sara coleridge >> good morning sara coleridge once wrote march brings breezes once wrote. march brings breezes loud and shrill. stirs the dancing daffodil and daffodils were much on our minds yesterday as we marked saint david's day. you're most welcome to sunday with michael portillo, which brings you two hours of arts, culture, politics and current affairs. the world is still reeling from the noisy punch up between donald trump and jd vance in the us corner, and volodymyr zelenskyy in the european. my panel will reflect on whether the world is changed forever, or whether there is a way of reconciling the oval office competence, as the european political leaders discuss that very subject at a summit in london today. we believe that they should be thinking hard about how the conflict between ukraine and russia has changed the nature of war, should it be? out with the aircraft carriers and in with the drones. february was a busy month of classical music and opera. sir nicholas kenyon will

be here to enthuse about mark anthony turnage�*s opera festen, which is just as shocking as the thomas vinterberg film of the same name. and theatre critic stefan kyriazis will be here to pass judgement on what he saw behind the curtain in london's west end during the last week. but first, your news headlines with sam francis. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> good morning to you from the newsroom. just coming up to 10:02. leading the news this houn 10:02. leading the news this hour. world leaders are gathering in london for a major summit on the war in ukraine. after a week of high stakes diplomacy and fiery exchanges. it follows extraordinary scenes at the white house, where donald trump clashed with volodymyr zelenskyy, telling him to strike a deal with russia or we are out, he said. well, dame priti patel, that spoke to us earlier here on gb news about the uk's relationship with the us. she

says it remains firm but condemned those scenes in washington. >> those scenes on friday in the white house were awful. they were absolutely awful. and, you know, i just i were absolutely awful. and, you know, ijust i genuinely say this when we look at president zelenskyy, we feel a great deal of respect towards him because of respect towards him because of the way in which he's of the way in which he�*s conducted himself over the three years of this appalling illegal conflict and the barbarism of russia, which he and his people, his country, has stood up to. and that's why we will always stand shoulder to shoulder with ukraine and the people of ukraine. >> well, volodymyr zelenskyy received much warmer welcome in london on saturday, with hopes that today's talks could forge a common position on ending the war in ukraine. sir keir starmer has been trying to smooth relations this week, speaking to both the us president and welcoming zelenskyy to downing street in what was described as a warm meeting. meanwhile, kemi badenochis a warm meeting. meanwhile, kemi badenoch is calling on the labour government to increase defence spending to 3% of

national income by the end of this parliament. writing in the telegraph, she says the prime minister�*s pledge to reach 2.5% by 2027 cannot be the final one. the conservative leader argues the uk must lead by example, and warns that failing to set out a plan would be tantamount to planning to fail. it follows the government's £22 planning to fail. it follows the government's £2.2 billion loan government's £22 billion loan to ukraine that is the largest since the war began, was announced alongside defence spending increases this week. train fares are going up and so is the pressure on commuters already battling record cancellations. from today, the cost of many journeys in england and in wales is rising by around 4.6%, adding hundreds to the price of some season tickets. campaigners warn it will pile further misery on hard pressed households, with rail cards also becoming more expensive for the first time in over a decade. the transport secretary says she knows that passengers are frustrated, but insists the government's cap has kept the government�*s cap has kept the increase below average earnings

growth. an update on the situation in the middle east and israel has this morning blocked humanitarian aid into gaza after the first phase of a ceasefire with hamas expired. it follows the group rejecting a us proposal to extend the truce by six weeks in return for the release of hostages. the israeli prime minister says there will now be further consequences unless the group changes its position. hamas, though, has accused israel of blackmail and called on mediators to intervene. now talks on a second phase of the deal, including more hostage releases, has barely begun. pope francis remains in a stable condition after suffering a breathing crisis over the weekend. he's battling double pneumonia and now in hospital for the 17th day. the vatican says the 88 year old had a peaceful night, though, and is receiving treatment to help him breathe. he was admitted to hospital on february the 14th with a severe respiratory infection that led to further complications. were expecting a full medical update

from the vatican later today, and last night's brit awards went brat, apparently as charli xcx dominated, scooping five trophies. here's the moment she trophies. here�*s the moment she claimed one of those top honours. >> charli xcx. >> charli xcx. >> i�*m living proof that maybe >> i'm living proof that maybe it takes a long time, but you don't need to compromise if you believe in yourself enough. and honestly, if you make good enough music, people will resonate with you and be right there with you. >> well, she won song of the year and album of the year. she was also named songwriter of the year and went on to win best dance act and ezra collective. sam fender and stormzy were others big british winners of the night, so congratulations to them all. those are the latest headlines. i�*ll be back with you headlines. i'll be back with you in an hour. now though, it's over to michael. >> for the very latest gb news

direct your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/advent alerts. >> thank you, sam francis. by yesterday, people were asking each other where were you when each other, where were you when you saw and heard the terrible bust up that donald trump had jd vance had with volodymyr zelenskyy in the oval office, that where were you? question may be last asked on 911 suggests that this was a moment when the world changed. has the united states, after years of combating communism and defending democracy, switched to supporting the former kgb officer vladimir putin in his claim to ukrainian territory seized with tremendous and lethal force? do those of us who think that the world has become unrecognisably different exaggerate? will it just blow

over? joining me now is my panel over? joining me now is my panel, former conservative adviser lauren mckevitt, a journalist and broadcaster, candice holdsworth and political correspondent at the spectator. james heale and welcome to you all. lauren, in particular, welcome to this program. lauren, has the world changed? unrecognisably. >> i�*m not sure it's a moment >> i'm not sure it's a moment that changed the world. i think it's the culmination of a change that's been happening for quite a while. i think the way that the united states is voting, the people that it�*s choosing to put in office now has been a trend that's been going for probably five, ten years or so. that has culminated in donald trump and his two presidencies. the end result of which is this this transition towards an america first. why should we bail you out? why we spend money on this mentality that reaches not just from, you know, fairly minor aid expenditure issues in, you know, small aid projects somewhere in the congo. but right the way up to the defence of europe. the united states has been pivoting away from feeling that it needed

to defend europe for a while. the eu has been slow. the united kingdom has been slow to recognise its need to upscale. given that the united states has been retreating. 50 i think that been retreating. so i think that this, this, this was sort of the cherry on the cake, but the cake has been in the process for while. >> yeah. 50 while. >> yeah. so you're disputing whether it's a moment, but you're not disputing that the world has changed? >> absolutely. the world has changed. >> candace, what's your feeling? >> candace, what's your feeling? >> yes, i have many of the same thoughts. i mean, for me, i felt things were moving in a different direction internally in the us, when donald trump named jd vance as his vice president. and jd vance is a very different flavour of republican than we've gotten used to. he's quite against free trade. he was very supportive of the of saira khan. the she was the of saira khan. the she was the attorney general, if i remember correctly. she bought a lot of the antitrust cases against some of the big american corporations. so he's quite corporations. so he�*s quite protectionist in that sense. he's not a neo con in any way. he's not a neo con in any way. he's very much america first. he's very much america first. he's very much america first. he's very sceptical about war. and what people are saying is he represents a younger generation

of republicans that's coming up. and they of repu