top two spots in the election. is this another vote against mass migration in europe? >> friedrich merk is set to be the new chancellor of germany, the new chancellor of germany, the afd in second place. but what does that mean for uk politics? >> and it's three years to the day since the russian invasion of ukraine. president zelenskyy is ready to quit his position. he says to secure peace if there is a table at nato for his country. >> what i have seen only makes me more determined to stand up for ukraine, to put them in the best possible position and make sure they have the security that they need. >> and they're going to be walking the trump tightrope. sir keir starmer and french president emmanuel macron have agreed to deliver a united message on ukraine. when they meet president trump this week. it's going to be fascinating. >> and he's still in a critical condition. pope francis, suffering from early kidney failure as he continues to

battle pneumonia. we'll have the latest. >> and more thought police in the uk. a grandmother in greater manchester had officers visit her home over facebook posts that were criticising labour councillors. she now says she's too afraid to say anything. >> put your clothes on. there's a storm brewing between actress and a local parish council, which is trying to ban nude sunbathing on a suffolk beach. we're going to be talking to one of the nude bathers. >> and meghan bullying claims. one of the prince and princess of wales's most trusted advisers has broken his silence in a new interview. >> i am very concerned that the duchess was able to bully two pas out of the household in the past year. >> that naked beach story. >> that naked beach story.

>> andrew pierce fascinating. >> andrew pierce fascinating. >> just what we need on a monday morning. >> something a little interesting. >> what silly old po faced pansh >> what silly old po faced parish councils let him get on with it. they don't want to see the sun nude sunbathing. don't go to the beach. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> surely you have a right to get your bits out on the beach on a hot day if you want to. it is one specific beach. it's been a nudist beach for more than 20 years. and now, of course, local councils are saying can't do that any more. do we live in saudi arabia? that's what. >> i want to know. there are i or 2 people around here i wouldn't want to see on a nude beach. >> no names, no. >> no names, no. >> names, no pack. >> names, no pack. >> drill gbnews.com/yoursay. so let us know your thoughts this morning. first though, here's the latest news with lewis mckenzie. >> bev and andrew. thank you very much. good morning. it's just after 9:30. i'm lewis mckenzie here in the newsroom now. today marks the three year anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. president vladimir putin announced the offensive during a televised address to the to support

russian backed separatist regions in the donbas. to mark the event. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is currently welcoming leaders to the support ukraine summit in attendance. our european commission president ursula von der leyen, european council president antonio costa and the leaders of canada, finland, denmark, norway and sweden. downing street says the prime minister spoke with nato secretary general mark rutte, where they agreed there would be no negotiations about ukraine without ukraine. president zelenskyy says he's willing to give up his position as president in exchange for peace, or at least nato membership. sir keir starmer has urged donald trump to stand by ukraine with a security guarantee, and warned a bad peace deal would be a disaster for everyone. now bringing you some breaking news, local media are reporting that an explosion has been heard near the russian

consulate in the french city of marseille, with fire and rescue services on the scene. russian state media are now reporting that there has been an explosion inside of the consulate, and they say it looks like an act of terrorism. there was no word on any casualties as of yet, and no immediate information on the extent of the damage. we'll of course, bring you the very latest as and when we have it moving on. the vatican says pope francis remains in hospital, where he's also experienced mild kidney problems but continues to be alert and well orientated. pope francis has asked for prayers as he continues to receive treatment in hospital for double pneumonia. the vatican also says the 88 year old spent a tranquil night in hospital in rome last night. germany's conservative christian democrat party have won the country's election. frederick merz party finished well ahead of rival parties, but short of the 30% vote share they had

expected. the other winners of the night were the right wing alternative for germany party, who are celebrating a record second place result of just over 20% share of the vote. the cdu leader now begins the arduous task of forming a new coalition government . nigel farage has hit government. nigel farage has hit out at sir keir starmer after the pm accused the reform leader of perpetuating dangerous policies. in a major speech at the labour conference in glasgow, the pm condemned what he is calling the dangerous right wing politics of reform uk. >> a dangerous right wing politics. even here in scotland. that will say they are the ones who can tilt politics towards the interests of working people. they claim to be the party of patriotism, but their fawning over putin. no, they are not the answer for working people in

britain. >> a british couple in their 70s have been arrested by the taliban in afghanistan, 79 year old peter reynolds and his wife barbie, who's 75, were returning to their home in the east of the country on the 1st of february when they were detained. the couple have been running training programs in afghanistan for about 18 years. it's currently not known exactly what the couple were arrested for, and finally, the flying scotsman has made its first passenger journey of the year as it hauled carriages on the nene valley railway in cambridgeshire as part of a celebration of 200 years of british railways. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. more from me in half an hour's time. for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/poll.

>> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> very good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom andrew and bev with you on till midday now. you get a knock at the door or the doorbell and it's the police. there's almost nothing more terrifying, is there? >> it's so long since it's happened, and i can't remember how i would have reacted if it happened again. >> but you presume. >> but you presume. >> the worst. or you think, oh, no, something's happened to my mum or my son, or, you know, you just imagine the fear. well, this poor grandmother in greater manchester got that? apparently, they rang the doorbell. she's got one of those camera bells. so she saw it was the police. and she rushed home thinking. what's happened? >> somebody had died. >> somebody had died. >> and guess what the police were there for. would you like to read andrew what she wrote on facebook? this is extraordinary. >> this is george orwell. officially. now, these are the thought police who, instead of stopping real crime, turned up at her door to say there had been a complaint because she put on social media. remember the fuss? we reported here extensively on gb news about the

minister who had to resign as a health minister because he put offensive things on, on, on a whatsapp group about pensioners and various things. so this lady, 54 year old granny from stockport, who's a school administrator, said, oh, will councillor sedgwick, will you be resigning? gosh, that's offensive and shocking isn't it? and another one, she said. not looking good for councillor sedgwick. so two coppers, plain clothes turn up to say we've had a complaint. you have to think about your language. why should she? >> and i think the most chilling part of this story is that she now says i'm too frightened to. i'm now too terrified, she said, to post on social media again. >> so that's job done for the police. >> job done. silence us. just shut it down. we don't want debate. we don't want criticism with the labour government. we do as we say, not as. >> she did say to police officers. i'm amazed you're here. have i done anything wrong? no, but we're just giving you advice. and then she said, it's a pity you weren't here a bit more quickly when we

complained about the spate of cars getting nicked from her street. yeah, and the coppers said, oh, i'm not getting into that. no, of course not. now look who sends the police officers to do it in the first place. it's the chief inspector. is it the chief constable? >> well, which. >> well, which. >> also which busybody 1536 00:09:16,160 --> 00:0