the prime speaking a little earlier. at lancaster house — and gave me her reflections not at lancasterbut in downing street and look she is much more politically aligned with donald trump's way of thinking. but she very much wants donald trump and the us standing on its own feet. america must be part of any agreement going forward. so number one, that is the big takeaway from as for lancaster house, i think overall it was positive. from keir starmer that this coalition of the willing that of time so there has to be a group of countries who are willing to step up in the more immediate term to give ukraine the support that it needs. was it your sense that they perhaps don't have that many they would meet again soon? leaders are together, are working on a plan. some are able to contribute more than others but there is a broad sense of unity and support of ukraine. on friday in the oval office. so not only were they trying to work on the pre—existing so i think it is very much a work in progress. so there was some detail in there. and the united states. annita mcveigh there. with me is our

the british prime minister was speaking after a key summit of world leaders at lancaster house. he said the leaders agreed four steps to better help ukraine. they included — keeping military aid flowing, while increasing economic pressure on russia, ensuring ukraine was at the table for any peace talks, and that a "coalition of the willing" would defend and guarantee any peace in the country. here's more of what he had to say. yesterday evening, the uk signed a £2.2 billion loan to provide more military aid to ukraine, backed not by the british taxpayer but by the profits from frozen russian assets. and today i'm announcing a new deal which allows ukraine to use £1.6 billion of uk export finance to buy more than 5,000 air defence missiles which will be made in belfast, creating jobs in our brilliant defence sector. this will be vital for protecting critical infrastructure now and strengthen ukraine in securing the peace when it comes. because we have to learn from the mistakes of the past. we cannot accept a weak deal like minsk which russia can breach with ease. instead, any de

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the here at lancaster house very close to buckingham palace in london. the actual meeting expected to stop and just say the hoffen as time. i'm not expecting to talk for a couple of hours at least many things for that time spies. but for us in london, while since russia's invasion back in february of 2022 military aid has poured into ukraine. united states has provided nearly $66000000000.00 of weapons and ammunition, making it by fall, the largest single though. now, $27700000000.00 of that has come from us ministry. stone piles. the you on its member states have provided 50500000000 dollars in military assistance training, some 73000 ukrainian soldiers. germany has provided $14000000000.00 of my 8 in tanks, amunition, and ad defend systems. meanwhile, the united kingdom has given $9800000.00 to crane the largest non you don't admit it. trade off to the united states that speak to pieces only if he is the executive director of the ration democracy initiative. he joins now from keith. many, thanks for your time today, sir. so it was on the use summit in

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lancaster house. the "our" is europe and canada, and the host, sir keir starmer, and do the most.owledge that that's more likely to be, in europe that are prepared to be a bit more the prime minister is working with the french president, emmanuel macron, on a plan to stop the fighting can europe come together and come up with a plan? would you be willing to apologise to donald trump, mr president? the prime minister and 18 others trying to pull putting an arm around ukraine. both matter, sir keir insists, for our safety as well as kyiv's. in a generation moment for the security of europe. of them talked to us, the president of the european why? that is indigestible - for potential invaders, and therefore the focus is not only on the military supply, . but also, for example, - securing the energy system and making sure that, - over time, this is a strong and resilient country. have you won the argument with european colleagues i think it was a good meeting. is european countries stepping up, first of all, to make sure that ukraine has got what it needs to stay in the fight as long

we just, i think of some live pictures from inside a lancaster house with a meeting was held. the media has begun together so we do understand that kissed i'm is going to speak a very, very shortly james, while we, why can you just talk us through the possibility of u. k. and a, you troops actually being on the ground and you cry. and how likely is that, that we could potentially see that in the coming months. it certainly is being floated by the by the u. k. m by from so they have said they were prepared to take this role. we had the us saying, perhaps that could be european troops past the property, norm, your to pay and trips a, some sort of force, a reassurance force for ukraine, because ukraine is so large that it, it could be invaded again by russia. it does not trust the trust with russia, one beat off to what happened in 2014 and what happened 3 years ago with the full scale invasion of russia, so that, that is a possibility that that source of force could be that bought. so i think my own view on it is, i'm a bit doubtful and that's because in order to have that force

rare minerals deal with the us following his heated confrontation with donald trump on friday lancaster houseng our future. and do the most. we need to be clear what a european security in other words, we've got to find those countries in europe that are prepared to be a bit more forward leaning. donald trump ever be a reliable partner, sir? and the castle�*s complete with the arrival of president zelensky of ukraine. off a balancing act, keeping america onside as well as kiev�*s. in a generation moment for the security of europe. for around two hours they talked and then some it's basically turning ukraine into a steel porcupine - that is indigestible - for potential invaders, but also, for example, - securing the energy system resilient country. the defence investment- fora prolonged period of time. america for so long? for so long at its heart, but now with an unpredictable president? i think it was a good meeting. it was a very good meeting because what you see is european countries stepping up, first of all, to make sure obviously, there is no deal yet. for getting involved in delivering

just a few minutes ago, a presidency. lensky arrived at lancaster house, and of course, a presence of landscape is the focus of this meeting. it was a meeting that was cool because of a crisis in transatlantic relations. but actually cool before that meeting on friday, it's even more of a crisis off of that extraordinary spot that we saw in front of the tv cameras in the oval office in washington dc. now, what are they doing? they're trying, i think, to work out how to pick up the pieces, how to move forward. i think the u. k, which often sees itself is a bridge between the us and the you would like to pick up the deal as it was. try and get it back on track. try and get some in ski and trump talking again, pick up maybe that middle deal in return for security, but i think they're also going to be looking at the plan be can you go is alone without the us kind of it's support ukraine if the us is no longer that and i think there are other things related to that that will be discussed in this meeting. i'm . busy for example, there was concern about the us troops off to russian invited u

