>> oh well. >> oh well. >> hallelujah. and a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3 pm. and happy monday. welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news. we're broadcasting for you from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show on friday, 17.4 million brits celebrated the fifth anniversary of brexit. but on monday morning, sir keir starmer was on the first eurostar to brussels to begin brexit, reset talks with the european union with concessions feared on freedom of movement, net zero targets and fishing quotas. is brexit being surrendered one treaty at a time? and donald trump has launched a blistering trade war with canada, mexico and china to stem the tide of illegal immigrants and drugs into america. with his crosshairs next set on the european union.

might britain escape trump's wrath for now? and westminster was brought to a grinding halt today. i was out there shaking hands with these lads as hundreds of white van men turned up to protest against what they call a plague of tall thefts. an astonishing 78% of tradespeople have had their tools nicked, and yet 94% are never recovered, and only three quarters of people get a non—custodial sentence. i'll be joined in the studio by those valiant organisers, and they are turning the screw on parliament, and fur is flying north of the border. after the snp announced it's looking to ban cats, a report by the scottish animal welfare commission plans strict containment zones and moggie lockdowns to protect bird life. but critics are calling the cats clampdown bird brained and the claws are out to scrap it. that and many more cat related puns coming in your show. welcome to

the show. so as i said friday night, 17.4 million brits brexiteers were celebrating the fifth anniversary of brexit this morning. sir keir starmer has got his trotters on the eurostar straight toot sweet to brussels. now i'm no poirot. we don't need to work out that difficult. what side of the baguette is buttered for sir keir starmer? seriously, donald trump is saying that the uk, for now, is off the crosshairs of a trade war. why is that flight not being diverted to washington to do a deal with donald trump? do you feel do you fear that brexit is being surrendered one treaty at a time? why on earth is our prime minister in brussels, the morning after the brexit celebrations the night before? send your views and your comments to gbnews.com/yoursay anas sarwar for your headlines with aaron armstrong.

with aaron arm strong. >> with aaron armstrong. >> very good afternoon to you. it's 3:02. let's get you up to date with the breaking news just coming into south yorkshire. police say the school in sheffield has been locked down after a 15 year old boy was seriously injured in a stabbing. they say the school in question was all saints catholic high school. it happened a little earlier, just after midday, with another teenage boy arrested in connection. they say there is no wider threat to students, but emergency services are on site and pictures that i've seen on social media show an air ambulance landing and parents gathering near the police cordon. more on that story as soon as we get it now. a former british soldier has been jailed for 14 years and three months for 14 years and three months for spying for iran and escaping from prison. danielle khalife was found guilty of passing sensitive military information, including names of special forces members, to iranian agents in exchange for money. the 23 year old also escaped

from wandsworth prison by clinging to the underside of a delivery truck. in 2023. he was caught three days later on a canal towpath in london. well, the judge described him as a dangerous fool, motivated by a selfish desire to show off. >> when you join the army as a young man, you had the makings of an exemplary soldier. however, through the repeated violation of your oath of service, you showed yourself to be instead a dangerous fool. the only sentence open to me is one of immediate custody. the total sentence is therefore 14 years and three months. >> well, donald trump says the us will definitely impose trade tariffs on the eu, but he has suggested a deal can be worked out with the uk. he says downing street has had constructive conversations with the trump administration, including prime minister sir keir starmer. all this comes after the us imposed

tariffs on canadian, mexican and chinese goods. they're going to kick in tomorrow. it's 25% for canada and mexico and 10% on china. all three countries have said they will respond. now us markets have fallen on the first day of trading since trump's announcement, as have european and asian stock markets. trump well, he seems certain to target the eu, but could the uk be given a reprieve? >> well, definitely happened with the european union, i can tell you that because they've really taken advantage of us and, you know, we have over a $300 billion deficit. they don't take our cars, they don't take our farm products, they take almost nothing. and we take everything from them. millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products. so the uk is way out of line and we'll we'll see the uk. but european union is really out of line. uk is out of line. but i'm sure that one. i think that one can be worked out. but the european

union is it's an atrocity. >> well, trump's comments come as sir keir starmer is in brussels for talks with european leaders. he's hoping to reset britain's relationship with the bloc, and the trip is likely to focus heavily on defence and ukraine. but certainly tensions over trade may well overshadow the meetings, including the latest comments from donald trump. the government insists the uk will not rejoin the single market, but sir keir starmer says he wants better cooperation on crime, trade and defence after brussels he set to visit the us in the coming weeks. an accountant who stole more than £260,000 from covid support schemes, has been jailed for nearly four years. zeeshan ashraf, from birmingham, falsely claimed bounce back loans and made fake applications under the job retention and eat out to help out schemes. the court heard he used the money to fund his lifestyle, inflating his company's turnover to secure

maximum payouts. while a small amount has been repaid. but prosecutors say they'll continue to try to recover the rest. ashraf pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud. he was sentenced earlier at birmingham crown court. ofsted has unveiled its new school inspection report cards, set to launch in the autumn of this year, replacing single word grades with detailed assessments. while schools will be rated across areas like behaviour, leadership and safeguarding. there will be five new categories from cause and concern to exemplary. ofsted says the changes will give parents more meaningful insights. teaching unions, though, are warning it could increase pressure on schools and worsen the teacher recruitment crisis. the overhaul follows a controversy after the death in 2023 of headteacher ruth perry, which a coroner linked to an inspection at her school. the israeli prime minister is in the us for talks with donald trump at the white house, like the focus on victory over hamas, the ongoing gaza ceasefire and

indeed expanding peace in the middle east. it's trump's first meeting with a foreign leader since returning to office. benjamin netanyahu there in the us capital. the talks come as us and arab mediators begin efforts to wind down the gaza war and secure the release of militant held hostages. phase two of the gaza ceasefire will be on the agenda, hamas says, though no more hostages will be freed unless israeli forces withdraw from gaza entirely. the israeli prime minister, facing pressure from his governing partners to restart the war when the current phase ends in early march. those are the headlines. i'll be back with more in a little less than half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts.

>> welcome to the show! now! five years ago on friday, this happened. yes, brexit crowds gathered across the country to mark britain leaving the european union. finally. but far from marking this momentous anniversary, sir keir starmer instead chose to completely and utterly ignore it. and instead, three days later, he hopped on a eurostar to brussels to join a gathering of european leaders, the first time a british prime minister has done so since brexit. now, what kind of message does that send out? well, joining me now is the tory peer lord craig mackinlay, the legend craig, welcome to the show. absolute pleasure to have your company as ever. no doubt on friday you may raise a your company as ever. no doubt on friday you may r