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Nick Ferrari confronts Nigel Farage with a list of controversial comments made by candidates for his party. The Reform UK leader insists there's nothing he can do about it now as those candidates are 'already on the ballot paper.' Nick suggests he 'disown them' but, while he admits he 'may' do that, Mr Farage says he doubts he would.

Many of the comments were on the public record already, but a fresh video unearthed by LBC was put to Mr Farage. It shows one candidate saying ‘Islam and Nazis are the same thing’ during a public rant in 2017.

Mr Farage said it was ‘utter cobblers’ that Reform UK candidates had voiced ’Nazi sympathies’ as he took calls from listeners on LBC this morning.

He was confronted on air with comments made by individuals standing for Reform UK, including one who described the pandemic as a ‘health holocaust’ and a another who said vaccine firms were like ‘Nazi armament companies.”

Mr Farage dismissed the remarks, saying: “People chuck stuff around on Facebook and they like comments.”

On keeping the candidates in the party, he said: “I can disown them but I can’t deselect them.”

Nick Ferrari confronted Mr Farage after LBC unearthed comments made by Reform UK candidate Steve Chilcott, who said ‘Islam and Nazis are the same thing’ during a public 2017 rant.

Earlier this week the Times reported on a Reform UK candidate who said Britain should have been ‘neutral on Hitler’.

Ian Gribbin also praised President Putin and said women should be denied healthcare.

The party has stood by him, but Gribbin later apologised saying his comments had been “taken out of context.”

A departing researcher from OpenAI has accused the company of putting 'shiny products' above its safety principles.

Matthew Wright speaks to LBC's Technology Correspondent Will Guyatt to get the latest on the story.

Will Guyatt tells Matthew Wright: 'It would appear that OpenAI has disbanded it's safety team designed to save humanity from the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.'

'Many have resigned after believing the company hasn't been following its own safety principles.'

Matthew Wright responds by 'thanking' Will Guyatt 'for putting the fear of God up us'!

The Israeli military has sacked two senior officers over the drone strikes which killed seven aid workers including three Brits, saying soldiers made a 'grave mistake' and violated operating procedures.

The IDF said in a statement the strike 'should not have occurred'.

James O'Brien asks why Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing with the bombardment of Gaza 'when he has lost the support of everybody'.

This comes as civil servants threaten to stop work over arms sales to Israel.

Labour's Ellie Reeves told LBC that Rishi Sunak and David Cameron have 'sat on' legal advice over the matter for almost a month, adding Labour has been asking for it to be published.

"I'm quite optimistic of the outcome,” says Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim after filing his nomination papers in Tambun, Perak on Saturday (Nov 5). It will be a 4-way fight in this constituency for Malaysia’s 15th General Election. Follow our live coverage of Nomination Day: https://cna.asia/3U1oTLw