joan is drivers versus cyclists. joan collins, all people, is collins, of all people, is pumped and told khan to pumped up and told sadiq khan to get grip . the cyclist should get a grip. the cyclist should be they break the be fined, etc. if they break the law. do you think get law. do you think cyclists get away at times? maybe murder away with at times? maybe murder on the roads? i've been you on the roads? and i've been you who's the biggest menace on the road we're be having a road? we're going to be having a big drive versus big debate on this drive versus cyclists. great because cyclists. and it's great because you always find people who are incredibly it incredibly passionate about it on says nothing on both sides. pete says nothing spoils morning drive in spoils a sunday morning drive in the quicker the country quicker than rounding a group rounding a and finding a group of aged clad taking of middle aged clad men taking up half of the road. why can't they just get themselves an exercise bike , annoy the people exercise bike, annoy the people in that house instead. why do they need to cycle abreast as well? and it's always looks like a group of middle aged men who are going through some are clearly going through some of either at or in their of crisis, either at or in their own heads. hey, so into lycra, it looks like someone's pumped sock full custard. it doesn't sock full of custard. it doesn't say . then just go out and say. then they just go out and it's to cycle three abreast and ruin the day it's like the tour de fat isn't say anyway my views on are clearly pretty clear on this are clearly pretty clear and of the big one and also one of the big one we're going be doing as well, we're going to be doing as well, which firemen the term which is firemen does the term fireman offend you because supposedly to supposedly and now we have to call fire call them the fire people fire at fire them's if you ask sam smith anyway the guy at the top of greater manchester fire service has said that the term fireman sexist so that fireman is indeed sexist so that we will having big debates we will having a big debates about more locally gone mad about that more locally gone mad is instead gb views or gbnews.uk in the next hour, though, the foreign secretary cleverly foreign secretary james cleverly will un security . will speak to the un security. and gentlemen , be and ladies and gentlemen, be pleased to know we're bringing you that live. but i believe now it's you that live. but i believe now wsfime you that live. but i believe now it's time for a very quick break. simon seasonal offensive , it? i'm deakin. this is , is it? i'm deakin. this is your latest weather update. it's friday afternoon, which means the weekend is almost here. most of us won't see much rain. a cold feel, particularly where windy it's going to be mostly dry , though, because this area dry, though, because this area of high pressure is in quite here yet however and this 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coasts of england but away from the breeze, scotland, northern ireland, pleasant enough, certainly further south quite cold. feel through this weekend yes, it's friday. everybody is patrick christys right here on gb news. let's go, shall we. it's exactly a year since putin the tanks in and this hour i will be asking and answering big question what exactly is the russian tyrant's end game if he conquered ukraine much further, would he really go ? i've got would he really go? i've got a unique solution to . this unique solution to. this problem, which you might not want to miss, and the word fireman is now offensive. yes, that's according the chief fire officer of greater fire brigade . what should it be instead of fire? fire them. fire people. and possibly like to fire him, actually. but there we go. this the same fire service that got slammed for taking 2 hours to let rescuers into the manchester arena as victims of the terror attack lay dying. so, you know, there is that. isn't that moving on verses driver a on cyclist verses driver a debate as old as well cars i suppose. who owns the road? two wheeled lycra clad gopro wearing maniacs or normal people who drive cars and listen to gb news on the radio. i'll be asking do cyclists get with murder on the roads? aren't we're in talks to host a boxing match between . host a boxing match between. tory deputy chairman lee anderson remainer protester steve bray . but should we have steve bray. but should we have ringo . it's divided the office ringo. it's divided the office of boxing ring girls and affront to feminism gbviews@gbnews.uk . to feminism gbviews@gbnews.uk. how long should we support ukraine for? that's what i want to know. how much longer would you be willing to support ukraine? fall to the tune billions of pounds a year in military resources, etc. and should ban boxing girls should ban boxing ring girls gbviews@gbnews.uk. right now gbviews@gbnews.uk. but right now it's your headlines with polly middlehurst middlehurst. patrick. thank you. and afternoon to you. a minute's silence was held across the uk morning marking one year since the start of the russian invasion of . invasion of. ukraine many . for one invasion