Starmer-Trump LIVE: Latest updates as PM heads to White House for showdown with President over Ukraine

Keir Starmer will warn Donald Trump today.

Spring with reporters while traveling to Washington last night, Sir Keir confirmed that he is ready to send thousands of British troops to keep peace in Ukraine when President Trump secures a truce in the three -year -old war.

But he warned that it would be an impossible mission, unless the United States offer a military 'backstop' to British and European forces.

The prime minister said that Putin would inevitably 'come again', unless the West is united in securing the future of Ukraine – possibly depositing the continent at war.

Here is a sketch of the Prime Minister's schedule prior to his meeting with President Trump:

• Starmer arrives in the White House 12:15 Local time (5:15 pm in the UK).
• Bee 12:20 Local time US President Donald Trump and Starmer will meet each other in private, before they make public comments and answer a few questions
• Starmer and Trump will then keep a joint news conference on 14:00 Local time (7 pm in the UK)

A former staff member of the American embassy in the UK has suggested that President Donald Trump will ask for a higher defense of the defense expenditure from the UK.

Michael Martins spoke on BBC Radi 5 Live :: Michael Martins:

An increase of 0.2% of GDP in two or three years will not cut it with President Trump.

I think he wants to see a higher number and that will be something that he continues to insist in Europe and NATO member states.

He added that it is unlikely that Trump will use American troops in Ukraine, but instead insists on 'economic deterrence' by trying to bring American companies to Ukraine.

SR Keir Starmer is expected to organize foreign leader in Lancaster House in the center of London this Sunday.

It is expected that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron will be there, such as Germany, Italy, Italy and other European allies.

The co-leader of the Green Party has called on Sir Keir Starmer to oppose Donald Trump's real estate plan when he met the president in Washington.

Carla Denyer said that the meeting is a 'vital chance for our prime minister to determine Clear Red Lines' and to support Sir Keir's approach on Ukraine.

He must also make it clear that the same applies to Palestinians and Trump to say that the UK will be firmly against its terrible plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza – effectively a threat of ethnic cleansing.

This is the time for starmer to put British values ​​into practice on the world stage. The people of this country will look to see if he can deliver.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky has said that a framework economic deal with the United States is ready – but security guarantees that KYIV views must be decided as essential.

The most important details have not yet been made public, but reports suggest the American request for $ 500 billion (£ 395 billion) in income from the use of natural resources of Ukraine.

A Senior Ukrainian officer said on Tuesday at the end of Tuesday that KYIV had agreed the conditions of the deal, so that the United States would jointly develop the mineral resources of Ukraine, and that Zensky could sign it in Washington on Friday.

Zensky admitted that a major problem could conclude the agreement and said that Ukraine should know where the United States is able to put its continuous military support.

Mrs. Reeves spoke the importance of Sir Keir's journey because she can stimulate the VK trade with the US in the next four years.

The Chancellor said that the announced increase in defense expenditure 'was in our national interest when asked if the VK expects Mr Trump to withdraw his threat of 20 percent rates in exchange for this.

Regarding the future trade relationship between the UK and the US, the last time President Trump was in the White House, the trade and the investments between our two countries.

I am confident that that can happen again. I know that the prime minister is looking forward to talking about those issues and many others in his meetings with Donald Trump tomorrow.

Mrs. Reeves also suggested that a peace agreement in Ukraine would be good for economic growth.

The deal of the Chagos Islands will not take place without the support of US President Donald Trump, David Lammy has confirmed.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs said that he still believed that the agreement to hand over the British territory of the Indian Ocean to Mauritius was the “best deal” that could be concluded.

Lammy's suggestion that Trump will have a veto about the deal after Sir Keir Starmer was confronted with questions or cash to pay Mauritius for the leasing of a military base would arise from the increase in defense expenditure he has announced.

Asked by ITV if the American leader had a veto about the agreement, Lammy replied:

If President Trump does not like the deal, the deal will not continue. The reason for this is because we have a shared military and intelligence interest at the United States, and of course they have to be happy with the deal, or there is no deal.

Keir Starmer compared jokes Peter Mandelson with Donald Trump last night while welcoming the new British ambassador in Washington.

Speaking at a flashy party in the residence of the palace base in the American capital, the prime minister looked briefly to criticize President Trump – before he turned the joke about the new ambassador.

The prime minister to speeches the Washington elite said: the prime minister:

I just arrived, but I can already feel that there is now a real buzz in Washington.

You can feel that there is a new leader. He is a real one -off, a pioneer in business, in politics.

Many people love him. Others like to hate him. But for us he is just … Peter.

Prior to his journey, in an announcement strongly focused on Mr. Trump, Sir Keir said that British Defense spending will rise from the current 2.3 percent of GDP to 2.5 percent in 2027.

He climbed to promise the increase in the military budget of Great Britain in the midst of enormous doubts about the use of America to European security after Mr Trump's return.

It also follows the repeated calls of the US President for NATO fellow people to encourage expenditure for their forces and to bear greater responsibility for their own safety.

Sir Keir said that the increase of £ 6 billion a year 'would ensure the safety and defense of our country and of Europe' in the light of the threat of the Russian Vladimir Putin.

Welcome to the live blog of MailOnline while Sir Keir Starmer is going to Washington DC, for his first white house meeting with Donald Trump later today.

The prime minister is about the Atlantic Ocean for Crunch conversations in the White House, because he tries to convince the American president not to leave Europe and Ukraine.

He has already attended a welcome reception in the home of the ambassador in the capital – accompanied by the British ambassador in the United States Peter Mandelson.