sir keir starmer today�*s summit.front and persuade donald trump they have a role in shaping ukraine's future. at today's summit future. at today�*s summit follows those extraordinary scenes at the white house, where donald trump clashed with zelenskyy, telling him to strike a deal with russia or we are out. well, dame priti patel says the uk�*s relationship with the u5 remains firm, but she�*s us remains firm, but she's condemned the scenes in washington. >> the scenes on friday in the white house were awful. they were absolutely awful. and, you know, i just i were absolutely awful. and, you know, ijust i genuinely say this when we look at president zelenskyy, we feel a great deal of respect towards him because of respect towards him because of the way in which he's of the way in which he�*s conducted himself over the three years of this appalling illegal conflict and the barbarism of russia, which he and his people, his country, has stood up to. and that's why we will always stand shoulder to shoulder with ukraine a

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keir starmer in london. mr zelensky was greeted warmly at downing street by mr starmer who reiterated britain's support for ukraine and mr zelensky personally. the uk and ukraine also signed a loan agreement worth £2.26 billion to support ukraine's defence capabilities. this was the moment the ukrainian president was greeted outside number ten. he walks up to wards the door and sir keir starmer walks he walks up to wards the door and sir keir st towards lks he walks up to wards the door and sir keir st towards him and of number ten towards him and they warmly embrace. a gesture of ukraine to the supporters of ukraine out on the streets in whitehall there at the end of downing street, you could hear them cheering loudly. shouted by many questions shouted by reporters, those questions together and the two walked in together and the two men shake hands on the doorstep walked in together and the two men shake hold on the doorstep walked in together and the two men shake hold a n the doorstep walked in together a

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sir keir starmer speaking on with sunday with laura kuenssberg.e uk and france to work with kyiv to stop the war support that we have for ukraine. people know what we did under prime ministerjohnson and his is successful in helping ukraine, but also in maintaining on friday night, with president trump berating president zelensky? he was being humiliated. we have to remember president zelensky is a hero, of the ukrainian people. whatever differences when everyone is watching because the only person no, no. i don't think it was an ambush. i think both parties are working for their respective national during all the trade negotiations i had as trade back on track. it is critical that ukraine is at the table not a surrender. they are a sovereign country and the principles we are we need to be very careful. that is something that's absolutely vital. guarantee within nato, if we lose them, we will be we need to make sure that america doesn't disengage. if we all get dragged into an escalation, america will get dragged in eventually and it's bad for all

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hosted by sir keir starmer.he vatican says the pope has had a peaceful night and is resting in hospital. on friday, the pope suffered a breathing crisis, but reportedly responded well to treatment. boost, though the moderate right is the winner. now, the man who will be the next chancellor, friedrich merz, he's saying that migration and toughening the borders is going to be a top priority for him. and what's life in afghanistan really like nowadays under the taliban? we have an eyewitness account which may surprise you. they have installed, like, more than 90,000 security cameras in kabul. so, they are watching everyone. donald trump promised to get the ukraine war sorted on the first day of his presidency. it may not have been quite as soon as that, but it does look as though it could happen within the first few weeks. the pace has been remarkably fast. some of the basic principles of 80 years of american and western policy. making ukraine pay for us financial and military help by handing over some of its key m

like tomorrow in london, under keir starmer�*s leadership, europeans coming together to really hammer to support a future peace deal which is not right there so step—by—step but it is important that you start planning for this. and keir starmer�*s visit on thursday was very successful because clearly there was a common understanding that we have to work on all of that together. can you see a future where the us does stop its military support for ukraine? i us does stop its military support for ukraine? recent ft: lye-glee e’ convinced recent ft: "law? convinced that recent $5: "law? convinced that the absolutely convinced that the us wants to bring ukraine to this durable peace. it was what all the administrations senior people have told in the past, and my discussions with president trump. but obviously, what they need to get there is to make sure that we'll work together on this and it is important that president zelensky finds a way to restore his relationship with the american president and with the senior american leadership team. i discussed it yesterday with zelensky and also w

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prime minister, keir starmer. i mean, this is a critical meeting at the prime minister's residence as it comes one day after a contrasting visit at the white house, where it did start off with a handshake with president trump, but then in the oval office devolved into something else. and this meeting with keir starmer happening a day ahead of a meeting between zelenskyy and european leaders at a summit. let's go to nic robertson, who is outside ten downing street. all right. well, you saw it live as it unfolded really just moments ago. just seconds before we came out of the break there. talk to us about that greeting and what is at stake. >> hugely important. very symbolic. mostly when leaders pull up here, with a few exceptions, they pull up right at the steps of downing street. they get a handshake on the door step and they bound inside. it was different with president zelenskyy. carefully choreographed his vehicle, pulled up dozens of yards short of the doorway at number ten. um, he came out. he walked up the s

by contrast, clearly a warm welcome for mr zelensky from keir starmer.nday, vlodymyr zelensky will meet king charles, and attend a summit in london with european leaders. at that meeting in downing street, volodymyr zelensky told sir keir starmer "we count on your support" and said he was thankful to the uk. let's take a listen thank you. well, let me just say that you're very, very welcome here in downing street. um, and as you heard from the cheers of from the cheers on the street outside, um, you have full backing across the united kingdom. and we stand with you with ukraine for as long as it may take. and i hope you've heard some of that cheering in the street. that is the people of the united kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you, how much they support ukraine, and our absolute determination to stand with you, unwavering determination and to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is a lasting peace, a lasting peace for ukraine based on sovereignty and security for ukraine. so important for ukraine, so important for europe,

president zelenskyy met saturday with british prime minister keir starmer in london.air finalized loans from the u.k. for more than $2 billion, and zelenskyy received a reception that was quite different from his experience in washington on friday. he said the meeting in london was significant and warm, and the prime minister's comments were a big change from president trump's. >> that your very, very welcome here in downing street. um, and as you heard from the cheers of the street outside, um, you have full backing across the united kingdom. >> compare that to this chaotic scene from friday with president trump shouting at president zelenskyy. that meeting ended with white house officials asking the ukrainian president to leave. cnn's clare sebastian joins us now from london with more. so, clare, as we said there for president zelenskyy, those two meetings, washington and london, a study in contrasts. so for ukraine, huge stakes today. >> oh yeah. absolutely kim and i think look the optics do matter. obviously we saw on saturday keir starmer come out of number ten d

normally, it's just not something keir starmer is given to doing. but look at almost that, that that session you just played there, the sort of little question and answer or discussion backwards and forwards. you've heard all the thanks from the british people. thank you to the british people. thank you for your support, all of that. it was almost a sort of a textbook. this is the way to do on camera diplomacy. such a contrast to that fractious meeting at the white house just yesterday. and i think the british prime minister setting the tone of how he wants to conduct relations with president zelenskyy, how he intends to deport, if you will, the conversations that he will have with the european leaders who will come tomorrow. the fact that they're coming, that they're putting their support behind president zelenskyy and finding a way to immediately help increase and secure the defense and security support for ukraine and look forward to the longer term, whatever the security guarantees are going to be. these are going to be the key issues that they'

but first president zelensky will meet with sir keir starmer, this is the scene live

but first president zelensky will meet with sir keir starmer, this is the scene live in downing street. european leaders have lined up to show their support for, as politicians express fears for the future of western security. british prime minister sir keir starmer will host ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky at downing street this afternoon. the ukrainian delegation is now in london, after flying in from the us. this was the moment the plane touched down ahead of tomorrow's meeting with european leaders in london for a security summit. the meeting between the two leaders follows president zelensky�*s clash with president trump and vice presidentjd vance in the oval office yesterday. president trump accused the ukrainian leader of "gambling with world war three", and of not being gratefulfor the support of the us. president zelensky made it clear there should be "no compromises" with president putin. following those exchanges, the president of ukraine was ordered to leave the white house, and the american minerals deal was not signed. the us president later said president zelensky

this is not something keir starmer is prone to doing. he's not the kind of guy that runs around giving hugs very often. so this was a clear message signaled in front of the cameras. it was the same when zelenskyy left a hug, a pat on the back. president zelenskyy, for his part, thanking the british prime minister for all the support he's getting here. >> all right, nic robertson, thank you for that. reporting from london. i want to go now to cnn's nick paton walsh, who is in kyiv. for more on how ukrainians are reacting to that disastrous oval office meeting. nick. >> jessica. >> the embrace from uk prime minister keir starmer is obviously going to alleviate some of the existential dread, frankly, that has rippled across ukraine since the extraordinary scenes in the oval office. look, you have to remember that the ukrainians have endured three years of russian aggression to have their president questioned and drubbed, frankly, in the way that occurred in his meeting with president donald trump and vice president jd vance. exceptionally t

sir keir starmer will hope to bridge this new rift between presidents trump and zelensky ahead of a european security summit in london on sunday. it will focus on european support for ukraine. speaking to bbc news, nato�*s secretary general said but mark rutte said he had spoken to volodymyr zelensky in the fa cups, in lower division championships, it is tricky. because i said ok, maybe have the qualities individually like a private league, but what they do they do really well. and when they can apply and do better than we want to do... we are in trouble. it cannot get bigger, at manchester city dominated the premier— manchester city dominated the premier league for the last seven— premier league for the last seven or— premier league for the last seven or eight years, so it truly— seven or eight years, so it truly feels like something to very— truly feels like something to very big _ truly feels like something to very big and it really feels also — very big and it really feels also like a reward. we are going _ also like a reward. we are going to _ also like a reward. we are going to try to

and keir starmer came right out of downing street. and that big hug is not something that he normally gifts on, on just any leader that arrives here. in fact, he doesn't really gift it on many people. it's not given to doing that sort of thing inside downing street. the tone of the meeting, clearly very different to the one that president zelenskyy was having yesterday, keir starmer, talking to zelenskyy, telling him about the huge support that ukraine and the president have here in the uk. this is what he told him last night. >> in the oval. >> office. >> well, let me just say that you're very, very welcome here in downing street. um, and as you heard from the cheers of the street outside, um, you have full backing across the. >> united kingdom. >> um. >> and we stand with. >> you with. >> ukraine for. >> as long as. >> it may take. >> and i hope you heard some of that, um, cheering in the street. that is, the people of the united kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you, how much they support ukraine, and our abso

sir keir starmer, i am told, was action and not words.told by another number ten source is about moving from the talking face to the planning phase, so it is likely that the uk pm asks leaders of other european nations how they could contribute toa ukrainian security guarantee and what they could provide in the event of a ukrainian peace process. as for the meeting with king charles, we are told what? sure. problems, even you. you don't know that. sure. first of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. but you have nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. god bless... you don't know that. god bless you will not have war. don't tell us what we're going to feel. we're trying to solve a problem. don't tell us what we're going to feel... i'm not telling you, i'm answering on this question. ..because you're in no position to dictate that. remember that. i'm not dictating. you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. we're going to feel very good. you will feel influenced. we're going to fee

we've heard that keir starmer has spoken to zelenskyy immediately after the call. he has also spoken to president trump and also to hearing from nato secretary mark rutte, who has said today that he believes zelenskyy has to fix his relationship with president trump and the senior american leadership team. so clearly, a signal in public here from the same european countries that in great length and great publicity, voiced their support for ukraine immediately after these extraordinary scenes in the white house. now, i think publicly realizing that they really need to go forward with the trump administration at their back. zelenskyy saying that he believes this can be resolved. we simply have to see what is doable in this european leaders meeting. they really have never had to conceive the notion of their collective security without the united states being with them. that's not necessarily off the table here. last week, trump said that he would have the united kingdom's back. he has very cordial relations with france's emmanuel macron. but europe's position is so di

breaking moments ago, ukrainian president zelenskyy at 10 downing street met by prime minister keir starmerim walking up to 10 downing and meeting prime minister starmer here. he's going to sit down and start talking. of course, the prime minister's first question is what happened yesterday in the oval office and perhaps he will ask him, why didn't you just get the deal done? what did it turn into the contentious showdown just quickly because we're a little short on time, but luke, your thoughts on what happened in the oval office yesterday and where this goes? >> two things can be true here. number one, you can hate what putin has done to ukraine and zelenskyy had the diplomacy of a bowling ball. we have to recognize that zelenskyy is trying to represent the interests of the ukrainian people, but trump is coming to the table and saying, look, there was no table before i came into office. biden was blowing up with zelenskyy on the phone during his administration because zelenskyy was ungrateful for the funds sent over to him and my question is how do we stop world war iii. how do we get to

