Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appeared on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg ahead of a peace summit with world leaders.

They weren't just delighted with the optics of the two leaders chatting about their families and the royals over winter greens and sea bass – Sir Keir's team believed they had made genuine progress in talks in the Oval Office about Ukraine.

The prime minister said 'nobody wants to see that' after an angry clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky was televised on Friday.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said his “driving purpose” over the last few days has been reuniting Ukraine and the US after their presidents clashed in the White House. As Starmer gathers European leaders in London to forge a common position on ending the war in Ukraine,

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is not going to be “diverted” when asked about calls for the state visit invite to Donald Trump to be rescinded. The Prime Minister dismissed people “trying to ramp up the rhetoric” after the confrontation in the White House between the US president and Volodymr Zelensky.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared on Laura Kuenssberg's show following yesterday's meeting with President Zelenskyy

A summit is being held at Lancaster House in London and Mr Starmer is expected to hold a press conference and address the nation at 5pm. It's thought the PM will give a press conference in the next few hours where he will announce how the UK could be involved in any ceasefire and future peacekeeping operations in Ukraine.