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

there, inside lancaster house in central london. minister says the uk will work together with france and ukraine on a peace plan to stop the fighting and then that will be presented to the us. he also said a good peace outcome for ukraine is vital to the security of nations across the continent. well, today's summit follows extraordinary scenes at the white house, which i mentioned where donald trump clashed with zelenskyy, telling him to strike a deal with russia or we�*re out. a deal with russia or we're out. dame priti patel says the uk�*s relationship with the us remains firm, but she's condemned the scenes in washington. >> those 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 conf

dozens of leaders and gathered at lancaster house for the prime minister's major defense summit.nse spending across the continent. he said all european countries seem to step up their own share of the burden. the outline a plan considering the flow of aid keeping economic pressure on russia and ukraine must be at the negotiating table. that pm said he made an agreement for an urgent round of calls to trump, zelenskyy and macron to try to bridge this print will create a coalition of the willing to any pc up at uk, france, possibly others will work upon ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting and presented to the u.s. >> in eeurope must do the heavy lifting. but, to support peace in our continent and to succeed, this effort must have strong u.s. backing. >> the prime minister also hand-delivered an invitation to president trump from the king inviting him for an unprecedented second state visit. jon: stephanie bennett in london, thanks. so that now famous and blow up between president trump and zelenskyy the unsigned mineral deal leaving questions over what happens next in the diplom

actually not on downing street at lancaster house there. afternoon. chris, what is going on? how many of the leaders are turning up many of the leaders are turning up there, and how long can we expect it to go on for, and what are we expecting to get out of it? >> i. >> i. >> hi, tonya, welcome to the central london location. we can't say exactly where we are, but you'll see behind me there securing our future. they�*ve got securing our future. they've got this branding of this major event here. it's the biggest peace conference about the future of europe. many say since the second world war, a big moment. i�*m ticking off the leaders as they arrive. we're leaders as they arrive. we�*re expecting 16 leaders, plus the leaders of the european commission and the council of europe. so far, i've ticked off france's president macron, poland's donald 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 go

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front of the sunday telegraph to welcome zelenskyy to downing street ahead of today's summit at lancaster housewe think of how starmer has been playing this? katy. >> i think for now you have to take a moment to actually look at what keir starmer has done and there is something to complement that in the sense that there was plenty of criticism and you see that in some of the papers. but generally speaking, there's only one story in town really this weekend after that, quite extraordinary. you know, meeting on friday night in the oval office where things blew up between donald trump, his vice j.d. vance, and then, of course, zelenskyy. and it did mean that some said, well, keir starmer had a very positive trip the day before and it looked rather smooth. there were lots of compliments and zelenskyy have learned from that. but i think what we've seen is because keir starmer is meeting with donald trump, went well. he is now in a position where he can almost act as this middleman or at least try to. yes. and therefore on friday, when things fell apart and lots of people very uncomfortable with what

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that the uk and maybe the is that the uk and maybe the 15 other countries have met behind me in lancaster housedon, are thinking we can't even guarantee the basics. we can't even guarantee that the us will provide that support. long, long—range jet support or radar support for a uk or uk or european peacekeeping force on the ground in ukraine. and instead, all we're looking for now is strong us backing and that shows what is changing here. the people behind me, these european leaders are being told to step up, pay for their own defence because you can't guarantee on the us to back us anymore. and you mentioned earlier where was the conversation about putin in the room. barely there. it was really all about will america back this plan? will they give us backing, whatever that means? and then what will the uk do? we're told by the prime minister he's going to deploy british troops on the boots on the ground. would you use their planes in the air? who's going planes in the air? who�*s going to pay for that for the next two years? we know the money is the 6 billion they're getting from the aid budg

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keir starmer, he welcomed world leaders, including president zelenskyy, to london�*s historic lancaster housene. >> we�*ve agreed that the uk, france and others will work with ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting. then we'll discuss that plan with the united states and take it forward together. >> during the summit, leaders from across europe consolidated months of talks, creating a new coalition of the willing to defend ukraine and guarantee peace as they agreed to a new plan of action. >> first, we will keep the military aid flowing and keep increasing the economic pressure on russia to strengthen ukraine now. second, we agreed that any lasting peace must ensure ukraine's sovereignty and security. third, in the event of a peace deal, we will keep boosting ukraine's own defensive capabilities to deter any future invasion. the uk is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others. europe must do the heavy lifting, but to support peace in our continent and to succeed, this effort must have strong us backing. >> the question now is will europe be abl