the house of form of amendments. the house of lords ignored ministerial calls to back down and again tonight insisted on further revisions to the safety of rwanda bill. the home secretary , james cleverly, home secretary, james cleverly, in response, said afterwards we want to break up the criminal people smuggling gangs and stop the boats. labour uncomfortable with tackling immigration, will clearly stop at nothing to stop the planes. in other news, today , the uk has signed an agreement with vietnam to increase cooperation on tackling illegal migration. it comes as vietnam's nationals overtake others as the predominant nationality on small boat crossings. vietnamese nationals made up 5% of small boat arrivals last year across the english channel. that's up from i% in 2022, according to home office figures. the boss of the post office was exonerated today following an independent investigation into allegations of bullying. nick read always rejected claims of misconduct. the firm says he has its full

backing now to lead the organisation , which continues to organisation, which continues to fall under the spotlight over the horizon . it scandal, during the horizon. it scandal, during which hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly convicted of theft and fraud . a 28 year old man and fraud. a 28 year old man convicted of attempting to murder two elderly worshippers in mosques in what a judge described as horrific attacks, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. mohammed abshir, who was a paranoid schizophrenic through petrol over his victims and then set them on fire outside mosques in birmingham and in london, the court heard 82 year old hashi odowa and 70 year old mohammed riaz were chosen at random because abshir believed they were possessed by evil spirits as well. one of the victim's sons, mohammed riaz jnr, said his father's attacker should have been sent to prison to face the maximum sentence. >> mohammed abacha, who set my father on fire. he's not going to serve a prison sentence, but

he's going to be going to a hospital, probably get served a three course meal and have an evening cup of tea, whereas as he should be in a prison, you know, facing you know, maximum, maximum punishment, especially setting two people on fire in two main cities of the united kingdom. you're talking about london and birmingham. i mean, how could this happen .7 how could this happen? >> the actor hugh grant has settled a legal case against the publisher of the sun over claims journalists used private investigator to tap his phone and even burgle his house. the actor's lawsuit was one of those eligible to go to trial at the high court, but he's come to an agreement with news group newspapers. prince harry is among several other high profile figures also suing the newspaper group for alleged unlawful information gathering, which the publisher denies is thousands of passengers have had flights cancelled or delayed after the

world's second busiest airport , world's second busiest airport, that's dubai international airport, was closed following unprecedented rainfall. emirates cancelled a number of their flights between the uae and the uk, with british airways also diverting routes away from the aftermath of the storms, which flooded roads. the metro system and even shopping malls. dubai received more than a year's average rainfall in just 24 hours. animals were stranded, including this poor cat who'd found a car door to cling onto, only to be picked up from the floodwaters eventually by the dubai police in their boat. you could call it a perfect rescue , could call it a perfect rescue, but meteorologists have bad news. more bad weather is on the way and it's likely to cause further disruption across the desert city over the coming days . for the latest news, sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common it's time now for headliners .

headliners. hello and welcome to headliners. hello and welcome to headliners. this is your first look at thursday's top news stories. >> i'm cressida wetton, and i'm joined tonight by amateur comedian and professional hypochondriacs. >> it's louis schaefer and the only remaining member of the headliners team who still prepared to work with him. >> it's steve and alan. >> it's steve and alan. >> it's steve and alan. >> it's funny because it's true. that's what i like about that intro. >> i mean, i will technically still work with now, but who still work with you now, but who knows to happen in knows what's going to happen in the next hour? >> well, do you know what i dont? >> well, do you know what i don't? like that don't? i didn't like that introduction because a introduction because i am a professional hyper country act. >> i actually think i'm doing great. that's problem. the great. that's the problem. the problem is not that i think i'm dying. thing is, i'm doing dying. the thing is, i'm doing all right. you think you look amazing. >> started him off. >> started him off. >> you've started. started >> you've started. i've started him on then, him off right. come on then, let's those front pages. let's look at those front pages. so tory's so the daily mail has tory's trail. defence, tax,

trail. labour on defence, tax, migration , even brexit. the migration, even brexit. the telegraph has. rayner faces new homes, tax questions. the guardian has brexit blamed as uk drug shortages put lives at risk and the times is going with hopes of rate cuts suffer blow inews has israel will defy plea for restraint and strike iran? cameron reveals. and finally, the sun has american idol harry. and those were your front pages. okay, kicking off the in—depth look at the front pages, the sun, louis the sun, royal. royal files his new country royal, meaning prince harry. and it says american idol harry because they don't think he does anything. he does a lot of stuff. he spends all day long complaining about his. >> not what that means. >> that's not what that means. >> that's not what that means. >> it means. idol >> that's what it means. idol means he's not doing. >> they isn't it a play on >> they mean, isn't it a play on the show? american idol? >> yeah, play on the

>> yeah, it's a play on the show. idol means he's not show. but idol means he's not doing anything. >> that's true. >> well that's true. >> well that's true. >> that mean. i think >> doesn't that mean. i think that's it means anyway, that's what it means anyway, it's great he says . i it's a great start. he says. i thought you know, thought i was right, you know, steve, english isn't my steve, i mean, english isn't my first language, so that explains a lot. >> so it so it says he's now he says he's now a resident of the you of you of the usa. >> but that doesn't mean he's given up his citizenship yet. he hasn't. but doesn't it mean he's given up being royal? >> steve? isn't that what it means? >> well, well, it turns out this will happen last year anyway. >> so when he asked give >> so when he was asked to give the frogmore the keys back to frogmore cottage, know the order cottage, we don't know the order of events. >> whether was like, well, if >> whether he was like, well, if that's and that's your attitude and register usa place register in the usa as my place of residency, actually, thanks. register in the usa as my place of rordency, actually, thanks. register in the usa as my place of ror he'dr, actually, thanks. register in the usa as my place of ror he'd decided. i, thanks. >> or he'd decided. >> or he'd decided. >> and that's charles said, >> and that's why charles said, we keys back then you we need the keys back then you can't have frogmore and be there, really doing there, but it's not really doing much stuff the much royal stuff anyway. the only he does is to only royal work he does is to use the title and to have a website that goes on about duchesses and sussexes and things. >> yeah, or you could say he's a right royal pain to the royal

family but the fact is, idle or while he's not because he's not doing anything according to this. >> so you can't you can't be. you've got to be one or the other. anyway, the point is, is he's a resident and you can be a resident anywhere. what's his name? the king. the king who resigned. then they sent resigned. and then they sent him to to be, to the bahamas or bermuda to be, you the story after before you know, the story after before the or something. and he was the war or something. and he was the war or something. and he was the last one he was in with the nazis. who's the guy? the he was the king for a short period of time, if you know who louis is talking about, do let us know. >> let's move on to the telegraph. steve what have they got? >> a couple of stories that are of interest. >> rayner faces new homes, tax questions, although actually most this is rayner most of this article is rayner faces the same tax faces exactly the same tax questions as yesterday and last week. and all these ones. week. and all of these ones. >> it's owned a house, sold it, claimed that it was her primary residence and therefore didn't pay residence and therefore didn't pay capital tax. pay capital gains tax. >> also mentions that >> this story also mentions that maybe if the husband did the same, have . they said same, he might have. they said they might have had two bites of they might have had two bites of

the they were both the cherry if they were both doing again. we've got mites doing it again. we've got mites and there. thing and quids in there. one thing i do is interesting in this do think is interesting in this story, it says. married story, it says. however, married couples cannot legally two couples cannot legally have two primary for primary residence for tax purposes. obviously for tax purposes. obviously for tax purposes. that purposes. but the idea that a married couple legally married couple can't legally live apart might need changing. look, yes , helena bonham carter. look, yes, helena bonham carter. yeah, it's the ideal way to live , isn't it? >> i mean, if you're going to get married to somebody like lewis, i think a second home would in country, would be in the country, ultimately different money ultimately in a different money on nhs. wouldn't you want on the nhs. wouldn't you want mental so i think on the nhs. wouldn't you want mwould so i think on the nhs. wouldn't you want mwould the so i think on the nhs. wouldn't you want mwould the taxpayers1k it would be in the taxpayers interest going to interest or if they're going to get to me, maybe they get married to me, maybe they should find a mental should maybe find a mental hospital living in. hospital to be living in. >> why am i what do i do? wow. yeah. >> that's our job tonight. >> that's our job tonight. >> sorry that. what >> yeah, sorry about that. what do i do now? >> you're going to do all my life that, you know, you life is that, you know, you married couples can be separated, they're going separated, but if they're going to collective thing, to file one collective thing, they get the benefits they they can't get the benefits from places. from both places. >> disagree with about >> so i disagree with you about that. know the that. they. you know what the problem is problem with this woman is? is that wasn't expecting people that she wasn't expecting people to watch her, and she she wasn't. why is that funny? she

wasn't. why is that funny? she wasn't expecting people to watch her. >> it's funny to me that you thought of that after your career or during your career. sorry not after. >> well, it's the same thing here. schaffer blowing here. lewis schaffer is blowing up, and people are going up, and maybe people are going to looking my tax business. >> i know you'd never paid any tax. that's fascinating. okay. there's another story on here scottish primary. no you're scottish primary. oh no you're supposed to read it. not me. >> oh yeah. yeah. this are >> oh yeah. yeah. this is. are you do it? you gonna do it? >> i can do it. >> scottish primary schools will have lgbt champions. have pupils as lgbt champions. i did and you did see that. and do you remember when champions meant winning yeah. so winning a thing? yeah. yeah. so i hope that's not what i mean, i hope that's not what this means. that they're this story means. that they're going winning going to be gladiatorial winning . basically it's . but no, it basically it's going support groups and going to be support groups and groups and it's money from the age of four. >> they're saying asking >> they're saying here asking kids what their sexuality kids at for what their sexuality is inappropriate less, you know what i think the i think, yes, obviously it's inappropriate, but then again, kids don't know what it means, so it's probably better to ask them at four than ask them at 16, when they

probably know what it means. >> they're just asking, like, do you johnny? who's your best you like johnny? who's your best friend? are gay? friend? they say, are you gay? and go, i a dog. and they go, no, i want a dog. this is what, a four this is this is what, a four year old. >> it might be okay to just not ask them about sexuality ask them about their sexuality at would be but we're >> it would be nice, but we're not that direction. not heading in that direction. we're in a direction we're heading in a direction which to destroy which is basically to destroy all families. and this is part of it is to take away power from families and put it in the schools . so it's the end. schools. so it's the end. >> we're forcing married people to live together. that sounds like not destroying families enough now. like not destroying families enothat's now. like not destroying families enothat's actually a good thing. >> that's actually a good thing. we should force people to live together. we should . together. we should. >> i look forward to reminding you that. so let's on to you of that. so let's move on to the daily mail. what are they going lewis? going with, lewis? >> mail, the daily >> the daily mail, the daily mail, it, tory's trail, labour on defence tax , migration, even on defence tax, migration, even brexit. they trail, they trail the labour on everything. because the fact is the tories are toast. and this is, this is the daily mail, which, is basically it used to be like a

tory newspaper. did it not, don't you think. >> yeah, i think it's, i think it's leans that way. don't you think that sometimes in polls people vote in a kind of protest, a stroppy kind of way? it doesn't mean that's they it doesn't mean that's what they actually just. actually think. they're just. they're punishing. >> , yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> normally as you get nearer to a general election, less, a general election, that's less, isn't protest vote isn't it? the protest vote is the thing the, isn't it? the protest vote is the local thing the, isn't it? the protest vote is the local election1ing the, isn't it? the protest vote is the local election type the, isn't it? the protest vote is the local election type thing . the local election type thing. as you get nearer to the actual i mean, it's not looking good, is it? the survey says that, the tories are trailing labour on everything, including probably conservatism. done so conservatism. so they've done so badly, especially conservative, especially around but especially around here. but there's a bit here that says, they and bring it back. this they try and bring it back. this tory newspaper. but exclusive poll mail finds 45% still poll for mail finds 45% still don't want starmer for government . well, does that mean government. well, does that mean 55% don't want rishi? i mean, it feels like there's another stat in there that is not put on their front page, which probably isn't good for them. >> fair, fair. okay finally ending with the guardian steve, what leaving? what are they leaving? >> drug >> brexit blamed as uk drug shortage at risk .

shortage puts lives at risk. lack of medicines for a range of illnesses is the new normal and there's a couple of things in here brexit's in on. right at the start of that headline, and that's where people will start to it's probably the case to argue. it's probably the case that hadn't have had that if we hadn't have had brexit, maybe the brexit, then maybe the procurement could have been easier less paperwork. it's easier with less paperwork. it's definitely the case that we knew this so it should this was happening, so it should have foreseen done. have been foreseen and done. something about there's a slight giveaway that this comes from mark dion, who's the lead author at the nuffield trust's brexit programme. so of course it was going to get a mention. i think that's probably why it stirred into the story. the story, if we ignore brexit, is it's really bad. we want be able to have bad. we want to be able to have access drugs, treat access to drugs, to treat people. there's a particular shortage then shortage in adhd drugs and then in next paragraph it says in the next paragraph it says our has been inundated our helpline has been inundated with , yeah. probably from with calls, yeah. probably from like one guy. >> lewis, any thoughts on this? >> lewis, any thoughts on this? >> you like thoughts on this >> you like two thoughts on this is two non—issues which is is it's two non—issues which is one is that not a single one is that there's not a single drug out there that actually saves lives. sorry. every single drug is completely unnecessary. you change your diet, your home.

