- (BBC News) A senior Ukrainian official says the US and Ukraine have agreed the terms of a minerals deal.
- It contains “a number of good amendments,” the official tells the BBC, though details about what’s included in the revised draft remain unclear.
- US President Donald Trump suggests his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington DC on Friday to sign the agreement.
- Asked what Ukraine gets in exchange, Trump says: “The right to fight on.”
- Earlier, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said a “dangerous new era” was behind his decision to boost UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and cut the aid budget.
- In a Downing Street news conference, he said Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s “aggression does not stop in Ukraine … we can’t hide from this.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gm41lq6rlt
