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mauritius could effectively double from £9 billion to 18 billion, but this has been denied by the uk foreign officehe figures being quoted were inaccurate and misleading. shadow foreign secretary dame priti patel told gb news the deal is a huge national security risk. >> over the last four months, we cannot forget the fact that starmer's government had been trying to railroad this deal through while joe biden was in the white house and before president trump was inaugurated, because they knew that the americans would run the slide rule over this terrible deal and questioned the whole issue of national security. we know that the mauritians have closer relations and links with china. there's no guarantee that the chinese will not actually put listening stations and put actually their national security apparatus on the archipelago and the surrounding islands, and this is a major threat to us all. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more from me in half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.co

the foreign office has announced that a russian diplomat has had their accreditation revoked by the uk the for tat move comes after a british diplomat was expelled from moscow last year. the russian ambassador was summoned to the foreign office to be informed of the move. foreign secretary david lammy said he was unapologetic about protecting the uk's national interests. the princess royal has returned to the hospital where she was treated after being knocked unconscious by a horse last year during the visit to southmead hospital in bristol, princess anne was able to thank the doctors and nurses who looked after her. the 74 year old princess described how every day is a bonus after she suffered concussion and head injuries in the accident last june. i'll keep you right up to date with the very latest headunes date with the very latest headlines from the gb news centre. now it's over to the ubiquitous martin daubney. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> ubiquitous will have been called far

. >> the foreign office has announced that a russian diplomat has had their accreditation revoked by the uk. the for tat move comes after a british diplomat was expelled from moscow last year. the russian ambassador was summoned to the foreign office to be informed of the move. foreign secretary david lammy said he was unapologetic about protecting the uk's national interest. lord mandelson has told a journalist to f off when asked about his relationship with paedophile financier jeffrey epstein. questions have been raised before about links between britain's incoming us ambassador and epstein, who died in prison in 2019. lord mandelson said he regretted ever meeting him, but then told a financial times reporter i'm not going to go into this. it's an ft obsession and frankly, you can all f off. the met police have stepped up its efforts to clamp down on phone thieves, seizing a thousand stolen mobiles and arresting 230 people in a single week. during a week of coordinated action across london, the force targeted phone thieves and this included action in hotspot areas like the west end, wher

the foreign office has denied reports it's set to open talks on slavery reparations, with caribbean officials demanding trillions of pounds from the ukaccording to the telegraph newspaper, a meeting could be held as soon as april after barbados prime minister mia mottley previously demanded almost £4 trillion from britain. the foreign office has told gb news though the story is false and misleading and insists the government's position remains unchanged. but the foreign secretary, david lammy, has previously been vocal in his support. hamas has taken place at saint joseph's catholic church in sheffield to remember harvey willgoose, who was stabbed at school on monday. vicar sexton spoke to our gb news reporter anna riley, after the mass. >> it was a very moving service. sometimes simplicity is the best and it came across very well and people held the family very much in their prayers. one quote i will give from the service is this that we cannot suffer as harvey's family are suffering, but we can suffer with them, walk with them. >> meanwhile, a march is taking place throughout the city today to remember the 15 year old and to rememb

the foreign office has denied reports it's set to open talks on slavery reparations, with canbbean on slavery reparations, with caribbean officials demanding trillions of pounds from the ukaccording to the telegraph newspaper. a meeting could be held as soon as april after barbados prime minister mia mottley previously demanded almost £4 trillion from britain, the foreign office has told gb news the story is false and misleading and insists the government's position remains unchanged. but the foreign secretary, david lammy, has previously been vocal in his support. in other news, a mass has taken place at saint mary's cathedral in sheffield to remember harvey willgoose, who was stabbed at school on monday. vicar general monsignor desmond sexton spoke to our gb news reporter anna riley after the mass. >> it was a very moving service. sometimes simplicity is the best and it came across very well and people held the family very much in their prayers. one quote i would give from the service is this that we cannot suffer as harvey's family are suffering, but we can suffer with them, walk with them. and later today a march will take place throughout the city to remember the 15

the foreign office has denied reports it is set to open talks on slavery reparations, with canbbean on slavery reparations, with caribbean officials demanding trillions of pounds from the uk, according to the telegraph newspaper. a meeting could be held as soon as april after barbados prime minister mia mottley previously demanded almost £4 trillion from britain. the foreign office has told gb news the story is false and misleading, and insists the government's position remains unchanged. but the foreign secretary, david lammy, has previously been vocal in his support. the king and queen welcomed celebrities, chefs and diplomats to their highgrove estate last night to celebrate hauans estate last night to celebrate italians slow cooking the dinner with dishes including crab ravioli and pork, along with engush ravioli and pork, along with english and italian wine, comes ahead of their italian state visit later on in the year. among the guests for charles and camilla's event were victoria and david beckham, dame helen mirren and stanley tucci, and the menu honoured a cause close to the king's heart. the tradition of slow cooking promotes the right to good, clean and fair fo