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discussing and at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours. (io—founder of novara media, aaron bastani. and also political commentator lin mei. in my niggle, i take on rachel reeves following reports that she was investigated over her expenses whilst working for a bank. of course, every time her got a question they come up with the fixing the foundations baloney. >> change our plan. not changing the conversation. change and reform are coming. fixing the foundations. >> that's why. >> that's why. >> we are fixing the foundations. >> to better support our public finances. at my first budget in october, it was my duty as chancellor to fix the foundations of our economy. >> i'll fix her into the foundations. so, is it time for her to go.7 meanwhile. her to go? meanwhile. >> foreign aid. foreign

secretary. >> david lammy. >> david lammy. >> is urging european countries to do more to smash the people smuggling gangs as he meets counterparts at the munich security conference. so i'm asking, do you trust labour to smash the gangs? head over to the gb news website and cast your vote in my poll. the us vice president , jd vance, has vice president, jd vance, has blasted the uk and europe over protest laws and immigration policies. >> and what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat of europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the united states of america. in britain and across europe, free speech, i fear, is in retreat. >> so do you believe that there is a retreat of free speech? i'll be asking that. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with sophia wenzler. >> nana. thank you. it's just gone 3:00. these are your headlines. thousands of people

are marching to the us embassy in london in protest against donald trump's plans for gaza. it comes after the us president. >> said he wanted. >> said he wanted. >> to take over the territory and turn it into the riviera of the middle east. a counter—protest by stop the. >> hate will take. >> hate will take. >> place along the. >> place along the. >> march route. near vauxhall bridge. >> the met police say there will be a. >> apart and minimise disruption. they've imposed conditions under the public order act, is rallying to

lindsay forman is rallying to secure their safe return after the couple was detained in iran. the pair, who were travelling across the world on motorbikes, were arrested in january, with iranian state media reporting they face security charges. the forman family described the situation as distressing and expressed their focus on ensuring their safety while working with authorities. the foreign office is in contact with iranian officials and providing consular support. now two men have been charged after a man was attacked outside the turkish consulate in london while burning

turkish consulate in london while burni gbnews.com/poll. comments. gbnews.com/poll. >> also james matthewson. gbnews.com/win. >> so let's start with david lammy, foreign secretary. he's urging european countries to develop sanctions against people smuggling gangs as he meets counterparts at the munich security conference. president zelenskyy had this to say earlier about russia's invasion of ukraine. >> this is not just madness. this is russia's stance. a country that launches such attacks does not want peace. not

country that launches such attacks does not want peathatiot began with the revelation that donald trump had talked to

vladimir putin for 1.5 hours the other day, and then we had the situation where the us president yesterday spent 20 minutes talking, not as europe was expecting, about security, probably having a go at europe, defence spending, talking about ukraine, only a passing reference to any of that. jd. vance spent most of it basically having a go at europe, saying that they were collectively beginning to suppress free speech, that they'd forgotten what they stood for and taking particular aim at the uk, i have to say, and scotland specifically. and then today, a speech from volodymyr zelenskyy. let's face it, the biggest star here in which he issued a very, very bleak warning. he said that it was time for an army

very bleak warning. he said that it was time for isupporter very bleak warning. he said that it was time for supporter of of course, huge supporter of zelenskyy yesterday here in munich. he took a much more positive tone. he accused european leaders a bit of headless chicken ism, as he

called it. but i have to say here he is pretty unique in the view that europe really doesn't have too much to worry about. and just on defence spending. finally, donald trump called out europe on this many years ago when he was president the first time. it's not like europe hasn't had plenty of notice. now, donald trump saying everybody needs to spend 5% of its gdp. now, a lot of countries in europe don't even spend two. and now today, the said that secretary—general has said that countries should be spending north of 3% if they're in nato. but our own foreign secretary, david lammy, who has been speaking on a panel in the last few minutes largely about illegal migration, has merely said that the uk is committed to a pathway to 2.5% and they'll set out that pathway in the coming months. we're currently

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police presence, a police barricade over there. but as i say, at 4:00, this is scheduled to wrap up. there was a counter protest across vauxhall bridge. stop the hate. they were concentrated just there. a small number of them. insults hurled back and forth. as you would expect. you often see

>> we shouldn't. >> we shouldn't. >> we shouldn't. >> we shouldn't, but we did. but that doesn't mean they agree. >> that we should not be meddling. and our. foreign policy policy is. >> not because of immigration. i just think that you should mind your own business and keep your

nose out of it. agreed. but not because, oh, they're all going to come here now because this place isn't that much better. and if we had decent immigration policies, then people really wouldn't be tempted to come here ehhen wouldn't be tempted to come here either. if we didn't have things where you could use our lawyers and were going to pay for all that, we'd give you a house and all of that. people might want to stay in their own place and try and improve that. we're going to invite. >> you. >> you. >> i don't think, why are we making it so vital? >> i agree with you that it's down to iranians to make iran

" " bill n but we ,, ,, brut'werdidn't. ,, ,, but'weididn't. we . . butweididn't. we went >> but we didn't. we went there because george w bush wants to finish business that daddy didn't. >> but we'd seen what he'd done before to his people. so we probably thought that we didn't want him to get hold of nuclear weapons. >> what about now, though? >> what about now, though? >> so that's why we went in

there. >> what about now? let's look at now. okay. ukraine, palestine. we're probably going to support america in what they're doing with regards to gaza. that's a given. we wanted to support even up to now, where trump has said, hang on a minute, we can't continue this. let's try and have a peace agreement. but we still want to push for continuous wars. where are those people going to come? >> so again. >> so again. >> depending loads of ukrainians. >> it depends which way you look at it. we're not going for continuous wars, but when people are being bombed and people are we as a nation try and go in and help and try and do the. >> right look after our own. >> right look after our own. >> people instead of. >> people instead of. >> imposing things on other countries? >> i'm not disagreeing with you. i agree with that. but then i don't think we can be blamed for the mass migration when you've gone into a country to try and help them. and then. >> when we leave loads of weapons like we did across the world, where rebel groups get it and that then then we see migrants coming in, how is that not a part of our issue? >> well, let's be honest, but did we start the conflict within their environments? no, the intention was good. that's the point i'm trying to make. but what do you think, gbnews.com/yoursay? you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb

news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. next, my great british debate. do you believe there's a retreat of free speech in britain? first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> nana. thank you. your headunes >> nana. thank you. your headlines at 333. thousands of people are marching to the us embassy in london in protest against donald trump's plans for gaza. it comes after the us president said he wanted to take over the territory and turn it into the riviera of the middle east. a counter—protest by stop the hate will take place along the hate will take place along the march route near vauxhall bridge. the met police say there will be a major security operation to keep the groups apart and minimise disruption. they've imposed conditions under the public order act, restricting routes, assembly areas and start and finish times. the munich security conference continues today with world leaders including olaf scholz and volodymyr zelenskyy

discussing global security challenges. uk foreign secretary david lammy is calling for european sanctions on people smuggling gangs, and will co—host a migration roundtable with italy. he also says he and us vice president j.d. vance agree