the country. for the country. >> but as the prime minister and other european leaders head to washington, d.c. this week, how will they navigate an american president who thinks this. >> could have been settled very easily? just a half a half baked negotiator could have settled this years ago. >> change in germany. as the conservative cdu claimed victory. but it's the surging adf in second place, which will send shockwaves throughout europe. >> the pope remains in a critical condition as the vatican reveals an initial mild kidney problem. as millions of catholics around the world continue to pray for his recovery. >> let's dance. broadcasting legend angela rippon joins us live in the studio to discuss her nationwide campaign to use dance to improve your health, connect with others and have

fun. >> danger to life. amber weather this morning. >> dangere's very this morning. >> danger to very this morning. >> danger to life. weather >> danger to life. amber weather alert is issued for the uk as alert is issued for the uk as heavy rain and deep floods hit heavy rain and deep floods hit parts of wales overnight. here's parts of wales overnight. here's what to expect for the rest of what to expect for the rest of the day. the day. >> after an unsettled sunday. >> after an unsettled sunday. monday promises sunny spells for monday promises sunny spells for many of us. i'll have all of the many of us. i'll have all of the details coming up shortly. details coming up shortly. >> and in the sport this morning >> and in the sport this morning the premier league title is now the premier league title is now liverpool's to lose with 11 liverpool's to lose with 11 games to go. they beat games to go. they beat manchester city two nil. rangers manchester city two nil. rangers have sacked their manager have sacked their manager philippe clement, after 16 philippe clement, after 16 months in charge and 13 points months in charge and 13 points behind celtic. and the son of an behind celtic. and the son of an ex england footballer who has ex england footballer who has broken a british athletic broken a british athletic record. record. >> i love their very good >> i love their very good morning to you on this monday morning to you on this monday morning. i'm eamonn holmes. morning. i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. is gb news breakfast. i'm very worried about the pope i'm very worried about the pope

this morning. >> well he's very this morning. >> well he's very old and they're now saying there is a kidney problem that goes along with his pneumonia and bronchitis. >> it feels like the pitch is just getting more complicated every single day. there's just another thing to add to it. >> well, it is, i suppose. paul, once you get one of these conditions at that age, it's, you know, it's a downward spiral. >> well, you'd think so. you get one one moment. oh, it's okay then. it's. i don't know how. what do you reckon the press office in the vatican is like? do you reckon it's a very old fashioned sort of situation. do you think the way they would deal with things like the palace would have, would be? >> i'd say they have to be deaung >> i'd say they have to be dealing with the distinct possibility that he may die. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and therefore, i'd say they have to have one arm of the, the press office just dealing with funeral arrangements. and what's going to happen then if, if that was to come about. but it's such a mega thing that they would have to be well prepared for that. >> well, pope francis has made it clear that he wants the communication to be really open

with the public. so that's why we're getting these daily

can you? >> can you? >> can you? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i'd give it to you. >> i'd give it to you. >> but you only get 48 hours to watch. >> it, so you have to watch. >> it, so you have to watch. >> it, like right now. >> it, like right now. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> just you can't do that. but it's very good. >> listen. okay, look, the elephant in the room. when it comes to kong, you can't. obviously you don't want any spoilers, but i got to say, i was slightly disappointed. >> you didn't love it. >> you didn't love it. >> it's not high drama, is it? >> it's not high drama, is it? >> it's not high drama, is it? >> i enjoyed, i thought it was not high drama, but i thought it was dramatic. >> some people say it's very long. >> you know what? it's not though. i mean, that's the thing. most so many like three hours. i think this was two hours. i think this was two hours max. i thought it. >> was very long. a bit like the intro from u2 to this program. >> yes. sorry. >> yes. sorry. >> thank you both very much indeed. what a significant day today is. three years since russia invaded ukraine. keir starmer reaffirming his support for the country. >> instability in europe always washes up on our shores and this is a generational moment. i've been saying for some time that we europeans, including the

united kingdom, have to do more for our defence and security. the us is right about that. in this new era, we can't cling on to the comforts of the past. >> well, overnight, a week on from being branded a dictator by president trump, volodymyr zelenskyy has said he is ready to give up the ukrainian presidency if doing so delivers peace and nato protection. >> also politically, just let's look at germany. friedrich merz is set to become their next chancellor after his centre right christian democratic union won the election on sunday night, with the adf surging to second place, reshaping relations with in europe. political commentator oskar drop with us now with his take on the significance of this. >> yeah, i mean, it's huge. i mean, when we see a momentous moment across the globe in terms of, you know, trump, russia, the ukraine, russia situation, and

then we look at the conservatives, the huge conservative momentum in germany. now we are really starting to see a reshaping on the continent. i think the afd coming in a hugely strong second, really speaks to the fact that a lot of the commentary before the election, and has proved to be the case, which really you can really cut it and shrink it down here, is this was an immigration election, and it is a pattern that we're seeing really starting to emerge right across europe. >> and that include the uk. >> and that include the uk. >> well, if you were. >> well, if you were. >> to hold a general election here, do you think that would be reflected? >> i think i mean, look, the politics moves incredibly quickly now, you know, the weather changes. you know, every every five minutes it feels like. but you really do start to see, you know, people like nigel farage and the reform party, you know, they will identify these patterns that we're seeing right across the world, actually on stuff like immigration. and they will think, you know, when they

look at their polling numbers, you know, if we had an election this time next week in the uk, we would see a similar kind of resurgence of, of, of the right in this country, but with things as they are on the kind of geopolitical kind of footing at the moment. >> well, i mean, when you look at things in germany, this is not an angela merkel germany, is it? >> no. it's funny, as i was saying, how things, how fast things change, it's a completely different germany now. and actually, i would say that there are regular ordinary folk in that country that feel very similarly to regular ordinary folk in, in here in the uk. and so, you know, it's going to be fascinating, fascinating if this trend, you know, comes across to the uk in, in what will fly by in the next kind of 3 or 4 years. >> absolutely. and can we talk about zelenskyy please. because remarkable from him really saying he'd quit the presidency if it brings peace and nato

protection, do you think he'd get it? >> so i remember being at number 10 around the time that the war first started three years ago, and i was completely taken, wasn't privy to. so, you know, i'm not going to inflate my importance. but being in that building at that time, i was completely taken by the strength and heroic ness of zelenskyy. and i think sometimes you just have to call things as you see them and, you know, to call that man a dictator. don't get me wrong, politics is complicated and they're complicated. in ukraine they have been for many years, but is just the most horrific, horrific term. you could call someone like zelenskyy and proving that, saying that this is not about him. it never was about him, actually this war. it's about protecting his people, his sovereign nation, ukraine, and for him to step aside if they were granted nato status, i think completely speaks to that on a really automatic level.

it's going to be very, very difficult to get putin to agree to something like that. but but the f