peter bleksley, police detective peter bleksley, the former labour special adviser, paul richards. and here she is for the late edition gb news contributor, former headliner cressida wetton. but first, let's get your news first, let�*s get your news headlines with sam francis. >> very good evening to you from the newsroom. the top story tonight, more than 1000 migrants have now crossed the english channel illegally. so far this weekend, 437 arrived on friday, with close to 600 others making the journey today. border force and lifeboats have responded to at least nine small boats in uk waters. earlier this morning, one group was forced to disembark off the french coast as officers slashed their vessel to prevent yet another launch. the surge in arrivals comes as the prime minister is now admitting the crisis in the channel is, he says, deteriorating. at least eight people have died in brazil after

a hot air balloon crashed in the south of the country. there were 21 people known to be on board when the balloon came down. police say a fire broke out in the basket mid—air, with survivors jumping moments before the balloon lost lift and fell. 13 people, including the pilot, survived and were taken to hospital. the israel—iran conflict has entered its ninth day now, with strikes intensifying on both sides. israel says it's hit dozens of military targets in southwest iran, including a university, an emergency centre and a nuclear facility. in response, iranian drones entered israeli airspace earlier today as the region now teeters on the edge of further escalation. iran has warned us involvement would be very dangerous as casualties continue to rise. over 400 known to be deadin to rise. over 400 known to be dead in iran and 25 in israel. meanwhile, a british man has been arrested in cyprus, accused of spying for iran and plotting a terror attack near a key raf base. local media there say the

suspect linked to iran's revolutionary guard, was caught with a long lens, camera and three phones watching the uk's key military airbase. he was tracked to a flat near limassol and arrested. israel says the plot targeted israeli citizens. the uk foreign office says it's in contact with authorities over what some are calling a spy in plain sight. home secretary is set to brand palestine action, a terrorist group calling their methods criminal and extreme. it comes after activists broke into raf brize norton and sprayed red paint into the engine of a military jet. counter—terror police are now on the case. the group has been behind a wave of stunts in recent months, targeting london offices and even defacing donald trump's golf course in scotland. they say they�*re exposing what they call blood soaked ties between britain and israel's arms trade, brought back to the surface ten months after sinking off the coast of sicily. mike lynchs superyacht has now been salvaged today, after the accident last

august that killed the british tech tycoon. his teenage daughter and five others. a report found the vessel likely collapsed, capsized in a powerful storm. crews used one of europe's biggest maritime cranes to lift the 56 metre yacht from the seabed, revealing extensive damage to the hull. and the uk is sweltering in a heat wave, hitting a new high today, recording 33.2 in surrey, making it the hottest day of the year so far. but as the heat peaks, a yellow storm warning is now in force across northern england, north wales and the scottish borders, with flash floods, hail and even lightning possible. all this as thousands gathered this morning to watch the sun rise at stonehenge, marking the longest and now the hottest day of the year. that's the news on gb news. plenty more still to come right here. don�*t still to come right here. don't go anywhere. >> 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. >> welcome along to ben leo tonight, late edition. another hour of front pages of big stories of breaking news. let's start with the headlines for tomorrow's sunday newspapers. the observer will kick off with closing in islam, sorry, islam, iran as well as islam, iran governed the country. sorry. kermani once governed the country. now he commands a bunken country. now he commands a bunker. this is the iranian supreme leader. more than 20 iranian commanders have been killed. that's as president trump sends b—2 bombers to guam. will he get involved in the conflict? all eyes on the us. the sunday mirror. my pal wills bungs the sunday mirror. my pal wills brings hope to planet eco campaigner robert irwin on william's mission as the prince william�*s mission as the prince of wales turns 43. happy birthday william. wonder if harry's invited to the party, the sunday telegraph. raf base targeted in iran by spy plot. i mean, this is insane. british man accused of espionage in cyprus as trump dispatches b—2

bombers from the us. the nhs is sending patients abroad to the likes of poland, lithuania and the czech republic to bring down waiting lists. and just at the bottom there, news to paul richards. is nigel farage on course to be prime minister after the next election? the independent. it was a lovely sweltering day today, wasn't it? thank goodness for global warming. sweating by the sea on the hottest day of the year. that�*s a picture of margate and the story at last. hope for end to cruel experiment of indefinite jail terms. 50 this indefinite jail terms. so this is the public protection jail terms which have seen the likes of shoplifters given disgusting sentences in prison, still up for up to 20 years after the fact. hopefully we're getting fact. hopefully we�*re getting some reform the sun on sunday. something about some celebs and acid fiends and steroids. but at the top, the top right hand side. interesting story, which we'll discuss next. the prime minister is getting involved. he's written for the sun on sunday saying that kneecap, the irish band who are pro hezbollah and hamas and whoever else he wants them banned from glastonbury. should a prime

minister be getting involved in such a thing, especially at a time like this, when we�*re on the brink of, you know, potentially world war? lots of issues in the uk to be talking about. the sunday express. the home office is chasing £50 million owed by firms making massive profits from asylum hotels. hopefully it wants the money by april. £50 million. the mail on sunday. tories have told business chiefs in the uk fight labour union laws or sleepwalk into disaster. red rayner�*s into disaster. red rayner's workers bill is wrecking ball for the uk economy. so yeah, big concerns about angela rayner's employment bill. the sunday times wes streeting has said tonight, or at least today, there's no nhs cash for assisted dying. he went on facebook of all places, to say that the nhs needs to prioritise its money and there just isn�*t any really and there just isn't any really for assisted dying. so i�*ve been for assisted dying. so i've been asking the question over the past two hours what was all the bother and the drama in the commons this week for then? what was the point of it all? and down the bottom right hand side,

china mega embassy approved. i mean, again, if you thought things were bad in this country, they just seemed to get worse. a chinese super embassy has been recommended for approval by the planning inspectorate, a decision expected to be waved through by the housing secretary, angela rayner. this is despite british intelligence warning about its location and the espionage risk. other plans were revived after president xi's personal lobbying. of xi�*s personal lobbying. of course they were right. welcome to my panel. peter bleksley is here. you've moved seats. the former scotland yard police detective, the former labour special adviser, paul richards, is also here. and i'm joined, of course, by former headliner. welcome on chris skudder to ben leo. how are you doing? did you survive in the balmy temps today? >> it was so warm. >> it was so warm. >> yes, i�*ve even been on the >> yes, i've even been on the underground tonight, so i�*d like underground tonight, so i'd like a badge of. >> honour for that. >> honour for that. >> oh goodness me. yeah, yeah. as i say, thank goodness for global warming. i like balmy temps. shall we talk about this sun front page panel? sir keir starmer, as i've just said, all sorts going on all across the world, all sorts going on in

england, in the uk, the economy, the small boats invasion, the nhs on its knees, society crumbling, an island of strangers, in his own words. but yet, but yet the prime minister has written for the sun on sunday. here�*s the front page. let's get it up. saying that he wants to ban kneecap from glastonbury. paul. good use of his time. >> well. >> well. >> it is linked, you know, because this band have, you know, political views about things like hamas and what's going on in the middle east. and the question is, you know, should the bbc then be broadcasting their views via the glastonbury festival to the nation at a time when we are on 1502