okay. >> i'm just going to push back on that. some drugs are necessary. so that's the front pages looked at. for pages looked at. time for a break now. join us in part pages looked at. time for a breéforiow. join us in part pages looked at. time for a breéfor changesioin us in part pages looked at. time for a breéfor changes tor us in part pages looked at. time for a breéfor changes to scotland's two for changes to scotland's net plans. a big payout for net zero plans. a big payout for hugh grant and some weather

soon. welcome back to headliners with me, cressida wetton. and one of the finest comedians in the uk. but one of the worst dietitians, lewis schaffer and the man with the most mysterious middle name in the uk. it's steve n allen who still don't know. beginning with the daily record, lewis and ambitious environmental targets set by nicola sturgeon have been scuppered by something no one could have foreseen. winter weather in scotland yes , well, weather in scotland yes, well, this is scotland, keith labuschagne target and scotland had scotland was known as the number one anti—climate people and the fact is, is that is that

they wanted to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 75, which is the best way to do that is to basically ship all the industry out of the country. >> and that's what they've been doing. that's what britain's >> and that's what they've been doingdoing.; what britain's >> and that's what they've been doingdoing. theyt britain's >> and that's what they've been doingdoing. they wantain's been doing. they want decarbonisation. is, decarbonisation. the fact is, the climate's impossible. we were we were just were just up there. we were just up in scotland and is cold up in scotland and it is cold and miserable and that's why frosty, when you walked in the room, wasn't it? oh no. the love, the love for me is unbelievable. and among the scottish people my ex—wife was, was scottish. you've never mentioned it, steve, any thoughts on this? >> i was just to say >> i was just going to say i didn't read the bit about your ex—wife here, and yet somehow ex—wife in here, and yet somehow we're yeah we're talking about it. yeah they're unachievable they're ditching an unachievable target, , actually, maybe target, which, actually, maybe we should saying rather we should be saying good rather than unachievable than clinging to an unachievable target. it's not the same as saying change isn't real saying climate change isn't real or any of those things, but people will spin it kind of, oh, look, can't even do that. look, you can't even do that. the reason they had an unachievable because the reason they had an una greensle because the reason they had an una greens have because the reason they had an una greens have a because the reason they had an una greens have a role because the reason they had an una greens have a role in:ause the greens have a role in governing, and they just had like well, like a bidding war on, well, we want we want it by

want it by 2050. we want it by 2045. want by next week. and 2045. we want by next week. and you eventually you end you do that eventually you end up system that work up with a system that can't work , in the ones that , so i bring in the ones that save us money. save us money. >> save us money. >> first is the way i look at it. definitely stop trying to show off to greta. >> or maybe. maybe it is >> or maybe. or maybe it is crazy for this whole climate change. the people out change. i know the people out there watching this there are watching this and saying, not climate change there are watching this and saying not not climate change there are watching this and saying not climate nate change there are watching this and saying not climate changeange there are watching this and saying not climate change again , again, not climate change again, because they it's totally because they know it's totally ridiculous, a ridiculous, especially in a place scotland , which is place like scotland, which is freezing people will die . freezing cold. people will die. people who support climate change legislation are killing people. it's well, they are certainly making, energy a lot more expensive . more expensive. >> the guardian next, and a story about hugh grant feeling it in his fingers. feeling it in his wallet. steve, hugh grant settles court claim against sun publisher for enormous sums. so he was part of a case against the sun, about them using unlawful techniques to get information about him and some others. and he's been campaigning about press standards so it was standards as well. so it was shocking to hear that he'd taken the money let the court case

the money to let the court case go away. oh a letdown. but go away. oh what a letdown. but then you read into it, the then when you read into it, the detail way our detail is about the way our legal system works. if it's a civil action, if you don't accept the amount of money you've been offered as a settlement, the damages is settlement, and the damages is slightly amount less than slightly any amount less than that , you're slightly any amount less than that, you're liable to both sides murdoch sides legal fees. so murdoch goes runs up a massive legal goes off runs up a massive legal bill, offers amount of money bill, offers an amount of money that sure that there has that i'm sure that there has been advice court will been advice that no court will offer amount in damages . so offer that amount in damages. so actually, of feel sorry actually, i kind of feel sorry for here. hollywood for hugh here. even a hollywood actor can't afford to pay the £110 million worth of legal fees. and you know , he's in fees. and you know, he's in love. actually, he gets repeat fees every christmas and he still can't take on a billionaire. we've got a system where, of course, you can't take on billionaires. >> but he's planning >> no, but to he's he's planning to money isn't he. that to use the money isn't he. that he is going to to kind of he is going to get to kind of further he's of further this cause he's a bit of a campaigner this now. what a campaigner for this now. what do think because was do you think is because i was thinking you have loved to thinking you would have loved to have medical records have had your medical records hacked, you? you're hacked, wouldn't you? you're always people always trying to get people to be interested in them. >> want them be interested in them. >> be want them be interested in them. >> be hacked. want them be interested in them. >>be hacked. i'll want them be interested in them. >>be hacked. i'll send want them be interested in them. >>be hacked. i'll send itant them be interested in them. >>be hacked. i'll send it to them to be hacked. i'll send it to you. anybody's interested in

what i'll send it to what i'm doing, i'll send it to you. is that. that is you. is that. is that it is true? because he's going to lose like, because. like, 10 million. because. because murdoch is because rupert murdoch is unbelievable. he unbelievable. i mean, he beat he beat johnny depp in this beat down johnny depp in in this country i mean, one of the country that i mean, one of the many things i love about this country is not the libel laws . country is not the libel laws. >> basically, one of the many things you love is not the libel laws. lewis schaffer they're moving to thursdays telegraph. i thought that magic white powder would have been having a stimulating effect, but apparently costa rica and colombia even bigger colombia have an even bigger problem with inactivity than the uk. >> lewis. yeah well, this is one of those stories. uk suffering worst labour crisis in the west. they find out that a lot of people in england don't want to work, and there's only a few countries in the world where they to work even they don't want to work even more, which colombia and more, which is colombia and costa rica. and i can understand that. been to both those that. i've been to both of those countries fantastic countries and they're fantastic countries. don't to countries. you don't want to work in in costa work when you're in in costa rica, want to go surfing and rica, you want to go surfing and eat at columbia you eat fruit. and at columbia you want things, great

want to do other things, great coffee. and, so is coffee. and, and so this is another example of how they're bad, how the press and this is the i think the telegraph, the press is badmouthing the british worker. >> i mean, how are you going to say costa rica if you've always got it in for them? >> aren't they. well, because they're over, over there. maybe they're over, over there. maybe they're not. this but the they're not. but this but the fact a huge article on this fact is a huge article on this is yeah, i'll tell you why they don't want to work because they all have diabetes out there. they all they're all sick. there's not enough. they're not being paid enough money. >> about your >> finding the bit about your ex—wife in here as well. >> and i'm upsettingly he is right . there's a concern that by right. there's a concern that by 2040, saying . they're 2040, they're saying. they're saying nearly 1 in 4 working age people could be suffering from a significant medical condition. yes. one in what? >> but then it was last week or the week before on the show, there was a front page about how every constituency had had an increase in people having sickies and a lot of it was down south. and it's all mental health and we were saying it's

