>> it's 9:00 pm. i'm ben leo. >> it's 9:00pm. i'm ben leo. tonight the former prime minister of mauritius, who masterminded keir starmer's chagos islands surrender deal. there he is on your screen now, hauled into court on money laundering charges. they allegedly found millions in cash, luxury watches and , cash, luxury watches and, interestingly, uk visas at the home of one of his alleged associates. meanwhile, let me remind you of the british lawyer acting for mauritius in the deal acting for mauritius in the deal. keir starmer's friend, who boasted about humiliating the uk in international courts. >> when you've been to an international court against your own country, one and humiliated them completely, they still celebrate you. >> so do you agree? the whole thing absolutely stinks. and isn't it about time the £9 billion surrender of our own

sovereign territory is consigned to the dustbin of history. also tonight. >> a right to be scared. >> a right to be scared. >> no. absolutely not. especially when. there's been a. >> i mean. >> i mean. >> how can they be scared of people who have got nothing? >> i wonder how many migrants that lady has taken into her home. 25,000 small boat arrivals have come to the uk since labour took power, including 240 just yesterday in the middle of january. >> and we started in syria. dodged isis and turkish bombs. so you guys are pretty scared in syria? yeah. >> gb news contributor chloe dobbs dodges isis as she mimics her migrants journey to the uk for a documentary. and she joins me on the panel tonight, fresh from her travels. i'm also joined by the publican and landlord adam brooks and the former labour minister bill rammell.

of course, we'll also have the first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages and the big stories breaking inside. but first, let's get your news headlines with aaron armstrong. with aaron arm strong. >> with aaron armstrong. >> a very good evening to you. our top stories. the prime minister will join european leaders at an emergency summit in france tomorrow to discuss the situation in ukraine. ukraine dominated the munich security conference over the weekend, and us officials have confirmed neither ukraine nor europe will be part of planned talks between russia and the us, which will take place in saudi arabia this week. well, volodymyr zelenskyy has repeatedly said he will not accept a deal brokered between the us and russia without ukraine at the table. european governments, fearing any deal struck between the white house and the kremlin, could damage security on the continent. meanwhile, there are reports the prime minister is preparing to overrule his chancellor, rachel reeves, and raise british

defence spending. speaking last night, the prime minister said it was a once in a generation moment for the uk, us and europe to work together. the landlady of a pub where a woman was fatally shot on valentine's day has said she heard two loud bangs, which sounded like fireworks. michelle thomas, who runs the three horseshoes in kent, has described customers screaming, shouting and crying when they realised what was happening. a woman in her 40s died at the scene after the shooting in the pub car park. police, who found a car and a gun on a bridge crossing the river thames, believe the suspect may have entered the water. the fbi and the us department of justice are going to help the uk police to investigate the southport killer axel rudakubana. in a joint statement, merseyside police and the crown prosecution service say they are working in tandem to obtain material which may be relevant. it's believed they are hoping to recover deleted searches from rudakubana , google searches from rudakubana, google and microsoft account history in the coming weeks. a stabbing in

austria that killed a 14 year old boy and wounded five other people yesterday was an islamist attack, according to local police. authorities say the 23 year old suspect is a syrian national with legal residence in austria, who has sworn allegiance to islamic state. he had been living in a centre for asylum seekers and wasn't known to authorities. the attack took place in the southern city of villach, near the border with italy. three of those injured remain in intensive care. finally, the brutalists and the papal drama conclave were the big winners at this evening's baftas, taking four awards each. a conclave was voted best film and outstanding british film, although ralph fiennes missed out on the best actor award, which went to adrien brody for his role as a hungarian jewish architect in the brutalist, which also got the best director award, and his fellow american mikey madison won the best actress category for her role in

nora, about a sex worker who falls for a russian oligarch. and she pipped demi moore and cynthia erivo, amongst others, for that gong. the star wars actor warwick davis was honoured with a bafta fellowship for outstanding and exceptional contribution to the screen, and the team behind wallace and gromit picked up two gongs for their most recent animation, which you may have seen at christmas. vengeance most foul that's it for the moment. i'll be back with more in just under 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/advent. >> thank you, aaron, and good evening to you at home. thank you for your company. i predict a massive political earthquake in the coming years because i think every day people who don't obsessively follow the news or

politics will begin to clock on for the first time about something that's not quite right about the way our country is being run. let me point to labour's chagos islands surrender as a prime example. how can you possibly explain to an everyday joe that our government is absolutely obsessed with giving away sovereign british territory to a nafion sovereign british territory to a nation that has never owned that territory before, and we're paying territory before, and we're paying them at least at least £9 billion of taxpayer money for the privilege. and then at the same time, that same government is pleading poverty at home and telling everyone they must live harder and poorer lives because there just isn't enough money to go around here in britain. so how do you square that? how do you justify giving away important strategic british territory and £9 billion in the process, while also telling pensioners they can't have winter fuel allowance because the government is skint? soon enough people are going to stand up and pay attention. and when it comes to chagos, they should be. if you already thought the entire deal stunk like a pack of kippers at breakfast, get a load

of this breaking story today that plunges it to a whole new level of stench. the former mauritius pm who masterminded our chagos surrender deal. he's been arrested and hauled up in court on money laundering charges. here he is being dragged into court today. pravind jugnauth, the former prime minister of mauritius. authorities had earlier raided the home of his close associate, where they reportedly discovered suitcases filled with millions of pounds in cash spanning more than a dozen currencies, along with luxury items including rolex and cartier watches. and crucially, get this. uk visas. how the hell did they amassed millions in cash and uk visas? one of the associates of the former pm allegedly found with some of the money claims mr jugnauth had asked him in january last month to hold the cash on his behalf. mr jugnauth's lawyer, ralph global, said the allegations against his client were bogus and no incriminating evidence was found at his address. so what do we know as facts then, about mr jugnauth and the whole chagos

saga in general? well, he was the pm of mauritius as recently as november and took calls with sir keir starmer in the first five months of the labour government last year as they negotiated the chagos surrender deal negotiated the chagos surrender deal. jugnauth also met a one, david lammy, the foreign secretary at the foreign office in london, a few weeks after our general election in july. and in 2022, mrjugnauth, here he is. he attended the state funeral of queen elizabeth in london and was photographed greeting the king. meanwhile, keir starmer's good friend and confidant philippe sands kc, has been head of legal counsel for mauritius since 2010, acting for mauritius. here he is. sands has acted against britain, his own country, in three international cases, including the case for britain to give up chagos. here's a clip. and this is a good one of philippe sands saying it's fantastic to humiliate britain on the world stage. >> yeah. when you've been to an international court against your

own country, one and humiliated them completely, they still celebrate you and that is special. i mean, it's slightly said in jest, but how many other countries have the openness of mind and spirit to recognise that a member of their legal community, a barrister in exercise of an independent profession, can be retained by another country to sue profession, can be retained