stop the boats out was going to stop the boats out of retired ten times over by now. but anyway, rishi sunak now says he was wrong to have used that slogan because it was too clear cut. so we live in some kind of clown world, ladies and gents. or what.7 and speaking of borders, jd vance will be giving a press conference about theirs. i'll be bringing you that live and asking you, do you think we could learn a thing or two from the mega administration on border control? and in this country, 1 million people do not speak english well at all. is that okay? and in the budget? that's not a budget. in a couple of weeks, it looks likely that we might have to see cuts to welfare. do you think that's the right approach or not? we've got all of that and lots more. and i'll be crossing as well to show you a protest taking place as we speak against, you guessed it, donald trump keeping me company. my donald trump keeping me company. my panel this evening, tom pursglove, the former conservative home office , conservative home office, ministry of justice and dwp

minister, and alongside him, zoe grunwald, the journalist and broadcaster. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live and give you your 6:00 news headlines. >> michelle, thank you and good evening to you. the news at six. well, the top story. sir keir starmer has clashed with kemi badenoch in his first prime minister's questions since meeting president trump in washington and hosting that significant ukraine summit in london. the opposition leader earlier, though, challenged the prime minister on his stance on ukraine and ties to the us president. >> president zelenskyy is right to try and rebuild his relationship with president trump. 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 ukraine were attacked, whether directly or via proxies, 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? >> however, sir keir starmer insists he is in regular contact with key leaders and is focused on securing peace for ukraine. >> 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 part in that, in regular contact with all of the key players. the way to ensure we have peace is to ensure there are guarantees for any deal that is in place, because the surest risk that there will be conflict is if putin thinks that he can breach any deal that may be arrived at. >> well, staying with news on ukraine, let's take you live now to pictures from the us embassy in london, where protesters

pro—ukrainians have gathered outside chanting russian troops outside chanting russian troops out and calling russia a terrorist state. demonstrators, you can see they're holding banners reading occupation is not peace and accusing donald trump of being a turncoat. well, it comes as sir keir starmer has welcomed trump's recent comments on the prospect of a peace deal in ukraine. downing street says the uk does share trump's desire for a secure and a durable peace, and believes a way forward can be found. meanwhile, number 10, though, is refusing to comment on reports the us has cut off intelligence to ukraine but insists britain's defence support remains unchanged. a woman has told a court she could have been abused by more than 200 men in rochdale, but says there was that many it was hard to keep count. the complainant, known as girl a, says she was targeted from the age of 13 with her number passed between abusers. eight men, former market traders and taxi drivers are accused of preying on her and another girl allegedly

plving and another girl allegedly plying them with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. jurors heard that girl, a first, spoke to police in 2015, blaming herself at the time but now realising she was, she says, just a kid who knew no different. the men deny all charges, including rape and indecent assault, and the trial continues this week. police are launching an international appeal to trace more potential victims of serial rapist zen hao zhao, one of the uk's most prolific predators. the chinese phd student has been convicted of attacking ten women, but officers fear he may have drugged and assaulted more than 50 others in the uk and china. he targeted young chinese women, luring them to his flat for drinks or study before drugging them. he also filmed the attacks and kept footage and sometimes his victim's belongings as souvenirs. the 28 year old was also found guilty of voyeurism, false imprisonment and possessing extreme pornographic images. and just before i hand you back to

michelle, billions in spending cuts, including welfare, are expected in the chancellor's spnng expected in the chancellor's spring statement later this month. the treasury is submitting plans to the government's official forecaster as concerns grow that rachel reeves financial buffer has disappeared. sources say the world has changed, though, since october's budget, when the obr suggested she had nearly £10 billion to spend. those are the latest headlines for now. a full round up from me in around an hours round up from me in around an hour's time now, though, let's get straight back to michelle. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much for that. i'm michelle dewberry. this is dewbs& co with you until 7:00 tonight alongside me. we've got a new face to this panel. we like those tom pursglove, the

former tory home office, ministry of justice and dwp minister. good evening to you. welcome alongside him returning face zoe grindelwald, the journalist and broadcaster. also very welcome to you too. and welcome to each and every single one of you. what's the weather like where you are? i cannot help but notice it's been quite bright, hasn't it? certainly where i've been the last couple of days. it makes you feel so much better, don't you think? the daffodils popping up. oh, it's nice in it. that's what we want. i want you to join the conversation all the usual ways tonight. get in touch. email me gb views @gbnews. com go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or you can text me, but you've just been hearing in the headlines just then about that protest thatis just then about that protest that is taking place as we speak. let's cross live to it. our reporter, adam cherry is there. good evening to you, adam. what are we missing? >> good evening. michelle. yeah, the protest is ongoing. it started at about 530. we're standing outside the us embassy here in central london. we just

heard from labour mp john mcdonnell, who attacked president trump for his treatment of volodymyr zelenskyy in that now infamous white house clash a couple of days ago, saying that that was disgraceful, calling for the total withdrawal of russian troops. there are lots of people here with signs saying stop trump, cancel the state visit. chants of russia is a terrorist state. still, speech is ongoing at the moment behind me, including from some ukrainian people. echoing a similar sentiment. it's pretty contained, it's pretty civil, but people are very angry about the treatment of ukraine and particularly, of course, of zelenskyy, president zelenskyy himself. and as i say, that's ongoing as we speak right now. >> interesting stuff. well, you will remain there, stay across it and we'll cross back to you if anything changes where you are. it's a nice night for it. anyway. i've got to say, it's very nice and summery. you see, that's what i was saying to you. really nice spring weather at this moment in time. do you

think putin is sitting there watching those people outside of the us embassy thinking, i've read that placard, i better get myself out of there. >> i suspect not. and, you know, look, we're probably moving into protest season again, aren't we? with that better weather. and the sun is shining and it's a lovely afternoon. look, i happen to agree with the protesters about the comments last week in the oval office. i did think that they were intemperate. i did think that they were unhelpful. and in a democracy, i have no issue with people getting out there and expressing their opinions and making their concerns known in a civilised way. >> yeah, i mean, the fallout was a bit unseemly, wasn't it, that nine minute clip of the fallout. but i would be interested to see if any of those 1501 00:08:43,120 --> 00:0