Sir Keir Starmer will current a peace plan to US president Donald Trump after a summit of European leaders in London at this time, he has revealed.
In an interview with the BBC this morning, Sir Keir mentioned his latest conversations with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, French chief Emmanuel Macron and Mr Trump have led to an settlement that the UK, alongside Paris and “presumably one or two others”, will work with Kyiv to attract up a “plan to cease the preventing”.
He added that the plan will then be mentioned with america. “I feel we have got a step in the appropriate route”, he mentioned.
It comes after he described the conflict between Mr Zelensky and Mr Trump within the White Home on Friday as “uncomfortable” to observe, although he added that he believes the US president does need a “lasting peace”.
Sir Keir will host a essential assembly of world leaders at this time to debate future help for Ukraine.
The Ukrainian chief will probably be amongst greater than a dozen leaders attending the assembly from a bunch of European nations, in addition to Canada, Turkey and Nato. It’s being held at Lancaster Home, a 200-year-old elegant mansion close to Buckingham Palace.
Mr Zelensky will even meet with King Charles in what’s being seen as a second of royal solidarity with Ukraine.
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Starmer ought to use Trump’s state go to to leverage safety ensures from US, Ed Davey says
Sir Ed Davey mentioned Sir Keir Starmer ought to use Donald Trump’s upcoming state go to to the UK to leverage safety ensures from the US.
He denied that the go to needs to be cancelled, telling the BBC: “What we’ve mentioned within the Liberal Democrats all alongside is that the state go to needs to be used to safe ensures for Ukraine.”
A safety assure from the US geared toward implementing a peace deal is “not there but”, Sir Ed mentioned.
He added: “Due to this fact, I feel we must always use each single card that we now have, and I feel it needs to be made clear to the White Home that the state go to can be a real one, we might welcome him right here, however given that he steps up, that the US steps up, to work with the UK and Europe to help and defend Ukraine.”
Tom Watling2 March 2025 10:08
European Fee president Ursula von der Leyen has channelled Donald Trump’s mantra of peace via energy as she referred to as on Europe to undertake a “surge” in defence.
The main EU determine, who’s on her solution to London for a summit led by Sir Keir Starmer, wrote on X that “the trail to peace is energy,” earlier than including: “Weak spot breeds extra battle.”
You may see her full assertion under.
European leaders are heading to London off the again of an astonishing conflict between Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky and Mr Trump on Friday.
Mr Trump has been adamant that Europe should shoulder the burden of Ukraine’s defence.
European Fee president Ursula von der Leyen has channelled Donald Trump’s mantra of peace via energy as she referred to as on Europe to undertake a “surge” in defence.
The main EU determine, who’s on her solution to London for a summit led by Sir Keir Starmer, wrote on X that “the trail to peace is energy,” earlier than including: “Weak spot breeds extra battle.”
You may see her full assertion under.
European leaders are heading to London off the again of an astonishing conflict between Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky and Mr Trump on Friday.
Mr Trump has been adamant that Europe should shoulder the burden of Ukraine’s defence.
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Sir Ed Davey accuses Trump and Vance of ‘premeditated assault’ on Zelensky
The Lib Dem chief has instructed BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that he was “shocked and appalled” by the scenes within the White Home on Friday.
He agreed with those that believed US president Donald Trump and vp JD Vance’s assault on Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky was a “premeditated” ambush.
Sir Ed Davey has not thrown his help behind cancelling the state go to of Mr Trump however needs it for use to leverage help from America for a army peacekeeping power.
He’s extra fulsome in his help for British boots on the bottom as a part of a better cooperation with the European Union going ahead.
“We can’t rely sadly as we now have executed on america.”

Tom Watling2 March 2025 09:53
Kemi Badenoch: My ‘coronary heart went out’ to Zelensky over Oval Workplace conflict
Kemi Badenoch has mentioned her “her coronary heart went out” to Volodymyr Zelensky after the Oval Workplace conflict with Donald Trump on Friday, saying that the Ukrainian president was “being humiliated”.
Requested what her preliminary response to the assembly was, the Tory chief mentioned: “Truthfully, my coronary heart went out to president Zelensky. I watched it, and I could not consider what was taking place. He was being humiliated.
“I do not suppose we must always conduct these kinds of inauspicious conversations in entrance of the cameras, and we now have to keep in mind that president Zelensky is a hero.
“He’s the one that represents that energy and resilience of the Ukrainian individuals, and no matter variations and difficulties we would have throughout negotiations, we want to have the ability to set them apart when everybody’s watching, as a result of the one one who would have appreciated that may have been Vladimir Putin.”

Tom Watling2 March 2025 09:51
Who will attend at this time’s summit in London?
Practically 20 leaders from Europe and North America will attend a summit at this time, hosted by Sir Keir Starmer in London’s Lancaster Home, a 200-year-old elegant mansion close to Buckingham Palace.
Sir Keir will first welcome to Downing Avenue Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, often known as the Donald Trump whisperer for her good relations with the US president, earlier than transferring on to Lancaster Home.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky would be the predominant man on the assembly. He acquired widespread help after being berated by Mr Trump and US vp JD Vance on Friday within the White Home.
French president Emmanel Macron, German chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau and Nato secretary common Mark Rutte will probably be amongst others attending.
Leaders from Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Romania will even be in attendance, as will the 2 European Union chiefs Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen.
The Turkish overseas minister, Hakan Fidan, will even be there. Turkey has signalled its willingness to behave as a bunch for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. It hosted the preliminary peace talks again in March 2022.

Tom Watling2 March 2025 09:49
Video: Trump and Vance conflict with Zelensky
Under, we remind you of the astonishing White Home conflict on Friday between US president Donald Trump, vp JD Vance and Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Starmer has changed Trump as the important thing determine to win peace
Earlier than a long-lasting peace could be achieved between Ukraine and Russia, peace should be discovered between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky first.
Sir Keir Starmer, possibly by comfortable probability or possibly by the UK’s historic position because the bridge between Europe and the USA, has emerged as the person to carry individuals again collectively.
His convention this weekend on the again of his personal profitable journey to the White Home on Thursday has put him within the management position the world now wants.
Folks might look again on this week because the making of Keir Starmer as a severe politician and worldwide statesman.
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Keir Starmer breaks silence on Trump and Zelensky conflict
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