I hello and welcome to headliners. Im andrew doyle and joining me to go through the best stories in saturdays newspapers that dont mention gb news are comedians on borrowed time. Louis schaefer and nicholas de santo both quite right leaning, i would say. So im going to be extra leftwing tonight. Going to be like tonight. Im going to be like stalin think i googled. I i dont think i googled. I actually gpt is actually did a chat. Gpt is Louis Schaefer right wing. And Louis Schaefer right wing. And they said, no, no , you are a bit they said, no, no, you are a bit of an enigma , though. Of an enigma, though. Thats why the ladies love you so much. Just too much of a puzzle, right . So if you turn, if you turn to left wing, then i will become right wing. You will have forced take forced me. You just always take the position. Forced me. You just always take the nicholas, osition. Forced me. You just always take the nicholas, are tion. Forced me. You just always take the nicholas, are you wel
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Besieged by tourists, venice starts charging day trippers to visit. Is this the way forward for overwhelmed cities . In fact, we are going to start in europe. The french president , emmanuel macron, has painted a rather bleak picture of the European Union today. Despite the big strides he believes the eu made towards closer integration post covid and in response to the war in ukraine, it needs to be much more aggressive, he said, in defending its own interests. The wake up, he said, has been too slow and there is mortal danger, as he put it, if the union becomes a vassal of the United States and fails to stand up for itself on trade. Translation we must be lucid to the fact that our europe today is mortal. She can die. Echoing his past calls for europe to plot a third way between the us and china, the french president called for a scaling up stronger, more integrated European Defences, a more sustainable economic model
And deported to libya. A sea watch also says the coastguard was responsible for the vessel sinking. A group of the vessel sinking. A group of senior conservative mps , senior conservative mps, including the former Prime Minister liz truss , have signed minister liz truss, have signed a pledge promising to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. The times is reporting that 33 backbenchers will not vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains tax rises, adding further pressure to rishi sunak ahead of the tory party conference. Former Party Chairman sirjake berry says chairman sir jake berry says they want a new style of politics to help grow the economy and allow people to keep more money in their pockets. As more money in their pockets. As the policeman who killed an unarmed man during a foiled prisoner escape more than seven years ago must face disciplinary proceedings. Jermaine baker died proceedings. Jermaine baker died attempting to free two prisoners being ta
Production company bannau uk have launched internal investigations against comedian Russell Brand for women have accused the 48 year old of rape and Sexual Assaults during the height of his popularity between 2006 and 2013. Russell brand denies all the allegations and says all of his relationships have been consent, while investigative journalist Mark Williams thomas says more people could come forward. Could come forward. Ive already had one person whos contacted me talk to me about brand. There will be about brand. There will be numerous other people who are contacting either the authority parties or other individuals. Contacting either the authority parties or other individuals. So parties or other individuals. So Russell Brand himself has been very clearly saying that there are things that have happened in the past. He puts it down to a promiscuous relationship that hes had. You know, there is obviously an issue where consent is the question. Is the question. The former Prime Minis
officers are being scrutinised. welcome to newsnight for your weeknightly interviews and insight. let me introduce you to our political panel for this evening claire ainsley, former head of policy for sir keir starmer, and henry hill, who is the acting editor of the tory website conservative home, plus dal babu, a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police, and nick is here as always. nick, the betting scandal has widened today and here at newsnight we have new revelations to bring to our audience this evening. i have been looking at this. well, i have been looking into this and have learnt of a series or developments covering the conservative party, and the labour party. in my investigation i have found out that. up to 15 conservative party candidates and officials are being scrutinised for alleged betting on the timing of the election. also craig williams is expected to be interviewed this week by gambling commission officials. and the labour party made a mi