just southerners having ennui, taking arvin. i can't get the right white wine that goes with my . oh, i have to be my hummus. oh, i have to be signed and there's a lot of signed off. and there's a lot of that going there as well. that going off in there as well. but, mean, how do get but, i mean, how do you get people to work they genuinely but, i mean, how do you get people tailment?they genuinely but, i mean, how do you get people tailment? there's1uinely have an ailment? there's work that's in that's available, especially in this world that has this modern day world that has worked from home. then you get them where they work from them a job where they work from home, complain home, and then we can complain about working home, about them working from home, which thing the which is the other thing the newspapers do, or the way you get, the way people to get, the way you get people to work, stop benefits, work, is to stop their benefits, number one, and to raise number one, and to and to raise the they're being the amount that they're being paid give people paid and to give people valuable, important work like we're this what do we're on gb news is this what do you do you i was we're on gb news is this what do youdo you i was doing >> do you think i was doing anything before they asked me to do this? anything before they asked me to do his? anything before they asked me to do i know you weren't. we've >> i know you weren't. we've gigged i've done this gigged together. i've done this for no. wow. for a minute. no. wow. >> like having thomas >> it's like having thomas sowell studio, and then sowell in the studio, and then it again. it went downhill again. >> about. >> this is it's about. it's about work. and about doing valuable work. and the got the fact that we've got a massive immigration, which is basically crushing pay basically crushing pay. pay checks, which means people don't want to work. they'd rather stay at home and collect the benefits . wow. okay. brilliant, >> wow. okay. brilliant, news about it rain in the

about making it rain in the daily star now, steve. but it's nothing to do with that club you were talking about during the break. >> don't tell them about i >> don't tell them about what i do, dubai making it rain with do, dubai is making it rain with drones zapping clouds with electricity heatwave, drones zapping clouds with elec it's ty heatwave, drones zapping clouds with elecit's been heatwave, drones zapping clouds with elecit's been rainingeatwave, drones zapping clouds with elecit's been raining artwave, drones zapping clouds with elecit's been raining a lot ve, drones zapping clouds with elecit's been raining a lot over and it's been raining a lot over there as well. they've they've had floods. and while normally people who have house that's people who have a house that's built a floodplain, then it built on a floodplain, then it floods then about floods and then they moan about the flooding. i think you've got a you're effectively a point. if you're effectively in and then you have to in a desert and then you have to deal flooding, basically deal with flooding, basically what is don't blame what i'm saying is don't blame them packing wellies. >> well pretty we've got >> well it's pretty we've got a video this is how serious the video of this is how serious the flooding oh do song flooding is, oh i do this song reminds me of the reminds this reminds me of the song megan thee stallion. song by megan thee stallion. >> is what she singing >> this is what she was singing about along . about all along. >> oh, i don't get that. >> oh, i don't get that. >> no, it's wap . >> no, it's wap. >> no, it's wap. >> oh, save. okay. >> oh, save. okay. >> oh, save. okay. >> oh , look at that. yeah, and >> oh, look at that. yeah, and now it will scratch the guy. well, do you know what you know what you haven't mentioned. >> the most important part is that whenever rain, that whenever there's rain, you always day's worth always get a day. a day's worth of in an hour, or a week's of rain in an hour, or a week's worth rain in an hour , or

worth of rain in an hour, or a or a year's worth of rain in a couple of days. that's that's how rain works. it doesn't have, like, drop every , every minute like, a drop every, every minute for the for the whole day. so that's what happens with this. they got a lot of rain in a very short period of time. and if you've ever know anything about those type places those desert y type places which, which could, what which, which which could, what are can you say are you laughing at? can you say that it's desert type place. that it's a desert y type place. they these things called they have these things called wadis are completely dry wadis, which are completely dry riverbeds. and then one day every ten years they fill up with rain. >> wow. but it is worth mentioning they are electrocuted and they're tasering their clouds. yeah, we're now in a in a time. it was so, so effective that during one test of the drones, they had to have a yellow weather warning. so, you know there is something and they're claiming it's not them. they chasing the clouds they weren't chasing the clouds dunng they weren't chasing the clouds during okay, i tried to >> and okay, maybe i tried to get to explain this to me get steve to explain this to me earlier. i wasn't even sure if it can it was weird. you can taser a cloud it rain. cloud to make it rain. >> well, makes it cry. think >> well, it makes it cry. think about that way. about it that way. >> yeah, but it has to be full of the first place. i of tears in the first place. i mean, you can only do that once,

surely. mean, you can only do that once, sur> but yeah, you got all that water vapour up there and it's all and you water vapour up there and it's all bring and you water vapour up there and it's all bring it and you water vapour up there and it's all bring it together and you water vapour up there and it's all bring it together and1d you water vapour up there and it's all bring it together and thenu can bring it together and then it's heavy enough to not be able to flow anymore and it drops. >> okay about >> amazing. okay a story about peer mirror peer pressure from the mirror now. david jumped now. and if david cameron jumped off netanyahu off a bridge, benjamin netanyahu probably wouldn't notice. louis. >> would notice >> yeah. who would notice anyway? make own anyway? israel to make own decision iran as benjamin decision over iran as benjamin netanyahu uk netanyahu brushes off uk pressure. is this is pressure. and this is this is the good news about about nuclear war. and david cameron, who's foreign secretary. who's our foreign secretary. he's not the secretary of state or whatever they call it. he's there's guy who's there's another guy who's a cabinet even cabinet member. he's not even a cabinet member. he's not even a cabinet member, really . cabinet member. he's not even a cabinet member, really. he's just been appointed. sorry. the foreign , he he's he's foreign secretary, he he's he's in the cabinet, but he can't be questioned by members of the house of commons. is that right? okay. so i knew and i knew it isn't the other guy who isn't is the other guy who i forgot to who the other forgot to check who the other guy who's the actual main guy is? who's the actual main guy? just this roving guy? and he's just this roving troublemaker. he with troublemaker. he goes with israel oh, please israel and he said, oh, please be to the iranians. please be nice to the iranians. please be nice to the iranians. please be nice to who we don't have third thinking that's third war thinking that that's going prevent war, going to prevent third war, third fact is,

third world war. the fact is, the fact is the iranians are are trouble and israel is trouble. >> so it does feel a bit sort of pompous , doesn't it? i mean, i pompous, doesn't it? i mean, i suppose they have to go over there and say something, don't they? these important figures. but i don't feel like he's going to big impact. no to have a big impact. no >> and netanyahu has say >> and netanyahu has to say we're to we're ignoring this advice to look strong, because that's part of of trying in of the deal of trying to stay in government suppose government over there. i suppose all big problem all of this, the big problem right this right now is this is a distraction, because we're no longer about normal longer talking about the normal story about story we'll be talking about every when comes to every night when it comes to that talking about that region, talking about either to either which way you want to look getting hostages look at it, getting the hostages back, situations in gaza. back, or the situations in gaza. whichever that debate whichever side of that debate you is the biggest one to you think is the biggest one to talk first. but this is talk about first. but this is a distraction no, no, no, distraction from no, no, no, no, it's a distraction. it's not a distraction. >> the same story. iran >> this is the same story. iran and hamas and hezbollah one and hamas and hezbollah is one big and there are big story. and there are a couple of stories, but it's not it's definitely not a distraction. the whole the whole gaza thing has basically been bought and paid for by by the iranians. the houthis have been bought and paid for by the

iranians. there's hezbollah has been for by the iran. >> but whatever we're talking about row david about this row with david cameron, talking about cameron, we're not talking about hostages, cameron, we're not talking about hotheies, cameron, we're not talking about hothe key things needs of the key things that needs repeating this story every repeating in this story every single talk about it. single time we talk about it. >> the fact that a very >> but the fact that is a very good point. but people have forgotten the hostages, forgotten about the hostages, and amount cameron and no amount of david cameron mentioning the hostages is going to seems to work on hamas. mentioning the hostages is going to seems to work on hamas . so to seems to work on hamas. so i think israel's got to deal with it. i also think we need to put about the bigger alignment of countries. >> china , the, the russia, iran >> china, the, the russia, iran and north korea, the creek nations, every show i'm calling that acronym, the creek nation. >> he keeps saying it yet stephen allen, the creek nations. okay we're halfway through. part two for through. join us in part two for a debate about child care, another about money and one about a christmas joke that

