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Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting


A joint news conference is cancelled after the US president calls his Ukrainian counterpart "disrespectful" and says "make a deal or we're out".

It is no understatement to say that this was, for Zelensky coming here today, the most critical diplomatic and political moment for him and his country since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. This has descended into an extraordinary and unprecedented moment of tension, exploding in the Oval Office. Basically, a public dressing down of the Ukrainian leader by Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance

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