Biden to meet Zelensky as palace reacts to King Charles royal protocol breach

Nato’s summit will begin on Tuesday with fresh momentum after Turkey withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The decision by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a significant move toward Sweden’s membership and it will alleviate tension in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital.

“This is a historic day,” Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said late on Monday as he announced the agreement following days of intensive meetings.

As part of the deal, Mr Erdogan said he would ask Turkey’s parliament to approve Sweden joining Nato. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is expected to take a similar step.

The outcome is a victory for US president Joe Biden as well, who has touted Nato’s expansion as an example of how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has backfired on Moscow. Finland has already become the 31st member of the alliance, and Sweden is on deck to become the 32nd.

Meeting comes as Biden expressed doubts about possible Ukraine membership in NATO.

Gal Luft, who is a citizen of both the United States and Israel, is accused of paying a former adviser to Donald Trump on behalf of principals in China in 2016.

The one-term president took to Truth Social to rant about his successor and the Justice Department’s Mar-a-Lago raid which has ended with him being charged over the handling of classified documents.

“Was Crooked Joe Biden on Cocaine when he instructed the FBI/DOJ to illegally invade my home, Mar-a-Lago, in complete and total violation of my 4th Amendment Rights?” Mr Trump seethed.

“Was he on Cocaine, or various other substances, when he, for the first time in U.S. history, had his political opponent, who is leading him in the Polls by a lot, indicted and arrested (twice, if you include the DOJ run Manhattan D.A.’s Office)? WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE!!!”

Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit on Wednesday, an official confirmed to CNN.

Russia’s war in Ukraine will obviously be among the most important items on the agenda for NATO leaders as they meet in Lithuania this week.

Politico was the first to report the meeting.

This is the moment when Joe Biden met with King Charles on Monday, July 10.

The US president arrived in London on Sunday evening and hailed the “rock-solid” relationship between America and the UK as he met Rishi Sunak in Downing Street.

He praised the closeness of ties between the two countries as he and the prime minister held talks in the garden of No 10.

Mr Biden then sat down for tea with the King to discuss the climate crisis following his meeting with Mr Sunak.

Though it is not a full-blown state visit, the president was treated to a display of pageantry at Windsor Castle.

On Sunday, the president boarded Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base as he headed to London. For the trip, Biden was dressed in blue slacks, a pale blue button-down shirt, and a blue blazer. He completed the look with a pair of navy and grey Skechers slip-in shoes.

However, according to New York Times reporter Doug Mills, one thing the president was missing was his socks. Mills sparked a debate about the apparent fashion faux pas when he tweeted on Sunday that the 80 year old had allegedly gone sans socks for the flight.

“@Potus boards Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base as he departs for London, England. Biden was not [wearing] socks with his sneakers,” Mills tweeted, along with a photo of Biden’s full outfit, as well as a close-up shot of the president’s sneakers and bare ankle.