peter, give me a sense of what you think went on in that meeting with keir starmer.adout from them, or we heard keir starmer welcoming him, being very friendly and saying that they would support ukraine and president zelensky in continuity, in perpetuation. i mean, regarding something with with russia. but what happened with that meeting, what happened with macron, what he may have said to these three leaders, give me a sense of what needed to be said. >> yeah. so this meeting in london was already set up before yesterday's blowup in the oval office. it wasn't directly a response to that, but it's hard not to look at it as an in fact, sort of a rejoinder, a message from europe, in effect, which britain has sort of and sort of not part of, depending on how you look at it, that they are still with ukraine, even if the united states basically is siding with vladimir putin's russia. and you saw that yesterday in a series of tweets and social media posts by one prime minister or president after another, from eastern europe to western europe, northern to southern, literall

president zelenskyy met with uk prime minister keir starmer yesterday at ten downing street and received a look at this much warmer reception than he got at the white house. >> you have full backing across the united kingdom. and we stand with you with ukraine for as long as it may take to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is a lasting peace, a lasting peace for ukraine based on sovereignty and security for ukraine. so important for ukraine, so important for europe, and so important for the united kingdom. >> and while european leaders are rallying behind zelenskyy and ukraine, u.s. lawmakers there obviously divided here, most republicans are siding with trump, even praising him. while democrats have slammed trump's actions and taken the opportunity to fundraise off that oval office fiasco. we're covering all of this with cnn's clare sebastian outside ten downing street in london. nick paton walsh is in kyiv. claire, we're starting with you. let's start with the latest on the meeting. >> the u.s. >> yeah. good morning. victor. look, this is the second hastily convened meeting o

dozens of leaders including zelenskyy gathered at lancaster house for keir starmer major summit. lasting and forth peace in ukraine and beefing up defense spending across the continent. in attendance, emanuel macron, leaders from germany, italy and canada to name a few. in an interview, watching the chaos in the oval office was uncomfortable saying nobody wants to see that. especially after both meetings with trump for so productive last week. keir starmer made an urgent round of calls to president trump and zelenskyy to try to bridge this creating a coalition to enforce the peace deal. >> we've agreed the uk and others will go with ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting. then we will discuss that plan with the united states and take it forward together. >> president trump was hand delivered a special invitation when he met with him last thursday so we will wait to see when that comes as well. >> will be following. definitely, thank you. ♪ >> things are heating up on capitol hill as democrats and republicans over the segment spending bills negotiations. congress has less than two

this is not something keir starmer is prone to doing. he's not the kind of guy that runs around giving hugs very often. so this was a clear message signaled in front of the cameras. it was the same when zelenskyy left a hug, a pat on the back. president zelenskyy, for his part, thanking the british prime minister for all the support he's getting here. >> and nick, tomorrow zelenskyy is going to be meeting with other european leaders at a summit there in london. i would i would assume he's going to try to accomplish similar backing, as he saw from keir starmer today. >> you know, he's going to be looking for the immediacy of what he needs to make sure that ukraine continues to get and builds up on the security support and the economic support that it needs literally day by day, to withstand these massive barrages of missiles and drones that are coming from russia. he'll be looking to the future to figure out how europeans can give him the security guarantees that he's looking for, because, as he has said, you know, it's not enough to have

keir starmer explained a little earlier today what he wants to achieve here. >> we've now agreed that the united kingdom, along with france and possibly 1 or 2 others, will work with ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting. and then we'll discuss that plan with the united states. >> and one of the things that keir starmer is also saying, this is not just about the security of ukraine that's at stake, but the security of europe and the relationship with the united states. and one of the meetings. keir starmer has had already this morning is with giorgia meloni, the prime minister of italy, who said after that fractious meeting that zelenskyy had at the white house, barely 48 hours less than ago, she said it was important for the for the europe and the united states to have a very quick summit to see where they stand. this meeting here could be a precursor for that. it's certainly going to help shape that very important relationship. victor. >> nic robertson for us there. thank you nic. let's go now to nick paton walsh live in kyiv. that's the view from london. the view from ukraine this

british prime minister keir starmer embracing ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy at ten downing street this afternoon. >> i want to thank you people of the united kingdom. such big support from the very beginning of this war. thank you. your team, and i'm very happy that his majesty the king accepted my meeting tomorrow. and i'm thankful that you organize such summit for tomorrow. and we are very happy in ukraine that we have such strategic partners. >> the uk announcing plans today to speed up a $2.8 billion loan for ukraine. this, of course, just a day after that fiery exchange in the oval office between president trump and zelenskyy. tomorrow, the ukrainian president is set to meet with european leaders in london. and let's go there now. cnn's international diplomatic editor, nic robertson, is in london with more details. nic, as you noted last hour, keir starmer isn't known for being super a big hugger or very affectionate, but he did everything he could to really telegraph how supportive he and his government, his country are of vladimir zelenskyy in ukraine. >> yeah, there