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delicate moral dilemma. now, i don't know if it's ever appropriate to hit children, but i've got very clear views on the use violence against american use of violence against american panellists. thoughts? steve. >> smacking children must be banned to stop long term damage. doctors say . and there's a good doctors say. and there's a good example over there. so parents must be banned from smacking children. this is because it leads problems later in life leads to problems later in life with issues with violence and mental health problems. three times as likely to develop poor mental health, twice as likely to experience physical abuse. it says here they've the says here they've done the classic surely today classic thing where surely today was radio phone in. was just a radio phone in. i used do that a living and used to do that for a living and if you want an easy day, if ever you want an easy day, you pick dangerous dogs, parking fines kids. fines or smacking your kids. because we're of animal because we're a nation of animal lovers, drivers and kids smackers. there's loophole smackers. and there's a loophole in england and in the law that in england and northern ireland, can still northern ireland, you can still hit as long it's hit your kids as long as it's reasonable punishment. we'll get loads people saying, loads of people saying, well, how not affected how is it? and it's not affected me, is it? and that's the same as finding like the one person who there were 105 who smoked and there were 105 and therefore saying smoking is good if you

good for you, what you if you want find out what you should want to find out what you should do, is study large group of do, is study a large group of people see if there's a link people to see if there's a link between ones were hit between the ones who were hit having mental having worse outcomes of mental health and the ones not. and that's they've that's exactly what they've done, admitted it landmark done, admitted it was a landmark report by royal college of report by the royal college of paediatrics child health. of paediatrics and child health. of course, they're biased there in the kids, whereas the favour of the kids, whereas the favour of the kids, whereas the the royal the report from the royal college wanting an college of parents, wanting an easier i lean into easier time, but i lean into this and think, yeah, do you know what it kind of makes a bit of sense. you teach someone of sense. if you teach someone who understand who can barely understand the logic violence works, not logic that violence works, not violence, physical works violence, physical hitting works . i can see how it ends up being worse later in and worse later in life. and actually now i'm a parent. i've never knew this before, but now i'm parent. need to. i'm a parent. you don't need to. >> well, if you hit your >> yeah, well, if you hit your kids, they about it, kids, they know about it, wouldn't because you're wouldn't they? because you're massive a run up. but. >> but i see disagree >> but i see i disagree with this speak out this and i'm going to speak out in favour of maybe i shouldn't, but but at the end of the but but but at the end of the day, i have i've had children need to know there are consequences in the world. the only alternative from hitting a

smack. first of all, i don't believe in hitting children and i don't even believe in smacking children. do you believe in children? i believe that they are children, and they need to know there is certain bad know that there is certain bad situations cannot get situations that they cannot get into, such as running out into the street. i think if a child runs out into the street, i think it's totally okay to smack their bottom. maybe you know, just to let them know you, something can happen than something worse can happen than having your bottom smacked . having your bottom smacked. >> the problem is, it's really hard to measure, isn't it? because that's a very fine, private kind of distinction , private kind of distinction, completely different to somebody who's trapped in a violent home. yeah. and i don't know. yeah. >> i don't know how they know you hit the nail in the head. it's impossible to judge number one. is it's one. number two is that it's more of government taking being involved in people's private lives. that's what this is about. this is about stopping the smoke. >> i want to say, nanny state because it seems so inappropriate. but you've got literally well literally the word nanny. well you can't you're 14. you can't smoke when you're 14. >> hit kids anymore. >> you can't hit kids anymore. what am i meant do with my

friday? >> i think hitting kids is wrong. hitting kids wrong. i think hitting kids beyond certain wrong. beyond a certain age is wrong. the alternative hitting the only alternative to hitting a child to psychologically a child is to psychologically destroy them. that's what i'm doing. yes. and that's the only alternative . alternative. >> if you can't read a parenting book and try the latest, what would you do, chris? knows? would you do, chris? who knows? who lewis, who knows? christian lewis, you've asking for lighter you've been asking for lighter stories lately. try one stories lately. try this one in the telegraph . the telegraph. >> oh, you know, what can i just say this that i don't support, you know, whatever i just said in the previous one. so i don't support that do clip that i'm in trouble. i'm in trouble now. anyway. you paedophiles could be stripped of parental rights under proposed law . this is under proposed law. this is another thing. >> state. on, do that >> nanny state. go on, do that argument now. >> well, a new law. this >> well, it says a new law. this is by harriet harman. it's got >> well, it says a new law. this is bjthreeiet harman. it's got >> well, it says a new law. this is bjthree monthsian. it's got >> well, it says a new law. this is bjthree months in. it's got >> well, it says a new law. this is bjthree months in office jol like three months in office because her time is done. because she's her time is done. she's my mp harriet harman and she says that that that that that. she says that that that that that . and this goes only for that. and this goes only for men. it's paedophiles are only men. it's paedophiles are only men. and they're saying if

you're a man and you're a paedophile, you shouldn't you should have your your parental rights . does it say that. rights. does it say that. >> i don't think it says it's only are you just making the assumption . no, no. assumption. no, no. >> so the law is about paedophiles. she was paedophiles. but when she was interviewed four, she interviewed on radio four, she did rights child did say the rights of the child should come not the should come first, not the rights father. and you're rights of the father. and you're right, should like, right, you should be like, wait. yeah. statistically it yeah. i mean, statistically it might your but might be in your favour, but you're fact that you're ignoring the fact that it could least which could be at least one which would you wrong. and then would prove you wrong. and then she the patriarchy. so she blames the patriarchy. so maybe other issues. maybe she had other issues. >> she's in this. >> she she's anti—man in this. and if women never do and it's as if women never do anything it's anything wrong. my ex—wife, it's like, what? anything wrong. my ex—wife, it's likeshe what? anything wrong. my ex—wife, it's likeshe doesn't. she says that >> she doesn't. she says that this hangover from the this is a hangover from the patriarchy, is the that patriarchy, which is the that the has the father somehow has proprietary rights. but what she doesn't that doesn't say is that historically, they were proprietary responsibilities, historically, they were pr0jlegally responsibilities, historically, they were pr0jlegally you onsibilities, historically, they were pr0jlegally you wereilities, historically, they were pr0jlegally you were inies, historically, they were pr0jlegally you were in charge but legally you were in charge of this kid. so if you went to prison, there was a problem. yeah, but anyway, it's pretty astonishing be a astonishing that you can be a paedophile still be able paedophile and still be able to look your kids. this look after your own kids. this just they'd be taken just assume they'd be taken away. they're saying away. yeah well, they're saying you have to. >> has to do >> the parent has to do something. father has to do something. a father has to do

