>> very, very good afternoon to you and a happy monday. it's 3:00. welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news. we're broadcasting for you today. we're back live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, sir keir starmer has arrived in paris as he's meeting with european leaders for an emergency summit on the situation in ukraine. the pm stated he is ready and willing to put british soldiers on the ground in ukraine to help protect it against russian aggression. is this our national duty or should we stay out of a war that is none of our business? and what do a jamaican drug dealer who promised to smoke and not sell drugs, and a cuban woman who came to britain to visit her dead boyfriend have in common? that's right. they were both granted the right to remain in britain. two cases that prove the lunatics have taken over our asylum system once again. and faced with spiralling rapes for the first time, finland has published sex

crime data by nationality. astonishingly, syrians were 15 times more likely to offend and afghans and congolese 12 times more likely. at last, is it time for the same damning data to be published in the united kingdom? and when an uber eats customer complained that his female delivery rider arrived, as will a man, he started a global conversation about scams and illegal workers that's now had 26 million interactions. i'll be joined by him today as he asks, is it time to boycott the black market economy? that's all coming on today's show. well, the show was glad to have your company. what a treat. today i've got mark white in the studio with me and chris hope sandwiched in between two legends. we will have the full analysis on the ukrainian show. is it turning into a sideshow where europe is basically irrelevant? the european union

totally an echo chamber. donald trump is in town doing a direct deal with vladimir putin. even zelenskyy can't get a look in. but more to the point, does this mean the spectre of british boots on the ground? is that something that you would want to happen? or should we stay away from a war a long, long way away? get in touch. usual ways gbnews.com/yoursay. but now here's your headlines, and it's katy bowman. >> martin. >> martin. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and good afternoon. it's 3:02. these are your latest headunes 3:02. these are your latest headlines from the bebe newsroom. >> as you've been. >> as you've been. >> hearing, european leaders, including the prime minister, are gathering in paris this afternoon for an emergency summit on the situation in ukraine. the meeting comes after. >> the prime minister. >> the prime minister. >> said this morning he's ready and willing to put british troops into the country if a peace deal is reached. sir keir starmer warned that the uk and europe are facing a generational challenge and need to do more to support ukraine.

>> and we must continue to put ukraine in the strongest possible position, whatever happens next. and to make sure that if there is peace and we all want peace, that it is lasting. i think there's a bigger piece here as well, which is that this isn't just about the front line in ukraine, it's the front line in ukraine, it's the front line of europe and of the front line of europe and of the united kingdom. it's about our national security. and i think that we need to do more. we need to step up in terms of our collective response in europe. >> well, the summit. >> well, the summit. >> comes as it was also announced. >> this afternoon that sir keir starmer will meet president trump in washington next week. >> in what will. >> in what will. >> be their first. meeting since mr trump became president. the prime. minister's official spokesman. >> said it was a bid to. >> said it was a bid to. >> deepen the. special relationship. the us. >> top diplomat. >> top diplomat. >> marco rubio, met with. >> marco rubio, met with. >> saudi arabia counterparts. >> saudi arabia counterparts. >> this morning ahead. >> this morning ahead. >> of talks. >> of talks. >> between the. >> between the. >> us and russia. >> us and russia. >> speaking this afternoon,

president zelenskyy said that ukraine will. not participate in these. >> talks. >> talks. >> saying they did not know anything about it. >> doctors have had to. >> doctors have had to. >> change treatment for pope. >> change treatment for pope. >> francis's respiratory tract. infection to tackle a complex clinical situation. >> they say. the 88. >> they say. the 88. >> year old pontiff has been suffering from a respiratory. infection for. >> more than a week. >> more than a week. >> and was admitted to rome's gemelli hospital on friday. the vatican have said that he will remain in hospital for as long as necessary, but that he is in good spirits. back at home. nhs england has revealed that an additional 2 million appointments were delivered dunng appointments were delivered during sir keir starmer's first five months in power. the government says the nhs is on the road to recovery after meeting this goal, and figures show nhs waiting lists continue to fall in december. but the fourth month in. >> a row. >> a row. >> sir keir starmer says he knows the job isn't done and has promised further reforms to deliver faster treatment. the

former prime minister of mauritius and a key figure behind the chagos deal, has appeared in court today after being arrested in connection with money laundering. former prime minister pravind jugnauth has been released on bail following his arrest on charges of money laundering. jugnauth was arrested on sunday after detectives found and seized $2.5 million from his home. last yean million from his home. last year, the government signed the deal year, the government signed the deal, handing the british territory to mauritius, which could cost the taxpayer up to £18 billion. confidence among employers has fallen amid warnings of plans to cut recruitment and increase redundancies, a new report has found. a survey of more than 2000 employers found plans to hire new staff were being hit by impending increases to their national insurance contributions and the national minimum wage. the chartered institute of personnel and development said its study found that a third of businesses expect their employment costs to increase, so

they plan to reduce their headcount through redundancies or recruiting fewer workers. 2 in 5 businesses warned that they will raise prices. 64,000 birds are being culled in northern ireland after a suspected case of bird flu at a commercial poultry farm. northern ireland's department of agriculture, environment and rural affairs was notified about the case on friday and had and the decision has been made to cull all of the birds at the farm as a precautionary measure. a temporary control zone has also been put in place, and samples from the farm have been sent for testing. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to martin. >> thank you very much. now, keir starmer has arrived in paris as the prime minister is meeting with european leaders for an emergency summit on situation in ukraine. the pm has

announced he is ready and willing to put british troops on the ground in ukraine to enforce any peace deal. let's go live now to paris and speak to gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who is there live on the ground. catherine sir keir starmer lands in paris and all talk back in britain is the prospect of british troops being deployed on the ground there in ukraine. tell us more. >> yes. good afternoon. we're just a couple of hundred metres along from the elysee palace, where this emergency summit is taking place. now. in the last few minutes, our camera guy, ollie costello, managed to get footage of the prime minister literally walking along the road to those talks, but he's already made it clear that britain is prepared to send troops to ukraine as part of a peace keeping force. now, look, some countries have already ruled that out. poland has said that's not going to happen. but some

countries, like germany and sweden are talking more open, more open to it. and also france, of course, france and the uk, the biggest military powers in europe. but it's all the big beasts from europe. german chancellor olaf scholz, italy's giorgia meloni, mark rutte, the head of nato, and also ursula von der leyen, the eu commission president. and they've gathered here very quickly. given the speed at which events are moving and europe feeling increasingly left behind, while the united states and russia talk to each other about the future of europe and the future of ukraine. so here in this meeting, they will be talking about potential troops, how any sort of peacekeeping might work if and when we get some sort of ceasefire arrangement, but also, crucially, talking about defence

spending. now, donald trump has said that europe needs to spend 5%. he says they can afford it. and a warning today from the polish. they already spending 4.7%. that's exceptional in europe. but donald tusk is basically saying pay up now says europe needs to step up its spending right now, or it's going to have to spend much, much more down the line. now, sir keir starmer, they've indicated they're going to set out a pathway from 2.3 to 2.5%. no timetable for that. i'm not convinced that's