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. that is where the stabbing took place. the family of the british nationals, craig and lindsay forman, has been rallying to secure their safe return after they were detained in iran. the couple were travelling across the world on motorbikes but were arrested in january. iranian state media has reported that they face security charges. while the foreign office is in contact with iranian authorities to provide consular support. meanwhile, sir keir starmer is chagos islands deals been hit by another revelation as the mastermind behind the deal, and the former mauritian prime minister has been questioned over an alleged money laundering

scandal. the shadow home secretary, chris philp, has been urging the prime minister to abandon the deal, citing concerns about corruption. speaking to gb news, secretary of state for ministry and trade jonathan reynolds said we'll need to focus on the deal itself. >> 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 dealis 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'll 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 the us department >> the fbi and the us department of justice are assisting uk police in. >> their. >> their. >> investigation of the southport killer axel rudakubana. in a joint statement, merseyside police and the crown prosecution service said they are working in tandem

with american authorities to obtain material which may be relevant to the investigation. now it's thought they are hoping to recover deleted searches from rudakubana, google and microsoft account history within the upcoming weeks, and the biggest night

>> come and better. >> come and better. >> themselves. >> themselves. >> there are a number who don't, who are coming in. >> for altruistic purposes. >> for altruistic purposes. >> who can be influenced. >> who can be influenced. >> by different.

>> by different. >> terror organisations, who disagree with the way we run our lives. >> and. want to take that. disagreement into violence. and the. >> more we do this. >> more we do this. >> the more and i hope this is something you can debate today. we have to recognise that there is. >> going to be. >> going to be. >> an. >> an. >> inevitable level. >> inevitable level. >> of terrorism that we have to accept. >> well, having to accept it, i don't, i don't, i don't accept it. i don't think it is acceptable. in your view, what should we be doing? how can we stop this? >> well, in my view, the. >> well, in my view, the. >> level of acceptable terrorism is zero. but whilst we're balancing off letting these people in who don't have our. >> values. we need to do something. >> to try and. >> to try and. >> speed up. >> speed up. >> the process of assessing individuals as to whether they come in. part of that needs to be to see whether individuals are in a position, or are willing to add value to each of our nations from, you know, the cultures that underpin those nations, and not just look at

people who you know are trying to escape. >> or use the excuse. >> or use the excuse. >> of escaping war. in many. >> of escaping war. in many. >> cases. >> cases. >> they're not. and, you know, afghanistan, it's difficult. but young males are not persecuted. women are persecuted. we don't see many women coming in

women are persecuted. we don't see many w0|son coming in women are persecuted. we don't see many w0|so woke.ing in women are persecuted. we don't see many w0|so woke. and1 judges being so woke. and there's something wrong at the at the heart of our judiciary at the moment in this country where they always seem to come down on

they always seem to come down on the woke side of everything. if they just were much more robust and at times ignored it and told, you know, the european union were to go like the french, the germans and other members of the do fairly frequently, then someone would rewrite it and look at it and look at something that's rewrite it and look at it and look think nething that's rewrite it and look at it and look think it'siing that's rewrite it and look at it and look think it's a|g that's rewrite it and look at it and look think it's a stalling >> i think it's a stalling tactic to make it sound like they're doing something. and then if they do that, that won't work so they can carry on attempting to so—called smash the gangs. and very finally, do you think that smashing the gangsis you think that smashing the gangs is a realistic proposition? you've got about 30s. what do you think? >> no, it's a sound bite that keir starmer is putting out. you know, the previous government was smashing the gangs with the national crime agency. national crime agency hasn't changed in its priorities , and therefore its priorities, and therefore it's him trying to suggest he's doing something. >> all right. thank

