security. >> that's the latest from the newsroom for now. i'll be back bust—up with zelenskyy >> epic bust—up with zeienskyy on friday and he's pulled with you in around half an hour. now, though, it's over to >> epic bust—up with zelenskyy on friday and he's pulled all martin. aid to ukraine. now, is this a >> for the very latest gb news smart chess move to end the war direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning rapidly, or is he abandoning the qr code or go to ukraine and playing into putin's hands? and today, hundreds of farmers once again flocked to gbnews.com/advent. >> malcolm grimston. london to protest, and today, piloting combine harvesters on pancake day. as you can see on >> malcolm grimston. >> thank you sam. welcome to the your screens, they're arguing the toss over labour�*s show. now call me mystic martin, inheritance tax rate and british but as predicted on this show food security. but will their yesterday, donald trump has message fall flat on pancake day taken the nuclear option after his epic bust up with zelenskyy or they flip the political mood? i�*ll be joined by the event's at the white house on friday. organisers. live in the studio and he's pulled all aid to direct here in westminster and ukraine now. the british government responded this morning, say it remains the home office is facing facing absolutely committed to securing ridicule after it unveiled its absolutely committed to securing a lasting peace in ukraine, and latest weapon to smash the will be engaging with key allies gangs. yes, a series of hard in support of this effort. well, hitting facebook ads. but with speaking overnight to fox news, the vice president jd vance, had even pro—refugee charities saying will evil people this to say on european smugglers really be put off by a negotiations. social media campaign? has the >> i honestly don't care what

home office finally and utterly, the europeans say in public. what i care is what they say in completely lost the plot? that's private, and what they need to all coming up in your next hour. 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 welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have you accompany. only pathway, i think, back to peace and peace and prosperity so we said yesterday all this is what the president is trying posturing about europe must take to accomplish. the lead. europe must lead from >> later in the same interview, he also insulted british troops the lead. europe must lead from the front. on ukraine, donald trump could just say, well, okay, lads, get on with it. no and veterans by talking about more money from me. let's see the military interest. but more how you get on. and that's of that later. for now, the milit precisely what happened overnight. now, is this an ultra smart chess move to force everybody to the peace tables very, very quickly? or is it is it donald trump throwing ukraine to the dogs? or actually, has he done more for european defence in three days than the entire continent have done in 50 years? because today the european union magically have found ,800 billion to start rearming the continent. if they'd done that decades ago, perhaps putin might

never have invaded ukraine in the first place. is donald trump the first place. is donald trump the friend or the foe of britain? is he the saviour, or is it the bad guy in this entire debate? get in touch usual way. and later in the show i�*ll be asking the big question has nigel farage got it wrong on ukraine being attacked left, right and centre? sir keir starmer said he's cosying up to vladimir putin. ed davey called him a plastic patriot and even the tory party. yesterday priti patel on this show compared nigel farage to jeremy corbyn. once again, the entire establishment is turning on mr farage. is that because he is playing it wrong on ukraine, or is that because the entire establishment are running, running scared of the only person speaking out against the entire establishment? let me know your thoughts. we'll have a big debate on that later in the show. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch. but first, your headlines and here's sam francis.

>> martin, thank you. and a very good. >> afternoon to you. >> afternoon to you. >> just after. >> just after. >> 3:00, the top story this houn >> 3:00, the top story this hour. jd vance is facing backlash after. >> calling britain�*s. >> calling britain�*s. >> military contributions deeply disrespectful. >> amid a growing row. >> amid a growing row. >> between the uk and us over ukraine aid. >> the us vice president. >> the us vice president. >> appeared to dismiss. >> appeared to dismiss. >> sir keir starmer�*s. >> sir keir starmer�*s. >> offer to send uk. >> offer to send uk. >> and french. >> and french. >> troops to help keep the peace. british politicians. >> are now demanding. >> are now demanding. >> an apology. >> an apology. >> with the defence. >> with the defence. >> secretary calling the. comments misjudged. >> if you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that vladimir putin does not invade ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give americans economic upside in the future of ukraine. that is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years. meanwhile. >> reform uk leader nigel farage has hit back at the us vice president, saying he�*s wrong about britain�*s military role. about britain's military role. >> jd vance is wrong, wrong,

wrong, wrong for 20 years in wrong, wrong. for 20 years in afghanistan pro—rata our size against america's. we spent the same amount of money. we put the same amount of money. we put the same number of men and women in and we suffered the same losses. we stood by america all through those 20 years, putting in exactly the same contribution. and all right, they may be six times bigger, but we did our bit. so on this one jd is wrong. >> well. >> well. >> jd vance has. >> jd vance has. >> defended his comments. insisting he never mentioned. >> the uk. >> the uk. >> or france. >> or france. >> and is praising both countries for fighting bravely. he says alongside the. >> united states. >> united states. >> meanwhile, donald trump's decision to pause us military aid to ukraine has been welcomed by the kremlin, calling it the best contribution to the cause of peace. ukraine's prime minister, though, insists the country is firmly determined to keep working with washington despite. >> the pause. >> the pause. >> it comes just days after president trump's row with volodymyr zelenskyy saying he should be more appreciative of. us support. the european leaders say they will step up on defence, with downing street

calling america an indispensable ally. and keir starmer has spoken. >> to. >> to. >> the president, donald trump, on monday night, though it's on monday night, though it�*s unclear if that was before or after. >> the. >> the. >> night of the. >> night of the. >> deputy prime minister. >> deputy prime minister. >> angela rayner says the uk is still focused on securing a peace deal with us support. >> the us government decides to do that entirely their decision. but the uk and the prime minister is very clear on our support for ukraine and that we need that peace deal. and the president trump has said that we need a peace deal as well, and we're focused on making sure we get that over the line with us support and our european partners. >> rachel reeves says all opfions >> rachel reeves says all options are on the table after rishi sunak called for frozen russian assets to be seized to support ukraine. >> the former. >> the former. >> prime minister told mps that europe must find more resources to help kyiv, after the us paused its own funding. the chancellor says using those assets is, though, incredibly complicated under international law, but insists russia should

pay for the damage it has caused. and in other news this afternoon, the trial of triple killer karl clifford has heard he raped his ex—girlfriend in a violent sexual act of spite. >> before murdering. >> before murdering. >> her and her family with a crossbow and knife. the 26 year old admitted killing louise hunt, her mother carol and sister hannah at their home last july, but denies rape. prosecutors say he carefully planned the attacks after miss hunt ended their relationship. he bought weapons and deceived his way into the property, jurors were told louise described the relationship as sucking the life out of her before breaking up with karl weeks earlier. the trial continues. and farmers have been staging another protest in central london today over labour's inheritance tax changes, with a pancake day rally near parliament. they're rally near parliament. they�*re opposing a planned 20% tax on agricultural land and businesses worth more than £1 million, arguing it will force land sales and hurt families. the met police has limited the number of tractors allowed on the march

under a public order act, a decision questioned though by politicians including reform uk's nigel farage. he urged farmers to pressure labour mps in rural constituencies. the government says the plans are fair and balanced. well, the shadow environment secretary, victoria atkins, told us here on gb news that tax is undermining the uk�*s food security. >> our national security is not just about defence spending. important though, that is, it�*s also about food security. it's about energy security. it's about energy security. it's about industrial security. and this family farm tax is 00:07:34,101 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 completely undermining our food