finally inquiry, which labour finally backed after years of dismissing anyone calling for it right wing. but hey, welcome to the right wing, comrades. t�*s on the right wing, comrades. t's on the right. moral clarity is at the back. and no, we do not do trigger warnings. meanwhile, breaking news. summer has arrived. yes, the sun came out and britain remembered that it had legs. and every park became a festival of burnt sausages and sunburnt dads refusing to wear sunscreen. because sunscreens for softies. 0f sunscreen. because sunscreens for softies. of course, this called for the usual public health panic. stay hydrated. wear a hat. don't cook yourself like a greggs sausage roll. you know, just the sort of brainy advice you'd expect from the same people who thought that clapping cured covid. anyway, by way of being responsible, doctor, i made my own weather public health video to guide you to the appropriate reaction to this heatwave. >> yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, i got you. >> back home, angela rayner is

strutting around like the cat that got the cream a ministerial pension and maybe half of b and q. she reportedly outmanoeuvred reeves in the spending round and secured a cool £39 billion of taxpayers money for the housebuilders, a move that's either a genius economic stimulus or just a gift wrapped bride with a big red bow. either way, and celebrated in style. rumour has it she was spotted high fiving herself in the mirror while mouthing girlboss and ordering a flat white with taxpayers tears. and of course, we want to know your views tonight as well. all of them. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com your say. and don�*t forget to get your questions in for our survival. no topics are off limits. we promise to answer them, so go for it. and don't them, so go for it. and don�*t forget to vote in the poll. today we're asking should britain follow the usa? usa, if

it goes to war with iran, should palestine action be declared a terror group? or is the new generation of weight loss drugs a good thing? but before we start tearing each other apart, it's your saturday night news with sam francis. >> renee, thank you and good evening to you. breaking news. tonight at six, we're hearing a british man has been arrested in cyprus on suspicion of espionage and terrorism offences. local media there say he was spying on an raf base and may have links to iran's islamic revolutionary guard. he was reportedly seen near the base with a long lens, camera and three phones, and is accused of planning an imminent attack. the man was arrested on ffiday attack. the man was arrested on friday after being tracked to a flat near limassol, close to the uk's flat near limassol, close to the uk's main airbase in the middle east. the foreign office has said it is in contact with cypriot authorities over the

arrest. also breaking tonight, gb news can confirm that nearly 1000 migrants have crossed the english channel illegally so far this weekend. 437 arrived on friday, with more than 500 others making the journey already today. border force and lifeboats have responded to at least nine small boats in uk waters. two more vessels were en route earlier in french waters, where new powers allow police to intercept boats 300m from shore. one group this morning was forced to disembark as officers slashed their vessel to prevent making another launch. in brazil. at least eight people are known to have died after a hot air balloon crashed in the south of the country. officials say 21 people were on board when it came down in santa catarina state. footage online showed the balloon catching fire before dramatically plunging to the ground. 13 survivors have been rescued so far and emergency rescued so far, and emergency teams are still searching for any others. the state's governor has confirmed the deaths and

called it a tragic accident. it comes just days after another fatal crash in turkey left 19 people injured. israel has launched yet another wave of strikes deep inside iran, on the ninth day of conflict between the two nations, killing a top commander and exposing cracks in iran's intelligence network. their foreign minister is warning united states involvement would be very dangerous. but the us president says he's not ready to tell says he�*s not ready to tell israel to back off just yet. tehran is now refusing talks with the united states until bombing stops, while claiming its nuclear program is entirely peaceful. foreign secretary david lammy, meanwhile, says the crisis is deadly serious and is warning diplomacy must win. well, last night donald trump addressed reporters about the crisis. here's what he had to say. speaking in new jersey. >> the material that they've gathered already. it's a tremendous amount of material. and i think within a matter of weeks, or certainly within a

matter of months, they�*re going matter of months, they're going to be able to have a nuclear weapon. we can't let that happen. >> back here at home, dame esther rantzen is urging the house of lords not to block new assisted dying laws in england and wales. it�*s after mps backed the bill yesterday by just 23 votes. it would allow terminally ill adults with under six months to live to end their lives with medical help. opponents, though, say the law is being rushed through without enough safeguards. but dame esther's daughter, rebecca wilcox, told us here @gbnews the process has, she says, been careful and considered. >> it is a gold star of assisted dying laws. in fact, in the case of it's having so many of it�*s having so many safeguards within it, it's actually incredibly difficult to access it and it brings in criminal prosecutions of up to life imprisonment for anybody that has been found guilty of coercion. that doesn't exist now. it's a brilliantly safe law now. it�*s a brilliantly safe law that has been talked about for so, so long. it has not been rushed through. there's no such

thing as a perfect law, we all know that. but this is pretty close. >> well, we�*ll take a look at >> well, we'll take a look at the weather in just a moment. but first, a breaking line to bring you from belfast. we're just hearing police are investigating a potential attack on an islamic centre in the city. that could well be a hate crime, according to police in northern ireland. a viable device reportedly thrown through a window during evening prayers. the scene cordoned off overnight, and members of the public are asked to avoid the area. that detail just coming into us from the northern ireland police and the secretary of northern ireland, also saying that she is deeply concerned by what she has described as a shameful attack. we'll keep across any developments on that story for you throughout this evening. but you may well have noticed it certainly is hot outside. summer has well and truly turned up the heat. 33.2 degrees recorded today in surrey, making it the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures could climb even

higher tomorrow, with forecasters warning we might just hit 34°c, which would make it just hit 34 c, which would make it the hottestjune day in six years. but it's not all sunshine. a yellow thunderstorm warning is in place for parts of northern england and wales, with flash floods possible. and as the sun rose over stonehenge this morning, record breaking crowds welcome the summer solstice marking the longest solstice, marking the longest day and, well, now the hottest day and, well, now the hottest day of the year. that's it from me for now. i'll be back with you for another look at the top stories in an hour. now, though, it's over to the saturday five. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> it's saturday night and >> it�*s saturday night and you're with the saturday five. and over the next three hours, the biggest debate, the hottest

topics and entertaining interviews. but let's crack on with tonight's first debate. and because i've managed to get into alex's seat, i am definitely going to do the first debate. so going to do the first debate. 50 this was a dark week for the uk. labour forced through two major legislative changes, neither of which they mentioned in their manifesto. in just two hours of debate, they decriminalised abortion at any stage in pregnancy. a law that did not need fixing was rushed through with barely a pause for scrutiny. then, in just 95 hours of debate, they legalised state sanctioned assisted suicide. for context, parliament spent 700 hours debating foxhunting. these are literally life and death matters treated with less care than animal welfare. it is important to note that this was a free vote and mp5 were not whipped to vote. either way, you'll see here how they voted and the votes in favour included 20 conservatives and two of the

five reform mps. kim leadbeater, who seems unusually fixated on this issue, filled the committee with supporters, silenced opposing voices and deliberately restricted debate. three royal colleges the physicians, the psychiatrists and the pathologists publicly disowned the bill. they said that they had been ignored in 1504 00:09:19,401 --> 00:09: