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what— the uk, europe and ukraine? what the _ the uk, europe and ukraine? the fighting is to continue. and to ensure that if there is discussion about any guarantees that will be provided, that the european nations show willing as i have done, but also absolutely clear that it must be with a us backstop because i don't believe in their guarantee if there isn't a us backstop behind the security guarantees. backstop behind the security guarantees— backstop behind the security auarantees. ~ ., ., guarantees. what sort of future do ou guarantees. what sort of future do you see _ guarantees. what sort of future do you see for _ guarantees. what sort of future do you see for any _ guarantees. what sort of future do you see for any ukraine - do you see for any ukraine peace _ do you see for any ukraine peace deal if the united states will not — peace deal if the united states will not guarantee to put troops _ will not guarantee to put troops on the ground? were at a very early _ troops on the ground? were at a very early stage _ troops on the ground? were at a ve

amend the ea uk, this europe. ereeeci theeuezlelenel _ uk. m- europe. bbc news. apple is taking the unprecedented step of removing its highest level data security tool from customers in the uk, "advanced data protection" means only account holders can online through a process known as end—to—end encryption. but earlier this month the uk government asked for the right to see the data, which currently not applying end—to—end encryption for customers on their photographs and documents if they want to do. only the account holder would have access to this, not even apple. a couple of weeks ago, it emerged the uk government had law enforcement agencies. at that time apple did not commit existing customers of it will start to be pulled away from them and will no longer have access to it. never will. encrypted, it will be accessible to apple any response from the government? what does this mean for the business of apple in the uk? as yet no response to the breaking by the government. think that it could tell uk technology, sorry, us will have to wait and see wha

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really not that good in the uk and europe but still relatively good in in america. o if chinese goods find their way to the, to the continent and into the uk and exert a downward pressure on prices, then i think it gives both the ecb and the boe more scope to lower interest rates more aggressively than markets are anticipating this year, especially as growth is likely to continue to weaken over the coming quarters. >> so how do you tally that with growth expected to weaken but perhaps more supportive policy? how do you tally that from a market perspective? do you want to put more money to work in the uk? >> yeah, i think the uk and european markets. i mean, a lot of stock markets really are pretty cheap at the moment. it really is just the american market at the top end, which is expensive. and so i think if we've got a tailwind of sort of interest rates falling in the uk and europe and actually sort of growth maybe not as strong, but sort of not atrocious, then i think that's a pretty good tailwind, coupled with very low valuations for uk and european stocks. and i

they leaning more than they're letting for now, we talked about reporting on this story in the uk and europehi. so in china, i think this has been a moment of pride i the lunar new year holiday, that everyone around them i is talking about this, and... sorry to interrupt. yes, sure. can't be stopped. there's, of course, _ the connection is being made with the us. as proof that the us's effort will fail. - so there's all sorts - of different sentiment there. shirin and kathrin, for the moment, thank you very much. you're describing are happening in the context of the current its parent company, bytedance, is chinese. a ban in the us has been temporarily halted and it's not but the reason for the ban, which had bipartisan security concerns about how americans�* personal data might certain subjects. professor martin, thank you very much forjoining us. to what degree do you think the chinese technology that from the experts, is a vast array of different activities, hardware, software, different products and services. chinese firm, alibaba, that's come out today to much significant for the future

please do stay with us, but i want to bring in the uk and europe. hi.been a moment of pride i is talking about this, and... and have they got that information through the media? sorry to interrupt. yes, sure. stopped. there's, of course, _ the connection is being made with the us. so there's all sorts - of different sentiment there. you very much. tiktok has links to china. its parent company, bytedance, is chinese. and, as we've discussed before on the media show, in washington, was really twofold — security concerns about how americans' personal data might be used, and then concerns around the influence that tiktok may let's understand that further with ciaran martin, intelligence agency gchq. we've referenced so far in the programme does pose a security threat to western democracies? chinese firm, alibaba, that's come out today to much between us and china than tiktok, which at the end is a social media app and not really on a par with the balance of power. and one of the big uncertainties about deepseek we don't really know the answer to that and it

