UK and France aim for new Ukraine peace deal as Macron pushes for initial 1-month truce

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  UK and France to work with Ukraine on peace plan

  Starmer says European initiative would then be discussed with White House
  
  Financial Times - 23h
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  UK and France to prepare Ukraine peace plan for Trump, Starmer says

  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the U.K. on Saturday, straight from his visit to Washington, D.C., with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
  
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  UK and France to present Ukraine peace plan to Trump, PM says

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  Macron suggests Ukraine truce could be weeks away after talks with Trump

  During a visit to the White House, the French leader said any peace deal must "not be a surrender of Ukraine".
  
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  The Papers: 'New Ukraine peace deal' and Zelensky's 'king-size welcome'

  Sir Keir Starmer's plans to form a "coalition of the willing" to end the war in Ukraine leads most of Monday's papers.
  
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• Macron, Trump offer contrasting paths to peace in Ukraine

  French President Emmanuel Macron met with President Trump at the White House on Monday, marking three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. The meeting came after European powers were excluded from ...
  
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• Starmer says UK is prepared to put troops in Ukraine to support peace deal during Trump presser

  President Trump held a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House where they discussed the future of Ukraine's security if a peace deal with Russia is reached. ...
  
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  ‘He did his best’: Macron’s meeting with Trump prompts cautious optimism in France on Ukraine

  Commentators say French president’s visit to the White House was amicable – but that differences remain. Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates French political commentators reacted with ...
  
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  Rubio: Ukraine rare earth minerals deal a 'tush push' away

  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said President Trump is "very close" to making a deal to gain access to Ukraine's critical minerals as he pushes to end the war with Russia, referencing ...
  
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