with sir keir starmer. president zelensky will meet president trump later today ahead of the signing of a minerals deal. gps in england strike a deal to help end the "8am scramble" for appointments, with patients also able to request to see their usual doctor. and now it is time for the business news. let's start in washington, where us president donald trump has held a joint press conference with sir keir starmer, claiming that a trade deal between the two nations could happen very quickly. the trip has been seen as a key moment in sir keir�*s premiership as he sought to influence mr trump's decisions on topics including ukraine, as well as trade. the us

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jd and scott and howard, all the people working on it, i would describe them as active stable. there has not been in either direction movement in either directien some time. if you discount, obviously, a lot of disruption to all trade during the pandemic period. and for that reason, you know, a lot of trade for some time that there was a lot

trade, you know, on the existing terms has been active, stable, even warm for some there was, as i said in my introduction there, talk donald trump. i mean, can anyone do that when it comes to trade and money? indeed. who is difficult to influence, as we've seen, both foreign concessions in pursuit of some kind but as we know, he makes promises and doesn't necessarily stick to them. yesterday is the moment where he's asked by a reporter about zelensky. you know, did i really

call him a dictator? so i think the thing about the trump administration is that you might have had a very warm press making these hopeful noises about a trade deal, and in five hours�* time, you know, later today, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky president trump over its ongoing war with russia. that may be negotiated. is close. tomorrow, the progress towards peace will continue

todays meeting. will get a clear understanding of donald trump's plan of ending the war and will perhaps offer ukraine's rare that russia is ready to end the war. so we are being attacked every

single night, the same time as before. without the security guarantees and the understanding of how the united states would act, there is no peace deal, let's talk a bit of money. this is what donald trump is talking about and what matters to him. you have an alternative approach to this in terms be looking at russian assets. recover their money?

to unfreeze russian assets and use them for the sake we could use some of them to compensate for some on the path of ending the war by pushing russia away. we are talking about $300 billion that are being frozen right now in belgium, and there have been talks about wanting to use this money is not a small amount. it is around $50 billion that are being used if donald trump is interested in money that is the fastest

rare minerals. that is all your needs. on how the oscar—winning actor gene hackman and his officials say neither of them had signs of trauma, but, for now, their deaths are being treated as suspicious. see what kind of books mr beauchamp is packing here. she was 65. a dog, dead in its kennel, was also found, but two others were alive.

gene hackman was well known for roles in the french connection and as lex luther in superman. the alarm was raised by a maintenance worker outside the property. i think we have just found two, or one deceased person inside a house. the couple were found in separate rooms. he was in the kitchen. the home's front door was ajar but there were no signs of forced entry. the police say the circumstances are suspicious i haven't ruled that out yet.

and any evidence we collect but have ruled any that i have not ruled any of that out yet. gene hackman�*s daughter initially told a us media have been responsible. initial checks didn't find any evidence of a gas leak, but tests are still being carried out. it is itisi it is i would not say art it not normal to find two it is not normal to find two people deceased in a residence. that is concerning. was ado- ina a dog in a kennel found also a dog in a kennel found deceased. we do not know the cause of that obviously. in our cause of that obviously. in our and on cases experience and workingonfcases this, that is a the results of forensic tests and postmortem examinations. i remember him being a funny straight man and playing

like in one of the supermans. i do know which one it was, he was funny. bird cage is role where é role where he is man, playing at straight man, playing at serious but hilarious. he will be missed, he is a very talented actor. with the oscars just two days away, gene hackman will be on the minds of many fellow movie stars as they head for the red carpet. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. since re—taking power in 2021, the taliban s police in place under the previous government, is to help reduce crime and to increase security, but human rights groups fear it will be used to clamp down on dissent. bbc afghan s mahjooba nowrouzi has been given exclusive access to see how the surveillance

system works. everywhere, even in kabul�*s quieter streets. this is the first time international journalists have been inside. the taliban government claims this is about keeping the city safe. but critics say it is about power and control. he says. translation: this camera is installed at a very high point. when it's clear, we can zoom in and see people kilometres away very clearly. inside a car, including theirfaces and licence plate — every detail.

even informal conversations on street corners are documented. we are told that video and audio clips are the extensive data collection has been widely criticised by human rights organisations. on to the camera operators. "a suspicious car?" this officer asks, "where?" as we left, i asked them to track us down in the city. and they did. network has helped to improve the security situation translation:

many individuals, live in secrecy. despite the taliban claims that this monitoring ensures security, some kabul residents still fear it will be used to carry out

with the government on a new contract gp surgeries are seen as the front door to the nhs, but for years now, gps have been warning about the pressure their service is under. patients have felt it, too. were at a record low. that includes almost £800 million to cover rising

to employ different health care staff, and what are described as the first steps towards ending the 8am scramble that they need. to talks on a completely new national contract for gps. and after a decade in which gp services have faced tough dominic hughes, bbc news. sheep—rustling across the uk.

