vice president speaks out on recent ukraine peace talks. >> i honestly don't care what the europeans say in public. what i care is what they say in private, and what they need to be saying to president zelenskyy is. this can't go on forever. is. this can�*t go on forever. >> farmers will be flipping in whitehall. agricultural workers will be staging a pancake day protest in response to the rise in inheritance tax. >> and as it is, shrove tuesday, with a spattering up for the tasty tradition of pancakes. we'll be asking you, what do you like as a topping? >> meghan markle stirs the pot. the duchess of sussex's new cookery series is being released at 8 a.m. this morning. we�*re going to be asking, will it leave a bitter aftertaste? >> birmingham's broke council >> birmingham�*s broke council budgets are talked about today, as councillors vote to give themselves a 5.7% pay rise after they're having to cut £148

million in council spending. >> as the award season wraps up for another year, we�*re asking for another year, we're asking how the star has been dressing too racy for the red carpet. >> and sport this morning. nottingham forest are the last team through to the quarter finals of the fa cup, after beating ipswich on penalties last night. arsenal and aston villa are in champions league action this evening. and what do you do if you've got a tattoo of your favourite sporting idol on your favourite sporting idol on your arm, and then you see him in the restaurant that you're in. >> big contrasts in the weather today across the uk. warm spring sunshine in the south after a frosty start. but in the north the weather turns increasingly wet and windy. full details coming up in the forecast. >> hello there. very good morning to you on this tuesday morning. i'm eamonn holmes. >> i�*m ellie costello and this >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. >> well who's going to flip

tonight. are you going to be flipping. >> yes i think i've got quite a good flip. >> ooh. very nice. >> ooh. very nice. >> if we had a saucepan and a pancakes and i�*ll do sugar and pancakes and i'll do sugar and lemon. go traditional tonight, think. >> very nice. >> very nice. >> what about you? >> what about you? >> yeah, pretty much the same. i do like a bit of cream and strawberry jam, though. >> ooh, that's very wimbledon. it's very. sporty of you. i think it�*s. >> very like a parisian crepe. you know, you get those and they scrape, you know. you know what i�*d love to do? what? i love it when you see those places. when you go. go. and they do them on the street often in paris. that big wheelie, the big hot thing. and they sprint out like that. flip it over. love to have a go. >> they always look so cool, don't they? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> nonchalant about the. >> nonchalant about the. >> whole thing. and there you go. mine would just. >> be life for you. >> be life for you. >> i think so, yeah, i think so. >> i think so, yeah, i think so. >> maybe that�*s what you were in a past life. >> yes, i think my life would be crap. >> so i like the idea. so. so you do the pancake? yes. and then it's just straight jam and cream after. >> yeah, yeah. a bit of cream

there and then a bit of jam on there and then a bit of jam on the top, you know, because that�*s what i saw them do when that's what i saw them do when they did all that flipping business, you see. 50 they did all that flipping business, you see. so yeah. >> inspiration. >> inspiration. >> yeah i did. >> yeah i did. >> what do you have on yours eamonn. >> oh i would have anything. i do prefer the sweet. >> sweet and savoury. yeah. absolutely. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what about the difference between the american ones? those crazy. >> no no, no. >> no no, no. >> you know, the thick things like the proper thin ones. the proper. okay. >> yeah. i mean, you can't eat many thick things, can you? >> oh, i don't know. >> oh, i don�*t know. >> oh, i don�*t know. >> you know, sort of. the delight is over very quickly. >> yeah. they get stodgy, don't they? >> you get the stacked. >> you get the stacked. >> crepes, you can have stacks and stacks. >> well, look, listen, let us know what you're going to put on your pancake today. if you�*re going to have pancake here on shrove tuesday. and remember, it's about indulgence today because lent starts tomorrow. and then that's six weeks. and then that�*s six weeks. >> giving up anything for lent? >> giving up anything for lent? >> you'd have to. >> you'd have to. >> i�*m going to go full cold >> i'm going to go full cold turkey, guys. just so you know. no rubbish. >> hold on. give it up. cold turkey. >> sugar. >> sugar. >> right. >> right. >> sugar. i might try, i haven't decided yet.

