i'm telling you that i spoke briefly with charmaine after the operations committee meeting and bev, you gave a great report today. >> thank you. barbara charming is one of the hardest working, compassionate people in this department and she was the perfect choice to bring this project to the finish line and i know anybody that knows barbara knows this is true and charmaine knows this is true and just wanted everybody to know who the driving force behind this was so thank you, barbara, very much for your work on this project. wonderful. thank you. commissioner halsey phil, thank you commissioners a true to true to the pattern of the day commissioner was he took the air out of my balloon because i also wanted to thank also wanted to thank barbara for her work and stewardship on this one and i just wanted to speak to the family a little bit and say that i'm not sure in my 15 years if we've had an opportunity to honor a life in our space that i actually knew and i did get to know zion unfortunately too close to the to the end of his life but i can see him and i can kind of feel his vibratin

bev turner. >> thanks for joining with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> thanks forjoining us with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> thanks for joining us this morning. 50 time is running out. morning. so time is running out. donald trump stops military aid to ukraine telling zelenskyy as to ukraine, telling zelenskyy as us vice presidentjd vance us vice president jd vance presses ahead for a peace deal. >> i honestly don't care what the europeans say in public. what i care is what they say in private and what they need to be saying to president zelenskyy is this can't go on forever. >> well, in that same interview, the american vice president is also deeply disrespectful to his british and french allies, describing them as some random nation that is contributing 20,000 troops. and that hasn't been to war for some 30 or 40 years. >> britain�*s waistline warning more than 3 in 4 of us will be obese by 2050. the disease is already costing the nhs £65 billion a year. >> everything we�*ve done around >> everything we've done around the country has

first though, here's the latest news with katie bowen. >> bev and andrew.thank you and good morning. it's 9:33. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. president trump's administration has confirmed that they have suspended intelligence sharing with ukraine as france steps in to offer intelligence. the white house said yesterday that it is reconsidering its pause in funding for ukraine and talks between the united states and president zelenskyy's country over a minerals deal are ongoing. well, also overnight, president trump said his administration had been holding secret talks with hamas in qatar to secure the release of hostages in gaza. it marks a major shift in us policy, which has long avoided direct engagement with the terrorist group. well, those developments come as the defence secretary, john healey, is in washington today for talks with his us counterpart, pete hegseth. that meeting comes as the prime minister will also meet the irish taoiseach as part of the first annual summit between the two nations. minister for industry sarah jo

. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. your headlines. at 9.32, president donald trump has given an address to congress overnight saying he's just getting started. >> america is back. >> america is back. >> he went on to confirm that the ukrainian president is willing to sign a deal with the us on minerals. >> earlier today, i received an important letter from president zelenskyy of ukraine. the letter reads ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. nobody wants peace more than the ukrainians, he said. my team and i stand ready to work. under president trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts. i appreciate that he sent this letter, just got it a little while ago. simultaneously, we've had serious discussions with russia and have received strong signals that they are ready for peace. >> it comes as defence secretary john healey will travel to washington this week in an effort to bridge the transatlantic gap on ukraine's peace plan. meanwhile, the mailonline are reporting

. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. these are your headlines from the bbc newsroom.starmer is expected to return to the commons today for the first time since his high stakes diplomatic action across the atlantic and in london. the prime minister told european leaders we are at a crossroads in history. at an emergency summit in london last night, european nations met with the aim to secure lasting peace in ukraine. >> the uk is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others. europe must do the heavy lifting. >> sir keir starmer announced a four point plan to work with ukraine to end the war and defend the country from russia. the uk, france and other countries will step up their efforts in a coalition of the willing and seek to involve the us in their support for ukraine. meanwhile, in a royal show of solidarity, zelenskyy received a warm welcome at sandringham as he met the king last night. meanwhile, ukraine�*s president meanwhile, ukraine's president stressed his gratitude to the us stressed his gratitude to the u5 and p