good morning and bore da happy st david�*s day. i'm sophie st david's day. i'm sophie reaper alongside the wonderful adam cherry and this is saturday morning live. >> that was very good. that was very good. great to be with you. happy st david�*s day of course. happy st david's day of course. lots coming your way this morning. so let�*s get to it now. morning. so let's get to it now. volodymyr zelenskyy said a short time ago this morning that it is very important for us that ukraine is heard and that no one forgets about it. that follows his clash with donald trump in the white house last night, and we'll be speaking to a ukrainian mp live from kyiv shortly. >> and happy st david's day to everyone celebrating in wales and across the world. our reporter steve bennett is live in wrexham, where a parade is set to take place later this morning. >> glory. glorious sunny conditions here in wrexham as the locals are expected to turn out in their hundreds to celebrate saint david's day. >> and there's been a surge in reported loyalty card reward thefts. scammers have been

accessing store or supermarket loyalty accounts and stealing the point balances. we'll be joined by a consumer expert to find out what's really going on elsewhere. >> we sent our reporter, jack carson to take part in a sugar beet harvest up in lincolnshire. ahead of the farmers protest on shrove tuesday, we'll also be shrove tuesday, we�*ll also be kicking off our pancake day celebrations live on the show. >> everything we�*ve done around >> everything we've done around the country has been done the british way, if you like. and we're not. we�*re not french. we we're not. we're not french. we don't want to spread muck. at 10 downing street. >> and of course, we have all of the day's top stories with columnists and broadcaster jenni trent columnists and broadcasterjenni trent hughes and former labour adviser matthew laza. >> welcome to saturday morning live, only on gb news. >> well, just before we went on air we were talking about what

we put on our pancakes, weren�*t we? the toppings? >> and i think yours is so controversial. i don't know, maybe we'll get our viewers to write in and let us know. because what what is your topping of choice? >> strawberry jam. and if strawberry is not available, we'll go with raspberry. but that can�*t be that controversial. >> fruit jam. >> fruit jam. >> essentially any jam, any. just happy. it's all fair game, just happy. it�*s all fair game, but sugar on bear. well, what do you put on then? >> i either go super traditional and british and i have my lemon and british and i have my lemon and sugar and that's enough. or if i'm feeling a bit fancy, maybe i'll have nutella and maybe i�*ll have nutella and strawberries. other brands of chocolate spread are available. >> they are. but the good news is we've got it all in the studio. later, we're going to be trying everything. this is why the show is fantastic, because we get to eat pancakes and have a lot of fun. >> very exciting. >> very exciting. >> we�*d like to hear what you what you think about that, about all the top stories. so send all the top stories. 50 send your views, post your comments gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but before we do any of that into our jam >> but before we do any of that into ourjam packed show. jam packed. did you like that pun there? >> fantastic. >> fantastic. >> before any of that, the lovely tatiana sanchez has got all your news headlines.

>> sophie. thank you. the top stories us president donald trump says the ukrainian president can come back when he's ready for peace after a heated meeting at the white house, volodymyr zelenskyy travelled to washington, dc as he attempted to secure a ceasefire agreement with russia and a possible mineral deal with the us. but his visit ended prematurely with the signing of an agreement and a joint press conference with mr trump cancelled following their oval office clash. >> your country is in big trouble. can i wait a minute? n0, trouble. can i wait a minute? no, no, you�*ve done a lot of talking. your country is in big trouble. i know you're not winning. no, you�*re not winning this. you have a damn good chance of coming out, okay? because of mr president. and your men are brave. but they had to use our military. what about if you didn't have our military equipment? you invited me. you didn't have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. in three days? >> i heard it from putin in three days. >> mr president, with respect, i think it's disrespectful for you think it�*s disrespectful for you to come into the oval office and try to litigate this in front of

the american media. right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. you should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. >> volodymyr zelenskyy has said today it's very important that ukraine is heard and not forgotten. well, after the row, president trump spoke to reporters saying the talks did not work out great from his standpoint and called him a big shot and stressed the desire for peace. >> we had a meeting today, as you know, with president zelenskyy, and i would say it didn't work out exactly great from his standpoint. i think he very much overplayed his hand. we're looking for peace. we�*re not looking for somebody that's going to sign up a strong power and then not make peace because they feel emboldened. and that's what i saw happening. i'm looking for peace. we're not looking for peace. we're not looking to go into a ten year war and play games. we want peace. >> meanwhile, european leaders have come out in support of their ukrainian counterpart

ahead of a summit hosted by sir keir starmer tomorrow on x. zelenskyy has responded to many of his european counterparts expressing thanks for their support. elsewhere, the vatican says the pope had a peaceful night and is resting after suffering what was described as an isolated breathing crisis. the vatican says pope francis received non—invasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe as he continues to battle double pneumonia. the latest episode comes after a couple of days in which the vatican statements had been slightly more positive. talking of a slight improvement in the pontiff's condition, a statement says he is alert, but his prognosis remains guarded. pope francis was admitted to rome's gemelli hospital on the 14th of february with a severe respiratory infection that triggered other complications. elsewhere, teachers are to be consulted about a 2.8% pay rise and whether they're prepared to and whether they�*re prepared to strike over the offer. around 284,000 members of the national

education union working in maintained schools in england will be asked to vote on accepting or rejecting the government's recommendation. the union said the preliminary ballots will gauge teachers views on the need for a fully funded pay award that takes steps to address the crisis, they say. in recruitment and retention. the government's recommendation to the schools teachers review body of a 2.8% increase for teachers this year and next, is likely to be below inflation, and police say it's the reasonable assumption that actor gene hackman died when his pacemaker had its last event on the 17th of february. that's ten days before being found. hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa, were found dead in separate rooms of their home in a gated community in santa fe, new mexico, on wednesday. one of the couple�*s three pet dogs was also found dead near arakawa, an official said. the condition of the bodies indicated the pair had been dead for several days, possibly even up to a couple of weeks. those are the latest

headlines for now. more from me in 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 alerts. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> very good morning to you. now writing this morning, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has said it is very important for us that ukraine is heard and that no one forgets about it. of course, that is following his clash with donald trump in the white house last night. >> sir keir starmer has expressed his unwavering support for ukraine after us military support for ukraine is now hanging in the balance. following that heated meeting yesterday evening. it resulted in the ukrainian leader dramatically leaving washington. let's take a listen to some of what happened. >> the country is in big trouble. wait a minute. no, no, you've done a lot of talking. your country is in big trouble. >> i know. >> i know. >> you�*re not winning. no,

you're not winning this. you have a damn good chance of coming out, okay? because of us. and your men are brave. but they had to use our military. if you didn't have our military equipment. >> you invited. >> you invited. >> you invited. >> you didn't have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. >> in three days? i heard it from putin in three days. >> mr president, with respect, i think it's disrespectful for you think it�*s disrespectful for you to come into the oval office and try to litigate this in front of the american media. right