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Starmer says he's spoken with Trump after his Oval Office exchange with Zelensky

The UK PM gave Zelensky a warm welcome to London for a summit with European leaders.

The British prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, said he'd spoken again with President Trump soon after giving the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, a warm welcome to London for a summit with European leaders on Sunday. His latest call to Washington - the second in two days - follows the unprecedented public clash between Mr Zelensky and the US president at the White House.

Also on the programme: We reflect on this week's COP16 biodiversity conference in Rome with the meeting's president and Colombia's outgoing environment minister Susana Muhamad; and after the huge floods in Valencia last year, students and volunteers are attempting to save precious memories, belonging to those affected by the disaster.

Joining presenter Paul Henley to discuss these and other stories of the day are Dom茅nica 脕vila-Luna, an Ecuadorean-born analyst and researcher at King's College London, and Travis Elborough, a British author and cultural commentator.

(Photo: US President Donald Trump meeting UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer in the White House on Thursday February 27 2025. Credit: Carl Court/PA Wire)

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