the foreign secretary, david lammy, has said the uk would act as a bridge between europe and with thethe british armed forces saying the uk and europe must �*step up to the plate�* to guarantee ukraine�*s sovereignty. and ed davey, the leader of the uk�*s third—largest party in parliament, the lib—dems, told bbc breakfast the prime minister should go further still. with our closest ally, the united states, now supporting russia, it seems, and removing itself so we�*ve got to make the defence of our country a top priority. spent on our army, air force and navy. i think we should now do that rapidly, with a clear timetable, certainly in the next two or three years, and then start talking cross—party about going even further, the situation is so serious. harry farley. i asked him how quickly the uk government could increase spending on defence. on defence, and the talk�*s to go to 2.5%, that�*s what ed davey for the uk to go much further, say to 3%, which would be so these are large sums of money. how would you pay for it? and that is not yet clear. on digital services, essentially on la

are they leaning more than they're letting please do stay with us, but i want to bring in the uk and europewhen it comes to deepseek, catherine, and welcome about in china this week? hi, yeah, thanks for having me. and joy and vindication. the lunar new year holiday, that everyone around them i sorry to interrupt. yes, sure. can't be stopped. effort and to hold china back in a tech competition - with the us. so there's all sorts - of different sentiment there. you very much. but do stay with us, because all of the issues that tiktok has links to china. its parent company, bytedance, is chinese. clear what will happen next. in washington, was really twofold — security concerns let's understand that further with ciaran martin, of government and a former head of cyber security at uk intelligence agency gchq. professor martin, thank you very much forjoining us. we've referenced so far in the programme does pose hardware, software, different products and services. and strategically, what's been going on with deepseek, of the day, however important it may be, however popular, is a social media ap

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refusal to strike a deal on access to his the former head of the british armed forces has said the uk and europey. 0ur political correspondent harry farley spoke to me very stark indeed, the former chief of the defence staff saying british armed forces were remarkably hollow that will certainly focus minds in whitehall on those calls, notjust from sir nick carter but from many democrats today — the party here in the uk the government has promised to set out a path to spend 2.5% of the uk's gdp, our overall economy, on defence — up from 2.3% now. but we don't have any timeline for when that would happen, they haven't set a date for when that path would be set figure would actually be reached and there are calls for them to go much further than 2.596. keir starmer will be laughed out of the room when he goes to washington to visit donald trump next week unless he sets out plans to go much further than 2.5% — to 3% for example. there is no indication at the moment from them that they are willing out a path to spend 2.5% of the uk's gdp, our overall economy, on defence — up from 2.3% now. but we don

importantly we don't know whether this is a limited action just focused on these world and the uk and europelet's speak to candace laing — president and ceo, canadian chamber of commerce. thank you very much for your time here on bbc news. we heard from some in ontario from some people in ontario there in that report and their concerns. you described tariffs as thsse incoming tariffs ss disturbing. thsse incoming tariffs as disturbing. can you profoundly disturbing. can you tell me what you are most tsttms ghatgso ars'msst' "*' * "w concerned about? 5572—2 four leadinu concerned about? 5572—2 four leadin: u- concerned about? 5572—2 - four leading up to think four months leading up to the business 77 " "f'r'wit’h’ w ' 77 " ' rrwithwhat ' 7 with what we 77 " ' rrwithiwhatwe might n n ”7 v rvwitii'twitatr we might be concerned with what we might be facing and as of yesterday absolutely all canadians are just. i think. feeling just, i think, why, people are if? why -, "mi'y’ig’ihis 3555.51.57 ’ makes no sense to . fa ct . . . fact that . . ”faking? " "elly ”ming? " "elly 17 ”trading partner ally

uk. >> europe, but. also in the us. inflation is. >> very much. >> in focus.'ve seen it from, you know. >> the fed. >> minutes that central banks by and large. >> are. >> watching this. >> very very closely. >> there are pressures price. >> pressures around the service sector. there's a lot of trade. >> uncertainty that's driving things. and i think it's also fair to say that, you know, the market's. >> ability to forecast. >> inflation hasn't been that. great since covid. >> so it's. understandable that. >> people are a little. bit cautious and on the. >> sidelines yesterday. >> some comments from isabel schnabel from the ecb seemed to get capture investors attention. she gave an interview with the financial times. and in it she said that she thinks it's now time for a debate within the governing council around pausing or halting rates, that inflation risks are skewed to the upside. do you think the market is pricing that in now? >> well, it debate is good. i mean, i. think that's what governing councils. do all. >> over the. >> world is they take. >> stock o

pro ukraine, but are you worried that with trump basically saying we're trying to end this and europe and ukaying no, we want to carry on that, that's just too odd. i mean, should we just get behind trump at this point, say, yeah, whatever. >> he's capitulate to putin just when he's at the point where he's saying the. population donkeys the front line. oh. oh yeah. any anybody who attacks europe, we just let them do it. because if we don't, then somebody could break a nail. >> i'm guessing that's a no, but but how can we carry on ukraine and what without trump involved? >> what am amused by? what i'm amused by is why right wing people don't support ukraine. >> if you always say you couldn't make. >> you couldn't make. >> you couldn't make. >> a more right wing country. >> a more right wing country. >> than it's the most. it's like the best paradise of, you know, the best paradise of, you know, the women are tall and beautiful. >> but starmer likes. >> but starmer likes. >> it all. carrying raw milk over on their backs. it's like it's an amazing place. the man. >> does starmer like it? >> doe

but he continues to argue that the uk's relationship with europe america need not be with europe ande'e h""'fl"7“t"“�* ~ ~ . . so with the �*e'e h"*r'e"f“t"“�* ~ ~ . . so with president the �*a'e l"�**'a"f�*:,t�*~~-~�* ~ ~ . . so with president trump necessarily so with president'trump' the white house. mason in in the white house. chris mason in brussels. thanks. these are the latest goods deficit numbers: how much more other countries sell in goods to the us than the us sells abroad. those three countries already in his sights do here for china, mexico and canada, which the president terms "ripping off" america. think of german car exports. that goes the other way, and you can see that in white. this is silicon valley software, social media, and wall street banking exported to the rest of the world, though it doesn't make up for the goods. for the trump tariffs, the answer to this problem but president trump has also mentioned an alternative reason for all this, simply to raise money for his government. from the whole world per year — about $4 trillion — 4,000 billion. it is not far

uk foreign secretary david lammy said the uk would remain a "bridge between europe and the united states president vladimir putin, he had taken office the white house confirmed today that mr macron will visit donald trump on monday, while uk prime minister mr president... america's diplomatic offering to ukraine. suddenly, it was our time to leave. so we made it as far as the meeting room before, the press conference. is going on behind that door. so what is going to be discussed, you can only imagine. to sell a large part of his country's natural minerals in exchange for military help. this opportunity that we have offered. for a strong and truly beneficial agreement "we have proposed," he said, "the fastest and most america's change in tone has tainted this country's yearning for peace. translation: | think - trump's behaviour is more suitable for a dictator. certainly more than zelensky�*s. translation: elections should have happened a long time - ago, but ukrainians — or at least 73% of them — think that elections are inappropriate now because of the war. as the southern city of kher

what is this need from the europe point of view and the uk to use as leverage?7 7 you do not 7 you do not 7 tocut ukraine, you do not want to cut a deal that invites vladimir to start this war in putin to start this war over in a few years after he re—arms. a'few years'after hereea-“nts. think it is very they think it is very responsible for them to to they think it is very responsible to �* them to to they think it is very responsible to try em to to they think it is very responsible to try to to to they think it is very responsible to try to convince washington to try to convince trump face—to—face but of = trump feels that he was ona on a mandate of elected on a mandate of stopping the war and doesn't think that another few think that spending another few years arming ukraine is actually to change the actually going to change the contours of the deal, is contours of the deal, that is basically a stalemate and they should basically make a deal = -= now to end the bloodshed. one trump has _ now to end the bloodshed. one trump has been _ now to end the bloodshed

the foreign secretary, david lammy, has said the uk would act as a bridge between europe and the unitedry a top priority. they had an ambition of going to 2.5% of our national income spent on our army, air force and navy. i think we should now do that rapidly with a clear timetable, start talking cross—party about going even further. the situation is so serious. let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley. is in westminster. the talk about urgent spending, how can ttttt tcah they ramp t can they ramp it ttttt tcah they ramp it up? lin-1; ~ tt

. >> what could happen with europe and the uk? >> well, i. >> would i would split europe from the. >> uk in the. >> sense that for. >> whatever it's. >> worth, you know, something that happened six months ago. >> doesn't matter anymore. >> the trump. >> campaign advisers. >> were very. >> clear about they don't like. >> our trade. >> relationship with europe. >> they don't like our economic relationship. >> with europe broadly. >> european antitrust. >> investigations being a. >> factor in that. >> so i don't. >> think. >> this is. >> canada where. >> the justification looks completely made up. the mexican justification. >> is largely non-economic. >> i think we. >> have a they have a. >> serious problem with europe. that means. >> okay, we're going to go through a bunch. >> of chaos. >> but probably on. >> the other side, we're not. >> going to. >> get. >> canada, mexico, tariffs. >> and probably on the other side we are going to get. >> europe tariffs. >> why would. >> we get europe tariffs. >> so if we thought that their regulat

