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Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour with me, Ben Wright, and my guests.

We'll discuss the fallout from that televised bust up between President Trump and Zelensky.

European leaders are scrambling to find a path to peace that keeps the Ukrainians in the room.

Sakeha Stama hosted a momentous summit in London, where European leaders promised to rearm,

all too aware that the United States may no longer have their backs.

Also, with the BBC Chair and Director General facing MPs, we discussed the fallout from the Gaza

documentary.

And if a recall petition goes ahead for the former Labour MP, Mike Amesbury, how would that

potential by-election play out? That's all coming up. But first, let's meet my panel.

Dame Meghilia is the Labour MP for Hackney South and Shortwich. She joined the Commons in 2005 and is currently chair of the Treasury Select Committee.

She oversees the Liaison Committee too, which brings together all the select committee chairs

to scrutinise the work of the Prime Minister.

Meg was known as Parliament's Wastefinder General when she chaired the Public Accounts Committee,

and it's good to have you with us again, Meg.

Thank you.

Sir John Whittingdale has been the Conservative MP for Mulden since 1992.

He was Culture Secretary from 2015 to 2016 and has had several ministerial posts.

A long time ago, he worked closely with Margaret Thatcher in number 10 and now sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Commons. Hello, John.

Good evening. Karen von Hippel was the Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute, known as Roussey, from 2015 to 2024. Before that, she served for nearly six years in the US State Department during the Obama administration,

which must feel a long time ago, Karen, in every sense.

Indeed, it does. Good evening.

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