UK, US to talk Ukraine

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Washington yesterday to meet US President Joe Biden to discuss whether to let Kyiv use long-range missiles against Russia.

It was likely their last meeting before an election that could upend US policy on Ukraine.

Kyiv is pushing Washington and London to lift a restriction on firing arms made by those countries, with Russian President Vladimir Putin warning that giving Ukraine the green light would mean Nato was "at war" with Moscow.

British media reported that Biden, who is wary of provoking a nuclear conflict, was ready to let Ukraine deploy British and French missiles using US technology, but not US-made missiles themselves.