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ecuador is because ecuador has big ports so much that gets shipped to other parts of the world to europe, the uk that key drug running miles away from the uk. indeed, it's unusually far north at the moment, with these ridge patterns building high pressure and southern england. of the pennines, but you have to go high above 300m or a00m elevation, and it's a cold night with a widespread frost about —4c, —5c here. for much of the day. of this, and across the midlands and eastern areas of wales. with these ridge patterns building high pressure to our north, and it's on the southern edge of high pressures that we get easterly winds at this time of year. and so those easterly winds will continue to drag cold air our way for much of the week ahead. 0vernight tonight, we'll keep extensive cloud with rain and drizzle, particularly persistent across east anglia and southern england. but there could be bits and pieces elsewhere. it's cold enough to get a bit of snow over the tops of the pennines, but you have to go high above 300m or a00m elevation, and it's a cold night with a widespread frost in scotlan

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uk—us relations? nervousness in europe about what this policy position from the us president is going to mean in the longhe interview that you've just conducted there, with president trump, a negotiating tactic, this idea that he is transactional. of america turning its back on its old alliances. criticisms being levelled at those two european of the interview that you've just conducted there, you know, european powers can at least hope, perhaps, that in some of this there is opportunity that some of this may be, as people often say with president trump, a negotiating tactic, a sort of maximalist position beyond which people can find compromises. this idea that he is transactional. but, you know, in terms of the worst fears, you know, critics see this as an upending of the global order of america turning its back on its old alliances. they will see further confirmation of that in these criticisms being levelled at those two european leaders in particular, as all at the same time as america builds bridges with russia. for mr trump's supporters, of course, this is him delivering on his america first agenda

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on that thought that you that you heard from victoria derbyshire there, that the uk is not at the table, that europee table in these peace talks. priti patel, the shadow foreign secretary, was also asked about that. this is what she said. i think, victoria, if i may say so, those statements- are deeply premature. we've heard a range i of views in recent days, right from the nato conference that took place in brussels - a few days ago and also over recent days here. i we all have to have very, very cold heads right - now, primarily cold - and calm heads, primarily because this conflict is still raging. - this war is still hot. there is still conflict taking place at sea and on land. l ukraine has had such terrible losses. - russia has as well. we're all heavily, heavily invested in this conflict. i and i think right now we need a degree of calmness - as these new initiatives take place, and also. as this new range of talks take place, whether it's. the discussions that take place in paris tomorrow. and there'll be many, - many, many other debates, discussions and dialogues that| will be forthcoming i

in a statement sir keir starmer said: the uk will work to ensure we keep the us and europe together.isions in the alliance to distract from the external enemies we face." sir keir is expected to continue this discussion with us president donald trump when he visits the white house in the coming weeks. for more on the situation, our security correspondent, frank gardner sent this report from munich. tight security as western and other world leaders arrived for the second day of this crucial conference. it could help decide europe's future for years to come. this is the ukrainian delegation arriving here at the munich security conference behind me with president zelensky making a strong appeal for a lasting and secure peace for his country that doesn't give away too many concessions to president putin and doesn't allow him to come back in two years�* time and conquer the rest of the country, because that is the fear here in europe and amongst the ukrainian delegation. volodymyr zelensky is a man in a hurry. the clock is ticking towards a us—brokered peace deal that the ukrainian presid

europe, then? they have been frozen out of these talks with russia, we know that macron and keir starmer — from france and ukk? look, europe does have leverage here but it depends it is certainly the case that europe has free ridden long time and this is, i think, been treated quite rightly as a big wake—up call. can move quickly enough to rearm, to basically continue potentially, of a ceasefire and peace deal that actually eastern europe from vladimir putin. and what can ukraine do then, they seem to be at the mercy israel's military is stepping up operations in the occupied two other explosive devices have been found on buses and defused. it follows an outpouring of grief in israel as the bodies of four dead hostages — held by hamas — were the bodies were thought to be the three members of the bibas family and peace activist oded lifshitz. been identified as infant kfir bibas and his four—year—old brother, ariel — but a third body is not that of shiri bibas to any hostage. the israel defense forces accused hamas of a "very the red cross publicly asked hamas not to put on a show, a mother's terror as she so

