About an hour's worth of talks have taken place between Starmer and Zelensky this morning.Normally what happens when leaders leave Number 10 is they walk down the street on their own, but today Starmer decided to accompany Zelensky back to his car.

There was no word from either of them as they left about how those talks went but there was another warm embrace between the pair - a handshake and a hug. It was an important show of unity after everything that has happened in the last few days - including the talks between European leaders and Trump yesterday.

I think the fact that neither Starmer nor Zelensky said anything after today's talks is tactical. The prime minister hasn't said that much to the media over the last few days, aside from the scripted handouts we receive after the meetings.

The reason for that is they want to have a united front - but also to avoid saying anything that might appear to be a split with the US. The number one tactic within Downing Street across the last week or so has been to get Trump on board - to make sure Trump has the words of Europe and of Ukraine ringing in his ears when he sits down with Putin tomorrow. 

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a joint news conference after their "one-on-one" meeting in Alaska on Friday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov says.

The aide says the central topic will be the war in Ukraine. "This will be followed by negotiations between the delegations, which will continue over a working breakfast," the aide adds, according to the AFP news agency.

The news conference at the end will serve to "summarise the results of the negotiations," Ushakov says. The Russian delegation heading to Alaska will include Ushakov himself, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Russian businessman Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin says.

Ushakov adds Putin and Trump will also use the summit as an opportunity to discuss trade and economic cooperation. "Of course, broader issues of ensuring peace and security, as well as pressing international and regional issues, will also be addressed," he says, according to the AFP news agency.