something. a father has to do something really, really bad, which what it is. but which won't say what it is. but they this law could be they said this law could be extended. you to extended. and, you know, to what? the is, what? to anything. the fact is, is that, i'm against it. >> okay. >> okay. >> all right. and unfathomable story about tesla's value in the guardian now, steve. >> yeah. so tesla shares holders to back a $56 billion pay for elon musk. that's been rejected by a judge . it's a tough one by a judge. it's a tough one because lots of people watching this will be hating electric vehicles. oh eco muck. oh oh but elon musk oh he seemed to like him. so there's going to be a very difficult overlap for some people. the delaware court nullified the compensation deal, as i call it an unfathomable sum. i mean, it is a big amount of money. it's what, 56 billion that would his amount of that would cover his amount of money wastes on impulse money he wastes on impulse purchases media purchases like social media companies . but it does odd companies. but it does seem odd that just gets a slip in that a judge just gets a slip in there and reject pay deal. there and reject the pay deal. it's don't know where i stand it's i don't know where i stand on this, because i do think if you've got a deal where you don't take a salary, instead you

get share options and this is how you meant to get. how much you were meant to get. why does a judge get stop why does a judge get to stop you? time, you you? but at the same time, you don't a billionaire more don't give a billionaire more billions. care, billions. what do i care, this is a very simple story. elon musk deal. he said, i'll musk made a deal. he said, i'll take no money for running this company, you have me company, and you have to give me basically the basically 10% of what the company worth if it reaches company is worth if it reaches a certain point and it reached that was like five, that point, which was like five, 600 million, and he wanted his 10. it's so simple . and what 10. so it's so simple. and what this woman stepped in and this is the this is not unfathomable. this is so simple, is that this is this is the state mucking aboutin is this is the state mucking about in business, which is the same thing as them mucking about in families, the same thing in our private lives. elon musk has the to this money and what the right to this money and what elon musk now is asking is saying to his shareholders , who saying to his shareholders, who are many, many rich people who've made many, many billions on their own, can i still have the money and they'll see if, because he deserves the money. brilliant. >> you should be on dragons den.

lewis. this next piece in the telegraph reads like a chapter from your memoir. you've been forcibly removed from a workplace, haven't you, lewis? >> actually, that is true . twice >> actually, that is true. twice the police have been called on me when i was working, when i had, like, real jobs so far , so had, like, real jobs so far, so far. and i think, yeah, i think people are like, so fed up with me. josh wants me dead. so i'm in, katie. but look at me and steve. steve is like, he's like sucking it in so. >> well, well, i'm gonna push back on that. it's not entirely true. steve isn't sucking it in that way. >> he is it. but you. anyway, google employees arrested after protesting tech giant's work with israel. i'm sorry. this is this is a josh story. the fact is, is that people hate the jews and we're all going to die. and this is a tech , a note called no this is a tech, a note called no tech for apartheid because google did a did a deal with israel, $1 billion contract where israel is giving them $1 billion for cloud services. and so these people in california and in new york offices of

google, a picture of them here. okay, they made their own signs. you got to give them credit. >> how did they not print you literally work at google. >> oh good. >> oh good. >> i just use the printer , for >> i just use the printer, for crying out loud. >> yeah, i was thinking, that's funny. thinking, it's good funny. i was thinking, it's good that right that that they you're right that they're they they're incompetent and they should be fired. so what happened is, police came happened is, is the police came in arrested him and but in and arrested him and but first were placed on first they were placed on administrative which administrative leave, which is a prelude to being fired. prelude, i hope to being fired. so bless america . that would so god bless america. that would never happen. >> gardening leaves like you're being of trouble. go home. being a bit of trouble. go home. we'll still you. gift. >> is it a gift? i think it could be a prelude to them being fired. >> it's a temporary gift. >> it's a temporary gift. >> one of the >> because remember, one of the guys itis >> because remember, one of the guys it is jew. guys who owns it is a jew. there's sergey brin, one of the main people, one of the main google people, one of the three, am i right? yeah. >> yeah. but i think the >> yeah. no, but i think the important thing here is, did you nofice important thing here is, did you notice google not collapse? my email still worked. so maybe these people aren't that necessary if they can sit down for eight hours. also, it's google . how notice google. how do you notice a sitting? i mean, like they already around in beanbag

already lounge around in beanbag cars, think there will be cars, but i think there will be some on this. people some pushback on this. people will say, well, where's their protest about hamas did? protest about what hamas did? there's deal to argue there's no tech deal to argue about is there? there's about there, is there? there's no of like, stop no kind of like, stop having that £1, server farm deal that £1, 50 server farm deal that £1, 50 server farm deal that have set up in that you could have set up in this. so you say. >> so you're that if >> so you're saying that if there tech with hamas there was a tech deal with hamas that would be protesting that people would be protesting those people, people? those people, other people? no, no, turned . no, the world is turned. >> the world has turned. finally, in this section, we go to the daily mail for news about a school teaching assistant receiving christmas receiving a humorous christmas award. how did he take it? steve? >> yeah . muslim teaching >> yeah. muslim teaching assistant claims being awarded the christmas grinch prize at a light—hearted school awards ceremony made him a victim of religious discrimination . salah religious discrimination. salah depher was awarded this grinch prize, went up to collect it because he didn't know what the ganh because he didn't know what the grinch was. i think this is the most important part of the story, so let's put a pin in that because we come back that because we will come back to then sits back down to it. he then sits back down with award his co—worker with his award his co—worker googles like, look googles to show him, like, look at course she does.

at this, of course she does. absolutely the pot. absolutely stirring the pot. you seem enjoying yourself. seem to be enjoying yourself. let evening. he let me ruin your evening. he then religious then sues for religious discrimination. but i don't think can't discrimination. but i don't think a can't discrimination. but i don't think a situation can't discrimination. but i don't thinka situation where can't discrimination. but i don't think a situation where you 1't discrimination. but i don't think a situation where you could have a situation where you could give that award an give me that award as an atheist, and could do nothing. atheist, and i could do nothing. but give that award a but you give that award to a muslim and it's illegal. muslim and then it's illegal. i don't it doesn't make any don't know, it doesn't make any sense. tribunal sense. thankfully, the tribunal effectively agreed with me. it's because got because he went up and got laughed believe the modern laughed at. i believe the modern parlance butthurt. yeah, and parlance is butthurt. yeah, and it be embarrassing . he was embarrassed. >> worse than that, it was his colleagues voted for him. colleagues that voted for him. i mean, not over. it wasn't a big majority. three two majority. i think three two other got three votes and other people got three votes and he but yeah. he got four, but still. yeah. >> but still but this is a funny story actually, because , because story actually, because, because because the tribunal because he went to the tribunal and said, and the tribunal and he said, and the tribunal which said that has , you which said that he has, you know, that he he had no right to complain , which just shows that complain, which just shows that these tribunals are the last for hope the british sense of humour, the last defence of sanity. but the most important thing, a couple of things. one is it's hard to come up with pnzes is it's hard to come up with prizes at these kind events, prizes at these kind of events, basically. mean, i could, i

basically. i mean, i could, i could do it, but but the school he was teaching in was, was a school for autistic children. and this was kind of a very autistic thing to do, was to give him something and not understand that it could cause offence . offence. >> yeah, but the staff aren't autistic. i don't know about that. i thought it was just a good light—hearted. >> but they know. but they know what autism and they know how >> but they know. but they know wae autism and they know how >> but they know. but they know wae super| and they know how >> but they know. but they know wae super sensitive.iey know how >> but they know. but they know wae super sensitive. so know how >> but they know. but they know wae super sensitive. so these how to be super sensitive. so these were possibly should have been. >> got previous >> well, they'd got previous because previously won an because he'd previously won an award being prankster and award for being a prankster and that so they that went down well. so they were treading into it were treading into and then it went far. went too far. >> yeah. went far. they >> yeah. went too far. they they, they wrong this time. they, they were wrong this time. >> one more to go >> okay. one more section to go join the break for join us after the break for a look at a new to travel. look at a new way to travel. surprising news about bees, and look at a new way to travel. sldiscussionzws about bees, and look at a new way to travel. sldiscussion aboutout bees, and look at a new way to travel. sldiscussion about the bees, and look at a new way to travel. sldiscussion about the end, and look at a new way to travel. sldiscussion about the end ofnd a discussion about the end of the know

