Sir Keir Starmer and five other European leaders will accompany Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington, in a major show of unity ahead of peace talks with Donald Trump. The Ukrainian war leader will land in the US as he returns to the White House after President Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

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Donald Trump's public dismissal of previous European calls for a ceasefire - after his tete-a-tete with Vladimir Putin - has only highlighted divisions. But Sir Keir Starmer and his allies have no choice but to keep their criticism of the Alaskan summit implicit,

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He will join European leaders including France's president Emmanuel Macron, Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

European leaders including Macron, Merz, Starmer, Meloni and von der Leyen will accompany Zelenskyy to Washington for talks with Trump, as the US president pushes Ukraine towards a quick peace deal with Russia.

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Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. What will Keir Starmer and his fellow European leaders agree on ahead of the US/Ukraine summit tomorrow?