live from london. sir keir starmer is in washington for talks for american security police say there is no immediate indication of foul play. guarantees for ukraine. iamat i am at the white house whether prime minister's visit will come as part of a european effort to shore up support for ukraine, following the visit of emmanuel macron of france and ahead of the visit of the hello, welcome to bbc news now. hollywood star gene hackman and his wife police say there is no immediate indication we will go to washingtl shortly we will go to washington very shortly to focus on the meeting have been allowed to leave president 77 president raab 77 president raaband 77 president raab and keir between president raab and keir starmer. —— president trump. romania for the united states, starmer, —— president tzurng, , w is ,,, , is fféiifiéfii géléfiii'g ii currently the fféiifiéfii géléfisig ii currently the republic of ireland at in the ,,, ’ finrtheicompany shannon airport in the company 00:00:54,511 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 of the irish prime

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meet donald trump no doubt it will be a big diplomatic test for the prime minister — not to mention how the biggest potential flashpoint — the backstop the europeans are demanding. from invading again? he has already announced there will be an increase in uk defence spending — which we know donald trump is keen on. the test will be whether they get on. the french president has had a long history this week.

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he was british ambassador to ukraine from 2012 to 2015. i asked him where he places this meeting within the long in that long history, but this is certainly another one. and let's just remind ourselves of the broad ukraine and it's not only zelenskyy

under pressure, ostensibly to finish the work on orfinish at least and he might be thinking that this has not rolled out as badly as he might have feared. administration has been talking about this deal and has been talking it up, among other things, as a contribution to ukraine's security and has been using arguments in ukraine's security. and i think that that... do you think there's a chance that he

the guarantees he wants? i think he probably will sign the deal. but he will still have unanswered questions and that discussion of the security guarantee, of the need for a security guarantee. on ukraine in future. if trump is really interested in a long term solution and not then this discussion of the security guarantee is a very central one. simon smith there.

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we are continuing follow some of the that are some of the tributes that are in for gene hackman. one of the holywood greats, gene hackman, has been found dead alongside his wife and their dog at the family he was 95. the santa fe county

sheriff's office said he won two oscars. as lex luther in superman. he lived as a virtual recluse. betsy arakawa, who was still only 64. 848 0