"We discussed a plan today to reach a peace that is tough and fair, that Ukraine will help shape, that is backed by strength, to stop Putin coming back for more," Starmer said alongside Trump at the White House.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a minerals deal with Ukraine is the security guarantee Kyiv needs against Russia, brushing aside a plea from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a commitment of U.

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Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed an EU move to increase defence spending that was decided at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday. The package includes loans and weakened deficit rules in a bid to boost the continent's military forces.

Starmer addressed business leaders at the residence of the British ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, on Wednesday night after he arrived in Washington. Donald Trump is due to greet Starmer at the White House at around 12.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer left his meeting with Donald Trump with much to be satisfied about despite falling short of his top objective — obtaining an American security “backstop” to protect Ukraine from further attacks after an end to Russia’s war.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived at the White House Thursday to try to convince President Donald Trump that peace in Ukraine will endure only if Kyiv and European leaders are at the negotiating table along with Moscow.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to raise with President Trump the possibility of a limited U.S. military role as part of an agreement to halt the Ukraine-Russia war, U.K. officials said.

Starmer is the second European leader to meet Trump this week after French President Emmanuel Macron came to the White House on Monday for a friendly encounter that displayed stark differences about Russia's war with Ukraine and the U.

Edited by Neha Gohil and Francesca Gillett, with Brian Wheeler reporting from the House of Commons Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch have gone head-to-head in PMQ That's another Prime Minister's Questions done and dusted.

European leaders offered a strong show of support to the Ukrainian president and promised to do more to help his nation.