. >> but the shadow home office minister alicia kearns, thinks with the aim of finding a solution to war in ukraine. the us has top diplomat marco rubio has arrived in saudi arabia this morning, but it remains unclear if ukraine will take part in these talks. now back in the uk, nhs england has revealed an additional 2 million appointments were delivered dunng appointments were delivered during sir keir starmer's first five months in power, much to the government's relief. this means they've already met one of the key election pledges. the government says the nhs is on the road to recovery by meeting this goal, and the figures showing nhs waiting lists continued to fall in december for the fourth month in a row. sir keir starmer says he knows the job isn't done and has promised further reforms to deliver faster treatment. and the uk enjoyed one of its best nights in years at the bafta film awards last night. british playwright and author peter straughan picked up best adapted screenplay for the tense religious drama conclave. the film also delivered the uk three further baftas for be

. >> but the shadow home office minister, alicia kearns, thinks starmer's announcement is premature,ating that the war is still ongoing. >> he should be focused on, however, is that defence spending point that you are making? if he is saying that once we get to a deal and i should make clear that a cessation of hostilities is not the kind of deal we need, we need a deal that ensures europe is safe from this imperialist terrorist state that we see from russia. but that means investment in defence spending. so you're absolutely right to say that that should be the heart of the discussion today. >> the us top diplomat, marco rubio, has met with saudi arabia counterparts this morning ahead of talks between the us and russia, aiming to find a solution for the war in ukraine. now, in the last few minutes, we've learnt that ukraine will not participate in saudi arabia in talks with president zelenskyy, saying ukraine did not know anything about it. now, back in the uk, nhs england has revealed an additional 2 million appointments were delivered dunng appointments were delivered during keir