lord kim darroch speaking _ by donald trump. lord kim darroch speaking to - by donald trump.donald trump. lord kim darroch speaking to me a l by donald trump. lord kiml darroch speaking to me a bit earlier. the uk's economy grew by 0.1% betweenjuly and september, according to the latest official figures. growth was lower than expected and the office for national statistics said activity was subdued across most industries during the three months. with me is our business correspondent marc ashdown. hello, mark. i am glad you said that. hello, mark. i am glad you said that take _ hello, mark. i am glad you said that. take us _ hello, mark. i am glad you said that. take us through _ hello, mark. i am glad you said that. take us through the - that. take us through the figures, why they are like that, i'm presuming this is not what the government would have wanted. , ., what the government would have wanted. , . ., ., , wanted. they have had a couple of aood wanted. they have had a couple of good courses _ wanted. they have had a couple of good courses of _ wanted. they have had a

let's speak to lord kim darroch, former uk ambassador to the us, and who served in that position duringsidency. good morning, always good to have you here on bbc news. morning. have you here on bbc news. morning-— have you here on bbc news. morninu. , ., , .,, morning. plenty of new people and personalities _ morning. plenty of new people and personalities for _ morning. plenty of new people and personalities for the - morning. plenty of new people and personalities for the world j and personalities for the world to get their head around who may well be part of the incoming donald trump administration. we will go through some of them. let's start with your initial reaction to rfkjunior as reaction to rfk junior as potential reaction to rfkjunior as potential health secretary. i think this is the wildest of all the trump appointments, as your reporter stated. this guy is an anti—vax who has said he believes vaccines cause autism and he is a conspiracy theorist. putting him in charge of the health department... i always thought he would get a job, trump always promised him, but i thought

i spoke to lord kim darroch, former uk ambassador to the us about the trump picks — he said that namingh secretary was the "wildest" announcement so far. this guy is an anti—vaxxer who has said that he believes that vaccines cause autism. and he's a conspiracy theorist. and putting him in charge of of the health department — i mean, i always thought he would get a job. trump more or less promised it, but i thought it would be something outside the government machinery. but now he's actually in charge of the health department machinery, so it's going to be a bumpy ride. yeah, it has to be nominated by the senate. it has to be approved by the senate, although there are ways around that by putting the senate into recess. but they're still amused. but the senate will have a challenge with a number of these appointments, and some of them have already been criticised. and trump will feel that with republican majorities in both houses, he would stay on the coattails of his election victory that the senate should simply approve his nominations, because he's he's the guy who got them their major

kim darroch, former ambassador in washington. cables were leaked. lots of disobliging things about donald trump leaked in the mail on sunday. he phoned up the chief of staff in the white house, said it's all absolutely fine. and then 48 hours, i think donald trump walked out of the white house, was going to marine 0ne and said, we will not deal with that man. and that was the end of his time in washington completely. you know, david lammy is simultaneously, it seems to me, an authentic atla nticist. he loves america. he studied in america. he's lived in america. he's talked about how, you know, his dad is buried in texas. so he talks about how he's been to america more times than he's been to france. and yet at the same time, there was this lorry load of disobliging quotes. and then you've got in keir starmer and donald trump, notjust politically but in character terms, two people who could not be more different. but then back to our point. does that guarantee anything about whether they get on really well or don't get on very well? we don't know. a

our panel tonight, kim darroch, who was the uk's national security adviser, as well as our man in washington — until his private thoughts about donald trump were exposed. and john ryley, who ran sky news for over a decade until last year. now, trump will begin to choose his cabinet and top officials for his second adminstration in the "days and weeks ahead". what will this tell us about his policies, and what we should try to do about it, especially on his upheavals to the world trade system? in a moment, nick will take us through the key players who are expected to be tapped up. but one man above all is being spoken of as the most influential voice in trump's ear — the richest man in the world, elon musk, who was handing out actual $1 million cheques to voters in pennsylvania during the campaign. well, i'll say it again, man, i think this is the last election. if trump doesn't win, this is the last election. # i come from scientists and atheists # and white men who killed...# i'm notjust maga. and what we should try to do on his upheavals to the world trade system? in a moment, nick will ta

i'm nowjoined by victoria vdovchenko, ha hellyer, zongyuan zoe liu and kim darroch. victoria. how nervous do you think officials are in kyiv? bill nervous do you think officials are in kyiv?— are in kyiv? all of the ukrainians _ are in kyiv? all of the ukrainians are - are in kyiv? all of the l ukrainians are watching are in kyiv? all of the - ukrainians are watching the election. the consequence for ukraine remains debatable for various reasons. 0n ukraine remains debatable for various reasons. on one signs because you heard trump share his proposals on the peace deal is and not conflicting to the official position of ukraine. still believe it's unpredictable and it could work in ukraine's favour that the majority think it's not. kamala harris on the other hand is seen as likely to continuejoe biden plasma policy. she is more predicable. at the same time it's important to realise we ukrainians know it's not only about the us leader and the president, it's also about the president, it's also about the composition of congress because the senedd is almost certain to sh

one of the guests we had on tonight, kim darroch, who was the british ambassador under borisjohnson.keir starmer had a meeting with trump, he phoned him after the failed assassination attempt. basically what the government has to do, as every government around the world will have to do, is recognise donald trump will be president, work out the issues that really matter to him and how they relate to the issues that really matter to us, and build their networks at every level. nobody will pretend that in any normal circumstances donald trump and keir starmer would necessarily be best friends and playing golf every weekend but keir starmer has to recognise, as every british prime minister has done, with this special relationship we talk about so much, that in a way you just have to work at it. you have to work at it on every level of government.— work at it on every level of covernment. . . ., ,, government. alastair campbell, ou will government. alastair campbell, you will have — government. alastair campbell, you will have a _ government. alastair campbell, you will have a lot _ gover

we can speak to lord kim darroch, former uk ambassador to the us and the eu and former national security us. there have been a lot of alerts on this with potential lines saying that there could be a deal inside. we have had more indications today. how seriously should we be taking those? obviously it would be a big breakthrough if there was some sort of ceasefire. this big breakthrough if there was some sort of ceasefire. as your revious some sort of ceasefire. as your previous interviewee _ some sort of ceasefire. as your previous interviewee said, - some sort of ceasefire. as your previous interviewee said, we | previous interviewee said, we have had deal is supposedly close on gaza in the past and they have not happened, so it is not there until it is done. but it does sound, and it is important it is coming from the israeli government as well as from the us government, it does sound quite close. it is simpler than doing a deal on gaza, so i think the odds are it will happen now, although there is still i think quite a difficult issue around israel demanding the right to return into s

hillary clinton and ceo of code for america, and former britsh ambassador to the united states, kim darroche watch events unfold there. the elephant in the room there, as we listen to the rhetoric of all the speakers in the room, is that it is a thousand days in which the un security council has not been able to stop this war. it council has not been able to stop this war.— stop this war. it is the reality. and _ stop this war. it is the reality. and actually i | stop this war. it is the - reality. and actually i fear it is the story of the un. for maybe a decade or more. it has been ineffective. and it feels increasingly marginalised. it has to be said, primarily because russia and china have never really sought in this period to try and find common ground with the western members of the security council. it has been very ineffective and it is hard to see moment much of a route back for real relevance in this kind of area. amanda, i am struck _ in this kind of area. amanda, i am struck listening _ in this kind of area. amanda, i am struck listening to - in this kind of area. amanda, i am s