you saw keir starmer there, very warm reception for president zelenskyy. he came out onto downing street here. he hugged him. he greeted him in person. we're also seeing more symbolism today where zelenskyy will be meeting with king charles. this was a hastily arranged meeting, which i think highly symbolic, given the fanfare we saw on thursday when prime minister starmer presented president trump with an invitation from king charles for another state visit, which he described as unprecedented. so a similar sort of honor being afforded today to president zelenskyy, a sign of the uk's solidarity. but i think we're going to be seeing the european leaders and the uk prime minister in particular moving beyond that symbolism today into real, concrete action. they now have to walk this tightrope. on the one hand, of trying to repair the relationship between the u.s. and ukraine, trying to figure out if that can even be done. i think one important player in that we will see arriving here in downing street later is the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, a key

and europe stand in all this as sir keir starmer prepares to host european leaders in london this weekend through what happened at the white house today. things started off cordelia and as per usual for these events between the two presidents. but doing questions, tensions ran high. voices were raised and an angry president trump warned president volodymyr zelenskyy that he was gambling with world war iii. following the meeting, ukrainian president zelenskyy left the white house without sending that deal on minerals in ukraine, and canceling a planned press conference. as the ukrainian president departed, president trump wrote on social media, "i have determined that president zelenskyy is not ready for peace if america is involved. he disses back united states of america in its cherished oval office. he can come back when he is ready for peace." let's go back to the start of that meeting, which began in friendlier circumstances with both leaders saying they were ready for an agreement that could help to bring an end to the war in ukraine. let's have a listen back. >> your soldiers have b

a lot to discuss tomorrow at that summit here in london hosted by keir starmer between european leaders and president zelensky. we will keep on these pictures while we bring in the bbc russian service. a quote from the russian news agency, quoting the former president saying russia is ready to show flexibility on talks with ukraine but only in accordance with realities and the russian constitution. yesterday medvedev was gleefully responding to those scenes in the oval office. talk through what he has been saying. basically what medvedev said was russia and the kremlin have been sent a very long time. we are open to discussions, happy to negotiate this piece in ukraine but only if it to negotiate this piece in ukrair the it only if it to negotiate this piece in ukrair the conditions that to negotiate this piece in ukrair the condition: hast to negotiate this piece in ukrair the condition: has been want. that basically has been the line for a long time. it is not something new coming out. it is more important the way he not something new coming out. it is me to mportant the way he not so

there was a separate conversation with keir starmer. particular reason they were not involved while they were not at that summit? >> well, i find that rather bizarre, given that all of the six countries that border russia, three were not invited. and after all, it is russia that is, that is engaged in this war against ukraine. and the three countries are per capita, among the biggest contributors to, to ukraine, both in military and nonmilitary assistance. so it as i wrote it, this oversight, if it is an oversight, is redolent, unfortunately, of the failure to mention south korea in 1950 by the by the us secretary of state as countries that the us would defend. i mean, this is the kind of mistake that could have far reaching repercussions. >> but it's that kind of thing that has people in estonia and latvia, lithuania and poland. it has them worried because they they do see that russia looks at these things, and they do see that if ukraine falls, it is a signal. it's you know, a lot of people say ukraine is not part of nato, so it shoul

but first president zelensky will meet with sir keir starmer, this is the scene live

you saw prime minister keir starmer leaving the doors of ten downing street walking to embrace zelensky, shaking hands, smiling before going inside. then we had an opportunity to hear from both leaders, starmer reiterating his strong, unwavering support for ukraine, welcoming president zelensky to great britain. and then, of course, we heard from zelensky as well. in fact, i want to play for you just a little bit of what we heard just about an hour ago. >> i hope you heard. >> some of that. >> cheering in the street. that is the people of the united. kingdom coming. out to. demonstrate how much they support you, how much. >> they support ukraine. >> and our. >> absolute determination. >> to stand. >> with the unwavering determination. >> and then president zelensky going on to thank keir starmer for having him, thanking the people of the united kingdom and also thanking king charles, who he said he will be meeting with tomorrow. now, you know, we've seen prime minister starmer really sort of seeing himself as this bridge between ukraine and the us yesterday, after that fiery encounter i

