{"id":1082,"date":"2025-02-25T12:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:33:32","slug":"starmer-to-make-defence-statement-ahead-of-talks-with-trump-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/starmer-to-make-defence-statement-ahead-of-talks-with-trump-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer to make defence statement ahead of talks with Trump on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Yesterday marked the sombre three-year anniversary of Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while on the other side of the globe, US President Donald Trump welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron in Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If you are just joining us, here&#8217;s what you need to know for today:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssrcss-1ynsflq-UnorderedList e1q8fsc70\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260\">The\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3Acb4045d2-8c3f-457c-a5ab-bbeaaefd8bb7#post\">Kremlin seemed to offer the US a part in exploiting its rare minerals<\/a>\u00a0after reports that the US and Ukraine\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3Ac5d3158b-97a8-4672-9e17-26a4528bac5c#post\">may soon be reaching their own<\/a>\u00a0rare mineral deal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ssrcss-1ynsflq-UnorderedList e1q8fsc70\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260\">The EU has proposed a separate minerals deal with\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3A44c94130-5792-409d-af67-fa294724921b#post\">to Ukraine,<\/a>\u00a0but a source at the EU\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3A2dd7c83b-f35d-4b8c-bd12-1cd738a1790e#post\">told the BBC<\/a>\u00a0its proposals are not in competition with the US<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ssrcss-1ynsflq-UnorderedList e1q8fsc70\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260\">Meanwhile,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3Ab466d2e7-3e4f-452e-8103-35945d5c22cb#post\">France&#8217;s Macron has doubled-down<\/a>\u00a0on his commitment to securing a ceasefire with clear security guarantees for Ukraine after his meeting with Trump<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260\">Following his footsteps,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3A8a11415e-782b-4572-ab0c-630b63f88647#post\">UK PM Keir Starmer will be flying out<\/a>\u00a0to Washington to meet Trump on Thursday for Ukraine talks<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260\">Overnight,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3Aa0540324-98b6-4a57-911e-44bf7eb42e84#post\">air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine<\/a>, with more than\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3A5842dfbe-f603-4da9-9ae9-3ed997e6bb1a#post\">200 drones and seven cruise missiles<\/a>\u00a0launched from Russia, according to Kyiv&#8217;s military. A 44-year-old woman was injured in an attack in the Kyiv region and several structures were destroyed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And within the hour, we&#8217;re also going to be hearing from Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who will be giving a statement on defence and security in Parliament. Stick with us.<\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will deliver a statement on defence and security at 12:30 GMT, days before travelling to Washington DC to meet Donald Trump<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It comes as French President Emmanuel Macron says a truce between Ukraine and Russia\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3Aca930b80-4fd8-473a-a64f-1224781e5032#post\">could be agreed in the coming weeks<\/a>, following talks with Trump at the White House<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Macron, and Starmer when he visits the White House on Thursday, are both trying to bridge a widening security gap between Europe and America,\u00a0<\/i><a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3A52492e3a-f06e-42ac-8b34-7d42722183b2#post\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">writes James Waterhouse<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile the Kremlin says it sees potential for co-operation with the US on\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gm41lq6rlt?post=asset%3Acb4045d2-8c3f-457c-a5ab-bbeaaefd8bb7#post\">developing Russia&#8217;s reserves of rare earth minerals<\/a>, including from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speculation has been mounting that Kyiv and Washington are close to signing a deal over US access to Ukraine&#8217;s mineral deposits<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday marked the sombre three-year anniversary of Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while on the other side of the globe, US President Donald Trump welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[19,15],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-featured","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}