>> okay, well, have a good think about that before you actually make the announcement. >> what about you two going to give up anything? >> i�*ll be on my knees most of >> i'll be on my knees most of the time. praying. repenting. >> yes. me too. eamonn. >> yes. me too. eamonn. >> for the sins of others. >> for the sins of others. >> the sins of others? yes. >> the sins of others? yes. >> coyte. are you going to give up anything? >> you know what? i've got to cut down on the chocolate. my chocolate problem is getting ridiculous now, especially after my birthday. and everybody's giving me chocolate and i'm shovelling it in. and i'm doing even this morning before i head to work. yeah. chocolate and coffee. it's ridiculous. how could i stop? >> what? what type of chocolate? >> what? what type of chocolate? >> oh, anything. anything that's going on. yeah, yeah. that early and i see chocolate. and i think at that time in the morning, i think that's what i want is a little bit of chocolate. and thenit little bit of chocolate. and then it turns into a bigger bit of galaxy or something. 0h then it turns into a bigger bit of galaxy or something. oh i've got to stop. that�*s what it's got to stop. that's what it's going to be. >> seriously giving up chocolate for lent. and you can have lots of easter. >> yeah, yeah. there you go. >> yeah, yeah. there you go. >> okay. what are you giving up? and what are you saving up for? what are you going to have at easter? and let's get into the news this morning. and breaking

overnight, president trump has paused american military aid to ukraine. days after that embarrassing row with ukraine's president zelenskyy. >> well, there's no indication yet as to how long the pause will last. but it follows mr trump accusing european leaders of weakness for their reliance on america. >> now, yesterday, he also accused ukraine of not wanting peace whilst they have america�*s peace whilst they have america's backing, adding that ukraine should be more appreciative. >> well, speaking overnight to fox news, the vice presidentjd vance had this to say on european negotiations. >> i honestly don't care what the europeans say in public. what i care is what they say in private, and what they need to be saying to president zelenskyy is this can't go on forever. the bloodshed, the killing, the economic devastation, it's making everyone worse off. the only pathway, i think, back to peace and peace and prosperity is what the president is trying to accomplish. >> he's a lot to say that. jd >> he�*s a lot to say that. jd vance let's hear what the vance let�*s hear what the american political analyst eric hamm has to say about about him.

do you know what, eric? there's just something about his personality i don't like. he's too direct. he's got too much to say for himself. for someone who's new on the international who�*s new on the international stage. >> well, he is actually being a good vice president and making sure that he sticks up for his boss. and donald trump wants peace. and he believes that the onus on peace is through ukraine, as if russia had nothing to do with the invasion. and so i think what we're seeing here is the republicans, led by donald trump and jd vance, are actually pushing a narrative that it actually pushing a narrative thatitis actually pushing a narrative that it is somehow president zelenskyy himself who is zelenskyy himself, who is basically thwarting this idea of peace. >> eric, just where i fall out with you on this is ijust think with you on this is i just think of dead people, people who are being murdered and people who are left homeless on the streets

and just dispossessed and whatever. and we get these two guys coming in, and it's about guys coming in, and it�*s about brokering a deal. it's about money, money, money. >> yeah. that's right. and when we when we see president donald trump actually suspending aid to ukraine, we're only talking about $4 billion. the united states has already provided more than $180 billion. even though donald trump somehow seems to exaggerate that figure to 350 billion. but again, i think what we're continuing to see and which is why this is so very dangerous in terms of what we're seeing, not only with the suspension of aid to ukraine, but also we know tomorrow there will be these massive, debilitating tariffs on countries like canada and mexico and of course, china, which could send the entire global economy into a tailspin. donald trump continues to push this idea of disinformation that the

united states has actually provided more resources to ukraine than it did, and that somehow the trade deficits with other countries is much larger than it is. and that's to actually bolster a narrative and actually bolster a narrative and a policy that is basically false. and it leads to bad policy. and i think we're seeing that play out both with ukraine and i think tomorrow, with this looming trade war. >> see the way that trump is working here, can't you he's pausing u.s. aid to ukraine now. i�*ve seen it with p