but mark rutte said he had spoken to volodymyr zelensky and told him he had to find a way to restore his relationship with president trump and the us administration. 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 doo

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but mark rutte said he had spoken to volodymyr zelensky and told him he had to find a way to restore relationship with president trump and the us administration. let's return to our top story — ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has been meeting the british prime minister sir keir starmer in downing street. this was the moment the ukrainian president was greeted outside number 10. his visit to the uk follows an explosive row in the white house on friday with us president, donald trump, and vice presidentjd vance. by contrast, clearly a warm welcome for mr zelensky from keir starmer. on sunday, 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

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both keir starmer and mark rutte the nato secretary general touched on commitments made at that meetingvate or their own parliaments. we may hear more later this week, and certainly ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, leaving that meeting, talked about this unanswered questions, of course, on the sort of political elephant in the room, donald trump. will donald trump shift on security guarantees from other european leaders. but what are they? i suppose because they have their own domestic audiences, but they maybe need to get approvalfrom cabinets or their own parliaments. we may hear more later this week, and certainly ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, leaving that meeting, talked about this summit on thursday that she will be hosting. unanswered questions, of course, on the sort of political elephant in the room, donald trump. what will the us�*s role be in all of this? will donald trump shift on security guarantees or on sovereignty? and some would argue, though i suppose, that donald trump, in a quite sort of, unexpected way, may have achi

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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 different now to that of the united states. and there is now a question mark, too, over zelenskyy himself

and mark rutte said, look, and the european position on this is sort of we're working in parallel, not against with in parallel. we're kind of getting ready with security guarantees for when that peace deal is there. so sort of two parallel approaches is how he described it. so i think there's this collective sense of we know where europe's at, and there'll be something coming forward to the u.s. on that soon. >> interesting. all right. nic robertson, thank you so much. nick paton walsh now in kyiv. uh, how are these developments being received there? >> i think this is about a sense of providing ukrainians a bit of rehabilitation, a little bit of comfort after the extraordinary scenes in the oval office, seeing volodymyr zelenskyy alongside king charles the third. certainly that puts him potentially in the same kind of company that donald trump was eagerly trying to accept during keir starmer's offering of a second state visit when he went to the white house on thursday. i think also that huge show of european leaders, few countries missing, but pretty much all of nato apart from the

maybe zelenskyy needs to step aside to heal this relationship with the nato secretary general, mark rutte, is saying zelenskyy needs to fix his relationship with u.s. president trump and his senior circle. so starmer here is very clearly trying to remind ukraine and the rest of the world that what happened in the oval office is probably, i think it's fair to say, an aberration rather than how the rest of the western world views ukraine. and we will see tomorrow large numbers of european nations turning up for this key meeting, which was meant to be about capitalizing upon the success of french president emmanuel macron and keir starmer, visits to washington to drag trump and his administration back into the european security orbit. odd that we even have to suggest that that was ever in doubt. it's been such a plank of european security for 80 years. and so tomorrow, i think there will be messages trying to suggest that europe feels it wants to back ukraine, regardless of the outcome of zelenskyy trying to fix his relationship with president trump. i have to say there are doubts within eur

the secretary general mark rutte will be here today that the 2% target in itself is outdated, that we need to be looking for countries to spend beyond that. so they will be facing also the longer term issues of how they manage european security, perhaps with a much less committed united states. >> all right. we appreciate all that. clare sebastian live in london. thanks so much. meanwhile, the white house is calling friday's diplomatic disaster a win for donald trump. a number of white house officials have been praising president trump's conduct during the chaotic meeting in the u.s., national security advisor compared president zelenskyy to a disgruntled ex-girlfriend. listen to this. >> he's clearly. >> solely focused on. >> believing he needs to fact. >> check. and correct every nuance. you know, it's like a it's like a, you know, a ex-girlfriend that wants to argue, you know, everything that you said nine years ago, rather than moving the relationship forward. >> among members of congress, the opinions mostly fall along party lines, with democrats criticizing trump's actions. and

