would deter further. >> russian aggression. >> russian aggression. >> in the event of a peace deal. >> in the event of a peace deal. >> are you convinced? and just. >> are you convinced? and just. >> how. >> how. >> close are. >> close are. >> we to peace? >> we to peace? >> i received an important letter from president zelenskyy of ukraine. the letter reads. ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible. >> well, peace may be further down the pipeline, but for the immediate time, we've got military aid to ukraine that has been frozen. and now us. officials confirming that they have stopped intelligence sharing with ukraine as well. >> in a veiled swipe at jd vance, sir keir starmer vows britain will never forget the bravery of british soldiers who fought and died in iraq and afghanistan. >> yes. >> yes. >> and did you notice. >> and did you notice. >> it's the. >> it's the. >> first day of. >> first day of. >> lent today? yes. >> lent today? yes. >> millions around the. >> millions around the. >> world start 40 days of reflection and sacrifice.

>> but while our. >> but while our. >> government remembers other religions. >> holidays. >> holidays. >> they are yet to mention. >> they are yet to mention. >> they are yet to mention. >> the staple of the christian calendar. are christians being. >> forgotten in this country? and why can't we deport people this time? it's an albanian cannabis farmer whose run won the right to stay in the uk, because a judge has ruled that deporting him would deprive his daughter of a male role model. a male role model who is a drug dealer. will the country get a gnp? well, it's not right to say happy lent, is it? what do we say about lent? it's lent. mark it. we mark. we mark it. following the. >> celebration yesterday. hope you all enjoyed your. >> pancakes, by the way. but there does seem to. >> be a lot of concern. at the moment that while. politicians are very happy. >> to celebrate. >> to celebrate. >> ramadan and other religious holidays, christians don't seem

to be getting a. >> look in. >> look in. >> like they once did. >> like they once did. >> the royal. >> the royal. >> family, for. >> family, for. >> example, made. >> example, made. >> sure that they tweeted about ramadan, but they're yet to tweet. as far as i can see, about lent or indeed about shrove tuesday yesterday. >> no, it's strange, isn't it? we haven't seen the prime minister talk about this, and he hosted a reception. or he at least spoke at a reception in westminster hall about ramadan. he talked about saint piran's day today for the cornish. but we haven't heard him talk about shrove tuesday or ash wednesday, which does seem a little bit strange, as at least we're still nominally a christian country. you had windsor castle. >> open its doors, i believe, for the first time, for a breaking of the ramadan fast, which was quite extraordinary. but yes, silence from the royal family's official twitter account when it comes to this christian. holiday event. so it's all rather bizarre. we've got a couple of guests on this throughout the show because it is something that keeps

reoccurring. why the silence? >> and of course, it's lovely to celebrate ramadan and diwali and everything else. i mean, it is absolutely right and proper to celebrate all the different faiths in this country. it just seems that are we doing that at the expense of, you know, the faith that was here first and. >> yesterday, the church of england social media. they sort of forgot about shrove tuesday and we're tweeting about net zero. utterly bizarre. utterly bizarre. >> is politics. >> is politics. >> more important than christianity these days, even for the church of england? >> i mean, really keen to get your views on this one. gbnews.com/poll say, are we losing that sense of tradition in our own country? all to come after the latest news headlines. >> good afternoon. it's just gone. 1:00. these are your headlines. keir starmer has faced kemi badenoch in his first

prime ministers question since his meeting with president trump in washington and his ukraine summit in london. the leader of the opposition pressured the prime minister on ukraine and his relationship with the us president. >> president zelenskyy is. right to try and rebuild his relationship with president trump. >> he is keeping. >> he is keeping. >> a cool head under very difficult circumstances, and i was glad to see president trump receive his letter positively. what is the prime minister doing to help rebuild their relationship after a challenging week? as the opposition, we support efforts to resolve this conflict, but we cannot write a blank cheque. if british. >> peacekeeping troops in. >> peacekeeping troops in. >> ukraine were attacked, whether directly or via proxies. >> we could. >> we could. >> be drawn into conflict with russia. can the prime minister reassure all those who are concerned about the uk being drawn into war? >> meanwhile, sir keir starmer responded by assuring he is in regular contact with key players and wants to ensure peace. >> we need to do everything we can to ensure that the us,

europe and ukraine are working together on lasting peace and i'm doing everything i can to play my i'm doing everything i can to play my part in that, in regular contact with all of the key players. the way to ensure we have peace is to ensure the guarantees for any deal that is in place, because the surest risk that there would be conflict is if putin thinks that he can breach any deal that may be arrived at. >> meanwhile, the united states has cut off intelligence sharing with kyiv. the cia director has now confirmed. it comes after president donald trump gave an address to congress overnight, saying he's just getting started. >> america is back. >> america is back. >> he went on to confirm that the ukrainian president is willing to sign a deal with the us on minerals. >> earlier today, i received an important letter from president zelenskyy of ukraine. the letter reads ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting

peace closer. nobody wants peace more than the ukrainians, he said. my team and i stand ready to work. under president trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts. i appreciate that he sent this letter, just got it a little while ago. simultaneously, we've had serious discussions with russia and have received strong signals that they are ready for peace. >> it comes as defence secretary john healey will travel to washington this week in an effort to bridge the transatlantic gap on ukraine's peace plan. meanwhile, the men onune peace plan. meanwhile, the men online are reporting that the united states has banned britain from sharing intelligence from washington with ukraine. it's also reported the president is planning to relinquish leadership of nato. instead urging britain and france to take more responsibility, gb news can reveal that more than 1300 migrants have crossed the

engush 1300 migrants have crossed the english channel illegally over the past five days. the surge in migrant arrivals follows a break in the storms that have gripped the english channel for most of the english channel for most of the last two weeks. at least 180 migrants have made it to the uk waters again today, while 326 arrived in six small boats yesterday. now two men who groomed and raped girls in rotherham, who were described as vulnerable in the extreme, have been jailed at sheffield crown court today. remoulade stefan hewlett and absalom zigi have been handed prison sentences of 20 years and 18.5 years respectively. several billion poundsin respectively. several billion pounds in spending cuts, including from the welfare budget, are reportedly expected in the chancellor's spring statement later this month. the treasury will put the proposed cuts to the government's official forecast for today, amid concerns that rachel reeves's financial buffer has been wiped out. it's understood, sources said the world has

changed since the chancellor's budget last october, when the obr indicated she had £99 obr indicated she had £9.9 billion available to spend. in other news, most young women are scared of men their age, according to a new poll, with fears so—called toxic masculinity is to blame. research by the centre for social justice found that nearly two thirds of women aged 18 to 24 are living in fear of their male peers. the survey found that 62% of young women believe most young men are pretty frightening. males are now falling behind females in education and the workplace, but they are also increasingly viewed with suspicion by women. the think tank is concerned that young men and boys are suffering from a lack of father figures, and emma raducanu has said she couldn't see the ball through tears after she spotted a stalker in the crowd at the dubai open last month. speaking to reporters for the first time since the incident, the 22 year old said she could barely

breathe after receiving repeated unwanted attention from a man displaying fixated behaviour among the crowds. the british star was left in tears as she went up to the umpire's chair after the second game of her second round. the man was removed from the stands and subsequently given a restraining order by dubai police. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tom and emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:09 now. donald trump has called on russia and ukraine to stop this madness, as he vows to end the war between the two countries. well, 154