(BBC) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington DC to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump.
The pair are due to hash out – and potentially sign – a much-discussed deal, which would give the US access to Ukraine’s deposits of rare earth minerals.
Its terms have been agreed but Zelensky is pushing for Ukrainian security guarantees to be added, something Trump says should be dealt with by Europe – here’s what we know about the deal.
Their meeting, taking place this afternoon, comes a day after Trump hosted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House
They discussed a potential UK-US trade deal and the war in Ukraine.
At a news conference, Trump was asked by the BBC’s Chris Mason if he stuck by his claim that Zelensky’s a “dictator”, to which the US president replied: “Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question.”