we've just i've just heard literally in the last i think on the way up that rachel reeves is having tond pushing back immediately within the first week of him crossing that border? the reason why we didn't is because everyone was scared of world war iii. everyone was scared of what would happen if you remember those conversations. >> we were all scared. everyone was scared. >> of nuclear war. well, if we're not going to do it, then what? >> we're just. we're just valid >> we're just. we�*re just valid thing to be scared of. >> oh, absolutely. but. but if we're not going to do that, then. okay, i'll give him. i�*ll give the benefit of the doubt. and this is why my view has changed, right? so i was like, okay, yeah, we need to give you we need to beef ukraine's arms up, and we need to make sure that they can push russia back. but we�*re still here three years later and billions of, you know, billions has gone into it and we've got almost a million people dead now. something needs to change. something needs to stop. and that's why i�*m so that's why i get so frustrated with this when i he

. >> i just read write that rachel reeves is given billions to ukraine, and she's saying it�*s ukrainem frozen russian assets. what do you all think of that? >> i initially it wound me up because we've just announced we're going to be funding and supporting ukraine for the next 100 years. is 3 billion a year for as long as it takes. so i saw a lot of those frozen assets as a way to pay us back and at least not have that same deal that america is making where we take minerals and land from ukraine, because that's the ukraine, because that�*s the alternative. but it seems to me now like everyone's going to need a piece of ukraine in order to get some sort of compensation, which i don't like for ukraine. the russian assets total billions, which we should use to pay off that debt. >> this is the trade off, right? there's $300 billion of russian assets frozen across europe. now. it�*s about damn time that we take that money away rather than spend out of. >> well, we should. that's what >> well, we should. that�*s what i�*m saying. surely it. >> is a. >> is a. >> trade off. no, but that's wh

his ukranian ally britain will have its unwavering support to ukraine, including tonight, with rachel reeveson loan package. >> absolute determination to stand with you, unwavering determination and to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is a lasting peace, a lasting peace for ukraine based on sovereignty and security for ukraine. 50 important for ukraine. so important for ukraine, so important for europe, and so important for the united kingdom. >> we are happy and we count on your support and really, really we're happy that we have such, such parties and such. >> so the whole charade in the white house yesterday leaves our prime minister in a difficult position, i think, because he went to washington armed with a state visit to windsor castle for president trump, earning himself a positive nickname for once in the form of starmer, the charmer. i actually thought he did it right in the oval office, a little submissive, and i�*m not sure about the crossed legs, but i guess it could have been worse. but anyway, now the prime minister must clearly decide whether his loyalties lie with

his ukranian ally britain will have its unwavering support to ukraine, including tonight, with rachel reevese. >> absolute determination to stand with you, unwavering determination and to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is a lasting peace, a lasting peace for ukraine based on sovereignty and security for ukraine. 50 important for ukraine. so important for ukraine, so important for europe, and so important for the united kingdom. >> we are happy and we count on your support and really, really we're happy that we have such, such parties and such. >> so the whole charade in the white house yesterday leaves our prime minister in a difficult position, i think, because he went to washington armed with a state visit to windsor castle for president trump, earning himself a positive nickname for once in the form of starmer, the charmer. i actually thought he did it right in the oval office, a little submissive, and i�*m not sure about the crossed legs, but i guess it could have been worse. but anyway, now the prime minister must clearly decide whether his loyalties lie with the united sta

. >> well, following the pair's meeting, chancellor rachel reeves signed a £2.26 billion loan agreementbilities. >> and then later today, following the european leaders summit, president zelenskyy is going to head to sandringham, as we said, to meet with king charles. >> absolute determination to stand with you, unwavering determination and to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is a lasting peace, a lasting peace for ukraine based on sovereignty and security for ukraine, so important for ukraine, so important for europe, and so important for the united kingdom. >> we are happy and are we count on your support and really, really. we�*re happy that we have really. we're happy that we have such, such partners and such friends. >> well, political commentator tim scott joins us now. how did you feel when you saw that moment outside downing street? >> well, i think it really will not do keir starmer's poll ratings any harm at all. i think it's, as you say, anne. it's given him a chance to rise above the fray and to look statesmanlike, you know, to look like a leader. and, you know, t

but rachel reeves has backed the prime minister�*s decision. >> the decision to spend 2.5% of gdp ondecision. the world has changed. we can see that all around us in europe and beyond. we have to uplift what we spend on defence and we are funded that by reducing the international aid budget, that is the right decision in the circumstances that we face today as a nation. >> and pope francis, who has been critically ill in hospital for two weeks, has had what's been described as an isolated breathing crisis at the vatican, says the pontiff has received non—invasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe as he continues to battle double pneumonia. a statement from the vatican says. the pope's alert, but his prognosis remains guarded. pope francis was admitted to rome's gemelli admitted to rome�*s gemelli hospital earlier this month with severe respiratory infection, severe respiratow infection, which triggered other complications. that is it for the moment. i'll be back with more at 10:00. >> for the very latest gb news direkt, your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the

the chancellor, rachel reeves, says it�*s disappointing to lose a good colleague over the foreign aidecision to increase spending on defence is right. the minister for overseas development, anneliese dodds, has resigned after the prime minister made the decision to slash the foreign aid budget. the money will be used to boost defence spending to 2.5% of gdp instead. in a resignation letter, miss dodds said the cuts would remove food and healthcare from desperate people, deeply harming the uk�*s reputation. greek police fired tear gas to police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators. earlier, demonstrators who were throwing petrol bombs as mass protests to mark the second anniversary of the country�*s worst rail the country's worst rail disaster were marred by violence. dozens of hooded protesters clashed with security forces as they attempted to storm the barricades in front of parliament in central athens. hundreds of thousands of people have been taking part in country wide demonstrations demanding justice for the crash. that left 57 people dead and dozens more injured. now, an in