it's also interesting to hear keir starmer refer to how he spoke to president trump last night. we know they also spoke on friday. so now basically both days in a row ahead of this meeting, he has been in contact with the same man who in the white house ended up in that exceptionally heated row, you might say. him and the vice president talking very loudly at zelenskyy himself. so, yeah, an exceptionally complex time for europe here because i think we learned few details, frankly, that were new from keir starmer. he announced most of the things he talked about today when he was in washington, meeting president trump. and i think there's an issue here for the europeans. they can't seem necessarily to come forward with too much of a compete plan, because that might essentially the trump administration thinking that they're okay to go it alone. they need the united states fully on board. and maybe that is what the series of calls to trump by starmer has really been about. for zelenskyy. this meeting comes at a time where he's obviously in need of some kind of show of international

i would think that trump's ears are going to pick up again about the whole loan idea, because keir starmer made it very clear that that aid prior, uh, that trump tried to make reference to was actually a gift. remember, in the oval office. i mean, starmer said, well, wait a minute. let me correct you here. it was actually a gift. so how do you suppose this to will play into the equation? >> well, yeah. as you pointed out, it is a loan. and, um, i got to tell you, frederick, ukraine is on its knees right now in terms of finances. $5 billion a month deficit. and now it's gone back to municipalities like lvov in western ukraine to ask them for more money. but, um, you know, this this kind of aid can't come fast enough. and i'll tell you why. just, um. before i came on air with you, there was a russian ballistic missile that struck not far from where i'm sitting right now to the port of odesa, and it struck a foreign flagged container ship that the ukrainians were just getting their container port back in action since the start of the war. this is a huge blow of confidence to foreign vessel ow

this emergency summit that's held by prime minister keir starmer. he says that there are some 18 leaders from across europe that are going to be attending, and they have to figure out how they could potentially independently fund and defend ukraine in the event of a russian invasion. again, assuming that eventually there is this peace deal we saw last week that, you know, macron and of course, prime minister starmer tried to convince trump of these military backstop of security guarantees. it didn't seem as though the president wanted to move on that. so now this is something that europe is going to be discussing tomorrow. >> it's an important discussion to have, that's for sure. megan fitzgerald, thank you so much from london. and joining me right now, we have former deputy chief of staff for defense secretary lloyd austin, caroline deer and politico white house reporter maya ward. actually, caroline, i hope i pronounce your last name correctly. and if i didn't, please correct me. so, maya, you just heard that nbc is reporting direct talks between

this is not something that prime minister keir starmer does very often, and that was it. this was demonstrated to the cameras there that this was a different type of meeting, different environment, different engagement. and the meeting tomorrow with the european leaders who are coming. and there's more than a dozen of them coming. germans will be there. the french, the italians, the norwegians, the swedish, the finns, a whole host of leaders coming, as well as the nato secretary general. here's zelenskyy has a broader audience. and the nato secretary general, for example, has said, look, zelenskyy, you need to kind of remake that relationship with president trump. you need to remake that relationship with senior figures within within the white house. so there will be an undercurrent of that narrative. but the reality here, and this is what starmer is talking about in advance of the meeting, is there are immediate needs right now. they need these leaders need to make sure that military and economic support going to ukraine is maintained, irrespective of what happens from t

and so what came out of this meeting today, according to prime minister keir starmer, is that the uk, france and others will work together with ukraine to try and figure out a plan to stop the fighting. they will then present that plan to president trump. we don't know a timeline on when that's going to happen, but that came out of the meeting along with creating something called the coalition of the willing. so starmer says that this is european allies have have realized that they need to increase defense spending. and those who can will they will do so. how much? which countries? details of the sort have not come out yet, but this is something that he says they're working on with urgency. he also went on to say that they are going to keep military aid flowing to ukraine. they intend on keeping economic pressure on russia. he went on to say that, you know, when asked about peacekeeping, that the united kingdom is committed to putting boots on the ground in ukraine once a cease fire deal is met, and having air support in the in the air. of course, all of this coming after that fiery s

