Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday as investors await the next steps in talks to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaving in place sanctions on Russian crude and the chance of further restrictions on its buyers.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain called for an international force stationed in Ukraine, which could range from hundreds to tens of thousands of troops. Trump has suggested that Russia would accept European troop deployments, even though Russia has frequently rejected the idea.

A sanctuary which rescued a lion from Ukraine that was so traumatised she was unable to stand has celebrated a year of her recovery in the UK. Monday marked a year since Yuna arrived at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, Kent, after being rescued from a concrete enclosure which was bombed just two days after she left.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, who has bonded with President Donald Trump over golf, gave NBC News an inside look at the White House meeting on Ukraine.

Russia has occupied a fifth of Ukrainian territory - and a big map showing the area shaded in red was put up in the Oval Office as if to emphasise that point for President Donald Trump's talks with Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday.

Trump gave his assurance that no American soldiers would be sent to protect Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia