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and lasting peace in ukraine. on sunday, i heard european leaders equally committed to this cause, including president macron, prime minister meloni, the leaders of nato, the european commission and council, and the prime minister of canada, a vital ally of this country, the commonwealth of ukraine, responsible for trading -- training over 40,000 troops. i also have the privilege beforehand of speaking online to the leaders of estonia, lithuania, and latvia, each of whom, as close as they are to the front line with russia, stressed the urgency of the moment. and, mr. speaker, it was a productive summit. together, we agreed a clear strategy, that the united kingdom, france, and our allies will work closely with ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting, which we will then discuss directly with the united states. it's a plan that has four clear principles, which i will now share in full with the house. first, that we must keep the military aid to ukraine flowing. keep increasing the economic pressure on russia. to that end, alongside our partnership on air defense, we are doubling down on military aid. already this year, we had taken our support to record levels. on saturday, we also agreed a

the turkish foreign minister, nato secretary general and the presidents of the european commission and european councill also attend. the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, has already come here to downing street and met sir keir starmer. he told her they approach the issue of the war in ukraine with a "very similar mindset". ms meloni said it is "very important to talk to each other". talking about the summit, she said: "we are all very committed about a goal that we all want to achieve, which is a just and lasting peace in ukraine. i think it is very, very important that we avoid the risk that the west divides. i think on this the uk and italy can play an important a role in bridge—building." this morning, sir keir spoke to the bbc live on sunday with laura kuenssberg — he was asked for his reaction to what happened in the oval office on friday between president donald trump clearly, you know, there's a lot of tension. the cameras were on. nobody wants to see that. but i spoke to president trump. i spoke to president zelensky. obviously, we then had president zelensky to downing street yesterday

and lasting peace in ukraine. on sunday, i heard european leaders equally committed to this cause, including president macron, prime minister meloni, the leaders of nato, the european commission and council, and the prime minister of canada, a vital ally of this country, the commonwealth of ukraine, responsible for trading -- training over 40,000 troops. i also have the privilege beforehand of speaking online to the leaders of estonia, lithuania, and latvia, each of whom, as close as they are to the front line with russia, stressed the urgency of the moment. and, mr. speaker, it was a productive summit. together, we agreed a clear strategy, that the united kingdom, france, and our allies will work closely with ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting, which we will then discuss directly with the united states. it's a plan that has four clear principles, which i will now share in full with the house. first, that we must keep the military aid to ukraine flowing. keep increasing the economic pressure on russia. to that end, alongside our partnership on air defense, we are doubling down on military aid. already this year, we had taken our support to record levels. on saturday, we also agreed a

the turkish foreign minister, the nato secretary general, the president of the european commission and the european council will also attend. even canada is hopping on the flight to make it to london to have this conversation. and during the summit, it's going to include talks on establishing a european military force to be sent to ukraine that would underpin a cease fire. starmer noted it would involve a coalition of the willing. these are the european leaders arriving to fill the void that donald trump is creating by siding with vladimir putin, charlie. >> what are. >> your what. >> you are describing? >> is the world order being remade in. >> real time right now? >> this is not. >> just a. >> simple adjustment. >> this again. is. >> the world recognizing that, okay, donald. >> trump needs to be taken. seriously and literally and. >> we cannot. >> trust him. >> he is. >> not. >> going to be a reliable ally or negotiator. >> you know, i've. >> given a lot of thought. >> over the years to. >> people like lindsey graham. and by the way, john mccain must be so horrified. to see what his friend is doing right

and for the security of europe. these are important things that we must remember in these moments. >> that is the sentiment across the region. the leaders of the european union commission, council parliament sent out a joint statement telling president zelenskyy he is not alone. they said that your dignity honors the bravery of the ukrainian people. be brave, be strong, be fearless. kim. >> looking forward now, there's a meeting between european leaders sunday. there have also been calls for an eu u.s. summit over ukraine. what are we expecting? >> we're expecting president zelenskyy to attend that summit in the uk. he's actually on his way right now. it's being hosted by prime minister keir starmer, who was also at the white house, ingratiated himself to president donald trump, offered a state visit, a letter from the king. and that is what they were hoping that president zelenskyy would do. he didn't do that because he felt he had to stand up for his people. and so these leaders, when they meet in the uk, have to figure out a way to salvage this relationship between the uk, between ukraine and the donald trump administration. even though president zelenskyy did tell fox news

