Early evening summary
Donald Trump has accused Vladimir Putin of letting him down in a joint press conference with Keir Starmer during which the US president piled criticism on his Russian counterpart. As Kiran Stacey and Pippa Crerar report, Trump said that he had hoped to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine soon after entering office, but that Putin’s actions had prevented him from doing so. His comments came during an hour-long press conference alongside Starmer which marked the culmination of a two-day state visit during which the president has largely steered clear of several points of tension between the two leaders. Trump largely avoided criticising the prime minister over Palestinian statehood or attacking Britain on free speech, though he caused awkwardness when he suggested Starmer could bring in the army to deal with irregular migration.
For a full list of all the stories covered on the blog today, do scroll through the list of key event headlines near the top of the blog.
Daniel Boffey has a good piece here on who sat next to whom at the state banquet last night.
