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Speaking to journalists last night, Mr Trump even said Ukraine's President Zelensky had an approval rating of just 4%. But on Wednesday, Mr Zelensky hit back, insisting he enjoyed support from more than half the country and that the US leader had fallen victim to fake news.

Speaking in Kyiv, Mr. Zelensky said, Washington's previous demands for $500 billion for his country's minerals were, as he put it, not a serious conversation. He insisted he could not sell his country. Well, on the ground, the diplomacy, or lack of it, continues. The American special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has been visiting Kyiv.

Speaking in Kyiv, Mr. Zelensky said, Washington's previous demands for $500 billion for his country's minerals were, as he put it, not a serious conversation. He insisted he could not sell his country. Well, on the ground, the diplomacy, or lack of it, continues. The American special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has been visiting Kyiv.

Arriving by train to the capital, he's insisting that Ukraine's European allies would still be excluded from any peace talks. Our Eastern Europe-Correspondent Sarah Rainsford is following the story for us.

Arriving by train to the capital, he's insisting that Ukraine's European allies would still be excluded from any peace talks. Our Eastern Europe-Correspondent Sarah Rainsford is following the story for us.

Yes, so there is no doubt, Europe is being sidelined.

Yes, so there is no doubt, Europe is being sidelined.

Sarah Rainsford in Poland. One man who knows Mr Trump and his approach to foreign policy is General H.R. McMaster, who was National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018 and the author of At War With Ourselves, which is a book about what it was like to serve in the Trump first term.

Sarah Rainsford in Poland. One man who knows Mr Trump and his approach to foreign policy is General H.R. McMaster, who was National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018 and the author of At War With Ourselves, which is a book about what it was like to serve in the Trump first term.

He has a top piece of advice for European leaders interacting with Mr Trump, but first told us more about how the comments were received.

He has a top piece of advice for European leaders interacting with Mr Trump, but first told us more about how the comments were received.

National Security Advisor in Donald Trump's first time General H.R. McMaster. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump's senior advisor Elon Musk says he's determined to drive through his policies despite facing what he says is almost total opposition in Washington.

National Security Advisor in Donald Trump's first time General H.R. McMaster. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump's senior advisor Elon Musk says he's determined to drive through his policies despite facing what he says is almost total opposition in Washington.

The two men have given their first joint interview to Fox News' Hannity programme, much of it focused on cutting government spending, with Elon Musk claiming his Department of Government Efficiency would save the US from bankruptcy. He vowed to take on anyone who stands in his way.

The two men have given their first joint interview to Fox News' Hannity programme, much of it focused on cutting government spending, with Elon Musk claiming his Department of Government Efficiency would save the US from bankruptcy. He vowed to take on anyone who stands in his way.

Emily Jaschinski ist Washington-Korrespondent für Unheard, ein News-and-Opinion-Website. Sie hat meinem Kollegen Priya Rai gesagt, dass beide Männer vorsichtig waren, was sie gesagt haben, obwohl Interviewer Sean Hannity Donald Trump-Supporter war.

Emily Jaschinski ist Washington-Korrespondent für Unheard, ein News-and-Opinion-Website. Sie hat meinem Kollegen Priya Rai gesagt, dass beide Männer vorsichtig waren, was sie gesagt haben, obwohl Interviewer Sean Hannity Donald Trump-Supporter war.

Sebastian Ascher ist in Jerusalem und folgt der Geschichte.

Sebastian Ascher ist in Jerusalem und folgt der Geschichte.

Sebastian Usher in Jerusalem. The UN Refugee Agency says Pakistan is planning to order all Afghan refugees without valid visas to leave Islamabad and its twin city of Rawalpindi by the end of the month. More than a million and a half of the Afghans in the country are thought to be undocumented. Azadeh Mashiri reports from Islamabad.