understanding, grasp what is happening here in the u.s., which still remain american part of europe minus ukwill start with a few note. the challenges that we are facing in europe or eastern europe, of course. global security crisis. this is not somewhere else outside of us. it is our war, this is how we understand it. very much influencing the way we live, democracy, our current life. ecological competition in europe and central europe is not doing very well. we also see the digital and fluence, which, again, a bigger platform now coming. hybrid thrt coming from somewhere. hybrid threats they are the most sensitive part of your societal cohesion or your democratic institution, hybrid threats are societal or as a result of -- [indiscernible] we especially, countries in the front line of russia and russia major actor in the hybrid field. china and others speaking up but still russia is a dominant factor in eastern europe but also in europe. this is where the issue of democracy came very much together. this dominates on the way of the war of democracy the way russia is using cyberattacks or me

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uk how to make this eu reset work. let's speak to armida van rij, head of chatham house's europe programme.let's start what henry is that men are limits 7 are limitszto : are limits: to how that research can much that research can do, because, of course, uk has because, of course, the uk has left the eu aftean what left the eu after brexit. what do you can be achieved do you think can be achieved from meeting? of course, from this meeting? of course, the first time a uk prime has attended the sort minister has attended the sort of meeting since brexit. we need to be clear about what we; need to be clear about what meeting we? need to be clear about what meeting is. it is an this meeting is. it is an informal meeting of eu national leaders as part of their grouping in the european w ”the is not quite a european council attending a european council meeting itself, but it allows 355135 5511931 talks“; countries 355135 551195 ie suites; countries to 355135 551195 e suites; countries to join third—party countries to join such meetings. as say, this such meetings. as you say, this is reallyjust a

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maria: a what is the sentiment in europe right now former uk prime minister boris johnson said trump ine are intend to shock europe into johnson wrote when we europeans when are we going to stop being scandalized by donald trump and help him end to war can save 00 blonds frozen russian assets mainly in belgium to compensate for us for support. balazk what are your thoughts. >> the worrimongers liberals in shock, good news for those who want to have a peace. around ukraine last -- three years that was a -- a plan how to win the war but it failed it failed miserably. talking about hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people dying, millions leaving the country the country, bankruptcy, eyes on foreign eyed we should realize the situation is changing and we should end this war quickly just that was news about the negotiations between america and russia immediately energy prices went down immediately stock markets went up, immediately the hungarian currency became stronger i think we should push back the warmonger liberals actually behind biden the last three years and they were arguing in

eyes but what happened is really incredible, the defense secretary in europe is up normalously rank group up 15% ryan 9% basystems ukover three years so i think, i know, the message has been sent that europe has to be more responsible with defense spending even e.c. commissioner saying that she is considering exempting defense spending from fiscal ruse in eu will encourage a lot more. this is long term good news for europe. >> do you think that we could see come to fwlugs j.d. vance vice president said last week that countries with regard to membership in nato have got to get to that 2% gdp they still have not not doing that, shockingly been called out repeat plea on this, we cannot see military force to protect europe anymore. >> president trump at about up in first term there was improvement now 20 countries that are meeting the 2%, but biggest economies are not, uk is, 2 1/2%, should be higher, i think 2% has to be the absolute bare minimum the germans barely hitting it italians, french are not. i think those messages are much more clear this time around, and i think, because of what is happening in ukraine, beca

mexican president, claudia sheinbaum, talking about that in press some worrying news for europe, potentially the ukou look at it. here's what the president had to say when he was asked bbc 5 j bbc overnight. j i can tell you that, _ because they have really taken $300 billion deficit. in response to that's been happening, we have that's been. happening. we, have some movement on the stock seen some movement on the stock markets. european stock markets; essa-seen steels. markets after this car makers have been particularly affected. fiat, jeep and peugeot — saw its shares drop by 6%. among the other european car giants, volkswagen dropped in the us are lower, after opening for the first average was down about i%, the snp 500 off more than i.5%, you leaders have signalled that the block would to ,... ,if .,., n , w, w .. if the us w if t'hé'hérélléivéé ’ " retaliate if the us followed through on his threats to tariffs on european impose tariffs on european goods. have a listen. translation: it's simple. think the try it's simple — we think the priority is this strategic agenda and the security of our