of. ukraine many. for one downing invasion of. ukraine many . for one downing street, many. for one downing street, the prime minister rishi sunak stood with ukraine us ambassador to the uk to reflect on the country's losses. britain has imposed a raft of new sanctions , including an export ban on every piece of equipment that russia uses on the battlefield . russia uses on the battlefield. president putin's closest have also been targeted among his former chief of security and chief executive of stream . two chief executive of stream. two and in kyiv, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy attended ceremony with families , soldiers ceremony with families, soldiers killed in the conflict . he killed in the conflict. he described the last 12 months as a year of sorrow , faith . and a year of sorrow, faith. and well . former president petro well. former president petro poroshenko spoke to us about the human of russia's invasion . human of russia's invasion. can't imagine ukraine lost dozens and dozens of thousands of innocent civilians from bucha to from there military, criminal collusion . but together that collusion. but together that imagine that 8 million ukrainians leave ukraine and, go abroad. two and a half million. the financial does go to the school abroad because solidarity. but this is the humanitarian disaster. poland has delivered its first two leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and says it's ready to supply more quickly . the polish prime quickly. the polish prime minister schmear of jet ski also says the country will train ukrainians on f—16 fighter jets . sweden, too, is expected to ten tanks as well as anti—aircraft systems . well, anti—aircraft systems. well, here in the uk, a street in central london has been called kyiv road to mark years since russian president vladimir putin sent his troops into ukraine. westminster city council given the name to a small section of face road, a short distance from russian embassy. the council it wants to show ukrainian residents that their struggle has a visible place in our city. well in other news today, police in northern ireland say they're treating the shooting of an in omagh as terror related. with the new ira the primary line of stormont says it's united in standing with psni in the wake of shooting. detective chief inspector john caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition after being shot by two masked gunmen at a sport sports centre. a fourth man has been arrested in connection his attempted murder. sinn fein's vice president, michelle o'neill it as an attack on. the entire community. i think it's important that we continue to send a united message to , wider send a united message to, wider society. we this year, celebrate 25 years of our good friday agreement and so much that's been achieved over past 25 years. our society has been completely transformed and we're not going to allow anybody to reverse any of that progress that's been made. so that's why it's important that we put it's very important that we put across this an attack across today. this is an attack on the community. this is an attack and this is an attack on all us. and this is an attack on all us. and this is an attack none of us will ever attack that none of us will ever tolerate. junior doctors will stage three days of strike action next month. the british association has announced. walk off the job from the 13th of march. nearly 37,000 bma members voted favour of industrial action. that's the largest ever turnout a ballot of doctors. and it follows a series of strikes by nurses, ambulance workers . by nurses, ambulance workers. the puffin uk have announced classic roald books will be king , will be keeping the author's original text in print. it follows of recent editing of his work to remove potentially so—called offensive language . so—called offensive language. it's understood puffin will continue with the publication of amended texts as well as releasing the originals . releasing the originals. commander of the queen consort yesterday urged authors to kerbs on freedom of expression . and on freedom of expression. and official. three candidates are now running to become the next snp . humza yousaf , kate forbes snp. humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan all secured enough votes to advance to the next round of the contest. they managed secure the backing of at least 100 members from a minimum of 20 local branches a period of campaigning now gets underway with the winner to be announced on the 27th of march. those are the latest news headlines. i'm back in half an hour. see either alright, people. now the foreign secretary cleverly will make a speech at the un security council in new york little later this afternoon. we'll bring you that live here on gb news. you've people. our political edhon you've people. our political editor, darren mccarthy, though, is in new york for us. darren you're travelling with the foreign secretary so what are they hoping to achieve or what you got for us? yeah, good afternoon . you, patrick. live afternoon. you, patrick. live inside the united nations, as you say. james is here at a special meeting of the un security