is britain's newsroom with this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. so starmer is defending zelenskyy. the prime minister says that he stands by ukraine as donald trump calls volodymyr zelenskyy a dictator overnight. the american president slammed europe. >> europe has failed to bring peace and zelenskyy probably wants to. maybe he wants to keep the gravy train going. i don't know what's the problem, but he hasn't been able. he's very upset. >> that sinkhole in surrey is getting ever bigger. a major incident has been declared as a residential road is literally swallowed up, with nearby houses. now at serious risk. >> is zarah sultana inciting hatred? the independent mp has compared reform uk leader nigel farage politics to the british national party and the national front, should she be free to do so. 50. >> so. >> and is laughter the best medicine comedy shows are going to be prescribed to nhs patients to be prescribed to nhs patients to help treat depression in a new trial.

>> and we're in a food waste epidemic. generation z and millennials throw food away before the use by date. why can't they think for themselves? do you take notice of food? labels? >> are and veterans charity plea. the spearhead foundation in salford has 24 hours to raise enough funds to keep their premises. we're hoping you can help them. >> help me quite a bit. i'm a serving soldier. even get to know people that are veterans and i'm no longer in the army. it just means that they've got somewhere to go. >> and what on earth are the bbc doing? if you're struggling for ideas to keep the kids busy over half term? bhavani vardy has this report on bbc london news. >> here at the cutty sark, where all week they've got stories telling sessions, musical performances and interactive exhibits all about the very little known maritime history of lgbtq+ communities.

>> what a load of woke tosh. >> what a load of woke tosh. >> that i saw this morning. i thought, we have to talk about that. so if you're at home with the kids this week, you can take them to the cutty sark and talk about gay naval officers. and what they used to do. is that appropriate? a day out with your kids? >> my dad took me to the cutty sark when i was seven, and i don't think we got any mention. we'd never even heard of gays when i was seven. you know, when i was 14. the world's gone mad. >> well, maybe. >> well, maybe. >> that's a good thing. >> that's a good thing. >> maybe they know. >> maybe they know. >> well, what do you think? at home? let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay. does it matter who the navy used to enjoy each other with all those years ago? yeah. the world might have gone mad. you're with us until midday. let us know your thoughts. sophia wenzler is here with you. news? >> bev and andrew. thank you. your headlines at 9.32. sir keir

starmer has defended ukraine's president zelenskyy, calling him a democratically elected leader after president trump called him after president trump called him a dictator. a downing street spokesperson said the prime minister called mr zelenskyy last night to offer his support. he also added that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime, as the uk did during world war ii. meanwhile, conservative leader kemi badenoch said mr zelenskyy is not a dictator. he is the democratically elected leader of ukraine who bravely stood up to putin's illegal invasion. but the us president has been speaking overnight at an investment forum in miami, where he took aim at president zelenskyy again and europe's handung zelenskyy again and europe's handling of the war. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> and shadow foreign secretary priti patel said trump's comments are clearly not right. but she did say europe must step up. >> what i don't think we should be surprised about, though, are president trump's overall remarks about the rest of

europe, including nato allies, when it comes to defence and security? this war and conflict is the most brutal conflict on our continent since the second world war. and that's why it's vital. it's urgent, and it's essential that britain leads the way. it steps up on defence spending, and at the same time, it does what we did throughout the ukraine conflict. we persuade our european allies and also our nato allies to raise the bar when it comes to defence, security and military support. >> now hamas has handed over the bodies of four hostages today, including the two youngest people held by the terror group since being taken alive in october 7 attack. it includes a mother and two children from the bibas family, whose youngest child was just nine months old. hamas says the fourth body is that of 84 year old oded . that of 84 year old oded. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the heart of the entire nation is torn, adding that israel was dealing with

monsters. meanwhile, six living hostages are due to be freed on saturday. the pope had a peaceful night and ate breakfast. the vatican has said in an update on his health. it comes after it was confirmed he will not take part in this weekend's holy year events. the pontiff has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs as his health continues to present a complex picture. francis has been pope since 2013 and has suffered from influenza and other health problems several times over the past two years, and more than half of gen z nhs staff say work stress has made them sick, according to a new study. under 30 were more likely to be unhappy with their pay and develop work induced illnesses than those aged over 50. the analysis of 20 years of nhs staff surveys by the nuffield trust think tank has revealed a growing gap in staff morale between young and old employees.

now the nhs is facing an exodus of its youngest staff as they find themselves increasingly unhappy at work. those are the latest gb news headlines. 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/poll. >> malcolm grimston james matthewson. >> welcome to britain's newsroom with andrew and bev back together this week live across the uk. so if you woke up this morning thinking you were having a bad day, imagine waking up, opening the curtains and seeing this in the road. this is the sinkhole. >> well. >> well. >> there. >> there. >> are now surrey. >> are now surrey. >> yep, two massive sinkholes. we talk about potholes a lot. well, this makes potholes look fairly innocuous, doesn't it? if you're listening on the radio. >> 65 foot wide. that's incredible. >> 21m long. so it's nearly a

swimming pool's length. >> and it's very deep. and the locals are saying they're blaming heavy lorries going through this small village. this is a small village in surrey and it caused the. but the road was built on sand. >> that's right. so it was a former sand quarry where these houses were built. it's on the a25, the road into godstone, the a25. obviously. can you imagine the disruption that's being caused in that area this morning? it's a major road with loads of trucks go down it. >> 30 houses evacuated, but the house closest to it, the resident flatly refusing to move. don't you love him? >> i just think that's brilliant. >> british. i will not be moved. yeah, it's the sort of wartime spirit, isn't it? >> and why are we seeing these now? forgive me if i've got this wrong, but i don't remember sinkholes being a thing in this country until fairly recently. and apparently it's because you can get quite acidic rainwater dissolving the rock over time. dig into your gcse geography here, everybody. when the material above the underground

void becomes too heavy, loses support, there's just this massive drop into this cavity below. >> but also, when we were kids, we didn't see sinkholes. you didn't see lorries. the size and shape and the weight. >> yes. that's it. very heavy. >> yes. that's it. very heavy. >> juggernauts going through. yeah. and look how heavy cars are now. electric cars. the great environmental. salvation. yeah, they're really heavy. >> we've had these sinkholes in all sorts of places around the country in the last few years. there was one in merthyr tydfil in south wales, appeared at the end of 2024. there was another one in the caledonian road in earlier this year actually in in perth in saint andrews, scotland, may 2020. there was another big one. yorkshire seen them beach crescent in broughty ferry . ferry. >> and but these houses by the sinkhole were only built three years ago. i wonder if that's a factor. >> well, it's it raises all sorts of questions, doesn't it? and is it the kind of thing

you're worried about if you are in that area this morning? >> do get. >> do get. >> in touch. please get in touch with us, gbnews.com/yoursay, and let us know how disruptive this has been. >> if you are the gentleman in that house right opposite that sinkhole who's refusing to move. we'd like to talk 154