French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet with President Donald Trump this week as they try to clinch a European role in the ongoing talks between Washington and Moscow on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The prime minister announced the increase in defence spending days before meeting US President Donald Trump in Washington.

The leaders of France and Britain are both due to meet with President Trump this week. Approaches previously tried with him may no longer work.

I think Ukrainians are more worried than ever about the pressure they’re being put under and now, of course, supporters of President Trump - apologists for the way he works - say that he throws out verbal gambits to make people drop long-held positions to make a deal.

Trump was joined at the White House by French President Emmanuel Macron for the meeting, and the two leaders were holding bilateral talks to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The talks come at a moment of deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations,

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he arrives for a meeting with European leaders on Ukraine and European security at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France,

President Donald Trump holds talks this week with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a moment of deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations

Reports say that Ukraine and the US have agreed to the terms of a minerals deal - but it has yet to be signed. Details about what are included in this draft are not immediately clear UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a "dangerous new era" is behind his decision to boost defence spending and cut the aid budget In a Downing Street news conference,

Sir Keir Starmer is set to face PMQs after his shock announcement to increase the UK’s defence spending to 2.5 per cent, ahead of a meeting with Donald Trump in Washington DC. Defence secretary John Healey has insisted that the US president’s demands are not the sole reason for the increase,

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The Prime Minister and French president used a phone call on Sunday afternoon to reiterate their support for Ukraine.