Wes Streeting says US will continue to back Ukraine
Defence Secretary meets US counterpart in Washington DC as Trump-Zelensky row continues
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting says the US will continue to back Ukraine after meeting with his counterpart in Washington DC Pete Hegseth. That's after critical remarks by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky against Donald Trump in multiple media interviews. Wes Streeting also said he understands that Starlink satellite communications, which Ukraine uses to coordinate its battlefield manoeuvres, have resumed.
Also on the programme: we speak to the lawyer who is representing one of seven men accused of sexually assaulting a woman at Cornell University. And should primary school children have mandatory outdoor play time? We explore a new proposal from the Lib Dems.
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