Donald Trump has removed a key obstacle to Sir Keir Starmer officially recognising a Palestinian state as the prime minister prepares to discuss the issue at a crucial cabinet meeting this week.The president,

The US president had earlier announced he would bring forward a deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine, as he met Sir Keir Starmer in Scotland. Asked by reporters how long he would set for the new deadline, Mr Trump said: “I am going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today. There is no reason in waiting.”

Britain and Germany are set to pledge new air defense systems for Ukraine as the UK government pushes for a “50-day drive” to arm Kyiv and bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.

And so it was, just two days after Donald Trump revealed he had decided to lift his administration’s pause on the supply of US-made weapons to Ukraine, that Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov,

Vladimir Putin has grown so desperate for soldiers to support his faltering invasion of Ukraine that he's been compelled to recruit criminals, the homeless and soccer hooligans as his 'expendable forces'. The news comes as Trump sends nukes to the UK as his ultimatum deadline looms.

Trump is looking at making money out of Nato – not saving Ukraine - ANALYSIS: Don’t be misled; Trump is peeved by Putin and will make money from his irritation out of Ukraine’s war but he has not shifted away from Russia completely,

Zelensky used the call to thank Trump for U.S. support and to push for increased air defense cooperation. He said both leaders agreed to work on "strengthening protection of our skies" and to arrange meetings between their defense teams. The conversation also covered joint weapons production, drone technology, and mutual investments.

European nation set to sign a deal to protect itself from short-range missiles following Russia's invasion of Ukraine