boxt >> a very good afternoon. >> a very good afternoon. >> to you. it's 3:00. >> to you. it's 3:00. >> welcome to the. >> welcome to the. >> martin daubney show here. >> martin daubney show here. >> on gb news. >> on gb news. >> we're broadcasting. >> we�*re broadcasting. >> we�*re broadcasting. >> for you live from the heart. >> for you live from the heart. >> of. >> of. >> westminster and. >> westminster and. >> all across the uk. >> all across the uk. >> on today�*s. >> on today�*s. >> show, keir starmer is set to meet us president donald trump today and the pm is expected to talk tough on ukraine. but with donald trump holding all the cards on ukraine, on trade tariffs on the chagos islands and many, many other topics. can keir starmer come away with anything other than a bag of duty free? and every political party since 2010 promised to lower immigration? they all failed. and new figures out today show a record 110,000 claimed asylum in 2024. that's double the amount in 2021. is

this final proof of the lunatics have taken over the asylum system and shamed former labour mp mike amesbury, who was jailed for ten weeks for repeatedly punching a constituent. he's had his jail sentence suspended. is this yet more evidence of two tiered justice? and a fundraiser has been launched to help an 81 year old sas hero to pay for his care home costs, as he now has dementia. tak tak overseas helped storm the iranian embassy in 1980 and is even a distinguished conduct medal recipient. on today�*s show, i�*ll recipient. on today's show, i�*ll be joined by tak's wife and the sas veteran and colleague who started this majestic appeal. that�*s all coming in the next hour well, the show is a pleasure to have your company. sir keir starmer has talked tough all the

way to dc. the us must give a backstop on ukraine, is expected to say. but will donald trump listen? that astonishing press conference yesterday of trump setting out his cabinet vision and said quite simply, we are the pot of gold. we will go cold turkey on any country who defies us. will we live in dc. shortly? but first, here�*s your shortly? but first, here's your headlines and it's sophia headlines and it�*s sophia wenzler. >> martin. >> martin. >> thank you. it's just gone. >> thank you. it's just gone. >> 3:00. these are your headlines. former labour. >> mp mark. >> mp mark. >> amesbury has had his ten week pdson >> amesbury has had his ten week prison sentence for assault suspended for two years following an appeal at chester crown court. mr amesbury had appealed his ten week prison sentence for punching a man to the ground. he pleaded guilty last month to assaulting 45 year old paul fellows, following a row in a street in cheshire in october of last year. he's been october of last year. he�*s been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, undertake

alcohol monitoring and anger management course and carry out 20 days of rehabilitation work. the number of people claiming asylum in the uk has reached its highest level since records began in 1979. that's according to figures released by the home office today. just over 108,000 people applied for asylum in the uk in 2024, the highest number for any 12 month period since current records began in 2001. the number is up 18% from almost 92,000 in 2023. migrants who arrived in the uk after crossing the channel in small boats accounted for 32% of the total number of people claiming asylum last year. pakistani was the most common nationality among among asylum applications. in other news, us president donald trump says it's up to europe to provide security guarantees for ukraine and there will be no

guarantees of washington's involvement. ukraine's president zelenskyy is due to meet the us president to sign a deal tomorrow. meanwhile, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, is in washington, where he'll meet mr trump later today. speaking to reporters last night, sir keir starmer dismissed growing tensions between the us and europe, insisting the special relationship must go from strength to strength. elsewhere, andrew tate and his brother tristan have left romania on a private jet headed to florida in the us. that's according to sources. it's after prosecutors lifted a travel ban. it's lifted a travel ban. it�*s understood the internet personality will return to romania towards the end of march to fulfil judicial control obligations. the trump administration reportedly pressed the romanian government to lift travel restrictions on the brothers earlier this month. the controversial influencer and his sibling are facing a series of criminal charges in the country, which they both strongly deny. those are the

latest tv news headlines. more in half an hour. >> thank you sophie, a beautiful start to the show. now, sir keir starmer is set to meet donald trump today in washington dc. the pm is expected to talk tough on ukraine, but with donald trump holding all the cards on ukraine, on trade tariffs, on the chagos islands, in fact, on every single factor. can sir keir starmer really come out on top against the dawn? well, let�*s cross now to washington dc let's cross now to washington dc and speak to our political editor stateside. it�*s christopher hope. chris, a pleasure to have you on the show. i know you need to get on that bus there to get to the white house pretty sharpish. s0 white house pretty sharpish. so i�*m going to grab you while i can. so the rhetoric is high, the chest is puffed out, expected to talk tough on ukraine. but let's be absolutely frank. that press conference yesterday with the cabinet, they are in no mood to compromise. we are. the pot of gold will go cold turkey on any nation that

defies cold turkey on any nation that defies us. i think that sir keir starmer will be lucky to come away from dc with a bag of duty free. >> that's one way of looking at it, martin. and welcome to washington dc, where within a couple of hours time the pm will be going into the oval office, have a sit down in front of the world�*s press for five minutes with president donald trump. then lunch at 535, your time, and then the press conference in prime time, gb news 7 pm. tune in. it will be quite a moment. yeah, i think it is all to play for. there are three things they�*ll be talking about today. they'll be talking about today. one will be ukraine. the deal to hand over some mineral rights to the to america should be signed here in washington, dc tomorrow with president zelenskyy and trump. and if that happens, that may the hope from the uk side is will give the us a reason to guarantee the independence of ukraine after a peace deal is signed. so what is happening

here is the uk wants, if possible, the us to guarantee some form of air cover, some form of ensuring that if putin comes again, as we are told, that might happen by the pm. sir keir starmer last night on the flight over, then the us might intervene and then it goes up to the european nations to step up, provide their own security force in ukraine to enforce that peace. and that's why we're peace. and that�*s why we're seeing on sunday a meeting of european leaders with zelenskyy in london. 50 it's all happening very quickly. and it may be this war, the bloodshed is coming to an end. but on the on the us terms, they want to guarantee some mineral rights for the us as a price of that deal being agreed. so as a price of that deal being agreed. 50 other issues i mean the chagos islands i've got to say to you, martin, i understand it hasn't been raised at all it hasn�*t been raised at all with anyone in the us embassy in the past three weeks. a big part of last night in the m53 went straight from the plane with the prime minister to that party. it's not being talked about by anybody. i know it's a big issue on the right of politics, where

we are in the uk and the left politics. why are we spending maybe £18 billion to hand over our sovereign territory to mauritius? it hasn't yet touched the sides in terms of the trump administration, but that might all change in the oval office and the press conference tonight. and just finally, what they want to talk about is more cooperation on big tech, ie working together to try and bring the uk and us together on developing what could be the next almost industrial revolution in terms of how ai will transform our lives. 50 those three areas, i think, will come up over lunch later with the pm and president trump. but as you know, with trump, martin, any thing can happen. what i want to know, though, is what you would ask him. >> i would ask him about free speech because when you say cooperation on big tech, what that means is stop censoring people who use it and stop enforcing heavy taxes on us big tech providers. you know, if free speech is paramount, which it is, then i think keir starmer will have to do some rowing

back. and i wonder if that keir starmer will be grateful that we did brexit because war has been declared, trade war has been declared, trade war has been declared on the european union. we could be in declared on the europ