Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy smile during their meeting in the Oval Office.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy tonight avoided a repeat of their disastrous Oval Office meeting earlier this year as the search for peace in Ukraine goes on.

The two presidents laughed and joked as they took questions from the media ahead of talks with European leaders including prime minister Keir Starmer.

It was all a far cry from six months ago, when Zelenskyy was ambushed by Trump and his deputy, JD Vance.

There was no such ill-feeling on this occasion, with Trump saying the US was prepared to join European countries in providing security guarantees for Ukraine to stop Russia invading again once the war is over.

The US president also said he was willing to attend “tri-lateral” talks with Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin to agree a peace deal.

Trump said: “People are being killed and we want to stop........

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