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Amid global mourning in Rome, the US and Ukrainian presidents held impromptu talks in St. Peter's Basilica as France and the EU reiterate their unwavering support for Kyiv.

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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly in the hush of St Peter's basilica on the sidelines of Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday in their first encounter since a noisy White House clash, as the US president pushes the Ukrainian leader to make a peace deal with Russia.

It emerged that US leader Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky met before the mass.

The Ukrainian president and his US counterpart met within St Peter’s Basilica after they each paid respects at Pope Francis’ coffin.

Helicopters dumped water from the air on the fire hours after the initial explosion

The meeting before Pope Francis’s funeral was their first since an angry encounter in Washington, DC, in February.