so, what we are i expecting - according to a mask and comments her mask statement and comments by egyptian mediators, —— eight statement, and by egyptian mediaters, —— eight statement, and an israeli hamas statement, and an israeli official quoted by the israeli media, we will have release of palestinian prisoners where was expected they would be it was expected they would be on saturday initially. released on saturday initially. that will be in ex

parliament, there are metal barricades all around the centre. there are tractors all ready. and of course we've seen hundreds and hundreds of tractors. haven't we come to westminsterment secretary, steve reed.i environment secretary, steve reed. i think he's likely to get a pretty rough ride, frankly, because the message from the farmers about those inheritance tax changes announced by rachel reeves in that bombshell budget last october, the farmers message is we will not go away. we will not stop. we will not give in. they've dubbed the prime minister starmer, the farmer hammer. they want the government to think again about those changes to inheritance tax. they say it's going to drag . tax. they say it's going to drag. basically many family farms are going to be put out of business because they simply won't be able to pay the bill now. steve reed for the government will be trying to get them onto a better footing. he's promising investment. the government have said 5 billion over the next couple of years into farming also to improve profitability. they're saying that the seasonal worker visa route is being extended to get workers in to help pick those crops. als

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the former prime minister claim he's getting bored of life away from westminster, and he believes he has unfinished business in parliamentthe friends believe he's only 5050 to make a comeback, and boris himself has reportedly not yet made up his mind. and when quizzed by the daily telegraph, mr johnson said i'm working flat mrjohnson said i'm working flat out on writing some books and building a new kitchen. i've heard of bizarre fantasies this week of a boris comeback that would see the tories merge with reform uk , without mentioning reform uk, without mentioning bofis reform uk, without mentioning boris johnson, tory grandee sir edward leigh thinks the deal is on. >> and what are the odds on reform and the tories merging to be one party at the next election? oh. >> i think very high. i mean. >> i think very high. i mean. >> odds on. >> odds on. >> 70%, i should think. >> 70%, i should think. >> oh well, let's be honest, bofis >> oh well, let's be honest, boris johnson had tons of character. he still does. and he knew how to win elections. but the full effects of his disastrous leadership are now beginning to be felt all

westminster alone. and thousands of farmers are staging another tractor protest outside parliament as we speak, as they continue their campaign against changes to inheritance tax rules. well, the speakers are about to start, but first let's cross now to gb news presenter emily carver, who's been in westminster throughout the entire day with the tractor boys and the tractor girls. emily, there's a carnival atmosphere out there. tell us the latest. >> oh, martin, what a day it's been. there are just so many people here today to protest this inheritance tax. so many tractors have descended on whitehall. hundreds. last tally i heard was 1400 tractors and thousands more farmers and people who are just concerned about this policy from the labour government. now, i've spoken to a number of farmers and politicians and people who really care, and with me are a lovely large farming family, which is absolutely fantastic. now, phil, you're the dad. >> no. >> no. >> i'm not the dad of. >> i'm not the dad of. >> all of these. >> all of these. >> oh, okay. they're not all yours. two of them. okay. he's the father of

country are arriving in westminster this afternoon in protest against the government's family farm tax. hundreds of farmers and their tractors are gathering on the way to parliament. the rally on whitehall, organised by save british farming, comes as a petition calling to keep current inheritance tax exemptions for working farms has reached almost 150,000 signatures. that's set to be debated in the commons this afternoon. labour has previously insisted it will not make a u—turn on its plans to introduce a 20% inheritance tax rate on farms worth more than £1 million. they've also said that farmers are the backbone of britain. earlier this morning, reform uk leader nigel farage spoke to elianne eamonn after speaking with farmers. >> they feel, and some of these families have had farms for hundreds of years. they feel directly threatened by these proposed tax changes and they're going to stand up and they're going to stand up and they're going to stand up and they're going to fight and they're doing it here. we're in north london this morning, but this is beginning to happen all over the country. and i sense that we've got a great feeling in our country for the coun

westminster and all across the uk. on today's. >> show pro. >> show pro. >> corbyn member of parliament. >> corbyn member of parliament. >> zarah sultana has. >> zarah sultana has. >> been reported to the parliamentary. >> standards committee. >> standards committee. >> for posting a picture of nigel farage. the critics. >> are saying. >> are saying. >> it's a disgrace and a. clear incitement to violence. today's question is should sultana get the boot or is this simply a right wing snowflake ary.7 and an incredible new report shows that 66% of all immigration to the united kingdom over the past 20 years has come from the european union, and this damning report concludes, this data proves that tony blair's disastrous open borders policy changed britain forever. now, a turkish couple who paid for their two children, aged just six and nine, to be illegally shipped to britain on a dinghy. well, they are now applying for asylum in britain themselves. and, of course, they claim that the european court of human rights should respect their right to a family life, because this use of an accompanied children opened the floodgates to yet

to descend once again on westminster later today in protest against the government's family farm tax. hundreds of farmers and their tractors are gathering on the way to parliamente rally on whitehall, organised by save british farming, comes as a petition calling to keep current inheritance tax exemptions for working farms has reached almost 150,000 signatures. that's set to be debated in the commons this afternoon. labour has previously insisted it prejudicial? i don't know. >> well, when you're calling for pensioners to be run over and killed, particularly if they didn't vote labour. >> the problem is, of course, the written word. you can never see the humour that might have been intended in it. it's a joke, you don't know. but anyway, we're going to be discussing that this morning. there's quite a lot to get into. >> gb news could, should, should they even carry on as mps? that's the conversation i think we should have. >> yeah, absolutely. gbnews.com/yoursay first though, the latest news with katie bowen. >> bev and andrew. thank you and good morning. it's 9:32. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. farmers from across the country are set to desc