zelenskyy arrived in london with british prime minister keir starmer and european leaders. >> that exchangeiday, how much donald trump feels he needs to support ukraine or is he prepared to back away and leave it to its own to its own devices. >> in the hours, that trump could not afford to walk away from ukraine, he does not want the loss of ukraine, the more i looked at it, i've come to the opposite conclusion. he's willing to abandon ukraine and the message he was sending zelenskyy is ukrainians have to be prepared for surrender. zelenskyy rightly kept asking for security guarantees. it is a key issue. there are not going to be anymore security guarantees from the united states other than what europeans could provide. that mineral deal is not just step one but all that donald trump is going to offer the ukrainians and that puts americans inside ukraine. donald trump is more interested in making a grand deal with russia. he wanted to do that in the first term and in this term and turn it make a similar deal with the other great power, china. trump is dividing the world into three great su

royal family or a visit or an invitation, but it was really a kind of masterstroke, the way sir keir starmer pulled the envelope from his inside pocket, almost the first thing he did when he got into the oval office. and i think that that was a smart move in that it kind of set up the tone of the rest of the day in which, you know, sir keir kind of went out of his way for there not to be at least any public disagreement between the two men. you know, there was a lot of lavish praise being thrown back and forth. on in the press conference, you know, in theory, you know, efforts to make canada the 51st state, supposedly, you know, he went out of his way is no division, essentially. at the outset, you know, kind of probably put trump you know, and this is very much a president that operates so i think that was a very kind of astute move to kind of set what struck me as well, and i saw a similar thing happen with president macron their substantive bilateral was quite jokey and touchy to the press conference, and almost the first "a really tough negotiator." in our discussions. you're a very toug

ukrainian president zelensky is in london today to meet with prime minister keir starmer.ter yesterday's heated exchange between president trump and vice president vance and zelensky. yesterday's white house meeting was meant to begin negotiations over ukraine's rare earth minerals, when it suddenly turned into that war of words. with cameras rolling, the three men raising their voices over one another in the oval office. you invited me to have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. in three days? i heard it from putin in three days. this is something less than two weeks. of course. yes. it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. zelensky was asked to leave the white house, cutting his visit short without signing that agreement. before leaving washington, president zelensky appeared with bret baier on fox news, commenting on that rocky relationship with president trump. do you think your relationship with donald trump, president trump, after today can be salvaged? yes, of course, because it's relations more than two presidents

lined the streets of ten downing street ahead of zelenskyy's meeting with british prime minister keir starmer. the british leader mentioned that show of support on the streets of london at the start of that meeting. >> you heard from the chairs on the street outside. you have full backing across the united kingdom. we stand with you with ukraine for as long as it may take. >> sir. then signed off on a loan, providing ukraine with more than $2.8 billion, as the zelenskyy is expected to get more support from british leaders when he meets with king charles later today. coming up later this hour, local political expert corey cook will look at the possible long term impact on zelensky's heated argument in the oval office. meantime, the russian military is stepping up its attack on ukraine in the three-year war. the ukrainian government says at least seven people were injured in a russian drone strike on a medical building in ukraine's second largest city. the drone attack also caused major damage to dozens of shops and homes in the area. >> more u.s. troops will be sent to the u.s. mexico border t

but we've learned that president zelenskyy will be meeting with the uk prime minister, keir starmer this afternoon. and so ian, let's start there. i'll give to you the question that i gave a guest earlier this morning. what now can starmer do. he's already been to the white house. he set the table. macron has set the table. duda of poland has already met with with president trump. is there any strategy that's clear that could bring president trump back onside into the coalition with with europe to offer these security guarantees? they're hoping for? >> they weren't. >> getting those. security guarantees before the blow up. so, i mean, it's been consistently trump saying that the europeans have to do a lot more now. i think it is conceivable that if the europeans are able to put a lot more money on the table for the ukrainians, if they're able and willing to send a lot of troops on the ground in the event of an agreed to ceasefire, it's always possible that trump can say, look, uh, biden couldn't get that done. i'm i'm the one that got european leadership done, and now i'm prepared, um, t

prime minister keir starmer and tomorrow, he'll attend a summit in london to discuss the way forward.volker is a former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and former u.s. ambassador to nato. what do you expect to come out of this european summit tomorrow that zelensky is attending? mr. volker: there are good things we have seen already, expressions of european support and solidarity for ukraine. it is important for zelensky psychologically and the ukrainian people. i hope behind closed doors they are talking about what kind of things need to be done to get ukraine and the u.s. and europe on the same page again. we cannot be creating a dynamic of europe and ukraine against the u.s. we all have to pull together. there i think it will be a matter of europe being willing to put on the table forces for security assurances for ukraine. i think has to be president zelensky saying he wants peace, wants to have a cease fire, will agree to one as soon as put in does, to get things -- putin does. john: if usaid were to be cut or go away, could zelensky and ukraine go along with a just european suppor