council. one year on from the invasion of ukraine. he actually met just beforehand with the ukrainian foreign minister here in the un . we were minister here in the un. we were kind of at the sidelines that meeting and been reflected as the kind of uk support for ukraine. we had a tweet from vladimir zelenskyy, the ukrainian president in, the last hour or so as well. again britain for its support. but james clapper, his main role here, if you like in many ways is trying to hold together the international coalition across the condemning russia for the world condemning russia for its actions in ukraine and trying to bring the fighting to an end. now, the reason i say that it a broad coalition. we had a vote here at the un night in which 141 nations were on the world's essentially condemned russia . its actions and indeed russia. its actions and indeed call for an end to the. that was a similar number of countries who don or are taking part the vote this time last year only seven. this time russia and the foreign secretary very pleased with that because there concern as you've been reflecting actually one year on into this conflict as people kind turn to other things or get concerned about how long they will continue that that international coalition might well down. coalition might well break down. and little of and there is little sign of that. sign, given the that. and little sign, given the fact that russia has spent an awful lot the last couple of months different parts months going to different parts of world most notably of the world most notably subsaharan africa , trying to get subsaharan africa, trying to get countries onside , and in the countries onside, and in the end, they have failed in task. only mali and eritrea voted with russia yesterday. so it's a foreign visit. the foreign secretary is leaving later on today. i'm getting with him. but his effort , not just a symbolic his effort, not just a symbolic similarity it's a symbolic kind of attempt to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidly parity with ukraine. he's going to talk , you ukraine. he's going to talk, you say, at the un security council meeting the couple of meeting in the next couple of minutes , but also try and minutes, but also to try and convince kind of western allies to go further when it comes to the supply of aid and more particularly, ammunitions in the weeks with fears that weeks ahead, with fears that could second offensive. uk could be a second offensive. uk calling for longer range calling for those longer range missiles and also suggesting what a very few countries in the world to do so that the supply of should not be off the of jets should not be off the table . well done. thank you very table. well done. thank you very much, darren mccaffrey. and we will going back new york will be going back to new york in while , however long it takes in while, however long it takes for james cleverly to graces with there. but with his presence there. but we're turning now to war in ukraine. many are wondering what russian leaders ultimately aim is what is putin's end game . is what is putin's end game. okay. now, having launched the war this time last year, many people expected kyiv to fall within weeks . but it turned out within weeks. but it turned out very differently, it ? so very differently, didn't it? so what are putin's strategic aims for 2023? and this really ties into something that i think is a core theme in the inbox and a big one for you guys. a lot of you think that we should just keep ploughing infinite resources of money, etc. etc. into ukraine so that we stop. he's in his tracks because if we don't stop him at ukraine, then in lot of people's view he'll just roll on the way through europe and before we know it, it'll be calais. and then we all know only short boat ride know it's only a short boat ride there dover, isn't. but at there into dover, isn't. but at one peace is. my name is one hour peace is. my name is with me is martin whittaker is that his story and he's written extensively russians extensively about the russians and union was it or and the soviet union was it or is idea that is there any to the idea that putin would take ukraine in and then keep on going through then just keep on going through europe ? no for the simple reason europe? no for the simple reason that he doesn't have the capability of doing that . we've capability of doing that. we've seen the degrading of the russian to quite extraordinary degree since february 2022. he certainly can't do that. he hasn't got the strength to the capability of doing that. but secondly, don't think this war ever off with that aim. ever started off with that aim. this is not any way this is not in any way apologising putin. it's not this is not in any way ap any ising putin. it's not this is not in any way ap any way| putin. it's not this is not in any way ap any way reducingl. it's not this is not in any way ap any way reducingl. it' threat . in any way reducing the threat. and but putin's aim is not world domination. his aim is to restore what he considers lost russian lands. that's why he intervened so brutally in chechnya a few years ago in georgia, because he felt that was in his