asking if it's time to issue digital id cards, and a giant gas field has been discovered under lincolnshire that could fuel the uk's energy needs for decades. but is it too late to frack our way to energy security? and as president trump enters into negotiations with vladimir putin to end the war in ukraine, vice president j.d. vance issues a stark challenge to european nations. take a listen. >> i've heard a lot about what you need to defend yourselves from, and of course that's important. but what has seemed a little bit less clear to me, and certainly i think to many of the citizens of europe, is what

exactly it is that you're defending yourselves for. >> and expectations that fathers will work full time while mothers do. the bulk of the childcare remain ingrained and unquestioned, researchers suggested. but this is this a bad thing? should we embrace or reject traditional gender norms? and joining me tonight for a lively discussion. i've got my panel lively discussion. i've got my panel, gavin rice, head of political economy at onward, and zoe grunwald, journalist and broadcaster. but first, the latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> good evening. these are your headlines. it'sjust >> good evening. these are your headlines. it's just gone.

>> good evening. these are your headlines. it's just gone it comes end the war in ukraine. it comes after donald trump spoke with vladimir putin and agreed to work very closely to end the conflict. ukraine's president says putin isn't preparing for peace, but to continue deceiving

the world, and insists any peace deal must guarantee ukraine's independence. meanwhile, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has spoken with the us vice president, saying the uk us special relationship is as endunng special relationship is as enduring as ever and assuring they had agreed on ukraine. >> i was very encouraged in our conversations about ukraine. all of us have this desire to bring this horrendous war to an end. we share the view that there has to be an enduring peace. we recognise that this can't be minsk 3.0. this has to be a serious negotiated peace. and there was an agreement that zelenskyy and the ukrainians have to be part of that negotiated deal. >> in other news, now an indian man has been found guilty of raping and murdering irish backpacker danielle mclaughlin in goa. venkat bhagat attacked

the 28 year old in 2017. her body was discovered in a field the next day. her family say justice has finally been achieved after an eight year trial plagued by delays. a post—mortem found she died from brain damage and strangulation. they're now watching to see what further legal steps will follow. and it may be valentine's day, but love is not in the air for bolt. uber and addison lee drivers who are striking today causing travel chaos across the uk. thousands of drivers are logging off during peak hours today in a campaign for better pay today in a campaign for better pay and working conditions. the strike action is taking place across the country from 4 pm. until 10 pm. tonight. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to miriam. >> 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/poll. >> welcome to dewbs& co with me, miriam cates, and joining me until 7:00. i've got my panel journalist and broadcaster zoe grunwald and head of political economy at onward, gavin rice. and as always, we want to know what you think about the topics we're debating today. so please do get your views in at gbnews.com/yoursay. well, president trump continues to hit the ground running, beginning negotiations with president putin to end the ukraine war. european leaders have gathered today in munich for a security summit, heard a keynote speech from jd vance. but instead of talking about the threat from russia and china, the us vice president took a very different tack. take a listen. >> i've heard a lot about what you need to defend yourselves from, and of course that's important. but what has seemed a little bit less clear to me, and

certainly i think to many of the citizens of europe, is what exactly it is that you're defending yourselves for. and i believe deeply that there is

donald trump has called the media the enemy of the people. he's suing various organisations. this isn't the mark of a man who really cares about freedom of speech. and what i would say actually is, i think donald trump and jd vance want to set the terms of what is acceptable to talk about without actually really living the values that they profess to. and honestly, if you think if he really thinks that this is more important to the munich security conference and to the leaders in europe than the threat of russia, you know, on the backdrop of what is happening in ukraine, i think that's extraordinary. and i don't think european leaders will be very happy with this at all. >> they certainly didn't. >> they certainly didn't. >> look it. >> look it. >> gavin, what are

things that are going to happen here. either putin is going to feel empowered by the fact that the us is , you know, rang him the us is, you know, rang him first and says, you know, there are going to have to be some territorial concessions so he won't feel the need to strike a peace deal, or he will strike a peace deal, or he will strike a peace deal. he'll make he'll get territorial concessions. he'll come back a few years later wanting more. and i think europe is wise to this. i think the idea that in some way, you know, you are able to appease putin through this is very, very unwise. and i think what is quite clear is that donald trump now feels more aligned in some ways to putin than he does to the rest of europe and putin's interest. and i think that's worrying. and i think if europe were to take this seriously, they would need to band together and think about what their security alliance looks like now without the us being supporter. >> but i suppose trump would say

to europe, you had your chance. we have supported ukraine, but not fully enough to help them win. obviously we haven't put boots on the ground for probably very good reasons, but you can see from trump's point of view where he thinks, well, you know what? what's a stake for him? >> not a lot. it's a complex conflict. and as you say, you know, at this point, it really feels like if the war keeps going, ukraine could well lose. so obviously everybody wants this conflict to end. but my worry is particularly about this relationship between trump and putin. and, you know, even back in 2016, there were links between some people who worked with trump and putin, and there still are questions about those relationships. i do not think that trump has the interests of europe and ukraine at its heart. i think he has the interest of russia. >> i think that, if i may, i think that's i think that's a little bit of hyperbole. if donald trump genuinely was somehow, insidiously on putin's side in all of this, then he wouldn't be demanding that nato steps up its defence spending in a conflict in which nato is on ukraine's side. so, if i may, i don't think that actually makes any sense at all. what he's saying, and boris johnson was on

the airwaves saying this earlier today, is that the united states is asking for europe and for the rest of nato to contribute more, which i think is completely fair enough. i think on the question of ukraine, nato membership, it's a really difficult one because obviously, you know, we in the west are deeply behind ukraine, democratic sovereign country trying to defend its own territory from a completely unjustified authoritarian aggressor. on the other hand, you can see the perspective that if ukraine were to join nato, that would create a legal obugafion that would create a legal obligation for countries like the united kingdom to go to war with russia, a nuclear power, in the event that imagine there is a deal, that the war starts up again in the future if ukraine were to join nato, and that strikes me as really quite a dangerous situation to be in. so i think there's actually a degree of realism in that as well. >> thank you. well, we'll see what transpires. will be interesting to see the reactions of the newspapers to the speech

of the newspapersto,,the,,speech,,,, of the newspapersto,,the,,speech,,,, of us believe. well, so many of us believe. well, lots of support for vance then. well moving on. a giant gas field has been discovered under lincolnshire that could fuel the uk's entire energy needs for a

decade. engine resources is the company behind the discovery. says this could reduce britain's dependence on gas imports and generate tens of thousands of jobs. it's understood that exploiting the gainsborough trough field could add up to £112 billion to gdp. but the find is likely to reignite the debate about fracking. gavin, where do you stand on fracking? i mean, we've been discussing this for a long time. i think it was government policy before 2019 that it was was government policy before 2