thinking, we had the president of france, emmanuel macron in on monday, great meeting, prime minister keir starmern thursday. fantastic meeting. they were all onboard the arc of the peace agreement. all president zelenskyy had to do was come in and sign this economic agreement and again show no daylight -- no daylight -- between the ukrainian people and the american people and he chose to blow that up. >> so the deal is no longer on the table, to be abundantly clear? >> not at present. >> our social media producers tell us as of this morning, we've had more than 100 million views on posts related to the meeting across our cbs news social media platforms. there is no shortage of trump viral videos, but this one has spread around the world. >> mr. president, mr. president, with respect, i think it's disrespectful for you to come into the oval office and try to litigate this in front of the liberal media. right now you're going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. you should be thanking the president -- >> have you been to ukraine that you say what prob

britain's keir starmer told zelenskyy yesterday that he's giving him his full backing.ngresswoman sara jacobs of california joins us now. she is a member of both the armed services and foreign affairs committees. >> congresswoman, welcome to the table. this morning. you have the realignment of nato, the realignment of the g8, the realignment of our relationship with our allies as they are gathering in europe to put together a plan for peace for ukraine. while the united states sits here alone, isolated, but with their new bosom buddy, mr. vladimir putin. you the. probably the most disturbing part for me is the reaction of republican senators in particular. and i want to play for you just a small little mash up of senator lindsey graham, what we call the before times and the now times. let's listen to senator graham. >> i want to tell you. >> and your people. >> you're the ally i've been hoping. >> for. >> all my life. not one american has died defending ukraine. you've taken our weapons and you've kicked their. and i'm very proud to. >> have you as our ally. >> so would

you have this summit called by keir starmer with such heightened stakes in terms of practical steps they they might be able to take, as to how to upkeep security out into the country and how to stand up against russian aggression and police a cease-fire in ukraine, but we are still talking about a war that is raging. it is not over. helena: james, thank you. let's get that reaction and bring in our russian editor, steve rosenberg -- russia editor, steve rosenberg. talk us through what we are hearing from the kremlin. steven: nothing yet. so far there has been no comment from vladimir putin about what happened in the white house. then again, president putin does not need to say anything about what happened in the white house, not right now. he can't afford to allow events to play out. donald trump a little earlier said this is going to be great television. you can imagine him sitting in front the television set and enjoying the spectacle of his fiercest enemy, the leader of the country that vladimir putin invaded three years ago, being so publicly rebuked by the president of the united st

british prime minister keir starmer promised to stand with ukraine for as long as it takes.eeting stood in stark contrast to yesterday's clash between zelensky and president trump at the white house. the meeting was meant to jumpstart talks on a deal on ukraine's critical minerals, but devolved into a confrontation. we gave you through the stupid president, $350 billion. we gave you military equipment. you and your men are brave, but they had to use our military. if you didn't have our military equipment, if you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. that did happen. the vice president and president criticizing zelenskyy, saying he wasn't grateful enough to the u.s. that's even though the ukrainian president has repeatedly thanked the u.s. for its help over the years. now, while many republicans appear to support president trump's handling of the situation, the president has drawn harsh criticism from the left. the pentagon is sending about 3000 more troops to the us-mexico border. the additional active duty troops are tasked with hel

and the british prime minister, keir starmer, greets ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky with a literal hug as fallout continues from trump's siding with russia on friday. and as europe faces how to proceed in the region without the united states as a reliable ally. i'll talk to the former president of estonia about the new alliance that's taking shape in europe as we speak. but we begin this morning with donald trump's economy and republican's plans as they laid out, as they've been laid out in a newly passed budget to slash the health care program that serves 1 in 5 americans. they're doing that in order to pay for tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich. the bill now heads to the senate, where republicans want to put up a smoke screen to obscure the enormous cost from the american people by using a budget gimmick which would reconstruct the way congress creates budgets and balances debt to help see through that smoke screen. let's look at the numbers. these new tax cuts come in the form of extending the 2017 trump tax cuts, which expire at the end of this year for another t