boxt >> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it is 12:00 on friday. what is it? what is it? >> what's the day. >> what's the day. >> of the week? it's the 28th. >> of the week? it's the 28th. >> last day of february. >> last day of february. >> oh goodness me. pinch punch almost. that�*s tomorrow. i'm torn harwood. >> and i'm emily carver. >> and i'm emily carver. >> the morning after the night before. >> 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. >> the morning after, the night before, after yesterday's love in this morning, we wake up and smell the coffee. beyond the positive headlines, what was actually achieved. >> are extraordinary scenes. in greece. violent protests have erupted in athens on the second anniversary of a fatal train crash, which claimed the lives of 57 people. the scenes are very dramatic, will be there, live.

>> and is reform uk election ready? a shock opinion poll says the party would win both the most votes and the most seats. if there were a general election tomorrow. >> and if you hadn't noticed, more than 300 children will flood into the house of commons today. it's the youth parliament and it's back, and they're here to hold debates on a range of topics. but the question is, is this just a huge waste of time? all right. okay. well, yes, the youth parliament are back in town. tom, how do you feel about it? >> i am not it? >> i a m not ha ppy it? >> i am not happy about this. i think that there are there are certain youth initiatives that are very positive. and it's great to get young people involved in politics. but i draw the line at an organisation that sits in the actual house of commons, what should be a fairly

sacred chamber reserved for elected members of parliament. and ever since john bercow, we've had these youth members of parliament sort of waddling, sit there, make the most undignified display, very, very often undignified. and for what? for why? why are we giving millions of pounds of taxpayers money? >> millions of pounds. >> millions of pounds. >> millions of pounds. >> for what? >> for what? >> to the to the british youth councfl >> to the to the british youth council to run these youth mps to produce one manifesto. i mean it's a it's called it's a uk parliament. >> okay, okay, okay, okay. let�*s stick to the children in parliament. yeah. okay. now. okay. millions of pounds. i don't like taxpayers money waste. that is fine. but aren't you being a bit miserable, tom? you know these are children. it's a one day thing. they have a nice time. they ask questions, they get engaged. their parents and their grandchildren are great. the parents and their grandparents and the great grandparents and the great grandparents can be proud of them for that day. you know,

asking a question in parliament, it's just a nice thing. >> why why couldn't they do that in westminster hall? you and i have both worked in parliament in the past. you and i both know that when you give a tour in parliament, one thing that you're supposed to say to people is you can't sit on those seats. those seats are reserved. those seats are so special because they're reserved for people who have won election. >> okay. i mean, if. >> okay. i mean, if. >> now we just let. children sit on them. >> yeah. i mean, if i thought our mps were special, then maybe i�*d go along with you. but, i mean, we've got convicted criminals who are mps these days. >> but they got elected. >> but they got elected. >> so i just think i just think, >> so ijust think ijust think, okay, the money is annoying, very frustrating. but it's just it's just a nice thing. i wonder, tom, if perhaps you weren't invited as a child. and that's where this all comes from. this is all a deep resentment. >> no, no, i think that it would be. i would have absolutely no problem at all with this if they sat in westminster. >> hall and student union. >> hall and student union. >> if they, if they sat in methodist central hall over the side of the other side of parliament square, but sitting in the house of commons pretending to be mps being

funded by uk taxpayers and being funnelled to promote policies about spending money. and i mean one of their policies this year is about ending freedom of speech in the uk to protect people's sensibilities. >> it's just to get them going. >> it�*s just to get them going. >> it�*s just to get them going. >> but not in the actual. >> but not in the actual. >> house of commons. people are socialists, so, you know, that's socialists, so, you know, that�*s not surprising. >> are we funding them to sit in the actual house of commons? it's a disgrace. >> oh they're sacred. house of commons. let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay. we will of course be talking about much more important matters as well. but it is your headlines with tatiana. >> good afternoon. the top stories. thousands of demonstrators have gathered and are striking in central athens to demand justice, two years after a deadly train crash that killed 57 people. greek police have fired tear gas at protesters throwing petrol bombs. it's after the prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, had warned people against any violence ahead of the anniversary. there�*s a warning

anniversary. there's a warning that greece. well, it has come to a standstill as the country has been hit by those mass protests on february the 28th, 2023. a passenger train filled with students collided with a freight train near the tempe gorge in central greece. two years on, the safety gaps that caused the crash have not been filled. an inquiry found yesterday. a separate judicial investigation remains unfinished and no one has been convicted in the accident. more as we get it. 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 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. 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. health secretary wes streeting praised

the meeting. >> was a fantastic success for britain, for ukraine and for our continent. what you saw yesterday were two world leaders, the president of the united states and the british prime minister coming together, showing that they have clear common ground, common objectives and have built a genuine mutual respect and friendship that will be absolutely critical for britain's national security and britain�*s national security and our economic security. >> mr trump indicated he'd be prepared to back the prime minister�*s deal to hand over sovereignty of the chagos islands to mauritius. shadow home secretary chris philp says he's pleased with the potential uk us trade deal. but he says there are still unanswered questions and ongoing deep concern around the chagos deal. >> there are lots of unanswered questions, particularly over how a deal with ukraine might work, and in particular, how we�*re going to make sure that

ukraine's security and future is guaranteed, because we know russia is an aggressive state which has a history of invading other people's territory, and we need to make sure ukraine is properly protected. that is a big question mark. i'm also very concerned about the chagos islands, as you can imagine. keir starmer appears to be intent on continuing with his mad plan. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in washington to meet his american counterpart, donald trump. the pair are due to discuss and 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're due to discuss the efforts to bndge due to discuss the efforts to bridge the gap between the us bridge the gap between the u5 and europe over a potential deal to end the war in ukraine. 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 an agreement on mineral

access between kyiv and washington. thousands of banking app washington. thousands of banking app users in the uk have reported issues affecting their ability to use them today on payday. platform outage monitor downdetector saw reports of technical issues affecting the lloyds bank app. rise to more than 4000 this morning. users also reported that the halifax tsb bank of scotland banking apps were also not working. 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're working to return their systems to normal. culture secretary lisa nandy is set to hold an urgent meeting with the chairman of the bbc, after concerns were raised over a documentary aired by the broadcaster. 1535 00:08:53,296 --> 00:08:5