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story that combines mystique, romance, and an extremely efficient travel network. louis, this is in the telegraph . yeah. this is in the telegraph. yeah. >> germany. germany. germany unveils smooth , smooth, smoochy unveils smooth, smooth, smoochy smoochy cabins on intercity trains . and they haven't trains. and they haven't unveiled it. but this is a plan. and they're testing it out on the deutsche bahn, which is a german railway which is very efficient, but it's not as efficient, but it's not as efficient as it used to be. at least the germans are complaining they're complaining about it. so they're putting little these putting in these little these little booths are six, little booths which are six, 6.5ft long and basically a metre wide, like 27in wide, where two people can go in there and have a little privacy and, and something bad's going to happen . something bad's going to happen. >> i think something good is going to happen. you get to travel. no, no . travel. no, no. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i thought you'd be with me on this. introvert like this. an introvert like yourself, not having to yourself, steve. not having to look on train. look at people on the train. brilliant. look at people on the train. briioh,t. look at people on the train. brith,t. no. it's great. >> oh, yeah. no. it's great. i mean, it saves me sitting in the toilet pretending that it's engaged i engaged all the time there. i feel for ticket, feel sorry for the ticket, inspector, you're still

inspector, because you're still going to knock going to have to do that knock on door, kind of, you know, on the door, kind of, you know, where are you getting off? well, i was thinking her back, i was thinking about her back, so we get away with so. so, i think we get away with that joke. >> says it's going >> well, it says it's going to be a digital the door. be a digital towel on the door. >> was gross as well. and >> that was gross as well. and then in then it explains that in germany, is something germany, a towel is something that it's occupied that shows that it's occupied rather i was thinking rather than. i was thinking like, were going wipe like, oh, were you going to wipe your a digital turd your hands on a digital turd towel? wasn't putting towel? no, i wasn't putting their on the back of sunbeds. >> yeah, germans put their towels other, other . towels out and other, other. >> just sounds like >> but it just sounds like they're just going these they're just going to have these little is what the little cabins, which is what the old to have. old trains used to have. remember in, in, it's been a hard day's night or has it helped? which one was the movie? >> i don't know. well, we're not as as you. i haven't been on those. you've spit on >> you've spit on them in the movie, is movie? where? movie, what is the movie? where? where sitting there. look where he's sitting there. look at tie is a mess. no wonder at my tie is a mess. no wonder the show's so badly. brilliant. >> okay, staying with the telegraph bees are telegraph and news that bees are the blaine of the insect the david blaine of the insect world. is great. the david blaine of the insect worbees is great. the david blaine of the insect worbees can is great. the david blaine of the insect worbees can survive great. the david blaine of the insect worbees can survive gre'a. the david blaine of the insect worbees can survive gre'a week >> bees can survive for a week under water according to some evil, evil scientists. but don't

worry, the article points out, no, this was an accident. they had some hibernating queen bees and they were left in a place nean and they were left in a place near. it was refrigerated, so there was some condensation and they were accidentally drowned. and they're not evil scientists. they accidentally left them submerged in water. they found that some of them were still alive. so what they did then, after they made this discovery, the scientists who aren't evil decided to then experiment by drowning some more bees to work out what about. that's. out what it's about. that's. that's evil. that's what's evil. >> 1 in 10 bees died. that's the same as, gladiators in the roman times. 1 in 10 chance of dying. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you're trying to make a moral equivalent. >> the time they needed them for sport. and the scientists need the and we all need the the bees. and we all need the bees. you just drown bees. bees. you can't just drown bees. can this research. >> w- research. >> then looked into all research. >> different then looked into all research. >> different ways looked into all research. >> different ways inoked into all research. >> different ways in which 1to all research. >> different ways in which theyl the different ways in which they managed to survive the drowning. how research help us? how will this research help us? have drown have you ever wanted to drown a hibernating if not, hibernating queen bee? if not, this you. this will not help you. >> yeah, and the fact is, this is scientists, which is your people. surprised. people. and i'm surprised. this order and this order.

>> i said that to you >> imagine if i said that to you and this. >> it's your people, >> or it's your people, scientists. that's french. scientists. that's the french. and saying that and it's basically saying that we to about we need to worry about this because climate change. this because of climate change. this is of those stories the is one of those stories that the reason it, they blame. reason they did it, they blame. they every they do they decide every they do everything. the chicken everything. why did the chicken cross road? change. cross the road? climate change. >> supposed feel >> yeah. we're supposed to feel very bees , aren't we? very good about bees, aren't we? very, very worthy animals. okay, a from the guardian. now a story from the guardian. now about crops. louis, did read about crops. louis, did you read it or you just stop and have it or did you just stop and have a steak? >> read it, i read it because >> i read it, i read it because it's about climate change. it's another story. but this like . another story. but this is like. it's like everything's about climate editing climate change now. gene editing crops be colourful could aid crops to be colourful could aid weeding, says scientists . they weeding, says scientists. they basically say, we're going to take, we're going to take. so these scientists at the university of copenhagen, lovely copenhagen and they wrote it about the trends in plant science. if we if we science. they said if we if we gene change whatever it's called. yeah. gene plants, gene change. that's the technical word change gene and make them more colourful. we will no . more colourful. we will no. which are the weeds and which aren't the weeds . so we can get

aren't the weeds. so we can get rid of the ones that are more colourful. it's like, it's like going after gingers or something is how it, it's like, yeah, it's like saying, hey, we recognise that and it's a bad that that plant and it's a bad plan because it's a different colour. why need to colour. and why do they need to do they need to do it do it. they need to do it because prevent food shortages. as the climate breaks down. this is you steve. mr climate change science . science. >> no. yeah. i mean look so all it is everyone you put a gene editing or gene changing as it's technically known in a headline and people go, oh they're and people go, oh no, they're playing god. that's playing god. well, that's effectively by effectively what you do by selecting anyway, throughout history, plant history, we've picked the plant that prefer, then that's history, we've picked the plant thatone prefer, then that's history, we've picked the plant thatone thatzr, then that's history, we've picked the plant thatone that grows. then that's history, we've picked the plant thatone that grows. the this at's history, we've picked the plant thatone that grows. the this will the one that grows. so this will be absolutely or or this be absolutely fine or or this will mean all humans in the future are purple. don't know future are purple. we don't know . find .we'll find out. >> independent. now, .we'll find out. >> it independent. now, .we'll find out. >> it turns independent. now, .we'll find out. >> it turns out dependent. now, .we'll find out. >> it turns out that ndent. now, .we'll find out. >> it turns out that the nt. now, and it turns out that the internet is on its deathbed. steve, i think i'm okay with that. >> humans now share the web equally with bots. report warns amid fears of a dead internet because it's just bots talking to each other. it's now a 49.6%