consequently, he wants the uk to be part of these talks. why is the u.s. leaving europe and the uk out in the cold? >> well, i guess the short answer is because it can, and trump has never been a big fan of either the eu or many of the european governments, especially the german government. and i suspect that in washington the feeling is that if they want to get a deal with putin, it would be much easier, much quicker, to not include the europeans now. the europeans have also provided a lot of military aid to ukraine, not as much as the u.s. so, but it's not as if they haven't played their part here. but the reality is, is that the u.s. is the the key player for the ukraine. without u.s. aid, ukraine wouldn't be able to continue on. and at the same time, the u.s. is the guarantor of european security still through nato, so that the u.s., the trump administration, has a lot of leverage here. this is obviously a departure from the biden administration and from the american mission, really, of transatlanticism of bringing all of the nato partners around the table together a

, for ukraine, notjust for europe, but all of us in europe, but all of us here in the uk it77 wants to carve out when it comes tariffs in particular. comes to tariffs in particular. harry, for now, thank let's return to the donald trump has made of ukraine's president. donald ukrgige's president. donald criticised mr zelensky trump criticised mr zelensky he had done a terrible saying he had done a terrible job and refuses to have elections in ukraine. zelensky�*s five year term was zetenshy's fiye yearete'ns wase .- ~ eee to end zetenshy's fiye veartem wase .- ~ eee to end 2024, zetenshy's fiye veartem wase .- ,, ..-- to end 2024, but due to end in 2024, but elections have been suspended since martial law was declared after russia's invasion. and conflict studies at the democratic initiatives foundation. first, what is your view about the meeting between the meeting today between president zelensky and keith "fresidentielens icy a and keith of "fresidentielensky and keith of the us envoy, do you kellogg of the us envoy, do you think it could have an impact the us position

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countries the tariffs in the trade issues than it is to the united states, that also extends to europe and the uk and to china the united states is a huge bargaining advantage something the prior presidents other than donald trump have never taken advantage of i would say one more thing in our favor we are growing out almost 3% real growth in the united states almost nobody else's candidate around 1% a lot of european countries are at stall speed we can take a small hit to growth and not feel much pain into use donald trump's word, consumers are not to be happy prices go up, i think this will be resolved pretty quickly because it's too important that canada mexico is going to devastate the economy to let this go on. maria: the other elements of the trump agenda are anti-inflationary i'm talking about the deregulation and the extension of the tax cuts we have not seen the impact there yet. >> this may cause some very short-term price shock with specific items justifies reality. it has not happened in india or china and has not happened in that you all places that tariffs that are much, much higher

in an article for the telegraph, starmer said the uk can play a unique role in helping europe and therk together, and called on european countries to do more to meet security demands. so keir starmer here in the uk, trying to act as a bridge of sorts between the us and europe. now the flurry of weekend activity came after us vice president jd vance used. >> that. >> speech that i mentioned at the munich security conference to blast european countries criticizing politicians across the continent on issues including free speech, security and migration. >> the trump administration is very. concerned with european security and believes that. we can. >> come to a. >> reasonable settlement between. >> russia and ukraine, and we also believe that it's. >> important in. >> the coming years for europe to. step up in a big way to provide for its. >> own defense. >> the threat. >> that i worry the most about vis a vis europe. >> is not russia, it's not china, it's not. >> any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat. >> of europe. from some. >> of its m

result, it is no we know that macron and keir starmer — from france and uk — will be visiting trump next week? that's right. look, europebut it depends i think on the united states for security for a very long time and this is, i think, been treated quite rightly as a big wake—up call. to fund the ukrainian war effort and to be part, simply going away for a couple of years and then coming back and having another go but realistically securing eastern europe from vladimir putin. and what can ukraine do then, they seem to be at the mercy of these much larger powers? do they have any cards they can play, do they have any leverage? look, i mean the fact that ukraine isn't part of these and russians, ukrainians can say no and as long as the europeans are prepared to come to the party holds russian territory. in august last year, of course, we remember incursion into the kursk region in russia, they hold about 500 to include kyiv in the negotiations and discussions. if a deal is to be made, you would think they would be at the table, for sure. what are you looking out for that will tell us or give and he wants any type of deal

