President Donald Trump said he believes a peace deal for Ukraine is coming together as he welcomed the nation's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Donald Trump said talks to secure a US-backed peace deal for Ukraine are “closer than ever before” after he met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida.

Axios said US officials viewed Mr Zelensky's willingness to hold a referendum as a major step forward and a sign that he was no longer ruling out territorial concessions, although he said Russia would...