of internet traffic bot. some of them are lewis's biggest fans. and we'll get some some messages from them later. but this is going to get worse because of ai . this is basically going to be robots talking to robots on the internet. fine we notice. internet. fine we won't notice. have little there's have a nice little chat. there's a widespread use of bots already causing problems for formerly causing problems for x, formerly twitter and popular posts are now hit by loads of comments advertising pornography. and i must admit, after each time we do show here, is one do a show here, there is one channel that says lovely channel that always says lovely little pictures because it's just a little amuse bouche. between all the that we get between all the hate that we get from people who just have all the and go press the hate and they go press reveal. oh, all right. and then you on back the hate. you crack on back to the hate. >> the internet dying, >> how is the internet dying, though? don't. though? that's the bit i don't. >> didn't understand >> yeah, i didn't understand that myself. >> yeah, i didn't understand tha steve. lf. >> yeah, i didn't understand tha steve. well, it's because >> steve. well, it's because we're be involved we're not going to be involved in the internet, in it as much. the internet, a bigger chunk of the internet will bots talking bots, no will be bots talking to bots, no bigger chunk of our time will be used at and it used looking at bots, and it just we're just means we're just we're going and good going to look at it and good looking sexy bots. >> finally, to the daily >> finally, we go to the daily star. seems mexican women

star. it seems mexican women spend much on pants and spend far too much on pants and they need go to primark. louis. >> yeah, god bless the daily star. haven't had our star. we know we haven't had our like, story, but this is like, weather story, but this is this a point to start this is a weather point to start the show with a weather story. >> don't if you remember. >> i don't know if you remember. oh yeah. >> gm- em- em— >> didn't we. well, it's been such long time anyway, mexican such a long time anyway, mexican drug cartels stealing drug cartels are stealing women's military women's undie in military style raids . and this is the daily raids. and this is the daily star, which is, which is ridiculous , because it's not ridiculous, because it's not saying that that that they're saying that that that they're saying that that that they're saying that there's a there's a truckload of ladies underwear and we're going to capture it. no, this is just this sinaloa and the jalisco new generation cartels in mexico. they're hijacking every truck, every truck, and some of those trucks . truck, and some of those trucks. >> can i just say really quickly, drugs and women's underwear. a lot in common. you will ruin your 20s if you get into sniffing them. yeah. >> is nearly over. so >> the show is nearly over. so let's take another quick look at thursday's pages. thursday's front pages. the daily tories trail daily mail has tories trail labour tax , labour on defence tax, migration, even brexit. the telegraph has raina faces new

homes tax questions. the guardian has brexit blamed as uk drugs shortages put lives at risk? the times has hopes of rate cuts suffer blow and inews has. israel will defy plea for restraint and strike iran? cameron reveals . and finally, cameron reveals. and finally, the sun has american idol harry. and those were your front pages. that's all we have time for. thanks to my guests . lewis is thanks to my guests. lewis is back tomorrow at p.m. back here tomorrow at 11 pm. with marks and leo with carrie marks and leo kearse. if you're staying, if you're staying tuned for breakfast, night . breakfast, do that. good night. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> time for your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. good evening . on gb news. good evening. temperatures dropping away tonight. it's going to be a cold start much of the start tomorrow. much of the south stay fine, but south will stay fine, but further rain and further north some rain and cloud moving in thanks this cloud moving in thanks to this little of low pressure little area of low pressure that's drifting south. ahead of that, we've a of

that, we've had a couple of weather fronts bringing some rain for rain today, particularly for northern ireland that's now spreading parts of spreading south across parts of pembrokeshire, devon and cornwall. but clearing through this evening, cornwall. but clearing through this evening , further showers this evening, further showers across eastern england. they'll steadily as well. and where steadily fade as well. and where we've got the clear skies, southern scotland, northwest england, wales a hint of blue on the chart suggesting there will be a frost. certainly in the countryside. most towns and cities about staying above cities just about staying above freezing, certainly chilly freezing, but certainly a chilly start thursday for many start to thursday for many a bright sunny start. there could be showers early on across be some showers early on across kent. they should fade, but rain will creep into the highlands of scotland. the western isles first thing, and that'll spread across scotland by across most of scotland by lunchtime . parts of north lunchtime. parts of the north and northern ireland and east of northern ireland seeing through the seeing some rain and through the afternoon, damp over afternoon, turning damp over northern and north northern england and north wales. of the south wales. but much of the south will bright. we will stay dry and bright. we could in could reach 15 in london. a brighter day across east anglia, cooler further with the cooler further north with the winds up on those brisk winds picking up on those brisk winds, then feature of the winds, then a feature of the weather friday as well. weather on friday as well. friday. broadly speaking, a mixture sunshine showers , mixture of sunshine and showers, a duller day across the

south—east and a much wetter day across east anglia compared to tomorrow. feeling chilly again with winds much of northern with that winds much of northern ireland scotland having drier ireland scotland having a drier day but still on the fresh side. >> 8 to 14 degrees a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> day two of the natcon conference in brussels. did happen. yes. a big ruling in the belgian courts overnight. and a huge victory, i think, for free speech. rwanda ping pong continues to go on between the commons and the house of lords. tonight is the night that the lords are supposed to fold. but what if they don't? what would that mean for the government's

legislation ? and the enough is legislation? and the enough is enough march victims of financial crime and fraud meet together in london march and basically say, look, there are people who are victims here who are being treated by hmrc as if they were criminals. all of that and much more after the news with polly middlehurst. >> nigel, thanks very much indeed and good evening to you. well, the top story from the newsroom tonight, as you've been hearing, piers have been urged to stop opposing the government's rwanda bill after mps again rejected demands for change from the house of lords. it is in the upper chamber right now. if you're watching on television, you can see, the peers discussing that right now, home office minister michael tomlinson earlier saying, though the lords need to allow that bill to pass now to send a clear signal that if you come to the united kingdom illegally, you

should not be able to stay once again. piers mulling over those rejected amendments. miss chakrabarti there in the centre of your screen, giving her opinion on that. she's been quite a strong opposer of the government's flagship policy so far, meaning in a new development, the home office has confirmed the government is now considering a new deal with vietnam to tackle illegal migration, following reports that accommodation that had been earmarked for migrants in rwanda has already been sold on. because of the delay to the bill, the prime minister has meanwhile committed to getting flights off the ground to rwanda by end of spring. now, in by the end of spring. now, in other news today, sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of dodging questions over cutting nhs or state pension funding to cover the cost of eventually scrapping national insurance. speaking dunng national insurance. speaking during prime minister's questions, the labour leader criticised the conservatives for what he called their obsession with unfunded tax cuts . but