Its my 60th birthday. The party begins at 7 00. Cheers, everybody. Thanks for your support. Over to tom harwood. Support. Over to tom harwood. Well, a very happy birthday to nigel, but weve got a packed show today. And not least , well show today. And not least, well be talking about a very serious issue in the middle east now involving brits. Yes, the air raid from israel that killed three british former Service People john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. Now, what will the response to this be . Big questions to ask of uk government and indeed our arms exports, but also a story from the channel just days after an exclusive about the lack of security around calais, a migrant has been stabbed. Well speak to our very own mark white about his exclusive report and whether we can really be sure of safety around our borders now. Mps have also been calling for a tax on frequent flyers. They tax on frequent flyers. They want to control demand to reduce the number of people flying. We
Do for ordinary brits . All that do for ordinary brits . All that to come. But before a packed show tonight, its your news with sophia wenzler. Thanks, tom. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. A new poll suggests labour could sweep to victory with more than 400 seats at the next election, leaving the tories with just 155. Yougov is predicting a landslide for sir keir starmer, with the conservatives projected to win even less seats than a previous poll conducted in january. And poll conducted in january. And another change of leader may be off the cards, with other mps including penny mordaunt, Iain Duncan Smith and Jacob Rees Mogg all trailing their labour challengers. Shadow foreign challengers. Shadow foreign secretary david lammy says the government should suspend arms sales to israel if its clear that International Law has been breached. Its after british aid workers john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were killed when their convoy was hit by an israeli ai
Long . Now three british men have been killed in israel in an aid convoy that they were told was safe and the question is arising. Is this now a turning point in this war, particularly with regard to western support for israels air defence . Yes, absolutely. And a number yes, absolutely. And a number of prominent politicians, including the leader of the liberal democrats and a former National Security adviser, lord peter ricketts, have both suggested and among other voices, of course, that britain should now pause arms sales to israel off the back of this incident. We want to know whether your view has changed at all due to this horrific tragedy. We, in terms of whether you still support israels right to defend itself, whether you still support israels aims in the region with regard to gaza, do you accept the idfs apology . Theyve come out and theyve said we did. This was a grave mistake, and theyre going to do an investigation. Do you believe that that investigation will give us the a
In the sport this morning, Nottingham Forest still seem to think the worlds against them and now want the audio of the contentious refereeing decisions released. Leeds united back in the automatic promotion. Places to head back to the premier league and a four time World Champion in him, considers retirement morning. Whilst it is the middle of spring, its not necessarily going to feel it with a bit of a cool feel for some of us and a bit of rain at times. Two ill have more details coming up. So after five months of deadlock, the rwanda bill has finally passed through parliament. Its poised to become law after peers ended their standoff over the controversial policy. While the showdown comes after the Prime Minister declared that enough is enough and said mps and peers will sit through the night to get the bill passed. So it now designates rwanda as a safe country and will allow the government to deport Asylum Seekers to there. Lets get some analysis this morning from the political comm
My leadership, the United Kingdom will always stand up for our interests, deter our enemies and defend our values. Now, as my enormous pleasure to introduce general stoltenberg, the nato secretary general. Jens, thank you for joining us today. Jens, thank you for joining us today. Over to you. Today. Over to you. Thanks so much, Prime Minister rishi, it is great to be here in poland together with you today. The United Kingdom is highly valued and staunch and essential nato ally, contributing greatly to our shared security in so many different ways. As you lead nato different ways. As you lead nato forces in estonia, british jets help guard the skies over our eastern flank. The royal navy helps keep critical sea lanes open. Helps keep critical sea lanes open. The United Kingdom is also open. The United Kingdom is also at the centre of the exercise. Steadfast defender currently underway and involving more than 16,000 British Military personnel. And we are today here personnel. And we are