. >> gbnews.com/yoursay chris billam—smith gbnews.com/win billam—smith.table clash in washington, dc, between the us and ukrainian presidents, which resulted in the ukrainian delegation leaving the white house earlier than planned. prime minister sir keir starmer will also be providing an update on discussions in the press conference in around about an houfs conference in around about an hour's time. so it should be dunng hour's time. so it should be during my show. stay tuned and we'll bring you all the updates there. joining me now, former british army officer and defence analyst simon higgins. simon, thank you very much for joining me. look, simon, i'm hearing that the europeans want to keep arming ukraine in the hope that there will be some sort of european force put more money into nato. but that sounds like to me they want to perpetuate the conflict. is this wise? >> no they're not. i mean, what. >> no they're not. i mean, what. >> we�*re trying. >> we�*re trying. >> to do is find a ceasefire that's actually sustainable and turns. >> into a peace. i

. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> good afternoon and welcome to gb news. to say to you, thank you so much for all your amazing messages on all social media platforms, and also to the studio here @gbnews. thank you very much. i'm very excited. very much. i�*m very excited. somebody's taken me on. can you somebody�*s taken me on. can you believe it? we�*re live on tv and believe it? we're live on tv and on digital radio. we've got a cracking show for you. sir keir starmer will meet volodymyr zelenskyy this afternoon. we will bring that live in this show. stay with us. all of this, of course, follows the heated meeting between the ukrainian leader and donald trump in the white house earlier. so for the great british debate, we're going to kick that off with whose side are you on? volodymyr zelenskyy or donald trump? the poll is live. it's go to gb news dot com and cast your vote now. and as donald trump hinted that he would go along with the government�*s chagos deal, i'm asking, do you feel betrayed over the deal? and a very happy st david�*s day to all of o

. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> good morning to you from the newsroom.coming up to 10:02. leading the news this houn 10:02. leading the news this hour. world leaders are gathering in london for a major summit on the war in ukraine. after a week of high stakes diplomacy and fiery exchanges. it follows extraordinary scenes at the white house, where donald trump clashed with volodymyr zelenskyy, telling him to strike a deal with russia or we are out, he said. well, dame priti patel, that spoke to us earlier here on gb news about the uk's relationship with the us. she says it remains firm but condemned those scenes in washington. >> those scenes on friday in the white house were awful. they were absolutely awful. and, you know, i just i were absolutely awful. and, you know, ijust i genuinely say this when we look at president zelenskyy, we feel a great deal of respect towards him because of respect towards him because of the way in which he's of the way in which he�*s conducted himself over the three years of this appalling illegal conflict and the barbarism

. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> thank you very much, tatiana. right. okay.'ve got to read today�*s story, i�*ve got to read this message out. this is from well, i think it's from his wife, actually, chris looks like he's been on the beer all weekend and needs a sleep. chris, is that from your wife? i have to ask. >> you surprised? >> you surprised? >> well, actually, that one is your wife called dan? >> no. >> no. >> no, no. dan, thanks for that message. do keep them coming in. anything you want to talk about, especially our outfits today. okay, now let's get straight into the story, shall we? our top story. obviously only one story in town, actually, in the world. actually, us military support for ukraine is hanging in the balance. after a heated debate, a heated meeting between donald trump and zelenskyy at the white house. it resulted in the white house. it resulted in the ukrainian leader dramatically leaving washington after a verbal slanging match in the oval office. let's have a listen, shall we? >> i was in big trouble. >> i was in big trouble. >> ca

. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> thanks, sophie.and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you�*re in for a very lively that you're in for a very lively show. we're going to crack on with tonight's first debate. but before i do that, i want kai to say something. >> well, darren. cross r e a d sandra and pimp hannah. eden golan at vandal. >> did not a clue, right? right. no, but it is st david's day st david's day, you know. >> which is very important to us. >> us. >> i thought we'd get some welsh interaction in there because you know wales. kai, they're voting the right way. reform reform. reform. >> i�*m going to win my bet. >> i'm going to win my bet. >> i'm going to win my bet. >> all right. okay. we�*re going >> all right. okay. we're going to get straight to our first panellist tonight. and alex insisted that. he so bad. >> of course he will. let alex. >> of course he will. let alex. >> go first. >> go first. >> i think it's very important to first say that i am five foot 11. if you consider th

. >> chris billam—smith chris billam—smith. >> prime minister. >> prime minister. >> is right now. >>r won a boots on the ground. >> one of british troops going to ukraine. prime minister he prayed to give up territory. prime minister, when will uk troops go on the ground in ukraine? prime minister when? who�*s paying for it? >> are you esther ghey. so there you have it. they're not answering the questions we're throwing to him from gb news. but question. i�*m sure that our but question. i'm sure that our viewers and listeners are wondering when will troops, when will british troops go into ukraine? will that be after the peace deal? what does uk support mean? is that actually military backing orjust mean? is that actually military backing or just a tick box backing orjust a tick box exercise for donald trump? what would that mean? and how will this be paid for? as i say, the aid budget is being raised from 2027 until then. how do we fund this? is that enough? and will does that does that deadline need to be brought forward? do we need to pledge to get to 3% of gdp before the end of t

. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> thanks, sophie.and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you�*re in for a very lively that you're in for a very lively show. we're going to crack on with tonight's first debate. but before i do that, i want kai to say something. >> well, darren. cross r e a d sandra and pimp hannah. eden golan at vandal. >> did not a clue, right? right. no, but it is st david's day st david's day, you know. >> which is very important to us. >> us. >> i thought we'd get some welsh interaction in there because you know wales. kai, they're voting the right way. reform reform. reform. >> i�*m going to win my bet. >> i'm going to win my bet. >> i'm going to win my bet. >> all right. okay. we�*re going >> all right. okay. we're going to get straight to our first panellist tonight. and alex insisted that. he so bad. >> of course he will. let alex. >> of course he will. let alex. >> go first. >> go first. >> i think it's very important to first say that i am five foot 11. if you consider th