worth of livestock. 0ur reporter charlotte cox has this report. colin abel is counting in his sheep and counting of rustling that's going on. every year, he brings his sheep down from the uplands. more and more are missing. he estimates he's had more than 4000 sheep stolen over the last ten years. with each other, saying, "is it worth carrying that are going missing. so it is having an impact on dartmoor itself. some farmers use different colour tags for different age groups. yep. tags are one way to make sheep more identifiable, but they don't always deter

thieves and can be removed. from his princetown farm. to improve things, and then it'sjust gone and it's been taken. in the last five years in devon and cornwall. to conceal the crimes. you can'tjust walk in off the street and steal livestock. to shift them on and then sell whatever is at the end of the line. so all of that requires really good knowledge of the industry. a sense of the problem. it's driving knowledge into police forces.

they understand the problem, for example, of how to read the tags of livestock, etc. into tracking and monitoring those trends of behaviour. technology can help track sheep, but while it's are too pricey for him. 440 ewes — he believes the majority stolen. go back, go back. more than 50 years ago, photographer daniel meadows captured the final days of the last working mill in lancashire. it was there that he met stanley, who ran the factory�*s engine room. are going to be exhibited.

in a two—up, two—down in barnoldswick, lancashire, how old is this, then? 1927. every house should have a lathe in the front room. it's a thing of beauty. you'll find daniel. he was like the high priest of steam. middle of the pennines. had come out of dickens.

daniel's camera and microphone captured the sights and sounds of bancroft mill, one of the uk's last i take it this is what is known as an establishing shot. it is, stanley, humour me! well, for instance, daniel was brought up being taught how to play croquet. the first time i ever came across croquet, adults over 40. i've never seen anything so violent in my life. and people cheating... if you're a southerner and trying to pretend that whether you are or not. daniel definitely was. stanley definitely wasn't. you kind of adopted him?

one extra for tea!" they don't exist. barnoldswick was virtually a single—industry town, and they came in during the night and stole everybody�*s living off them. stanley opened up his world to daniel. so to me, they were like prophets out you know, they were all shaking their stick at modernity

when his mill was eventually demolished, daniel introduced and your mum's reaction when she saw that degree certificate? she burst into tears. and it's the first time i've ever seen my mother cry. and that's the first time i can ever remember being kissed by my mother. stanley's shed. love it. on that old world. his house is a shrine to it. things with my hands. this keeps you going, i guess? yeah.

about people are locked into their tribes. and i'd had enough of my own tribe, you know. i couldn't stand it, you know, upper middle i was very happy to step out of my own tribe. and once you step out of your own tribe, the world becomes a much more wonderful place. a trip to london today is beyond stanley, so he'll wait until the exhibition heads to lancashire for its 50th anniversary later this year. like to say to you. i hate to think. 0h! that's. . .that's wonderful, yeah. no, well, i love you, too, stanley!

and you can up anytime the website. with the live page with efforts with the diplomatic efforts uk and us surrounding the uk and us trade deal. it could happen quickly according to president trump. also president washington 7 7 washington to 7 7 washington to meet? 7 washington to meetrpresident hello. lots of dry and sunny conditions, a bit of rain for continued risk of frost and fog. nothing unusual, though, as we had into spring. roost, certainly today.

afternoon and temperatures, 9—11 celsius, on parfor where we should be at the end of february. but of course, that sun is getting a bit stronger so you will notice the benefit out there. frost forms quite quickly for england and wales. fog in east anglia and the south—east. eastern scotland should stay largely dry but eastwards. in through saturday, working its way southwards. we start with it across southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland, cloud, outbreaks of rain and drizzle. north wales later in the day, a few spots of light rain.

compared with today. temperatures very similar to today but slightly more breeze for some of you. as we go into saturday night and sunday, high the breeze is still a key feature across the far north of scotland. again, we will see some cloud here but it will be well broken and we will see some sunshine at times. england, north wales and northern ireland. could not rule out the odd isolated sunday and a fairly sunny one across eastern scotland, and then as we go into next week, that area of and it is here, we could see some heavy rain in the very far north, especially on tuesday. bit and you can see the temperature in your part of the

live from london, this is bbc news. with sir keir starmer. of the mistakes that led to its failure to protect

wife as suspicious. and katy perry is a firework! this is bbc news. both hailed their talks at the white house as a major success, saying they've made progress president trump also said he would consider providing been calling for. the us president praised ukraine's president zelensky,