excitement is extraordinary. tonight on the show, we'll discuss the ukraine deal. is there more for us to hear.7 but are we giving a fair deal to the ukrainians? jd vance on the stage here this morning, reiterating every word he said in munich about the failings of europe and what's gone wrong, we'll debate that. and joining me later in the program, tim kennedy, former ufc expert, will talk about how ufc and trump have become so closely associated. but before all of that, let's get the news with sam francis. >> nigel, thank you very much indeed. and good evening to you. it is exactly 7:00 and the top story tonight. the uk and norway are ramping up their defence efforts in the arctic as russia's growing aggression has sparked urgent talks between the two nations. the defence secretary met with his norwegian counterpart earlier as the uk pushes to protect vital undersea

cables from potential russian sabotage. and with tensions growing since moscow's invasion of ukraine, john healey declared britain is determined to lead in european security, bolstering nato and strengthening defence in the high north. the move comes amid fears of russian interference in key european infrastructure, including in the baltic sea. well, speaking earlier, john healey also vowed to step up further support for ukraine, saying we must keep them 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. >> john healey there, speaking earlier this afternoon. well, the us vice president says everything is on the table in russia—ukraine negotiations, echoing president donald trump's stance on a possible resolution

with russia. jd vance spoke earlier at the conservative political action conference in washington, tackling us ties to europe and the war in ukraine. on europe, he says the us will maintain important alliances, but says their strength depends on whether european countries move, he says, in the right direction. and vance also defended trump's recent call with vladimir putin, arguing that peace is in the interest of both the united states and europe. >> he wants the killing to stop. he wants to bring lasting peace to europe. he doesn't just want to europe. he doesn't just want to stop it now and have the war restart a month from now. he wants to bring lasting peace to europe because the president believes this and he's absolutely right. peace is in the interest of russia. it's in the interest of russia. it's in the interest of ukraine. it's in the interest of ukraine. it's in the interest of europe. but most importantly, peace is in the interest of the american people. >> back here at home. the army has apologised to the family of teenage soldier lee beck, admitting it failed to protect her before she sadly took her own life. a coroner ruled the 19

year old's suicide followed an intense period of unwelcome behaviour from her boss, who sent thousands of messages to her on whatsapp. her mother says no apology will ever bring her daughter back. after beck also reported a separate senior soldier for alleged sexual misconduct. >> no apology will ever bring our daughter back. this message to keir starmer, 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. >> 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 chairman. the bbc said it had not been informed of the family connection in advance of the film's production, and has apologised for the admission of those details and royal news. the prince and princess of wales are set to visit south wales next week ahead of saint david's day. catherine, of course, continuing her return to duties after cancer treatment, will join william in pontypridd on the 26th of february. the couple will meet locals affected by flooding from storm bert and storm daragh in december, and they'll also tour a local market, helping to prepare welsh cakes and explore a community garden and woodland. what a way to spend the afternoon. those are the latest headlines from the newsroom. now let's head straight back to maryland and nigel farage. >> 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. >> yep, it's the annual c—pac conference and today falls on day 30 of the trump administration being in power. and boy, they have been moving at breakneck speed on a variety of issues, including one that trump promised during the campaign and actually for the previous two years that he would address, namely, the war in ukraine. and as you well know, negotiations have begun. he spoke at length on the phone to vladimir putin, and the teams met in saudi arabia earlier on this week. jd vance this morning, speaking here at the conference, backing up that the aim and the objective that the americans have is to be the broker for a lasting peace. but there were some comments that trump made yesterday about

zelenskyy from ukraine that have led to, let's say, some degree of controversy. but let me ask you at home, is peace on the way? what do you think? farage and gb news. com. what i would say is we haven't heard everything yet. it's slightly premature to rush to judgement on what this will look like by the end. this is a process. it's a negotiation. it's going to take weeks, maybe months to fully complete. what would be goodisif fully complete. what would be good is if we could head towards a ceasefire at some point in the next few weeks. do i agree with every single word the president says? look, the old saying, and it's true. you should always take trump seriously, but not necessarily always take him literally. and all i can say is, thank goodness somebody is trying to look for a peace deal. after nearly three years and something like 1 million battle

casualties. just think about that for a moment. joining me here live at cpac, katie mcfarland, former deputy national security advisor to this great country, author, many other things and someone that knows donald trump, donald trump's mind and the way that he works pretty well. well, he said he'd attempt peace. is he off to a good start? >> no, he's off to a fantastic start. i mean, if you think back to the biden administration, they said they determined, well, we could never trust vladimir putin to keep a deal. therefore, we're never going to sit down and negotiate with him. and so what's the answer? well, we're just going to keep going on and on and on and forever war that's going to be frozen a war of attrition. president trump comes in and says, well, you're going to have a deal. you got to sit down at the table. so let's talk. and i think that's where he's going. you know, somebody told me once and this is a way of really understanding president trump. he's a real estate developer. yeah. he doesn't think in terms of six months, 12 months, a year. he thinks in terms of 20 years. so he's looking at ukraine and he's

thinking, what's the long game here? ukraine isn't going to win a war against russia. it's never going to happen no matter how much aid you give them. but ukraine could win the peace. now, how do they win the peace? yeah, because we go in and help them develop their rare earth minerals and a lot of their natural resources. >> i mean, look, america could go in, could develop mineral resources. it could be good for american companies. equally, if the deal is right. very, very good for the ukrainian economy as well. and i get that and i understand that. i guess the biggest problem here and nuances and perceptions are different. you know, there's a very big ocean between yourselves and europe, whereas for poland, for the baltic states, for others, you know, this is happening right on their doorstep. and they've seen wave after wave, putin expanding russia. so surely what we also have to do here, not just get putin to the table. that's been done. and that's a good thing. somehow ukraine is going to need some security guarantees, isn't it? >> yeah. and here's how you get

those security. there's several ways to skin this cat. number one,