this uk. now your headlines this houn uk. now your headlines this hour. nigel farage distances himself from his good friend, president donald trump, by backing ukrainian president zelenskyy. >> zelenskyy is not a dictator. but but it's only right and proper that ukrainians have a timeline for elections. >> meanwhile, genuinely shocking scenes from gaza this morning as hamas hands over the bodies of israeli hostages for the first time as part of the ceasefire deal time as part of the ceasefire deal. behind the coffins, a picture of the victims, with wording blaming the israeli government for the deaths and receding hairlines, strong facial hair and wrinkly forehead. no, that's not me. the perfect description of a child. well, that's what immigration judges are saying about an asylum seeker the home office says is at least 23 years old. and a second sinkhole has opened in the village of godstone.

>> borehole testing is due to take place here in surrey. to find out exactly what caused these giant sinkholes. >> and just in breaking news, amazon have taken full creative control of the james bond franchise. what will that mean for 007.7 shaken or stirred? that's for 007? shaken or stirred? that's all coming up. for you. that's all coming up. for you. that's interesting news, isn't it? i'm so glad we got a picture of roger moore. and it's always my favourite live and let die. but this show is not about martin daubney, although i will mention him a little bit because it's always fun, isn't it? take mickey out of him when he's not here. and it's not about me. it is all about you and your views. and it's really, really simple to join in. important news day today. lots of big stories, but we are going to have some fun as well. so join in and get your comments coming in to gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we get cracking, let's get the

news headlines with sam francis. >> dawn, thank you very much, and good afternoon to you from the newsroom. at 3:02, the uk and norway have signed a landmark declaration to forge a major new agreement and step up defences against growing russian threats. the defence secretary is currently in norway, amid warnings that russia has long been developing the ability to sabotage critical underwater systems, and could use it in a future conflict. both nations are now tightening intelligence sharing, ramping up military training and deploying cutting edge surveillance to detect potential attacks beneath the sea. well, speaking in a press conference earlier with his counterpart john healey, he also vowed to step up further support for ukraine. he says we must keep the ukrainians in the fight. >> our job is to stand with the ukrainians, support the ukrainians, support the ukrainians, support them ukrainians, support them in ukrainians, support the m in

their fight and if they choose to talk, support them in the negotiations as well. and i'm a defence minister and i don't want to see us jeopardising the peace by forgetting the war. >> meanwhile, the reform uk leader, nigel farage has said that the ukrainian president is not a dictator and that russia is to blame for the invasion. that comes after president donald trump doubled down on his criticism of volodymyr zelenskyy overnight, calling him a dictator and warning zelenskyy that he better move fast to negotiate an end to russia's invasion of ukraine. or, he said, risk not having a nation to lead. speaking on gb news, farage said you should always take everything donald trump says seriously but that you shouldn't always take things he says absolutely, literally. he also later added let's be clear zelenskyy is not a dictator. the kremlin has also hit out at a proposal by sir keir starmer to send uk troops to ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission. the prime minister said

british troops could be deployed there as part of a peace deal, but the kremlin said it wouldn't work for russia because it would involve forces from a nato member state and therefore have ramifications for russia's security. israel says the coffins of four israeli hostages have now been transported to israel. earlier, hamas handed over the bodies, including the two 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 nine months old. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the heart of the entire israeli nafion the heart of the entire israeli nation is torn, adding that israel was dealing with monsters. meanwhile, six living hostages are still to be freed on saturday. the army's failure to properly investigate abuse complaints did contribute to the suicide of a teenage soldier, a coroner has ruled today. jason lebeck, who was 19 years old, was found dead in her room in wiltshire in 2021 after months

of harassment from her superior, ryan mason, who sent her thousands of whatsapp messages. she also accused another senior soldier of assault, but her complaint was dismissed as a minor administrative action. well, her mother has been speaking today after the results of that inquiry and said no apology will ever bring her daughter back. >> no apology will ever bring our daughter back. this message to keir, sir, to sir keir starmer, our government. things need to change. the army cannot be allowed to investigate itself anymore when it comes to cases of sexual harassment, assault, bullying and abuse. >> turning to news in sport and former spanish footballer chief luis rubiales, i should say has been found guilty over kissing player jenni hermoso without

playerjenni hermoso without consent after the women's world cup final in 2023. he has been ordered to pay a fine worth more than ,10,000, but the spanish high court has acquitted him of coercion. prosecutors had demanded a prison sentence for rubiales, but the ex—football chief had grabbed hermoso by the head and kissed her on the lips dunng head and kissed her on the lips during that world cup, which she said has always repeatedly not been consensual. 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 the programme, which centred on a 13 year old boy who is the son of hamas deputy minister of agriculture. speaking to the media today, lisa nandy said she would discuss the matter with the bbc's director general and the bbc's director general and the chairman. the bbc, though, said it had not been informed of the family connection in advance of the film's production and has apologised for the admission of that detail. and let's just

bnng that detail. and let's just bring you some more on that breaking news that dawn mentioned at the top of the hour that the james bond franchise is moving on from the broccoli dynasty as barbara broccoli and michael g. wilson have stepped down after decades at the helm. the pair, whose family launched the films in 1962, are now handing creative control to amazon mgm studios in a major shake—up. it follows years of speculation about bond's future, four years after daniel craig's final outing in no time to die. broccoli and wilson, though, will stay on as co—owners, but amazon will now take the lead on the iconic spy series. those are the iconic spy series. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you in half an houn i'll be back with you in half an hour. now, though, it's over to dawn. >> thank you very much. now, as the rift between volodymyr zelenskyy and donald trump deepens after the us president described his ukrainian counterpart as a dictator, nigel farage has given mr zelenskyy

his backing. >> putin that invaded, it's him that's behaved badly. he's been brought to the table and now what needs to happen, what needs to happen is ukraine needs to get proper security guarantees, because i think it's fair to say that after the minsk agreement back in the 1990s, they were let down. they feel sore about that. we've got to put something in place that gives ukraine security guarantees. and if we do that and if they're right and if they hold, then we will get a good and a lasting peace deal. and surely that matters more than absolutely everything. >> interesting. of course it does. and lots more on this now with gb news political editor, the wonderful christopher hope. mr hope, this is a very fine line for both nigel farage and keir starmer to tread. keeping everybody on side. what do you make of what farage just said? >> well. >> well. >> all eyes are on farage today, dawn. now he's spoken on gb news. let's go back 24 hours. we

heard from kemi badenoch, she said in response to that extraordinary statement on truth social by donald trump, that zelenskyy is not a dictator, which he isn't. he's elected, although he postponed elections from last year to be re—elected. and then we heard from late last night from the pm sir keir starmer he spoke to zelenskyy zelenskyy himself, and he said he expressed support for him, the spokesman said, as ukraine's democratically elected leader. and that's correct, of course, and perfectly reasonable, he said, to suspend elections as 1500 00:09:30,504