behind the the ceasefire deal. behind the coffins, a picture of the victims with wording blaming the israeli government for the deaths. we're speaking to a former adviser to benjamin netanyahu. >> yes. and this comes as the bbc is forced to apologise for letting the son of a hamas government minister narrate a primetime documentary on the conflict. they've been accused of failing to carry out the most bafic of failing to carry out the most basic journalistic checks. >> and elsewhere, we're speaking to a councillor in surrey. as reports emerge, a second sinkhole has opened in the village of godstone. what's going on.7 are these sinkholes growing and multiplying? and when on earth can residents return home? >> and it's revealed that comedy shows are set to be prescribed by the nhs for patients struggling with mental health conditions. we're asking, is comedy the best medicine, or has the nhs become a laughing stock? hahaha. oh, okay.

>> we should mention, of course the reform party has changed its structure today. in the last hour or so it's been announced. it's been updated on the companies house website no less. no longer a company limited by shares, majority owned by nigel farage, are now a non—profit, a more regular structure for a political party. >> now, this is what a lot of people have been asking for, isn't it? within the party and supporters of the party saying, you know, this can't just be all owned by one person. it needs to be democratised and things like that. so we're getting stuck into that with our political editor and others as well. but also a question for the reform party. they've so far been accused of being pretty much silent on the issue of trump and ukraine and zelenskyy. and of course, trump has said some very controversial things in the last couple of days about the negotiations, about how he sees president zelenskyy over in ukraine, the amount of discussions he's had with

vladimir putin. do they need to make clear their position on everything the tories have? labour has? do they need to their 27 points? they're the biggest party in terms of the polling at the moment. >> that's true. but of course, donald trump seemed to suggest this week that ukraine started the war. a bizarre position which is supported, according to a yougov poll, by just 3% of people in britain. if reform attached themselves to that sort of thinking, might their polling go down? of course, nigel hasn't been able to speak about this yet. he's flying over to the united states today, but that in itself creates a bit of a problem. i mean, speaking. >> well, maybe they want. >> well, maybe they want. >> to this issue. >> to this issue. >> maybe they want to speak to trump first, find out what's going on and then and then put forward a position i don't know gbnews.com/yoursay let us know your thoughts, but it's the headunes your thoughts, but it's the headlines with sophia wenzler. >> tom. emily. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust

>> tom. emily. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone. 12:00. these are your headlines. sir keir starmer has defended ukraine's president zelenskyy, calling him a democratically elected leader 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. >> president zelenskyy talked the united states of america into spending $350 billion to go into spending $350 billion to go into a war that basically couldn't be won. 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. he's been working for three years. he's never been even meetings or phone calls to stop this war. it's a horrible thing. he refuses to have elections. his low in the real ukrainian polls. i mean, how can you be high with every city is being demolished? it's hard to be. somebody said, oh no, his polls are good. give me a break. >> shadow foreign secretary priti patel told gb news. 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. >> meanwhile, culture secretary lisa nandy said we must stick together in the face of russian aggression. >> minister has been clear that all of our european allies and the uk have to increase defence spending, but we need to stick together with our nato allies. the one thing we cannot afford to allow to happen is for us to be divided in the face of russian aggression. that's why the prime minister was with european leaders over the weekend. it's why he spoke to president zelenskyy to reaffirm our support for ukraine last night. and it's why he's flying to washington next week to meet president trump. >> rachel reeves is hosting another roundtable at downing street with leading bankers and asset managers today to discuss ways to boost the uk's economic growth after pledging to go further and faster. it comes as it's reported the chancellor is considering cuts to the tax free

limit on cash isas, down from 20,000 to 40,000 a year. the meeting also comes off the back of inflation figures, hitting a ten month high, rising to 3%. israel says the coffins of four israeli hostages have now been transported to the country. earlier, hamas handed over the bodies, including that of two of the youngest held by the terror group since being taken alive in the october 7th attack. it includes a mother and two children from the bibas family, whose youngest child was just a nine month old baby. hamas says the fourth body is that of 84 year old oded . israeli prime year old oded. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the heart of the entire nation is torn, adding that israel was deaung is torn, adding that israel was dealing with monsters. meanwhile, six living hostages are due to be freed on saturday. detectives investigating the valentine's day murder of a woman at a kent pub believe the

suspect has died after falling into the river thames. 43 year old lisa smith was killed after she was shot outside a pub in maine road. a car driven by a man known to lisa was found later that evening by officers abandoned on the queen elizabeth bridge. a handgun was found inside the vehicle and enquiries have since established the suspect had entered the water below. and the culture secretary will question bbc bosses about a documentary on gaza that was narrated by the son of a hamas official. the broadcaster has been criticised for gaza how to survive a war zone, which centred on a 13 year old boy who is the son of hamas deputy minister of agriculture. speaking to media today, lisa nandy said she would discuss the matter with the bbc's director general and chairman. the bbc has since said it had not been informed of the family connection in advance by the film's production company, and has apologised for the omission of that detail. those are the

latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tom and emily. >> 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. >> good afternoon britain. it's eight minutes past midday now. our hearts lie in tatters. those were the words of israel's president, isaac herzog . after president, isaac herzog. after hamas returned, the bodies of four hostages, including those of two children. >> he alan milburn arbel. fina nana. the. >> bebe one of the coffins was handed over, as you can hear, hundreds, if not thousands of people there, seemingly celebrating as these coffins

handed over to the red cross, who then returned them to israel. what's there to say, really, about those images, tom? >> yeah, it seems like a festival type atmosphere. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> that sick, sick festival. well, three of the bodies are those of 32 year old shiri bass and her two sons, ariel and dvir, who were just four years and nine months old. >> yes, hamas say the fourth bodyis >> yes, hamas say the f