Evening briefing Tuesday 30th September

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0:43In another attack on Nigel Farage, he said politicians like these were trying to turn people against each other. In his address to the Labour Party conference, he promised to renew Britain and build a country for all, and taking in asylum seekers was part of being a compassionate society. He had strong words for those stirring up hatred. If you say or imply that people cannot be English or British because of the colour of their skin, that mixed heritage families owe you an explanation, that people who've lived here for generations raised their children here, if you say they should now be deported, then mark my words, we will fight you with everything we have, because you are the enemy of national renewal.

1:27Nigel Farage has hit back accusing Labour of inciting violence against his party. He's declared Sir Keir Starmer wholly unfit to be Prime Minister. This language will incite and encourage the radical left. It directly threatens the safety of our elected officials and our campaigners. And frankly, in the wake of the Charlie Kirk murder, I think this is an absolute disgrace. Meanwhile, the government has also announced the NHS app will be upgraded by 2027, meaning patients can book virtual consultations with doctors. Ministers are aiming for 8.5 million appointments to be booked this way over the project's first three years.

2:08Nigel Edwards, former chief executive at the Nuffield Trust, has told Times Radio it's a smart move. The NHS app seems to be quite successful and has a lot of users, and this is probably quite a good application of it, because unusually, compared to other countries, you have to go through a GP for various referrals, which in many cases all the GP is going to do is send you straight on. President Trump has said he'll give Hamas three or four days to accept a US-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza. Speaking a day after announcing that he was close to achieving eternal peace in the Middle East, the US president suggested he would let Israel go and do what they have to if Hamas rejected the terms.

2:49Elsewhere, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed his vision for military standards and gender rules at a meeting of the US top brass. Over 800 generals and admirals flew in from bases around the world for what's been described as an unusual summit. The White House has been offering little detail beyond the President calling it a positive show of strength and unity. Lara Spirit is Washington correspondent for The Times. I think what's interesting about this, given that it was an extremely unique move to fly more than 800 of the most senior military leaders in the US back to Virginia, some of them from active duty, people were expected or at least primed for potentially some sort of major announcement today.

3:30Actually, what happened from Hegseth was a repeat, really, of a lot of the principles in which he has already expressed since becoming Defence Secretary. And the remnants of two hurricanes could bring heavy rains and strong winds to the UK as they cross the Atlantic. A yellow Met Office warning will run from tomorrow evening until Friday morning. Western Scotland is expected to be badly hit. You can follow the Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online. That's your Times Evening Briefing on Tuesday 30th September. This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwC.

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