the year for the restoration to restore these gas flows to europe, either through ukraine or via nord stream or potentially even both. to the uk now and two reports out this morning paint confidence amongst small businesses has hit its lowest recorded point since the pandemic in the last 3 the fsb's national chair martin mctaguejoins me now. is it as bleak as those numbers suggest? is it - as bleak as those numbers suggest?— is it - as bleak as those numbers suggest? numbers, suggest?" " it seems numbers suggest?" " it seems bleak. we is. it seemsverybleak. we levels at recorded confidence levels at 64.5 on our index. that minus 64.5 on our index. that was down over 40 points from previous quarter. so, fl -tt 7 this is the lowest 152113; [edeliie'v'éi ' ' know, this is the lowest level we have seen this index at llvqjjfive seen this index at the pandemic. it is not since the pandemic. it is not a narrow problem, it seems just a narrow problem, it seems to affect sectors across the you economy. however, you know there are some stand out bad performers, food services and are really bad. have seen big in we have seen big falls in c

of how much countries across europe put aside amidst growing concerns that europe can no longer rely on the us for defence. the ukurrently spends around two point 3% of its total the government has committed to increase that to 2.5% will be achieved. was $457 billion — that's around 2% of gdp. but many european leaders and defence experts are saying this isn't enough. indeed, russia increased defence spending by 42% last year in real terms — around 6.7% for defence spending? is broadly about 2% of gdp. there are calls to raise that to 4%. meanwhile, the eu has been contributing about 60 billion for ukraine, and there are estimates travel is continuing to grow despite the ongoing squeeze the owner of holiday inn — crowne plaza — a 3% growth in its annual room revenue. ihg says it's been boosted by a pick—up in demand in the united states. i to the boss of the country, of iht country, chief exemtiveof ht and i mean, operating profit was up io%. our earnings per share were up 15%, we third more, that's nearly two per day. we are now nearlyi million open rooms around the world with nearly a third of those under devel

with the political turbulence we are seeing now. would act as a bridge between europe and there are growing calls for a bigger ukld bbc breakfast the prime minister should go further still. supporting russia, it seems, and removing itself so we've got to make the defence of our country a top priority. all the parties at the last election said they had timetable, certainly in the next two or three years, further, the situation is so serious. harry farley. i asked him how quickly the uk government could increase spending on defence. so it's a significant increase. the question that immediately is then asked is, well, how would you pay for it? and that is not yet clear. you heard from ed davey there, the leader of the liberal democrats here in the uk. digital companies such as google and so on, whose tax is currently at 2%. so a significant extra tax. no word from the government on their thoughts on that. however, i think it's fair to say that the government has and a growth agenda, and it seems unlikely but that leaves the question open as to how you pay for that extra defence spending. for when they would actuall

europe. >> well, i mean, there's over 40,000 islamists on terror watch lists in the uk alone. so i mean, that's an army right there. and ; a there's apparently there's a there's a 5.6 million items of content it has named for removal. so there's a secret trove of all there's a secret trove of all the bad stuff they've taken out, like indiana jones. can you just love to rummage through that and just see what was there? >> i think most of the time i do when i'm on the internet. >> is this surprising? >> is this surprising? >> is this surprising? >> i mean, is anyone else? >> i mean, is anyone else? >> i mean, is anyone else? >> i thought we all knew this. >> i thought we all knew this. >> kind of thing. they did. i mean, their motto used to be don't be evil. then they changed. >> it to do. be evil. >> it to do. be evil. >> i mean, it's. >> not that's not true, guys. >> not that's not true, guys. >> but it's not surprising. we did. with a funny one if we did. >> yeah, true. no. that's great. and also on this telegraph front page, we have badenoch. britain must fight for free spee

the prime minister has said it's a once in a generation moment for the uk, us and europe to work together. a stabbing in austria that killed a 14 year old boy and wounded five other people yesterday was an islamist attack. that's according to local police. authorities say the 23 year old suspect, who has not been named, is a syrian national with legal residence in austria who has sworn allegiance to islamic state and was radicalised online. he's been living in a centre for asylum seekers and was not known to authorities. the attack took place in the southern city of villach, near the border with slovenia and italy. three of those injured remain in intensive care. the fbi and the us department of justice have joined the investigation into the southport killer. axel rudakubana. in a joint statement, merseyside police and the crown prosecution service say they're working in tandem to obtain material which may be relevant. it's understood investigators hope to recover deleted searches from rudakubana, google and microsoft accounts within weeks. rudakubana was jailed for a minimum of 52 years