get your cover from just £15. \ call or go online now to save 20% put the sure in your i travel insurance i >> very, very good afternoon to you. >> it's 3 pm. and welcome to the. martin daubney show here on gb news. we�*re broadcasting for. gb news. we're broadcasting for. you from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show yesterday, sir keir starmer magically solved. >> the uk�*s defence. >> the uk�*s defence. >> budget by slashing foreign aid in half. well, in the past three years. britain has given away. £54 billion overseas. >> and that's. >> and that's. >> ten times the annual fuel allowance bill and 30 times the yearly amount raised by. >> the inheritance. >> the inheritance. >> tax grab on farmers. 50 want to go the full, full monty? is it time to scrap foreign aid altogether? on today�*s show, gb news. >> can. >> can. >> exclusively reveal that 2000

small boats migrants have. >> crossed illegally. >> crossed illegally. >> from france since. >> from france since. >> the. >> the. >> beginning of the year. when will the government start turning it around? and we'll have all the latest reaction to these new depressing numbers. and bearded ballet dancers, skyscrapers and golden statues. no, it's not a dream night out with me. this is appearing in the us president's apparent plans for gaza in an a video. it's an astonishing eye popping. we discuss whether. >> this. >> this. >> really could become a reality. or is it just donald reality. or is itjust donald trump once again trolling the entire world? that's all coming up entire world? that's all coming up in your next hour. and apologies for that chilling vision of a night out with me vision of a night outwith me there. but on a serious point, isn�*t it funny how just a few years ago, it was a right wing opinion position to say, let's slash foreign aid and charity should begin at home the defence of the realm. and yet today at pmqs, of the realm. and yet today at pmos, there�*s barely a murmur to

sir keir starmer's plans. in fact, the conservatives nodded along vociferously. even ed davey was the only person who complained was diane abbott. but i think that's in her dna. but i think that�*s in her dna. but isn�*t. i think that�*s in her dna. but isnt.the i think that�*s in her dna. but isn�*t. the point is, if we can magically solve defence by slashing foreign aid in half, why not go the full monty? why not get rid of foreign aid all together? then we could perhaps keep pensioners warm in the winter and allow farmers to pass on their farms without fear of losing it to the taxman. am i being simplistic, or is that the kind of thing that you would back? let me know by going to gbnews.com/yoursay. but now, as your headlines and here's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. it's just gone 3:00. these are your headlines. kemi badenoch accused the prime minister of copying her proposal to fund an increase in defence spending, with cuts to foreign aid. in a clash at prime minister�*s questions, the prime minister's questions, the conservative leader said she backs the increase. but questions if it's really 13.4

billion a year, as mr starmer claims, or closer to 6 billion, as his defence secretary suggested this morning. >> how is it that the defence secretary says 6 billion and he says 13.4 billion? the ifs said today that the government is playing silly games with numbers. how does he find this difference in numbers? >> however, sir keir starmer insists the figure is correct and accused kemi badenoch of a desperate search for relevance. >> she�*s appointed herself, i think, saviour of the western civilisation. it's a desperate search for relevance. but, mr speaken search for relevance. but, mr speaker, look, if you take the numbers for this financial year and then the numbers for the financial year 2728, that's £13.4 billion increase. that is the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the cold war, which will put us in a position to ensure the security and defence of our country and of europe.

>> in other news, a white house official has said an invitation for ukraine's president zelenskyy to meet donald trump may not make sense, given zelenskyy's comments that zelenskyy�*s comments that a minerals deal is not complete. it comes after zelenskyy said there are no security guarantees yet in the mineral deal between ukraine and the us. ukrainian officials say a deal to share some of ukraine's mineral wealth with the us is agreed, and president trump says he expects zelenskyy to visit the us to sign the deal this week. but speaking in kyiv today, zelenskyy said he still wants security guarantees and the initial deal is more of a framework. gb news can exclusively reveal. more than 2000 small boat migrants have crossed the channel illegally since the start of the year. the latest group of 138 arrived last night, brought into dover by border force after being picked up border force after being picked up in uk waters. earlier, another boat was intercepted after some on board refused french rescue and continued

towards britain. sources say people smugglers are taking bigger risks, launching even in rough seas after weeks of bad weather. the government is pushing new laws to criminalise those who reject rescue, as labour vows to smash the gangs. elsewhere, bp has confirmed a major u—turn on green energy, slashing more than $5 billion from its net zero spending each year and ramping up oil and gas production. bp had pledged to cut oil and gas output by 40% by 2030, but the energy giant will now invest up to $10 billion annually in fossil fuels, an increase of 20%. bp ceo calls it a reset with an unwavering focus on long term shareholder value. environmental groups and some shareholders warn the shift could backfire, while greenpeace says bp should brace for pushback at every turn now, pushback at every turn. now, liverpool boss arne slot has

been named, has been handed a two game ban for confronting the referee after their two two draw with everton. the fa have released an official statement confirming he�*ll miss wednesday's clash with newcastle and southampton�*s visit on the 8th of march. however, he can be on the sidelines for their champions league tie against psg. assistant coach sipke hulshoff is also banned for two games. meanwhile, liverpool and everton have been fined 65,000 and £50,000 for failing to control their players. apple says a bug caused iphones to briefly display trump when users said the word racist. using voice to text clips of the glitch have gone viral, with some trump supporters accusing the tech giant of political bias. apple says it's rolling out a fix, blaming a speech recognition issue that briefly suggests words with phonetic similarities. it comes amid

wider concerns over political bias in tech, after meta was accused of automatically making users follow trump and vpjd users follow trump and vp jd vance after the us election. and going for gold. presenter henry kelly has died at the age of 78, his family has confirmed. the dublin born writer and broadcaster died peacefully on tuesday after a period of ill health, the statement said. henry will be sorely missed by his friends and family, including his partner carolyn, their son alexander, henry's daughter siobhan and her mother marjorie. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/advent. >> malcolm grimston. >> malcolm grimston. >> thank you sophia. now.

yesterday, energy prices soared for the third time under labour, despite them promising, of course, to slash £300 off our annual bills. yet at pmqs today, kemi badenoch once again appeared to miss the mark. instead, cosily agreeing with the prime minister on ukraine. here's the big question is the leader of the opposition up to the job? well, i'm joined leader of the opposition up to thejob? well, i'm joined now in studio by gb news political correspondent katherine forster. of course. catherine, you were at pmqs earlier on. i can't help but feeling that week after week after week, we are having a similar conversation. a lot of people felt of course, ukraine is a massive story, of course. sir keir starmer is going to see donald trump and this will be top of the agenda. but the cost of living matters to people and energy bills have gone up three times in the labour party. kemi badenoch didn't go on the attack over that. is she up to the job? >> we've had quite a lot of emails, haven�*t we, about this saying what i'm interested in is cost of living. and of course she didn't go anywhere near that topic at all. i think today is a

little bit different in that tomorrow is a huge event. this meeting of the pm and donald trump. and there is a time occasionally in the commons where you see unity. and i think we saw that today. but beyond that, where she did try to go after the prime minister on both the chagos islands how that's going to be paid for that deal. and on the nitty gritty of this defence spending announcement, in terms of the actual numbers being pledged, and she didn't really manage to nail him down. now, partly, of course, that�*s because he simply pretended to answer the question while not answering the questions. but i thought he was very dismissive of her when she tried thought he was very dismissive of her when she