Trump signals support for EU-US trade deal amid mixed messages on Ukraine in Meloni White House visit – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Trump-Meloni meeting, read our full report:Meloni says Trump to visit Rome after Washington talks over tariffsAs we await further updates from the talks taking place at the Élysée, let me bring you some other stories from around Europe.Meanwhile, Russia’s top economic negotiator claimed that some countries were trying to “derail” Moscow’s talks with the United States, as the two sides work towards normalisi