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GB News — New: GBN Tonight
Wednesday 29 July 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 4 stories · 12 annotated moments · 38 of 60 min on news stories (63%)
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The broadcast began with news that Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated Volodymyr Zelensky's visit sends a clear message of support for Ukraine, and ruled out scrapping stamp duty in the upcoming budget. French President Emmanuel Macron visited wildfire-hit areas as a 40-degree heatwave threatened Bordeaux, with 320,000 people evacuated across France and Spain. A pregnant woman was among three stabbed in a knife attack in Paris, and the King's principal private secretary, Sir Clive Alderton, announced he is stepping down after 20 years.
Reform UK reported Green Party leader Zak Polanski to the police over an Instagram post showing a man wearing a T-shirt with a guillotine and the words 'We're only making plans for Nigel,' which Reform alleged was incitement to murder Nigel Farage. The Metropolitan Police confirmed they received a third-party report and are conducting inquiries. The programme then examined claims that Iranian operatives have crossed the English Channel in small boats, citing a Telegraph report and GB News investigations, and questioned why the Prime Minister has not addressed illegal migration since taking office.
Following the Berlin Pride attack, in which the suspect was shot dead and prosecutors treat as Islamist terrorism, Labour MP Kate Osborne faced criticism for linking GB News and Reform UK to the incident. The programme also reported a Policy Exchange study finding police forces spent over £600 million on diversity schemes over six years, which the think tank said could have funded 2,000 frontline officers, sparking debate on two-tier policing.
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Contested quote Reform UK reports Green Party leader Zak Polanski to police over guillotine post
a former Reform UK communications director and a board member at Reform UK, Gawain Towler, and GBNU's senior political commentator Nigel Nelson. To you first, Nigel Nelson, what do you make of this? It's outrageous to post this image anywhere. Yes, it is. And I think it's absolutely right that the police should investigate it.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 6:55-6:58
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Charged quote Reform UK reports Green Party leader Zak Polanski to police over guillotine post
Gawain Towler. I've calmed down in the last hour since I first became aware of this. Just... Good. But say away with fear that you can't. Anne is still not in her grave. She was killed in a horrific manner, and currently the case is being investigated by the anti-terror police. Yes. This... You suggest it's a joke.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 8:35-8:41
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Charged quote Reform UK reports Green Party leader Zak Polanski to police over guillotine post
and what she said about GBUs and reform. Not yet. But I mean, this is a pattern. Polanski has been on the box calling us fascists, racists and all sorts of other things. So to say that it was a joke, were they jokes? Nigel Nelson, to look at the language of Nigel Farage there, he says if he were to post anything as insightful,
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 10:15-10:20
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Claim Iranian agents enter UK as channel migrants, report claims
The pro-Iran Islamic Centre of England was reported to have sponsored migrants to come to the UK legally.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 19:57-20:04
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Claim Iranian agents enter UK as channel migrants, report claims
A record-breaking mega dinghy brought more than 160 migrants to the UK.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 20:11-20:20
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Claim Iranian agents enter UK as channel migrants, report claims
A forensic team inspected a dinghy after a stabbing on a French beach, with fears the suspects fled to the UK on that vessel.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 20:21-20:33
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Claim Berlin Pride attack suspect shot dead by police
The suspect had attempted to join ISIS.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 36:02-36:11
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Claim Berlin Pride attack suspect shot dead by police
The suspect had attempted to join ISIS.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 36:11-36:21
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Claim Berlin Pride attack suspect shot dead by police
Labour MP Kate Osborne linked Reform UK and GB News to the attack without mentioning Islamist extremism.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 36:24-36:37
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Claim Police spent over 600 million pounds on diversity schemes, report claims
Police forces spent over £600 million on diversity schemes over six years, which could have funded 2,000 additional frontline officers each year.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 46:58-47:12
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Claim Police spent over 600 million pounds on diversity schemes, report claims
Police forces spent over £600 million on diversity schemes over six years, which could have funded 2,000 additional frontline officers each year.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 47:12-47:21
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Claim Police spent over 600 million pounds on diversity schemes, report claims
Staffordshire Police admitted putting trans women into women's cells, ignoring a Supreme Court ruling.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 29 July 2026, 48:34-48:47
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