the farmers latest on that. and the farmers roared back into town today, but not en masse on tractors after those things were pretty much banned. so hold on then. how come things like those massive pink boats are allowed to block roads.7 then for other protests, double standards or not.7 and as the cost of crime soars, i'm asking, should top civil servants be sacked? and amendments to the employers rights bill today. some say they wanted to go even further, others saying it does not go far enough. what say? you and my panel tonight? i've got susan hall, the conservative member of the london assembly, and samuel sweet, the political commentator. before we get stuck in, though, let's cross live and give you your 6:00 news headlines. >> michelle, thank you and good evening to you. the top story tonight at six. volodymyr zelenskyy says ukraine is now

ready to negotiate for peace. that's if russia agrees to a truce on missiles, bombs and attacks on civilian infrastructure. in a social media post earlier, the ukrainian president said nobody wants peace more than ukrainians, and he's now ready to work under donald trump's leadership to reach a lasting deal leadership to reach a lasting deal. it follows a row between the two leaders over us military aid, which president trump has put on hold. zelenskyy has called their recent meeting in washington regrettable, but says it's now time to make things right. he's also reaffirmed ukraine's commitment to signing a minerals and security deal with the united states. meanwhile, jd vance is facing backlash after calling britain's military contributions deeply disrespectful amid a growing row between the uk and us over ukraine aid. the vice president appeared to dismiss keir starmer's offer to send uk troops to help keep the peace. and british politicians are now demanding an apology, with the defence secretary calling vance's 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 those comments from the us vice president, saying he's wrong about britain's military role. >> jd vance is wrong, wrong, 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. >> the us vice president, though, has defended his comments, insisting he never

mentioned the uk or france and has praised both countries for fighting bravely alongside the us. in other news tonight, the trial of triple killer carl clifford has heard he raped his ex—girlfriend in what was described as a violent sexual act of spite before murdering her and her family with a crossbow and a knife. the 26 year old admitted killing louise hunt, her mother carol and sister hannah at their home in july, but denies rape. prosecutors say he carefully planned the attacks after miss hunt ended their relationship, and he went on to buy weapons and he went on to buy weapons and deceived his way into the home. jurors were told louise described the relationship as sucking the life out of her, before breaking up with him weeks before the attack. the trial continues. and the king has made a rare visit to a royal navy warship at sea, meeting sailors on hms prince of wales before its biggest mission yet. his majesty flew by helicopter to the aircraft carrier in the engush to the aircraft carrier in the english channel, thanking the crew for their extraordinarily valuable service. the £3 billion

ship will soon set sail for japan, leading the uk's strike group in a mission to boost defence partnerships. and it's the first time in nearly 40 years a reigning monarch has boarded a royal navy ship while at sea. >> i can only say that i take immense pride in you, the men and women who bring this vessel to life with such indomitable spirit. for your vital service on behalf of us all. >> those are the latest headunes >> those are the latest headlines for now. a full roundup from me in around an hours roundup from me in around an hour's time now, though, it's over to michelle. >> thank you very much for that. i'm michelle dewberry. this is dewbs& co. anne. we're with you till 7:00 tonight alongside me. i've got a new face on the panel i've got a new face on the panel. susan hall, the conservative member of the london assembly, alongside her returning face. samuel sweet, the political commentator. good evening to both of you. you're very welcome tonight. we do love a new face, so welcome. you've

done gb news before, but just not dewbs& co, i think. is that right? >> that's right, that's right. >> that's right, that's right. >> well, there you go. you can tell me what you think of susan at the end. i'll show you what we backwards in coming forwards. if i know some of you lot at home and you know the drill, don't you? it is about you guys at home as well. what is on your mind tonight? we have a lot to discuss. strap yourselves in and join the conversation all the usual ways. you can email me gb views at gbnews.com/win. you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or x me. now the situation when it comes to the war in ukraine, it really does move at a fast pace. of course, we're all familiar with what happened on friday, then subsequently across the weekend as we reveal to you last night as we reveal to you last night as well on this program, donald trump, he was quite angry. he was on his truth social messaging out, saying that zelenskyy essentially wasn't taking things seriously. and the uk, sorry, the us were not prepared to put up with it for much longer. well, what happened then? we all woke up today,

didn't we? to the news that donald trump, he's essentially stopped us military aid going over to america. zelenskyy he took to twitter. it's so odd, isn't it? in this modern day and age, all of this goes on, doesn't it, on social media. but zelenskyy put a really long tweet up off the back of that. it was very long and i'm playing it for you on the screen. but essentially, susan, he was reiterating ukraine's commitment to peace. he was saying that he doesn't want an endless war and that he's ready. and he and his team stand ready to work under president trump. quotes strong leadership to get a peace deal that lasts. it went on and on, basically thanking him very much, saying that he regrets the way that the conversation unfolded on friday and that he's ready to sign the deal when it comes to the minerals and rare earth and so on. what do you think to all of this, susan? >> well, it's a very volatile situation, and you were quite right at the start of the show.

you said it's been like a roller coaster. things keep changing. i think the less said by many commentators in some ways the best. and let's see where this goes, because we have got to support and we should want to support and we should want to support zelenskyy. and of course the ukraine in general. but equally everybody should want some form of a peace deal. and if nothing else, and many things have been done that know nobody approves of, if nothing else, it looks like they might go to the table, and in which case we're more likely to get a settlement, or at least a truce for a while to see what can be done. and i think that has to be a good thing. >> samuel. >> samuel. >> well, i mean, you know, where can you even really begin? as you say, there's been more twists and turns today than any of us can really keep up with. i've had to junk my notes that i've had to junk my notes that i've made before, coming on about three times. what is the greatest tragedy for me here, though, is the length of time it's taken to get to this point.

when there have been, there has been an active and live movement around the world of people who are calling for a cessation of these hostilities. they've been calling for a deal and negotiation. and what it looks like has happened now is hundreds of thousands of deaths later and millions displaced in ukraine. is that with the zelenskyy's hand, looks like it's been significantly, significantly weakened by donald trump's actions. >> well, it was ever this, though, wasn't it? i mean, you know, i've got to point out the obvious. know, i'