sphere of influence. that's why is attempted to draw ukraine back into russia he doesn't regard ukraine as being a independent state that's why he's a threat to places like for example which is between and moldova which is why he's putting pressure on the baltic states, but don't think for a moment his aim was even when he thought he was going to succeed in 2022 to have will domination . no that's certainly be his capability. it's beyond capability. it's beyond capability of russia. it's threatening that he thinks he need a sovereign state in order to recreate lost what would be called the risky move, the world of russia . but i don't think of russia. but i don't think world domination is that so you think that the argument as to whether or not we should continue send billions of pounds worth resources and military equipment and money and all of this stuff to ukraine should just be sentences around the fact we should stand up for ukraine nation. not if we ukraine as a nation. not if we don't , that we're . next very don't, that we're. next very good question. i mean, i think twofold except that really one i think because we can't be sure i mean i may be wrong and severely miss underestimated the threats of hitler in the thirties and even if putin's aim is not world domination a, we cannot see the disintegration of eastern because of the complete imbalance to the balance of power that would , but also power that would, but also because of the signal that sends to other people, because even if his aim primarily to cause trouble in the baltics, but not to invade them, not to invade poland , but to seize back poland, but to seize back ukraine force. if we let him get away with that, what kind of signal does that send over taiwan, for example , and how taiwan, for example, and how could that explode ? so even if could that explode? so even if we don't think he is a direct threat, no, he's not going to invade germany. he's not going to invade he's not going to cross the channel that still is a to , the balance of a threat to, the balance of power that still a threat to the rules based order , even the rules based order, even the reduced concept , the threat of reduced concept, the threat of putin is enough and we have to defend rules based international order . we defend rules based international order. we have to make it clear that you cannot violate national sovereignty will otherwise. is it taiwan next for china? so even at reduced threat, it's a big threat. i believe , to big threat. i believe, to justify the continued investment and the standing foursquare with ukraine. that's my position now and i think that's a perfectly reasonable position to have and honestly, i think is a much needed interval in this whole discourse, which is the i do find it a little bit probably hyperbolic for people to go well , putin, if we don't stop putin now, then he will steamroll his way through europe because that doesn't really appear be too much evidence that that will say the is strong enough that we should be doing what we're doing in ukraine as it is to protect national sovereignty to through the humanitarian and just for the humanitarian and just for the fact really that no really should able to get away with should be able to get away with doing putin's done raining doing what putin's done raining bombs genocide that's bombs down and genocide that's taken true? you taken place. is that true? you know, the argument is strong enough. quite enough. and i know i'm quite good that really, good that you said that really, because i think for far too long. it is this other thing about i don't want want about and i don't want to want to situation where the to get a situation where the british in ten time british public in ten years time are still paying this amount money. and they go, well, if we don't continue do, then don't continue to do, then you'll next witness are you'll be next witness you are not true, but not sure that's 100% true, but martin very much. martin thank you very much. martin thank you very much. martin what's it? a historian who's written extensively about russia's union? russia's and the soviet union? well, view. now, well, so that's his view. now, plenty disagree. plenty of people disagree. plenty of people might be saying, think that putin saying, well i think that putin would continue and he made the point that i didn't see that people appease hitler. people tried to appease hitler. that then. that didn't exactly work then. it's that as well. how it's on top of that as well. how can you ever know what vladimir putin really thinking? if the putin is really thinking? if the guy actually quite unhinged, guy is actually quite unhinged, but spent tens of but the west spent tens of billions supporting billions of pounds supporting ukraine 12 months. ukraine in the last 12 months. but stop but what else could stop vladimir putin? and this is very much vladimir doesn't much vladimir war. he doesn't want negotiate apparently he want to negotiate apparently he isn't to withdraw . this is isn't going to withdraw. this is going drag on and on, on. so going to drag on and on, on. so i was just wondering or not that was a different solution . and was a different