boxt >> good morning. tuesday, the 4th of march alive across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> thanks for joining with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> thanks forjoining us with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> thanks for joining us this morning. 50 time is running out. morning. so time is running out. donald trump stops military aid to ukraine telling zelenskyy as to ukraine, telling zelenskyy as us vice presidentjd vance us vice president jd vance presses ahead for a peace deal. >> 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. >> well, in that same interview, the american vice president is

also deeply disrespectful to his british and french allies, describing them as some random nation that is contributing 20,000 troops. and that hasn't nation that is contributing 20,000 troops. and that hasn't been to war for some 30 or 40 been to war for some 30 or 40 years. years. >> britain�*s waistline warning >> britain�*s waistline warning more than 3 in 4 of us will be more than 3 in 4 of us will be obese by 2050. the disease is obese by 2050. the disease is already costing the nhs £65 already costing the nhs £65 billion a year. billion a year. >> everything we�*ve done around >> everything we�*ve done around >> everything we've done around the country has been done the >> everything we've done around the country has been done the british way, if you like, and british way, if you like, and we're not, we�*re we're not we're not, we�*re we're not we're not, we're we're not french. we don't want to spread we're not, we're we're not french. we don't want to spread muck at 10 downing street. muck at 10 downing street. >> maybe they should. it's >> maybe they should. it's pancake day protest. farmers are going to gather in central pancake day protest. farmers are going to gather in central london today to protest london today to protest inheritance tax changes. they're inheritance tax changes. they're hoping for some flipping good hoping for some flipping good weather. >> oh. weather. >> oh. >> 0h. >> 0h. >> i know. >> 0h. >> 0h. >> i know. >> i know. >> floods in gran canaria. >> i know. >> floods in gran canaria. tourists are told to stay tourists are told to stay indoors as massive floods hit indoors as massive floods hit the holiday island. we'll have the holiday island. we'll have the holiday island. we'll have the holiday island. we'll have

the latest. >> and the cost of crime. the latest. >> and the cost of crime. soaring levels of crime are costing britain's economy £250 billion a year will be working out. why? >> and here's an interesting question. is it ever okay to spy on your kids at home? radio two dj sara cox uses a smart doorbell to see what her teenagers are up to. >> and this is extraordinary. this is a mouse giving cpr to another mouse. it's a bit sad. another mouse. it�*s a bit sad. i find that a bit difficult to watch, actually. scientists in california and china have found that mice give first aid to an unconscious companion once they�*ve been drugged by the they've been drugged by the scientists. >> flour sprinkles, if we must. >> flour sprinkles, if we must. >> and the netflix series no one has been waiting for least of all me. meghan markle has released her new cookery series with love, meghan. it was. it was launched this morning at 8 am, filmed in a property with a.m, filmed in a property with four bedrooms and bathrooms,

she's a relatable working mother she�*s a relatable working mother after all. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> i think that might have been a typo. >> i think there's more like 14 bedrooms and bathrooms. >> i don't think there's four bedrooms. >> it's a pretty big house that in montecito. but this this film she's released on netflix part she�*s released on netflix part from they need the money is to make a relatable working mother. 50 make a relatable working mother. so you'll be pleased to know she shows you how to make bathroom bath salts. doesn�*t every woman bath salts. doesn't every woman have to know how to make. >> bath suits. >> bath suits. >> for women to make them not the men? >> 0h the men? >> oh dear, oh dear. >> oh dear, oh dear. >> she was going over there to be a great feminist role model. >> it's extraordinary, isn't it? well, well, i haven�*t watched well, well, i haven't watched it. i won't be watching it, but we will be talking about it. >> yeah, i'm going to watch it out of morbid curiosity. >> 0h, out of morbid curiosity. >> oh, i think you've got a secret crush on her, andrew. >> i haven�*t all him. >> i haven't all him. >> i haven't all him. >> gbnews.com/yoursay. first, the very latest news of sophia

wenzler. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. these are your headlines from the gb news newsroom. president donald trump has paused u.s. newsroom. president donald trump has paused us. military aid to ukraine just days after his explosive row with ukraine's president zelenskyy. it's not understood how long the pause will last, but it follows mr trump accusing european leaders of weakness for their reliance on america. it comes hours after trump criticised zelenskyy for saying the end of the war with russia is very, very far away. yesterday he also accused ukraine of not wanting peace whilst they have america's backing, adding they should be more appreciative. meanwhile, speaking overnight to fox news, vice presidentjd vance said europe needs to be firmer with zelenskyy. >> 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. >> meanwhile, tariffs announced by president trump on china, canada and mexico have come into effect today. the chinese will see a 20% hit on goods, whilst mexico and canada will see 25% duty. in retaliation, china has announced 10% to 15% tariffs on us agriculture imports. canada has also said it will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $150 billion worth of us goods. both us and asian markets have suffered at the possibility of a trade war. backin the possibility of a trade war. back in the uk, farmers will today continue their protests against inheritance tax changes with a pancake day rally in central london. but police are warning they could be arrested. agricultural workers will take to westminster in efforts to

highlight the cost of food production. all the machinery will be at whitehall to show the expense of making food. and farmers will be serving free pancakes. but police have imposed restrictions on the protests, urging farmers to leave their tractors at home and ensure the

documentary, which featured the son of a hamas official. it is expected that the bbc bosses, including tim davie and samir shah, will be asked about a range of issues, including editorial processes and impartiality. that's according to the sessions outline. and american country singer dolly parton has revealed her husband of 60 years, carl dean, has died at the age of 82. the couple met on the first day she arrived in nashville as an 18 year old aspiring singer, and were married two years later. those are the latest gb news headlines. more 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 gbnews.com/advent alerts. >> good morning. welcome to

britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, breaking overnight, president trump has the white house has confirmed that president trump has paused military aid to ukraine just days after that showdown with president zelenskyy in the white house. >> the uk government has responded this morning saying responded this morning, saying that it remains absolutely committed to securing a lasting peace in ukraine and will be engaging with key allies in support of this effort. >> we are. >> we are. >> absolutely focused on making sure that we get that peace and the security guarantees as part of that, he mentioned in the house that we won't be derailed or sidelined by commentary, ongoing commentary, but that we will use our relationship, our long standing relationship with the us and our european allies to support ukraine and president zelenskyy, and getting that peace deal and making sure those securities are part of that. >> except that zelenskyy isn�*t >> except that zelenskyy isn't really talking about wanting peace. deputy leader angela

rayner there, of course. speaking overnight to fox news. vice presidentjd speaking overnight to fox news. vice president jd vance speaking overnight to fox news. 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. >> well, in the past few moments, the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has weighed in. she�*s der leyen, has weighed in. she's promising to boost defence capability. >> we are in an era of rearmament, and europe is ready to massively boost its defence spending, both to respond to the short term urgency to act and to support ukraine, but also to address the long term need to

take on more responsibility for our own european security. >> well, that's ursula von der leyen. just to