Emily Atkinson
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Sir Keir Starmer has now left the White House. Here's what we know about his talks with the Joe Biden:

• The leaders had "wide-ranging" discussions on Ukraine, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific, Starmer told reporters outside the West Wing
• However, he gave no indication if the UK and US would allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons inside Russia
• Earlier, the Russian president warned such a move would represent Nato's "direct participation" in the war - while Biden told the meeting that Putin will "not prevail"

• A White House readout said Biden and Starmer also expressed "deep concern" about Iran and North Korea’s "provision of lethal weapons" to Russia, and China’s support to Russia’s defence industrial base

We are now ending our live coverage. You can read a full wrap of the meeting between Starmer and Biden here.

Thanks for joining us.

More now from the White House read-out we mentioned in the post below.

It says that Biden and Starmer discussed US-UK cooperation on "clean energy and advanced technologies", on AUKUS (a trilateral security partnership with Australia), and "opportunities to deepen our strong US-UK economic ties".

President Biden also "underscored his support for the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and its role in maintaining peace and stability in Northern Ireland".

The White House has just shared a readout , externalof the meeting between Biden and Starmer.

It says the leaders "expressed deep concern about Iran and North Korea’s provision of lethal weapons to Russia and the People’s Republic of China’s support to Russia’s defense industrial base".

The White House also said Starmer and Biden had "reiterated their ironclad commitment to Israel’s security, the urgent need for a ceasefire deal that will free the hostages and enable increased relief in Gaza, and the need for Israel to do more to protect civilians and address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza".

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The UK prime minister has now left the White House after his discussions with the US president.

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Sir Keir Starmer has given no indication on whether the UK and US would allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to hit Russian targets.

He tells reporters outside the White House that it is up to the Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, as he reemphasises that Ukraine has a right to defend itself.

He says he had a "long and productive discussion" with President Biden on Ukraine, the Middle East and Indo-Pacific.

He adds that they had technical discussions, but not on anything "specific".

"We had a wide-ranging discussion about strategy," Sir Keir Starmer says.

He said they talked about both Ukraine and the Middle East, and he wanted to speak "directly to the president" because of "wider strategic" issues.

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The UK prime minister has just appeared outside the White House. Stick with us as we bring you his comments.

Aside from Russia and the war in Ukraine, there are a number of geopolitical topics on the agenda for the talks.

Opening the meeting, President Joe Biden said they would discuss work to secure a deal to end the conflict in the Middle East.

He said the priorities were to secure the release of the hostages still held by Hamas, bring about a ceasefire, and increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

He said also brought up the Indo-Pacific, adding that there was "no region more important [to] our future".

"There's no issue of global consequence that the United States and Great Britain can't work together on," he said.

In response, Sir Keir Starmer said the two countries had historically demonstrated "the strength of our relationship, that we are strategically aligned".

"We have common cause on these global issues, and therefore it's very important for us to have this opportunity to talk them through, not just as a matter of tactics, but also the wider strategy that underpins them," he said.

Pictures show the president, prime minister, and their teams as the talks begin.

The talks are taking place in the Blue Room, part of the presidential residence at the White House.

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After a brief introduction from both world leaders, and a series of questions yelled by reporters (which were largely unanswered), the meeting is now officially under way.

Reporters have left the room.

The meeting is underway and both leaders are going through their introductions.

US President Joe Biden says that "Putin will not prevail" in the war in Ukraine.

UK PM Sir Keir Starmer thanks Biden for meeting, and brings up their "special relationship".

Chris Mason
Political editor, at the White House

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The talks are under way

Chris Mason
Political editor, at the White House

We reporters are queuing up. We are heading in to see the president and prime minister shortly. Hopefully.

Chris Mason
Political editor, at the White House

Hello from the White House — the Prime Minister has just arrived.

His talks with the President will begin shortly.

I’ll be heading to the Oval Office in a moment to hear what the two men have to say to us

Matt Murphy
BBC News

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A UK defence analyst has told the BBC that Moscow's warnings against allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia are "largely based on rhetoric to try and prolong indecision due to fear".

Justin Crump, a former military officer, says President Vladimir Putin is testing the new Labour government and outgoing Biden administration, which he says is "seeing how far they can push our weaknesses".

"Ultimately Russia already supplies weapons to the UK's adversaries, and is already engaged in 'active measures' such as subversion, espionage, sabotage, and information/cyber operations against Nato members' interests."

"This may all accelerate, but picking a fight against all of Nato is not something Russia can afford given how hard they're struggling against just Ukraine."

Jonathan Josephs
BBC business reporter

Russia’s central bank has unexpectedly raised its interest rate to 19% as its economy continues to feel the impacts of war.

In announcing the 1% increase the bank said “Growth in domestic demand is still significantly outstripping the capabilities to expand the supply of goods and services”.

This reflects the fact that significant resources have been diverted to fighting the war in Ukraine, which includes both goods and labour.

Falling imports in the wake of western sanctions have also had an impact by limiting the amount of goods flowing in to the country.

Demand has also been supported by government spending. However that is now facing growing strain because domestic investors are being more reluctant to lend to a government whose income is suffering from the recent fall in global oil prices.

Inflation is currently estimated to be running at an annualised rate of 9%, however the Bank of Russia is forecasting it will return to its target of 4% next year.

The Russian government and RT have responded to the US announcing sanctions on the media outlet.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says there should be a "new profession" in the US, of specialist in sanctions imposed on Russia.

Responding to US allegations that RT had sought to influence elections, RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan - who was herself sanctioned by the US last week - says they are excellent teachers, adding that many RT staff had studied in the US, and with US funding.