roman god of named after the roman god of beginnings, endings and transitions. as we look ahead to february with renewed vigour in the hope that winter is nearing its conclusion, we can round off the month with two hours of arts, culture, current affairs and politics. donald trump's inaugural speech revealed a president determined to break with the recent past and with any kind of global consensus, it looks difficult for sir keir starmer's britain to find much in common with trump's. america and britain has left the european union offended israel and is regularly denounced by former colonies. do we have any friends abroad and does it matter? my political panel will discuss. britain was once an industrial heartland, but now some are saying that we're moving towards a zero industrial society. columnist matthew lynn will share his thoughts on why manufacturing continues to decline and what that means for our country. a bracelet owned by hollywood star elizabeth taylor and gifted to her by pop star michael jackson, is set to go on

auction this week, with experts suggesting that it could fetch in the region of £70,000. specialists from woolley and wallis auction house, alexandra aguilar, will join me in the studio with the stunning bracelet in tow, and she's also bringing along another treasure to show you and stefan kyriazis will grace us once more with his presence as he reflects on his theatrical adventures of the week. but before all of that, your news headlines for sophia wenzler. >> michael. thank you. good morning. it'sjust >> michael. thank you. good morning. it's just gone. 11:00. these are your headlines. donald trump has said he thinks sir keir starmer has done a very good job thus far, and said the pair will speak over the phone in the next 24 hours. the us president said he and the prime minister get along very well, despite sir keir starmer being liberal, which he said is a little bit different from me. mr trump told reporters on air

force one that his first international trip could be to the uk or saudi arabia, the first country he travelled to as president during his first term. sir keir most recently met with mr trump at trump towers in new york during the presidential campaign. the home secretary has warned tech companies terrorist material viewed by southport child killer axel rudakubana could inspire another atrocity unless they take action. yvette cooper has written to x, meta, tiktok, google and youtube, calling on them to urgently review material accessed by the killer, which is still available online. rudakubana easily downloaded an al—qaeda training manual and watched graphic footage of a terrorist knife attack before he killed three young girls. it comes as it's been revealed the home office missed several opportunities to identify rudakubana as a terror threat. a review found he was referred to anti—extremism programmes three times, according to the sunday times

newspaper. it also revealed his obsession with mass shootings was dismissed by counter—terrorism officers as an interest in world news, and that he was not in danger of being radicalised. meanwhile, conservative leader kemi badenoch told gb news the issue of integration must be looked at following the southport attack. >> he should have been in love with this country. he should have been saying this is the best country on earth, i say. and the. parents and the parents, i don't know. i don't know if they did or not because that's how i feel. and i do think that we need to have a broader conversation about integration in this country. it's got to be active, not passive. it didn't matter so much when only a handful of people were coming from nearby countries at a very slow rate. now, people from all over the place are coming very quickly, and because of technology, they can still keep their heads and their cultures elsewhere. this is. >> in other news, israel has prevented thousands of displaced palestinians from returning home to northern gaza after accusing

hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal. this comes after hamas released four israeli female soldiers and israel freed 200 palestinian prisoners. but the israeli government said palestinians would not be allowed to travel north until plans were in place for the release of israeli civilian arbel yahud. according to the deal arbel yahud. according to the deal, hamas was to release civilians before soldiers. more strong winds and heavy rain are on the way. after storm eowyn was dubbed the strongest storm to hit the uk in ten years, with wind gusts of up to 100mph around 100,000. in northern ireland and 35,000in scotland are still without power. some will have to wait several days to be reconnected. meanwhile, travel services remain severely disrupted in scotland, with trains and ferries suspended and roads closed. and it's not over yet. the spanish, named storm herminia is on the way and will bnng herminia is on the way and will bring heavy rain, gales and hill

snow up from the southwest today and on monday. and strictly come dancing star wyn evans has apologised after being caught on camera making a sexual comment about one of the show's female presenters. the welsh opera singer has been touring with the live show after competing on the bbc one programme with katya jones last year. in the recording, obtained by the mail on sunday, the 52 year old was heard making a demeaning sexual remark to a woman during the launch event on the 16th of january. evans has responded with a statement saying my language was inappropriate and unacceptable, for which i sincerely apologise. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michael. >> well thank you sophia wenzler. the chancellor of the exchequer, rachel reeves, has said that britain could learn

from donald trump's positivity. presumably, she means that she hopes to learn since she, along with the prime minister, has spread gloom since last july and her budget has halted economic growth and reduced employment. but even if she now employs a little optimism, and even if she backs airport expansion, british policy will not resemble donald trump's. we have no reason to expect a sealing of our border against migrants, nor will those working on diversity, equality and inclusion in the public sector be put on paid leave. nor will net zero be abandoned. will it? on the other hand, even labour does not dare to rejoin the european union and our eu partners are sore about brexit. we have gratuitously offended israel and a bunch of commonwealth countries, harps on about slavery and demands reparations. does britain have any friends and should we care? joining me now is my panel. former labour adviser scarlett mccgwire former special adviser to nadhim zahawi james price and former mep and columnist patrick

o'flynn. and scarlett. now we're heanng o'flynn. and scarlett. now we're hearing today that, in fact, donald trump gets on well with sir keir starmer and thinks sir keir starmer is doing a good job. so have i got it all wrong? were we, after all, see a great friendship between starmer and trump? >> well, i have to say that after all the briefings, which we have. >> no idea where they came from, but, i mean, i have been reading over and over again in newspapers about how trump was determined to get keir out, how he was going to turn down peter mandelson to humiliate this government. and then and then you hear him saying, you know, i don't agree with him, but he's doing a good job and he hasn't been there. so i'm as surprised as you. >> this is because donald trump is famously a great diplomat. >> i think i'm not sure that the danish prime minister would feel the same. after listening to 45 minutes of being shouted at. >> about, where's the truth in all this? >> so i think the truth is that actually donald trump is behaving like a grown up, as

keir starmer has been. and it's really, really important that the countries get on and they do their best and that we don't have silly game playing about who's the but but what's i mean when if we go back to rachel reeves right. is that what she was talking about is the thing is, is about talking countries up and donald trump, i have to say, having been talked america down for four years, is now saying that, you know, we've got a new thing and it is really, really important that rachel says finally, you know, we can see the sunny uplands. now, many of us felt that when she did her budget, she should have said, you know, this is really tough. we know this is really tough. we've got a disaster that we're trying to turn around, but it will get better. and she is saying that and actually the imf are backing her and saying that i think we're going to be the second biggest growth in europe in, in, in europe. so i think that actually things