12:00 on tuesday the 18th of february. i'm tom harwood. >> and i'm emily carver. >> and i'm emily carver. >> the deal in the desert as peace talks take place between the united states and russia. that's all taking place in saudi arabia. european leaders engage in a war of words following starmers peace proposals. we're heanng starmers peace proposals. we're hearing from a former defence minister. >> we are indeed. and some breaking news to bring you in the last hour. the most senior judge in england and wales has written to sir keir starmer over last week's prime minister's questions. he told reporters she's told reporters she's deeply troubled by an exchange about an immigration tribunal decision. will reveal what exactly she said. >> and the delta miracle. all 80 passengers survived this shocking crash in toronto as a flight crashes, flips upside down, all whilst landing at pearson international airport. we'll show you the shocking video and hear from an airline pilot. >> and is doctor who being exterminated.7 woke storylines.

abysmal ratings, fan backlash? well, it's led many to believe that the bbc will axe the show after 62 years. is it time to shelve the series or can the doctor be resuscitated? >> jay review. >> jay review. >> keir starmer starting to look a little lonely on the international stage, don't you think, tom? >> it was not a successful emergency summit in paris, that is for sure. i mean, grand ideas going in , big sort of going in, big sort of announcements, especially from the british, but ultimately just these european countries would not put their money where their mouth is when it comes to the security of ukraine. >> yeah. i mean, keir starmer has spent however many months speaking very fondly of the european union, trying to meet as many european leaders as possible. heck, he went to a council meeting which a british prime minister wouldn't usually go to when we're not a part of

the european union. and then germany says, we've read your little police plan and we don't agree with you, and we won't be deploying troops. so you're on your own. it does great. is it a bit of a humiliation? maybe. >> and yet this is the start of it. the prime minister will flying off to washington, dc. next week, meeting with trump. i suppose he would wanted to go there saying, i speak for europe. europe will do what i say. and yet what happened yesterday means he'll be going to. he'll be going to trump saying, i'm not even sure i speak for myself. >> i don't know, it's just looks a little naive to have so prematurely said, okay, we're going to we're going to be ready to station these troops. i mean, he was reading from a script when he was talking about british troops, you know, who have families in this country, families who are worrying about their safety and security. and he's reading from his script saying, i'm willing to consider putting british troops in harm's way. okay, keir, but have you thought it through? >> well, we're going to be

showing you that video, and i'll ask you what you make of it to sendin ask you what you make of it to send in your views and post your comments at gbnews.com/win. all to come, of course, after your latest news headlines with tatiana. >> tom, thank you very much. the top story sir keir starmer says any ukraine peace deal would require a us backstop to deter russia from attacking ukraine again. speaking after a meeting with european leaders in paris, the prime minister repeated that he'd considered deploying uk troops to ukraine in the event of a lasting peace agreement. german chancellor olaf scholz said discussing sending troops at present was completely premature. well, that's as us and russia's most senior officials have been holding talks in saudi arabia today after us president donald trump announced peace talks with russia, transport secretary heidi alexander told gb news we need to find a way to create everlasting peace for ukraine. >> what we can't have is a situation where there is a

temporary pause in hostilities, say, which allows putin to return with a territorial incursion into a sovereign country, which leads to the resumption of aggression. and so i think what keir was doing there was talking to other european leaders. he will be also talking to the us president in the coming days. and he has been clear that we are willing to consider playing our role in the future security of ukraine. but that must be done in partnership with the us. >> elsewhere, the lady chief justice, the head of the judiciary for england and wales, has said she is deeply troubled by an exchange at the latest prime minister's questions between sir keir starmer and kemi badenoch about an immigration tribunal decision. dufing immigration tribunal decision. during pmqs last week, the prime minister said a decision allowing a palestinian family the right to remain in the uk after they applied through a

scheme designed for ukrainian refugees, was wrong. and home secretary yvette cooper had got her team working on closing the loophole. the family had an appeal against the decision , appeal against the decision, dismissed by a first tier immigration tribunal judge in september, and a further appeal was allowed by upper tribunal judges. last month, kemi badenoch raised the case, describing the decision as completely wrong. well, the lady chief justice, baroness carr, said she was deeply troubled to learn of the exchanges between the prime minister and miss badenoch. she went on to say it's for the government visibly to respect and protect the independence of the judiciary. some breaking news now. the british couple detained in iran have been charged with espionage, according to the iranian judiciary news agency. the pair were named by their family yesterday as craig and lyndsey foreman. iranian state media said last week that the couple were in custody in iran's southeastern city of kerman on security related charges. more on that as we get it. the vatican has cancelled pope

francis's weekend engagements as the pontiff battles a complex respiratory infection. the 88 year old has been in rome's gemelli hospital since friday for bronchitis treatment. yesterday, the vatican said his respiratory tract infection was presenting a complex clinical picture and he would need to remain in hospital. that evening, the vatican said the p0pe evening, the vatican said the pope was in a stable condition with no fever. elsewhere, official figures have shown that wages have risen, while unemployment unexpectedly saw no change. the office for national statistics says uk average regular earnings growth rose to 5.9% in the three months to december. it marks the third month in a row of wage growth after falling for a year. in november, both basic pay excluding bonuses and average weekly earnings, rose at an annual rate of 5.6%. that unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.4%. plans to restructure thames water have been approved by a high court judge, just weeks before the struggling utility was set to

run out of money. thames water utilities holdings limited is an around £16 billion of debt, and it needed 3.3 billion over the next five years to keep running. well, the company's lawyers say they have now secured a loan of up to £3 billion for from a smaller group of secondary creditors who proposed a alternative plan b, thames water chairman sir adrian montague says the approval of that rescue loan marks a significant milestone , and all of the milestone, and all of the passengers and crew on a flight that crashed and overturned while landing at toronto pearson airport in canada have survived. there were 76 passengers on board and four crew members. at least 18 people were injured, though, in the crash that left the aircraft upside down. three of those injured are still in a critical condition. the fire chief added there had been no crosswinds and the runway was dry at the time of the incident. canada police says it still doesn't know the circumstances surrounding the crash. and those are the latest headlines for

now. more from me in half an houn >> good afternoon britain. it's eight minutes past midday now. let's start with that. breaking news from within the last hour. the most senior judge in england the most seniorjudge in england and wales has written to sir keir starmer over last week's prime minister's questions, telling reporters she was deeply troubled. >> yes, during prime minister's questions last week, you may remember, sir keir starmer said a decision allowing a palestinian family the right to remain in the uk after they appued remain in the uk after they applied through a scheme designed for ukrainian refugees, was wrong. >> well, let's get more with our home and security editor mark white. mark, this is a significant development. >> it's an extraordinary intervention by baroness sue, the lady chief justice, the most senior judge the lady chief justice, the most seniorjudge in the land, saying that she was deeply troubled that she was deeply troubled that politicians should discuss this and effectively criticise a judge in this case, a judge who

interpreted the european convention of human rights right to a family to effectively allow what was designed as a resettlement scheme for ukrainians to be used in such a manner that a family from gaza was allowed to come over to manner that a family from gaza was allowed to c