Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several allies will host the president for a video call, the latest in a summer-long effort to hold ranks in supporting Ukraine.

Mrs Podicenko’s hope is echoed by several of the 1,000 Ukrainian refugees who fled to Alaska since 2022 with the help of New Chance, a Russian-language church. Mrs Podicenko moved to Alaska with her friend Olena Demchenko, and her two children, Aleksander, 15, and Sofia, seven. She now works in a care home in Anchorage.

Trump tells reporters he believes Putin wants to get the war "over with" and is asked whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be at the talks in Alaska. Follow the latest below.