>> good evening everybody. welcome to state of the nation tonight on gb news with me matt goodwin. the show that speaks up for you the forgotten majority. on tonight's show, president trump and prime minister keir starmer have met at the white house with tariffs, ukraine and chagos on the agenda. we're chagos on the agenda. we�*re going to be speaking tonight to a former trump adviser to get the very latest. plus, the two leaders will be giving a press conference very shortly. we�*ll bring you that live as it happens. meanwhile, the latest migration data is out here in the uk, and it's even more damning than you�*d expect with damning than you'd expect with both legal and illegal migration now completely out of control. i�*m going to be speaking to alp mehmet, who gave evidence in parliament this afternoon. plus, as the national health service advertises a hospital corridor

doctor job. that's right. a job just for doctors who are working on patients in corridors. i'll be revealing the diversity waste in the nhs that could be scrapped to send money to the front line. and that's state of the nation tonight with me matt goodwin right here on gb news. now i'll also be joined tonight by my panel political commentator alice grant and contributing editor at novara media, michael walker. as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay and hit me up on x at goodwin. but now it's time for the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> matt. thank you. it's just gone. 8:00. these are your stories from the bbc newsroom. donald trump has said he will visit the uk in the near future, after receiving a historic

invitation from the king. sir keir starmer handed the us president a letter from the monarch in the oval office. it comes after the prime minister arrived for his first white house talks with the u5 house talks with the us president, with the two speaking to the media ahead of their meetings. emphasising the special relationship between both nations. >> great honour to have prime minister starmer in the oval office. it's a very special place and he's a special man, and the united kingdom is a is a wonderful this is a wonderful country that i know very well. i�*m there a lot and i�*ll be going. i'll be going there. and we expect to see each other in the near future. we�*ll be announcing it, but we�*re going to be discussing many things today. we'll be discussing russia, ukraine, we�*ll be discussing trade and lots of other items. >> mr trump then indicated he could back sir keir starmer's

chagos islands deal, saying i think will be inclined to go along with your country. the us president went on to say he is confident ukraine and russia will agree to a ceasefire deal. however, on the question of ukraine joining nato, trump suggested that�*s not going to happen. elsewhere, andrew tate and his brother tristan have arrived in florida after romania lifted their travel ban. the controversial brothers also said some of their seized assets had now been returned to them by romanian authorities, including properties and vehicles. the trump administration reportedly pressed the romanian government to lift travel restrictions on the brothers earlier this month, though, when the us president was asked about their case today, he said he doesn't know anything about it. the controversial influencer and his sibling are facing a series of criminal charges in the country, which they both strongly deny. speaking outside the us airport, andrew tate said he and his brother are largely

misunderstood. >> listen, listen, listen. we live in a democratic society where it's innocent until proven guilty. and i think my brother and i are largely misunderstood. there's a lot of opinions about us, a lot of things that go around about us on the internet. we've yet to be convicted of any crime in our lives, ever. we have no criminal record anywhere on the planet, ever. our case was dismissed on the 19th of december in romania under the biden administration, and our prosecutor recently decided, because we have no active indictment in court, to let us go and return. this is a democratic society. it�*s democratic society. it's supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, as my brother and i are. and i think it�*s i are. and i think it's extremely important that we stop allowing media spin, wrap up, smears, lies, or carefully constructed narratives from george soros funded operations trying to destroy the reputations of good people who have no intention to do anything other than follow the law. >> gb news can reveal. the world renowned moorfields eye hospital is in crisis after a leaked letter revealed a breakdown in trust between its consultants and leadership. in a document

sent to the moorfields board of governors, the chair of the consultants committee alleged that more than half of the senior doctors have lost confidence in all aspects of the hospital�*s leadership. they hospital's leadership. they claim there has been a culture of bullying, financial mismanagement and a lack of transparency. moorfields eye hospital has responded with a statement saying they are fully committed to building a strong and valuable relationship with the consultant body and they are actively listening to concerns, beginning an open dialogue and plan to move forward. and the bbc has apologised for serious flaws in the making of a gaza documentary starring a hamas chief�*s son. the broadcaster said it has no plans to broadcast gaza how to survive a warzone again in its current form, or return it to iplayer. the bbc director—general has asked for an independent review into the making of the documentary to be accelerated. the broadcaster has also said bbc chief content officer

charlotte moore, is to leave the corporation later on this year. those are the latest dup news headlines. now it's back to matt. >> 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. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> well, welcome back to state of the nation tonight with me, matt goodwin. now what a day so far. president donald trump is hosting prime minister keir starmer at the white house today. trump has appeared to back mr starmer's chagos deal. back mr starmer�*s chagos deal. he accepted a state visit from the king, but he refused to rule out slapping the uk with tariffs. i'm joined now by former adviser to donald trump, william russell, who joins us down the line. william, what's your initial assessment of what we've heard so far from the oval office? >> hi, matt. thanks for having

me. i think the initial response here, this is a relationship thatis here, this is a relationship that is always kind of come through any sort of problems that that we�*ve had between the that that we've had between the two countries. and, and this is another way that we can show that the, the two countries are united, stronger than ever. my time in the white house, the first, first administration, i travelled with the president all over the world and got to experience a state visit back in, back in the day. and i can i can confidently say that the president's relationship with the leadership of great britain has always been very, very strong. and i and i would suspect that through the conversations today, we're going to kind of find an equal footing. i don't know the for the amount of wins that the prime minister is going to walk away with today. but i can confidently say that we're we�*re going to renew that relationship, and this is a good way to do it. >> well, william, there will be

some surprise at president trump�*s suggestion that he was happy with the chagos deal, or at least he would be accepting this chagos deal. obviously, we're going to hear a lot more, i suspect, fairly soon. imminently, perhaps. but what is your immediate reaction to that? because we've heard a lot of folks in washington recently say that the chagos deal directly undermines america's strategic interests, that this is essentially giving territory to an ally of china. it's undermining america's diego garcia base. what's your reaction to what the president has said earlier on today? >> sure. well, i look at everything through the prism of it sounds it sounds crazy, but through the prism of the art of the deal and the president, the number one topic that we're talking about right now, at leastin talking about right now, at least in washington, dc, from a foreign policy aspect, is ukraine and russia. how are we going to find some sort of resolution and knowing that the president is robust in his

position of not not giving away the entire house during these negotiations, i think that that's his focus. and so in in a little bit of deference to, to our, our, our allies, we're going to be open to the chagos. question. right. and i think that's kind of what we saw today. obviously we didn't see a commitment. he's just opening the door. and that�*s what we have to do. that's we're watching have to do. that'