>> good afternoon. there you are. it's 1:00. on sunday, the are. it's1:00. on sunday, the 16th of february. i've got no idea either. this is the weekend. >> on gb news. >> on gb news. >> now. >> now. >> another attack in europe. a syrian asylum seeker is arrested in austria on suspicion of murdering a 14 year old boy in a seemingly random stabbing attack, leaving everyone. asking when. will this end.7 attack, leaving everyone. asking when. will this end’:nato members pressure mounts on nato members to up spending

weekend of discussing security challenges during the conference. volodymyr zelenskyy called for the creation of a european army after suggesting the continent could not rely on donald trump's united states for its defence. >> many leaders have talked about europe that needs its own

military an army, an army of europe, and i. and i, i really i really believe that time has come. the armed forces of europe must be created. >> meanwhile, senior officials from donald trump's administration will start peace talks with russian and ukrainian negotiators in saudi arabia in the coming days. now, in the last hour, we've been hearing from us secretary of state marco rubio and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as they held a press conference in jerusalem. netanyahu said he's had a very productive discussion with rubio and that the president trump is the greatest friend israel has ever had in the white house. the israeli leader went on to say that he and trump are working in full cooperation and coordination on gaza. in response, marco rubio said that israel can always count on the us and president trump. now, the

austrian police believe the suspect for the villach stabbing was a suspected islamist who was radicalised online. a 23 year old syrian asylum seeker has been arrested after stabbing passer bys in the austrian city. yesterday, a 14 year old boy has died and four others were left seriously injured, with three in intensive care. the 23 year old suspect, who has not yet been named, is a syrian national with a legal residence in austria, according to the police. austria's leading freedom party leader herbert kickl said in a statement we need a rigorous crackdown on asylum and cannot continue to import conditions like those in villach. now the family of the british nationals, craig and lindsay forum, is rallying to secure their safe return after the couple was detained in iran. the couple were travelling across the world on motorbikes before being arrested in january, with iranian state media reporting they face security charges. the foreign office is in contact with iranian officials and is providing consular support.

meanwhile, sir keir starmer's chagos islands deal has been hit by another dramatic revelation as the chief mastermind behind the deal, and former prime minister has been questioned over an alleged money laundering scandal. the shadow home secretary, chris philp, is urging the prime minister to abandon the deal, citing concerns about corruption. speaking to gb news earlier on this morning, secretary of state for business and trade jonathan reynolds said we need to focus on the deal itself. going around the with the chagos islands is about securing the long term future of an incredibly important uk us military base. that's what the deal is seeking to achieve. it's why the previous government began negotiations around it, and what matters to me is making sure for our national security, that long term position is upheld. and, you know, there's been a lot of commentary on what that deal is. when it's finished, it will be published in the usual way. but let's not lose sight of what we're trying to do here. we're trying to secure the long term future of an essential facility. >> and hollywood will descend on

to london this afternoon for the 78th bafta awards. now there are 42 films up for awards this evening as the slightly unpredictable award season kicks off. the drama conclave is leading the way with 12 nominations, shining a light on the process of selection of a new pope. the films lead, ralph fiennes, is up for best actor, whilst spanish language musical emilia perez is up there with 11 nominations. but its chance at success took a hit recently after offensive historic tweets from its stars have resurfaced. the ceremony will be hosted by actor david tennant at london's royal festival hall. that's the news on gb news. more in half an houn news on gb news. more in half an hour. but now it's back to dawn. >> thank you very much, sophia. now,my very

>> thank you very much, sophia. novatrocious, , , ’" f ' " f i >> thank you very much, sophia. novatrocious, horrific. w f ' " f i >> atrocious, horrific. >> atrocious, horrific. >> attacks. >> attacks. >> and when are our politicians going to wake up to the fact that we. >> as a matter. >> as a matter. >> of deliberate policy, are allowing people to. >> enter our countries or. >> enter our countries or. >> well, first of. >> well, first of. >> all, they come in illegally. we're allowing them to stay. we're allowing them to stay. we're not detaining them. we're unable to vet them. we don't know. >> who they are. >> who they are. >> what their background. >> what their background. >> is, what. >> is, what. >> animosities and conflicts they bring with them from the regions. >> european security or

mentioning european security or ukraine at all, although he did say that europe needs to step up and pay its own way in defence. and then yesterday we had a second extraordinary speech, this time from the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy. a totally different reception here. vance was greeted with

pretty much silence and just very muted applause. zelenskyy had multiple rounds of applause, a standing ovation at the end, but a very bleak and frankly frightening message from him because he said to european leaders that it's not just about ukraine. he said, i urge you to act for your own sake. his message is that russia, whatever happens with ukraine, is not likely to stop there. he says

that's fine. the think that's fine. the challenge, of course, is catherine was saying is where are we going to find this? >> this is the problem. there is the emergency meeting going on in paris tomorrow with all the european leaders and talk of, as zelenskyy suggested, a european army. how charlie is, is starmer going to get around the fact that, you know, he's been accused of wanting to get back in bed with europe, you know, undoing various brexit stuff, but also maybe supporting a european army? how is he going to play that off once, once again? >> well. >> well. >> this

we've left the eu so we wouldn't get involved in it. but we you know, we're i think that independence point if trump i'm not a fan of trump or anything he's done or said really, but he has forced europe into a position where it's having to think really seriously about standing on its own two feet. and that's a good thing. >> that is a good thing. yeah, absolutely. right. thank you very much. don't go away. there is loads more coming up on dawn neesom gb news. and there is indeed plenty more coming up. but first it's time for the news headunes but first it's time for the news headlines with sophia hill.

but first it's time for the news headlines with sophia hilhas old syrian asylum seeker has been arrested after stabbing passer bys in the austrian city yesterday. a 14 year old boy has died and four others were left seriously injured, three in intensive care. the 23 year old suspect, who has not yet been named, is a syrian national with legal residence in austria. that's according to the police. now, austria's right leaning freedom party leader herbert kickl has said in a statement we need a rigorous crackdown on asylum and cannot continue to import conditions like those in villach. and hollywood will descend on to london this afternoon for the 78th bafta awards. there are 42 films up for awards this evening, as the

slightly unpredictable award season kicks off, with the drama conclave leading the way with 12 nominations, shining a light on the selection process of a new film of the new pope. the films lead, ralph fiennes, is up for best actor. spanish language musical emilia perez is up there too, with 11 nominations, but its chance of success took a hit recently after offensive historic tweets from its star resurfaced. the ceremony will be hosted by actor david tennant at london's royal festival hall. that's the news on gb news. more in 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/yoursay. >> james matthewson.

>> hello! good afternoon. it is 2:00 on the 16th of february. absolutely no more. i've got no idea either. this is the weekend on gb news now. some really big stories for you today. another attack in europe. a syrian asylum seeker is arrested in austria on suspicion of murdering a 14 year old boy in a seemingly random stabbing attack, leaving everyone asking when will this end, if indeed it ever does? and meanwhile, pressure mounts on nato members to up spending after ukraine's leader zelenskyy demanded a european army. >> really believe that time has come, the armed forces of europe must be created. >> oh, interesting one, that one. meanwhile, our foreign secretary, david lammy, made britain's loyalty known. >> i will say to trump what i

said to the ukrainians. the uk has 1517 01:02:04,