doing something. >> .tellight. thank doing something. >> .tell you thank doing something. >> .tell you exclusively now can tell you exclusively now something that he said to me, donald trump, of course, has been calling for nato members to spend a minimum of 5% on defence. we are at about 2.3 lots of european countries at less than two. but boris johnson, i said to him, you know, donald trump is calling for everyone to spend 5%. and bofis for everyone to spend 5%. and boris johnson's words, exact words to me were, well, they're going to have to well, they're going to have to well, they're going to have to. that would be monumental amounts of money. so tomorrow , emmanuel macron is tomorrow, emmanuel macron is gathering together european leaders in paris for an

emergency summit, trying to work out what to do. they're worried not just about ukraine, but about support of the us. it feels like europe can't depend on the united states anymore. it really feels like we are at a pivotal moment here. >> all right, catherine, thank you very much. we'll join you later on. thank you. that's katherine forster. she's there. live in munich. now, if you're in search of some winter sun, here is a forecast of some of the top european holiday destinations. >> ready to soak up that holiday sunshine. >> won't we need some cover? >> won't we need some cover? >> no worries. all sorted. >> no worries. all sorted. >> allclear travel insurance sponsors gb news travel destinations. forecast. >> hello there, we've got rain for madeira over the next 24 hours. some stronger winds too, but much of the central med will be dry with some sunny spells we can see from monday. outbreaks of rain, strong winds 17 celsius. madeira, the canary islands generally dry and much of western and central parts of

situation. >> and in the. >> and in the. >> last week or so, i've heard a lot about neville chamberlain, echoes of neville chamberlain in 1938. peace in our time. i think politically, europe was very different then. >> and don't forget. >> and don't forget. >> when hitler lied. so hitler said he's not going to invade that part of czechoslovakia where there are german speaking indigenous people. hitler lied. and then neville chamberlain actually declared war within 48 hours. >> so i think. >> so i think. >> it's a roll of the dice let's hope putin doesn't like. but it's a bitter pill to swallow. it's an awful thing to swallow that an authoritarian dictator can just push west, steal, land. a million men die, and we just have to accept it. it's awful. >> all russia. >> all russia. >> has. >> has. >> done is lie. there was. >> done is lie. there was. >> something called the budapest assurances. >> in 1994. the memorandum or the assurances, which basically guaranteed ukraine's territorial. integrity in return for ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons. >> that turned. out to have been a colossal. mistake and. >> a very. tragic one. >> a very. tragic one. >> for. >> for. >> people like me who would like a nuclear. free world and

including unilateral disarmament, because it just showed that, you know, if ukraine had not agreed to get rid of its nuclear stockpile, maybe this wouldn't have happened. >> but russia. >> but russia. >> was a signatory to those assurances. so obviously. >> america in the uk. >> america in the uk. >> correct. >> correct. >> so and. >> so and. >> what happened what

>> so and. >>zelenskyy pened what >> so and. >>zelenskyy first! what >> so and. >>zelenskyy first. absolutely. to zelenskyy first. absolutely. >> because really, is he you speak to the aggressor to stop the war, the person who's actually causing the war, which is definitely vladimir putin. wouldn't you go to them first? i'd say stop firing the rockets. i'd say stop firing the rockets. i would absolutely. >> well, obviously, if trump was going to putin to say, withdraw all your troops now and you can end this war today, i would obviously, wholeheartedly support that. that is what that is. what? well, that's not what he said though, is it? that's not what trump said. trump didn't say putin needs to withdraw all his forces back to pre 2014 borders and end this war. that's the opposite of what he said. he basically. >> starting at a position. >> starting at a position. >> of no. well he did what he did was say that basically russia can keep the territory. it's already that's de it's already won. that's de facto what he said. he said that ukraine was never going to be in nato. and pete hegseth and by

extension trump were saying that it's very unlikely that ukraine is going to get back any of the territory. it's lost now that's basically giving putin everything he's asked for before anyone sat down for the most important point. >> that being a realist. >> that being a realist. >> i think. >> i think. >> that's i think that there's you're giving him a green light. i call that being a realist. >> i just think we have to accept that putin is going to get this land. no. well, the alternative. >> the 1569 00:30:23,408 --