turkish foreign minister and nato secretary—general and also the president of the european commission and european councils. >> and domestic. >> and domestic. >> issues as well. but i think on this, on ukraine and more broadly, going forwards, the relationship with president trump and trying to bridge the gap with europe. i think he's actually done quite well. it's actually done quite well. it�*s only. >> 24 hours. >> 24 hours. >> 36 hours into this, so i'm sure we'll know a lot more in the coming days and weeks ahead. but i'd say the early signs are actually really, really positive. and the optics are actually really, really good. >> do you think i mean, some people would say that he�*s just people would say that he's just sat there and it's all kind of landed on his lap, and he's just landed on his lap, and he�*s just done his neutral sitting on the fence thing, which on this occasion works a treat, because if you had somebody else like mayor boris or someone else, they would have expressed a point of view that may have got put, got them in a bit of trouble or in a bit of an icky situation. whereas he s

point that is easy to say that this is all performative, but the entire european commission and leadership and the leader of the council and 13 heads of state are today in kyiv to mark the anniversary. that has to turn into money. that has to turn into more weapons. but i think it would not be quite fair to say that is not meaningful. all the people i met meant it deeply and i think my generation knows this is the conflict of our lifetime and the future of europe depends on its resolution. fiona: although in might not feel it from the united states, the further you get from washington, d.c., it definitely does not feel it. i spent a lot of time going around the country talking about why ukraine is relevant to the united states. because of the dependence that america has had on the larger your national system rooted in the transatlantic alliance over this time and we have kind of forgotten all of that as time has gone on. in the u.k., they forgot why europe was relevant and voted for brexit, for example, so it is not unheard of to lose the plot over time and forget about where things are, but in europe right now people

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we�*re expecting 16 leaders, plus the leaders of the european commission and the council of europe. ld tusk arriving with what looked like a broken leg, hobbling in. and also there's nato secretary general mark rutte. it's a very, very big day here. we heard earlier from sir keir starmer they the uk government is 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 d

agreement and a end to the warin and bring a end to the war in ukraine. a european leaders summit in london later today and the presidents of the european commission and european councilalso attend. earlier this morning, the prime minister sir keir starmer, he was asked for his reaction to what happened lets have a listen. clearly, you know, there's a lot of tension. the cameras were on. nobody wants to see that. i spoke to president zelensky. and i spoke to president macron after that and then to president trump. been to bridge this, if you like, and get us back to the central focus. president trump on the phone. we've now agreed that the united kingdom, along but it's really important that we keep our central nobody wants any more bloodshed. of what the proposals might be that you are trying but what happens matters so much, because it's about president trump. president trump said it's difficult to do business like this. in that moment, very much sympathy for ukraine. he was berating president zelensky, telling him and i think, prime minister, anyone who's known you for did you? yes, i felt uncomfortable. nobody wants to see that. one is to ramp up the rhetoric as t

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so far, ursula von der leyen and the european commission president, she spoke to journalists, talked about a meeting on thursday of the european councilake forward increased defence spending. same with the european council president. he also spoke to us costa, but otherwise we're waiting to see what what these leaders say to their domestic audiences because the people are paying for this will be their taxpayers in their own countries. many countries have stretched budgets. germany can is having is in a bit of a, of a, of a, of a slough of despond in terms of their economy, how can they afford it? lots of countries will be having difficult conversations with their own electorates about how to fund this. and as you say, with, with ukraine, we're giving them more missiles to protect them. what about our troops? but of course, the question of the war question was one which was raised earlier to sir keir starmer. and he says he wants to preserve the peace. but as sir keir starmer left the conference here, i shouted out some personal questions about the timeliness of what is announced. >> chris billam—smith chris billam—smith. >> prime mini