boxt >> late. >> late. >> good morning. it's 930 on ffiday >> good morning. it's 930 on friday the 28th of february live friday the 28th of february live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with ben leo ross and nana akua. so starmer the charmer. >> i think there's a very good chance that in the case of these two great friendly countries, i think we could very well end up with a real trade deal where the tariffs wouldn't be necessary. tariffs wouldn�*t be necessary. >> so keir starmer impresses in washington as president trump backs the chagos deal too. but backs the chagos deal, too. but vice presidentjd vance and the prime minister clashed over a free speech. >> there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the british. of course, what the british do in their own country is up to them. >> but we've had free speech for >> but we�*ve had free speech for a very, very long time in the united kingdom. >> and a second state visit. in

a historic move, the prime minister presented donald trump with an invitation from the king. but the show was stolen by this comment about defence and russia. >> would you take on russia by yourselves? >> well. >> well. >> breaking news. lloyds, halifax, bank of scotland and tsb banking apps are down. are you struggling to get hold of your money this payday? >> and reform uk ready for number 10. a new poll says the party would win most seats and votes if an election was held tomorrow. >> sentencing shake up prisoners may have to earn their freedom instead of being automatically released 40% of the way through their sentence. >> serious flaws the bbc has apologised for the mistakes they made in their gaza documentary, narrated by the son of a senior hamas leader. >> you couldn't make it up. doctor deal the end of the 8

am. rush to see your gp is a.m. rush to see your gp is patients will be able to book appointments online and request their family doctor. >> tv chef heston blumenthal will join us live to discuss his new ambassadorial role at the charity bipolar uk. >> loud chewing, bad breath. no manners. enough about my co—presenter. but we�*re going to co—presenter. but we're going to debate dating x and if you should try to overcome them. >> what's your biggest ick? nana. >> 0h. >> 0h. >> god, don't say me. >> god, don't say me. >> no, ben. of course it's not. no, no, it was one guy i went on a date with who was wearing three quarter length skinny fit. i mean, he's in his 505. he's barely hanging over the edge, and he had slip on shoes, but no socks. and i remember somebody gave me a yellow rose. it wasn't him. and i remember as he walked past me, i hid his behind with

the rose and said, what the hell have you got on? >> 0h, have you got on? >> oh, no. >> oh, no. >> and that was the end. his belly was hanging over the skinny fit with the belt and oh. >> 50 skinny fit with the belt and oh. >> so you didn't see him again? >> so you didn't see him again? >> i didn't see him again. >> i didn't see him again. >> what age then? because i wear idont >> what age then? because i wear i don't wear skinny jeans, but sometimes i wear slim fit jeans because it helps my very slim figure. but i�*m 35. when do figure. but i'm 35. when do i stop wearing slim fit jeans? stop wearing slim fitjeans? >> at the point where your belly goes beyond the belt. >> all right. i think i'm okay for the moment. >> you�*re all right, ben. >> you're all right, ben. >> you're all right, ben. >> leah a few years. >> leah a few years. >> but don�*t think there�*ll be >> but don't think there�*ll be any more dating for me. da da da da. did you notice it? >> is that an engagement ring? >> is that an engagement ring? >> it's an engagement ring. >> it's an engagement ring. >> no, i didn't know about this. nana hasn�*t told me about this. nana hasn't told me about this. let me see. are you joking? >> no, no. i'm serious. look at that. >> you�*re engaged. >> you�*re engaged. >> ring. the diamond goes underneath, you know. >> wow. yeah. who is it? >> wow. yeah. who is it? >> well, i think i might put that on my facebook in about half an hour. >> i�*ll tell you what. we�*ll go >> i'll tell you what. we'll go to the news, but i'm going to to the news, but i�*m going to quiz you about this. nana didn't pre—warn me about this. nana akua is engaged and she's just