solution. and whether solution is for to whether the solution is for to be assassinated in an attempt bnng be assassinated in an attempt bring war to an end. and bring the war to an end. and joining now international joining me now is international security specialist will geddes. well, how difficult would it be to assassinate putin? incredibly difficult , patrick, i mean, in difficult, patrick, i mean, in beanng difficult, patrick, i mean, in bearing in mind that are already been number plots which been a number of plots which have thwarted and foiled of have been thwarted and foiled of trying to take him out. and these been quite well funded operate both privately and unofficially, possibly allegedly by governments. but certainly to remove him. there's almost a question of certainly from the intelligence sources spoken to that even if you cut the head off of putin, that is a hydra. there are many other heads which emerge and within his sort of immediate cabinet, there are other individuals that could step into the breach and fundamentally where we are right now and i agree with martin whitaker's assessments wholeheartedly. to that, wholeheartedly. but to that, i think that one has to look at the dynamic negotiations, the dynamic of this particular and for putin to simply walk away like a scalded puppy, having had himself sort of served by the western obviously in support of ukraine would be an unacceptable i think in his mind putin has got absolute form assassinating people . it's over here or in people. it's over here or in other parts of the world. what are the chances that one of his own desires to him, somebody in russia goes to cover enough of this now. hundreds of thousands russians are dying. you've got mental. i'm going to bump you off. well, i think if one of his own is only they're going to own is only if, they're going to be out. i mean, and then be turned out. i mean, and then tradition, sort of methods be turned out. i mean, and then tramethodologyt of methods be turned out. i mean, and then tramethodology allegedly)ds be turned out. i mean, and then tra methodology allegedly is; be turned out. i mean, and then tra methodology allegedly is the of methodology allegedly is the putin been using putin friendly have been using against dissenters to is against dissenters to which is to either gravity the fire to use either gravity the fire or water. yeah. has a means of obviously disposing of them certainly . there have been and certainly. there have been and there's been a number of other suicides high profile russian businessmen that is why have launched have now migrated down the uae taking a lot of money with them to provide or some security. now there's there been rumours and discussions of those individuals that have collaborated to try and finance an operation to turn individuals within putin's circle, to try and bring them board to potentially disrupt putin in some shape or form . and that's some shape or form. and that's not to say the technology isn't available to be able to do so , available to be able to do so, but it's getting close to them from the outset of this conflict . putin, i think, was aware that could be a target for assassination and he has really security circle to make sure no one can get to him that easily. yeah indeed we'll just talk a bit about that because even if the west wanted to it would presumably be quite hard to actually to putin wouldn't it. yeah i mean that's the biggest challenge. i mean government around the world has capability. you americans have the you know, the americans have the special you know, the special activities have the activities division. we have the alleged the incremental e squadron is otherwise known in various other governments have that capability that there is a skill set in tradecraft to carrying out these types of activities but to be honest there is also a large proportion of human intelligence which is absolute essential. and if you break or you can cultivate or you can recruit an individual closest to the target subject of interest or the subject to be assassinated, then you've got a greater chance. but it's going to be very difficult to do. you think, the western leaders right now. well aren't should be wondering can wondering how they can assassinate think it assassinate putin? i think it would certainly something would certainly be something that the table, that hasn't been off the table, certainly of some certainly know of some clandestine and covert operations been operations that have been running across the border in russia, have disruptive. russia, which have disruptive. so, you know, some these so, you know, some of these operations been operations haven't been exclusive some exclusive to ukraine soil some have travelled further off whether they be ukraine agents that have been trained by western again . we don't know we western again. we don't know we can only speculate. but certainly there are attacks are being taken really into the heartland of russia and frankly , your view is that even if putin was assassinated that someone else might just pop up who was what is same as him or i think or even potentially worse. i mean, there are there are some real staunch allies of