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kemi badenoch — the conservative leader — what were the guarantees around that?y shouldn't be doing it on our own. we support him in that. that we have for ukraine. people know what we did under prime ministerjohnson ukraine, but also in maintaining our national berating president zelensky? i watched it, and i couldn't believe what was happening. he was being humiliated. and difficulties we might have during negotiations, because the only person who would have liked that... would have been vladimir putin. inafew in a few minutes will be by alistair campbell, formerly for a spokesman for uk prime minister, tony blair and now host, we will be minister, tony blair and now hos alistair ll be a few minutes on bbc? in just a few minutes on bbc news. before i am joined news. before then, i am joined by the former swedish "gig thgfgfmgf éwséish ffimg thank you very much on 7 i 7 today.iknow 7 i 7 today. i know that have been ttqetjzjetqhiq " ' ’h1;;e1,’e’e;m’g”hi; éfiii'c'at ' you hauebeen. highly critical. the way you houoooon. highly critical. the way the us conducted

instead of we have a seat at the table rather than just shouting through the letterbox like kemi badenoch gangs and i�*m not seeing any gang smashing happening. >> no. and you're right to say >> no. and you�*re right to say this is very convenient for keir starmer because his polling is appalling. his domestic policy is falling apart. it's nothing's working. we�*ve just i�*ve just working. we've just i've just heard literally in the last i think on the way up that rachel reeves is having to do something very, very drastic to stop her disaster budget actually crashing the economy properly this time. but what you were saying about, i mean, what gets me just jumping back to this situation with what the strategy is with the ukraine russia conflict, what really gets me is what we�*re doing isn't working. what we're doing isn't working. now, i hear what you say, chris, about when you said that, you know, putin doesn't do diplomacy. well, then do something about it. then why didn't we go in with nato? and i know the answer to this. i�*m just sort of saying the why didn't we go in with nato and p

meanwhile, kemi badenoch is calling on the labour government to increase defence spending to 3% of nationalby the end of this parliament. writing in the telegraph, she says the prime minister�*s pledge to reach 2.5% by 2027 cannot be the final one. the conservative leader argues the uk must lead by example, and warns that failing to set out a plan would be tantamount to planning to fail. it follows the government's £22 planning to fail. it follows the government's £2.2 billion loan government's £22 billion loan to ukraine that is the largest since the war began, was announced alongside defence spending increases this week. train fares are going up and so is the pressure on commuters already battling record cancellations. from today, the cost of many journeys in england and in wales is rising by around 4.6%, adding hundreds to the price of some season tickets. campaigners warn it will pile further misery on hard pressed households, with rail cards also becoming more expensive for the first time in over a decade. the transport secretary says she knows that passengers are frustrated, but insis

meanwhile, conservative leader kemi badenoch has said that volodymyr zelenskyy is a hero, adding shenment's support of ukraine. government�*s support of ukraine. >> quite an extraordinary press conference and we all need to remember that president zelenskyy is a hero. he represents the ukrainian people's strength and their resistance to an authoritarian regime that is trying to destroy them. he needs all the support that he can get, and i think that he can get, and i think that it that he can get, and i think thatitis that he can get, and i think that it is inappropriate to conduct that kind of disagreement in front of cameras. the only person who benefits from that is president putin. >> now, elsewhere, police say it is a reasonable assumption that actor gene hackman died when his pacemaker had its last event on the 17th of february. that's ten days before being found. hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa, were found dead in separate rooms of their home in a gated community in santa fe, new mexico, on wednesday. one of the couple�*s three pet dogs was also found dead. an official sai

kemi badenoch, the leader of the opposition�*s here, to say we must spend even more to keep us safe.ib dem leader ed davey wants zelensky to be honoured in parliament. and we'll hear the voice of ukraine as the war goes on. and our team at the desk, journalist and trump—whisperer piers morgan. legendary broadcaster christiane amanpour. and trump—backer greg swenson, chair of republicans overseas. jzfiii—jf to president 7—,: f ' ' f f jef—ii—jf to president trum- 127" f ' ' f f g to president trum- and ,, ww ' ' w i phone, talk to president trump and president zelensky, then invite president zelensky, then invite president zelensky, then invite president zelensky for an extensive meeting yesterday with a warm welcome. then further pick up the phone to president macron and president trump afterwards. because my view is you have to bridge this and find a way to work together because in the end we have had three years of bloody conflict now and we need to get to a lasting peace. i have to say i have spoken to president trump a number of times, i have met him twice. we had a long session

and the leader of the opposition kemi badenoch on her programme on bbc one from 9 o'clock.ion of the gaza ceasefire to cover the muslim ramadan and jewish passover periods. the first phase of the ceasefire expired yesterday. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem. paul, is there any progress on the second phase of the deal? other any assurances from both sides it will go ahead?— it will go ahead? absolutely not, the agreement _ it will go ahead? absolutely not, the agreement you _ it will go ahead? absolutely not, the agreement you just - it will go ahead? absolutely not, the agreement you just referred | it will go ahead? absolutely not, l the agreement you just referred to as a statement released late last night _ as a statement released late last night by— as a statement released late last night by the prime minister '5 office — night by the prime minister '5 office here saying israel had agreed to american proposal to extend phase one of— to american proposal to extend phase one of the _ to american proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire deal it e