in self—government in experiment in self—government in the history of the world and that's not hyperbole. that's a fact. we're the people. the people vote and choose their own leaders, and they do it peacefully. and we're in a democracy. the will of the people always prevails. yesterday i spoke with president elect trump to congratulate him on his victory, and i assured him that i direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition back in the uk. >> the interest rate has been cut by a quarter of a percent. only the second reduction in almost four years, bringing interest rates down from 5% to 4.75%. bank of england governor andrew bailey says we need to make sure inflation stays close to target, so we can't cut interest rates too quickly or by too much. chancellor rachel reeves says with interest rates on a downward path, the labour government is a world away from

the last parliament. sir keir starmer has signed a deal with balkan nations today in hungary to target people smuggling gangs at the fifth eu summit , 46 at the fifth eu summit, 46 european leaders gathered to discuss issues including economic security and migration concerns. the prime minister has been holding bilateral meetings with european leaders today, including president zelenskyy. meanwhile, the summit will also address donald trump's win as the bloc now focuses on how to accommodate the country's 47th president. the prime minister was once again asked on his view on the special relationship. >> i had a very good meeting with president elect trump a few weeks ago when we had dinner together in new york, and that was very positive, very constructive, as i think you know, and obviously i had a phone call with him last night, again, very positive, very constructive and with one month before the reopening of notre dame, the iconic french cathedral welcomes three new bells. >> one of the bells was used dunng >> one of the bells was used during the paris 2024 olympic

games at the stade de france, and will be installed inside the cathedral, along with two smaller ones. the cathedral closed for restoration five years ago following a devastating fire, and will reopen its doors in just a few weeks . those are your latest gb weeks. those are your latest gb news headlines. now it's back to nigel for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . news .com forward slash alerts. >> good evening . well, i have to >> good evening. well, i have to say, over the years i have had really quite a fun life, done an awful lot of things that were very interesting. not much really lives up to the last 2 or 3 days in america . i arrived 3 days in america. i arrived late on sunday night and i went first to a donald trump rally that took place in a town called redding in pennsylvania. pennsylvania seemed to be the

absolutely key state in every way in this election, and i was really surprised and flattered that he noticed i was in the audience . audience. >> he was the big winner of the last election in the uk , and last election in the uk, and he's a very spectacular man, very highly respected . nigel very highly respected. nigel farage. >> well, that was very nice of him. but hey, i've been a very loyal friend over the course of the last nine years. i've never wavered or wobbled in my support of him, even at times when it hasn't necessarily been that easy.i hasn't necessarily been that easy. i went on on the morning of polling day, and i stood outside a polling station in pennsylvania just talking to voters as they were coming in and out. and the common observation was there are more trump signs on lawns this time than we saw in 2020 or we saw in 2016. why is that, i asked. well, we're not afraid to say

we're donald trump supporters anymore. that was very interesting. suddenly, he wasn't quite the devil that perhaps people thought he was or he'd been made out to be. and i was literally in no doubt on the day that he'd win and win big. i went off to the mar—a—lago party a private party, no press allowed in the room at all, apart from tucker carlson, who was given a room at the side. and it was just a remarkable scene, you know, there were a few hundred people in the ballroom drinks , food, and ballroom drinks, food, and sitting in the middle of it all was donald trump with elon musk next to him. and people were whooping and hollering and trump just sitting there eating an ice cream, completely nonchalant as if it's if, you know, well, whatever happens, happens . and whatever happens, happens. and that was remarkable. then it was off to the convention centre for the trump acceptance speech. about 2000 of us crammed into a room and boy, it was noisy. he came on stage with all of his family, with melania's family , family, with melania's family, with the key people who'd

supported the campaign and been part of it. and this is just this is a small part of what he had to say. >> he said that many people have told me that god spared my life for a reason, and that reason was to save our country and to restore america to greatness . restore america to greatness. >> well, in fact, it was a very long speech. but hey, he won. and as it looks at the moment on the projections, he's probably going to finish up with 312 electoral college votes. and all he needed was 270 to win. so it isn't just a win. it's a very big win. and he's taken the senate and it looks like he'll take the lower house as well. this is a crushing, comprehensive victory for the republicans over kamala harris and over the democrats. but there's one figure in this that you probably haven't heard much about. but it was very, very interesting. he's a young man.

he's 18 years old. his name is barron trump. there was a picture of me with barron trump at mar—a—lago. as you can see now , i haven't suddenly become now, i haven't suddenly become a. barron is six foot nine, aged 18 now. it was a pleasure. i met him before when he was about 14, but he's 18 years old now. incredibly polite, very well turned out and remarkably smart. he told me more about my social media clips over the years than i can even remember, and he is credited with convincing his father that for this election, they should do podcasts. and that's what trump did podcast after podcast after podcast. many of those podcasts aimed at young voters, many of them aimed in many ways at young male voters. and, you know, i noticed on the night there were lots of boxers, lots of ufc fighters, a lot of alpha male stuff going

on.andi lot of alpha male stuff going on. and i think young barron actually played quite a significant role in the victory of his father. but the question for us is, is donald trump's election good news for britain now.7 i election good news for britain now? i think it is because he's instinctively pro—british. i think it is because when he was president, he was more than happy to do a trade deal with us.the happy to do a trade deal with us. the problem was our conservative government hadn't got brexit done. we weren't in a position to be able to do so. but given that trump is saying 10% tariffs on anything that comes in from anywhere else in the world, that i think presents a big dilemma to keir starmer's government, there are other problems too. i suspect the handover of the chagos islands casting long term doubt over the naval base that the americans use on diego garcia. i suspect that could become a problem, and not to mention some very disobliging things that have

been said by very senior labour politicians, including, of course, sadiq khan, who's now ten years into an outright feud with donald trump. well, let's talk to somebody who remembers when relationships between us and america were really at their very best. i'm going to talk to peggy grande , who was an peggy grande, who was an executive assistant to ronald reagan. peggy, when you were around working for ronald reagan, i mean , relationships reagan, i mean, relationships with this country simply couldn't have been better , could they? >> well, thank you, for nigel, having me on. and yes, that special relationship was as special relationship was as special as it has ever been. but i'll say, even when politicians come and go and even when we have different sides of the aisle, that maybe agree or disagree, i think that the american people and the people in great britain continue to have that special affinity for each other. so i don't think that changes with politics. and i look forward to donald trump returning to the white house and re—engaging with that special

relationship not only on a personal, warm and friendly level, but on a trade level and making america great will also help make the rest of the making america great wi