putin. and i think the question that it's little bit like, you know it's a little bit like, you know , indifferent to other dictators around know, that around the you know, that dictator may be a figurehead. it doesn't that they wield doesn't mean that they wield a lot power. there are lot of power. but there are others the sidelines that could be. i'm out be. so what i'm getting out there putin was slotted there is if putin was slotted it, don't think that it it, you don't think that it means the war would end? i think it would. okay. symbolism. all right. very much. right. well thank you very much. as we'll that is as ever, we'll get is that is that international security specialist looking at a well, frankly something that a lot of people have talking about people have been talking about this it goes, this is basically if it goes, then all stop. and yes, it then it all stop. and yes, it makes a look at the makes let's take a look at the latest peoples. polls show . yes, latest peoples. polls show. yes, it's friday his poll time, ladies and gentlemen. and this week we asked whether they think the uk should continue to provide military aid to ukraine. it's topical it's almost like we planned polls, isn't it? planned these polls, isn't it? of one year on from that of course, one year on from that russian invasion of ukraine starting and a majority of starting and a big majority of people are in favour of us continuing to ukraine military aid to . ukraine, 66% of people aid to. ukraine, 66% of people said they either support strongly support the uk government helping to arm . government helping to arm. ukraine and just 8% of people opposed or strongly opposed the program. well to put it in context, the uk provided 2.3 billion quids worth of military aid to ukraine in 2022. and this i want to hear from you . well, i want to hear from you. well, any views? welcome, indeed . i'm any views? welcome, indeed. i'm getting a lot of the again , i getting a lot of the again, i cannot emphasise how much of a mixed bag it is. i could only genuinely think that doing something right by having these discussions i've never before to the every email one the topic where every email one after the other is the polar opposite view. you know, we've got i'm a big fan of yours, patrick, but wrong about. patrick, but you're wrong about. this to be thinking this you seem to be thinking that we should leave ukraine to russia. well, that's not. russia. well, no, that's not. i'm i am floating i'm saying. but i am floating the how we continue? the idea of how do we continue? can afford, to prop up can we afford, to prop up ukraine know, a lot ukraine you know, there's a lot of other countries out there where. they're the second biggest to biggest when it comes to military financial aid. and military and financial aid. and then of people then there's a lot of people saying that the new saying that putin is the new hitler, but then hitler, for example. but then other people just saying, well, actually, frankly, patrick we've got from ancestral got one here from our ancestral you i believe that charity you know, i believe that charity starts that's an starts at home. that's not an uncommon view either. so, yes, i want or not want to hear from whether or not you that we should you think that we should continue spend money on continue to spend money on ukraine it could be ukraine or not. it could be better spent on the nhs should it be used to help the millions families struggling with families who are struggling with the living is the cost of living or as is a view, of course, the idea that if don't stop putin, then if we don't stop putin, then he'll just carry straight on and we have a moral obligation and a moral all ukrainian moral duty to all ukrainian brothers sisters just the brothers and sisters just on the abc, a bit later i'm abc, this is a bit later on i'm going to talking about the going to be talking about the ukrainian refugee scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtookn refugee scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtook in efugee scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtook in loadsz scheme because going to be talking about the ukrtook in loadsz st cyclists after one allegedly crashed into a so it comes after the tv presenter dan walker was knocked off his bike and injured when he was hit by a car earlier this week. and this morning, boris johnson's father, stanley johnson, caused uproar after suggesting that cyclists don't need to wear highly visible helmets. so who is to blame for growing number of disputes between car and cyclists? who's the biggest on the road and emails have been coming in thick and fast. this some of them, i must say. absolutely hilarious, by the way. so i'll be going to that shortly. robert, chairman shortly. but robert, chairman elect of the alliance of british drivers caspar hughes from elect of the alliance of british driv stop caspar hughes from elect of the alliance of british driv stop killing)ar hughes from elect of the alliance of british driv stop killing cyclists1es from the stop killing cyclists are i believe to have an epic row robert i'll start with you just purely the only reason that your