katherine forster a short news katherine forster a short time ago. >> we've enjoyed 80 years of peace, and we've enjoyed 80 years of peace because we've had such a close relationship with the united states, we are closer than any other country to the united states when it comes to our defence, our security, our intelligence sharing. and we've worked with our european partners within nato, which is the most important alliance the world has ever seen. and we've never made that choice. between siding, as it were, with the us or with europe. historically, we've never done that. churchill didn't do it, attlee didn't do it. and it's certainly not the right thing to do now when things are extremely volatile. >> well, that comes as defence secretary john healey has met with his us counterpart, pete hegseth, a short time ago. earlier on, the white house said that they had made no decision at this time on the legal status for ukrainians in the us. the

trump administration confirmed that they had stopped intelligence sharing with ukraine last night. triple killer kyle clifford has been found guilty at cambridge crown court of raping his ex—partner, louise hunt, in an attack which saw him murder her and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a butcher's knife. the 26 year old was found guilty by a jury at cambridge crown court after around 45 minutes. clifford had previously denied rape. he previously admitted murdering louise hannah and carol hunt at their home in bushey in july last year. clifford was tried in his absence after refusing to leave his cell at hmp belmarsh. and the prince of wales has spoken his cell at hmp belmarsh. and the prince of wales has spoken in detail for the first time in detail for the first time today about his first session as today about his first session as a crisis helpline volunteer for a crisis helpline volunteer for young people, describing the young people, describing the experience as terrifying. prince experience as terrifying. prince william made the comments on a william made the comments on a visit to mental health visit to mental health innovations in west london, innovations in west london, adding that the conversations he adding that the conversations he had had while volunteering in had had while volunteering in

2020 have, quote , lived with me 2020 have, quote , lived with me 2020 have, quote, lived with me for a long time afterwards. 2020 have, quote, lived with me for a long time afterwards. those are the latest gb news those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to headlines. now let's go back to nigel. >> for the very latest gb news nigel. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to. the qr code or go to. gbnews.com/alerts. gbnews.com/alerts. >> well, of course, negotiations >> well, of course, negotiations continuing about ending the continuing about ending the russia—ukraine war. they've been russia—ukraine war. they've been going on today in brussels with going on today in brussels with european leaders and indeed with european leaders and indeed with the ukrainian leader, as you the ukrainian leader, as you might have just seen on the might have just seen on the news. our defence secretary of news. our defence secretary of meeting, his counterpart in meeting, his counterpart in america and potentially next america and potentially next week, a big get together in the week, a big get together in the white house, perhaps even the white house, perhaps even the french, british, ukrainian and french, british, ukrainian and american leaders being together american leaders being together in one room. most people in this in one room. most people in this country, and i include in that country, and i include in that most politicians and most of our most politicians and most of our

mainstream media, mainstream media, and i think most public opinion thinks that zelenskyy has been a very brave wartime leader. and last night we had somebody on the programme very much in his favour. but there are i or 2 questions. is it possible that he could be a barrier to the peace process? is it time the ukrainians had elections? and remember, this is gb news, where we debate absolutely everything. i'm joined in the studio by alexander temerko, ukrainian british businessman and political campaigner. i'm joined by john redwood, former conservative mp and minister, and paul richards, former labour special adviser and columnist. alexander, welcome back on to gb news. you wrote a big article yesterday in which you which you asked some questions about the leadership of zelenskyy . and of leadership of zelenskyy. and of course, you know what happened in the oval office at the end of last week. and your view was

that zelenskyy had displayed poor diplomatic behaviour. >> i was witnesses there because in this dramatic situation, i was in washington and i can see in this my eyes what happened there. i think it was very predictable because zelenskyy my opinion. zelenskyy doesn't want to sign a disagreement, deal agreement, trade deal agreement. i can say without strong guarantee, military guarantee for protect ukraine after ceasefire that he why he wanted to visit an america and wanted to visit an america and wanted to ask president trump and discuss with him how we can protect ukraine after ceasefire and what can be after we signed and what can be after we signed a great peaceful deal, and what can be after we signed a great peaceful deal , that is. a great peaceful deal, that is. and trump has another vision. he is a neither signed trade deal

with ukraine and which include a lot of ukrainian resources, rare minerals, strategic resources, reservoirs, bridges, a lot of everything ports. that is a quite complex paper. but you know, i know just a bit trump for his this style of negotiation. he's a probably a business style negotiation. but zelenskyy a bit doesn't understand this style of negotiation because trump know putin better than zelenskyy, know putin because trump and longer and trump want to say putin. listen, i have agreement with ukraine i trillion one half trillion. but it doesn't matter. thatis trillion. but it doesn't matter. that is a bigger than your budget and that is a mine. and actually i have a idea to grow in business across actually i have a idea to grow and i need a peace, i need a ceasefire. that is a key point.

what trump wants to say. putin, what is a piece of paper needed? >> trump to. >> trump to. >> start negotiation with putin? >> start negotiation with putin? >> you're saying that zelenskyy went in there not understanding the way trump operates? fine, i get that, but it does. a lot of people would say this, that there's a lot of pressure being put by the americans on zelenskyy. what pressure is he putting on putin? >> listen, people doesn't know what kind of negotiation between trump and putin must be going to in the future. actually, for if we return to this deal, a trade deal we return to this deal, a trade deal, i'll be very appreciate trump and say thousand times thank you for you are big businessman, global businessman, a leader of the biggest country. want to be promoted. my economy, my country, my peace. nobody cannot promote a ukraine more today than trump with this deal. nobody talk about ukraine resources, ukraine economy on the top to

talk for okay. impossible to provide a proper democratic election in the war is true. but we are talking about ceasefire. and then during the almost one year which given this ukraine to prepare election and we receive a very serious research from ukraine, parliament and ukraine legal, one of the biggest legal company who can say and explain how can do that? it's from ukraine company. it's inside ukraine. >> you sound to me like you're quite optimistic that an end of the war is coming. >> absolutely optimistic. >> absolutely optimistic. >> but that means, of course, accepting that crimea is not coming back. >> well, i'm ukrainian, i was born in ukraine. for me, it's very difficult, i believe, for that as a land of ukraine, i believe for. i can say what i believe. maybe first time ukraine need to work with russian opposition, very close to russian opposition, because putin is not internal. he is not

immortal. he's immortal like any man. and when he died or will believe the political landscape, a position come to there and then any opposition return ukraine. what putin seized from ukraine. what putin seized from ukraine he was occupated ukraine is not safe for every russian. thatis is not safe for every russian. that is a bad person. ukraine is a absolutely wrong strategy because russian opposition has an enemy as a putin and zelenskyy and all ukraine has the same enemy as putin because he is aggressor, is absolutely aggressor, and they need to work much more closer with russian opposition and believe for without blood, without war, russian opposition in ten years return everything to ukraine and my vision. >> so it's interesting, isn't it? i mean, here is somebody saying, actually this minerals agreement is a really good deal and a very good start. is that where you come from on this? >> well, i hope it is. but of 1510 00:09:57,016