The leaders discussed the 'positive progress' made towards an end to the war in a meeting after the Pope's funeral.

Downing Street said the two leaders had discussed recent advances towards a peace deal in the Ukraine war when they met following the Pope’s funeral.

Keir Starmer has contradicted Donald Trump over his Ukraine peace plan by insisting Kyiv must lead the talks. The prime minister insisted the “courageous” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not to blame for the delays to any ceasefire deal,