announced it live on gb news. you're not joking, are you? you're notjoking, are you? >> no. what do you think i won't >> no. what do you think i won�*t do you think this is costume jewellery? it better not be. i'm going to check. >> in the world of tabloid fleet street. we say this is bombshell and i'm going to get more information in just a tick. tatiana sanchez has your news headlines. hold on. we'll get back to this in just a tick. >> ben. thank you. the top stories. the prime minister and us president donald trump discussed a potential uk us trade deal and the war in ukraine in a meeting at the white house last night. the president, who is set to impose a 25% import tax on uk steel in march, said if there was a trade deal march, said if there was a trade deal, we could very well end up with a deal where the tariffs wouldn't be necessary. president trump also indicated he would be prepared to back syria�*s deal to hand over sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius. the agreement includes a plan to lease back the strategically important us uk military base on diego garcia at british taxpayers expense, and the us president also accepted an invitation from king charles to

visit britain. an unprecedented second state visit. usually, correspondents written by the king is not made public, but donald trump held up the letter in the oval office. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in washington dc, to meet his american counterpart, donald trump. the pair are due to discuss and potentially sign a deal which would give the us access to ukraine's deposits of rare earth minerals. its terms have been agreed, but zelenskyy is pushing for ukrainian security guarantees to be added, something trump says should be dealt with by europe. they are due to discuss the efforts to bndge due to discuss the efforts to bridge the gap between the us and europe over a potential deal to end the ukraine war. the us president continues to resist calls to fully commit american military might to guarantee any ukraine peace deal, but he suggested closer economic ties and, of course, an agreement on mineral access between kyiv and washington. and breaking news this morning nationwide first direct, lloyds and halifax have

all confirmed issues with their online banking systems this morning, leaving many customers without access to funds on payday. it's the second month in a row that major banks have been hit by it issues around payday, with experts saying online banking systems often struggle with the high rate of activity at the end of each month. in messages posted online, the bank said they are working to return their systems to normal. nationwide says direct debits and standing orders are working as normal, but payments are in a queue and will arrive soon. adding customers to not do anything. and those are the latest headlines for now. more from me in half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news, direct your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to qr code, or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> jim mcmahon james matthewson. >> jim mcmahon james matthewson. >> wow, my head is still blown. >> wow, my head is still blown. >> is it? >> is it? >> my head is still blown. you

didn't pre—warn me about that. i would have expected you to. i thought you were joking, but if you've just tuned in. our lovely nana akua is engaged. she's now nana akua is engaged. she�*s now taken. i know you've got lots of lots of fans out there. but there we go. there's the sparkler. >> i�*ve got big hands. >> i've got big hands. >> i've got big hands. >> tell us then what happened? where did you go? who is it? >> well, i can't tell you who it >> well, i can�*t tell you who it is, but i can say that what i�*ll do in about five minutes, i�*ll post a little video and you can find out on my facebook who it is. >> so did. >> so did. >> you surprise. >> you. surprise. >> you. surprise. >> so when was it? at the weekend. >> i was taken to venice. it was literally the best proposal ever in a palace. it was very nice because you knew that if you did that, i couldn't say no. haha. that, i couldn�*t say no. haha. >> that's amazing. >> that's amazing. >> but yes, that was very nice. >> but yes, that was very nice. >> i�*m so. >> i'm so. >> i'm so. >> happy little two day break. yes. >> i�*m so happy. well done and >> i'm so happy. well done and all our viewers are super chuffed for you as well. you all say is going crazy. >> is it okay? >> is it okay? >> congratulations nana someone else said we love you on our house. nana i'm so pleased for you people talking about skinny jeans. i'll take it. this guy jeans. i�*ll take it. this guy wasn't wearing skinny jeans. >> he was not wearing skinny fit. if he was skinny fit, it

wouldn't have even gone from the first date. >> love you nana and you're very lucky, partner. massive congrats. yeah. well done. yeah. what a bombshell. oh, you must be over the moon. >> i am over the moon. finally, my mother's overjoyed. she went at last. oh thank god. >> have you. >> have you. >> started talking about wedding dates or anything? venues? >> no. >> no. >> no, no. too early? >> no, no. too early? >> no, no. too early? >> no, it's too early. i can't be dealing with that. it's too much to do. i can't do all that.