good morning. Keir Starmer is in Paris this morning for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. The Prime Minister is visiting France to attend Armistice Day services, but his real focus is on the relationship between Europe's two military powers as he discusses the implications of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election. It depends on what the leaders say.
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John HealyThe Secretary of Defense is making his media rounds this morning. While it remains unclear what, in fact, anything President Trump will do regarding Ukraine, reports in the United States indicate that Trump has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged him to de-escalate Russian aggression in Ukraine. It is being in her story maya yan Report:
President Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to discuss the Ukraine war, The Washington Post reported. reported This was disclosed on Sunday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The US president-elect advised the Russian president against escalating the war in Ukraine and reminded him of “Washington's significant military presence in Europe,” the paper said.
He added that President Trump expressed interest in follow-up dialogue on “early resolution of the Ukraine war.”
During his campaign, Trump said he would find a solution to end the war “within a day,” but he did not explain how.
A former U.S. official who spoke to the Washington Post with knowledge of the meeting said Trump likely did not want to start his second term with the escalation of the Ukraine war, saying, He is motivated to prevent the deterioration of the situation.''
In an interview on today's program, Mr. H.
Asked if Ukraine was losing the war, Mr. Healy said:
Ukraine is certainly under pressure. Russia has indeed escalated, and President Trump has reportedly warned President Putin against further escalation. If he did so, he was right to do so.
Russia has escalated the situation, including gathering North Korean troops on its territory. The situation has escalated further, with more than 2,000 one-way kamikaze drones targeting Kiev and other Ukrainian cities last month alone. And there is one person responsible for that escalation, and that is Putin.
I'll be posting more about Healy's interview soon.
The agenda for the day is:
morning: Keir Starmer meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
10am: Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds gives evidence to the Post Office Horizon investigation. He will be replaced by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who will give evidence in his capacity as business secretary, Mr Reynolds' predecessor. Her evidence could last until the afternoon.
11:30am: A lobby briefing session will be held at Downing Street.
2:30pm: Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will answer questions in the House of Commons.
afternoon: Starmer will speak to journalists on a flight from Paris to Baku, where he will attend the Cop29 summit.
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