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mark rutte, in private from countries about increasing defense spending. so there were concrete actions there. the bottom line europe is clearly committed to stepping into the breach, essentially picking up some of the slack for the u.s., while at the same time really trying to keep the u.s. on side. this is, of course, a plan that they're working on that they will present to the u.s. but of course, none of that solves the animosity that we see mounting in the united states towards president zelenskyy, including, of course, calls for him to consider resigning. and he addressed that in comments on sunday. >> if i. >> am to be changed. >> and i'll. >> hear, how can i put it with what's happening with the support, it will not be easy because it is not enough to simply hold elections. you would have to prevent me from participating in the elections and it will be a bit more difficult. you will have to negotiate with me and i said that i am exchanging it for nato membership, and then it means i have fulfilled my mission. >> i mean, take away the sensitivity of

him fixing this has been echoed by nato secretary general mark rutte, who has said this is something he simply must do, along with curing his relationship with trump's inner circle. how does this indeed happen? what may be the show of sunday amongst european allies will assist in the notion that zelenskyy is not some kind of rogue outlier, and that might make trump feel pressure to potentially speak to him again. the rare earths deal was in some degree toothless, symbolic and so easy for both sides really to sign. but it's that personal relationship that is so utterly key. if u.s. aid falls away, if the united states freezes themselves out of this conflict, it will be disastrous for ukraine. be in no doubt about that. and so we're into a confusing period now where the united states is most key allies are trying to persuade the united states to something that it's been doing for the last three years, whilst embracing somebody that you, president of ukraine, who has been caught in a pitch row in the oval office with president of the united states, jessica. >> nick paton walsh, thank yo

well, nato secretary general mark rutte has said today in an interview that he thinks zelenskyy has to mend his relationship with the american president and with his inner circle senior american officials. that is really the only way ahead. i think most european officials who will be tomorrow in london, a significant number of european powers, pretty much all of nato outside of the u.s. and canada, from what we can see, reading the list of attendees, they are obviously working at bolstering ukraine's immediate support and the possibility of trying to assist them in the event of a peacekeeping mission being needed. but most european nations accept that the idea of confronting russia on the battlefield without u.s. support is something they've never really had to configure themselves for, so urgent hopes that this can be remedied. keir starmer, the uk prime minister, spoke to both trump and zelenskyy yesterday as zelenskyy spoke to french president emmanuel macron. the phones are obviously hot, but we don't have at this stage is a sense that trump is necessarily willing to see zelenskyy

another way, which mark rutte also knows quite well, is expanded european if investment in their ownbegan. they're just talking about doing it now in this kind of enthusiasm for zelenskyy that has broken out since the events of yesterday. so that wouldn't even be up and running for a couple more years. if they were serious about their security, they would have done in this three years ago if not sooner, and they would at that point have something very serious to deter putin with. jon: president trump is taking some heat from other world leaders including in this case the european union foreign policy chief who says the free world needs a new leader. ukraine is europe, we stand by ukraine, we step up our support to ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the aggressor. today it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. of it's up to us, europeans, to take this challenge. do you dispute any of that? >> yes, i do. [laughter] callas is a friend of mine, the former president of estonia. i think those were very poorly chosen comments, probably said in the heat of the mom

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and also there's nato secretary general mark rutte. it's a very, very big day here.s trying to lead the establishment. what they're calling here, a coalition of the willing set up by the uk and france. it sounds to me like a peacekeeping force of some sort in ukraine to enforce the peace we also need as a country, according to what answered earlier, is a uk, us backstop. that means radar support. that means fast jets looking over the european force on the ground. the badging of that force isn't clear. russia say they won't accept nato troops in ukraine and nato troops. it can�*t be european union. that will be acceptable, i think, to the uk. 50 it might be the creation of so it might be the creation of a whole new idea of a european border force patrolling that eastern flank with russia. a lot is changing very quickly here, but it's all happening here. and do stay tuned on gb news all day. it's difficult. day. it�*s difficult. >> do we know roughly how long is this going to go on for, chris? i mean, these things go on for hours. >> oh yeah. >> oh yeah. >> they can do

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