At least four people were killed and 20 others were wounded in a massive Russian aerial attack, hours after US president Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin’s response to a significant Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airbases “will not be pretty”.

By Andreas Rinke, Andrea Shalal, Sarah Marsh and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz kicked off a White House meeting on Thursday with talks on Ukraine and trade but none of the fireworks that have characterized other Oval Office meetings with foreign leaders.

Germany’s new chancellor will have a mission when he meets President Trump in the Oval Office for the first time Thursday: keeping him invested in the fate of Europe.

The President and the Chancellor appear to have repaired some of the damage Vice President JD Vance needlessly inflicted on one of America’s most important alliances.

Trump is attempting to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to end Moscow's ongoing invasion.

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Trump implied he could sever U.S. government ties with Musk's business, which amounts to billions in contracts and subsidies.