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Zelensky and Netanyahu meet Trump as wars in Ukraine and Iran drag on

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President Donald Trump has held separate meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which the White House described as 'positive and productive'. The two leaders were in Washington to attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of Israel and advocate for US aid to Ukraine. While there was no official US confirmation of military assistance to Ukraine, Zelensky said afterwards that Trump had agreed to give Ukraine licences for domestic production of Patriot missiles. "He accepted that he will give us licences," Ukraine's leader told Fox News, "and then I had a meeting with representatives of production, very strong military companies of the United States. I hope that we will do co-production." As well as beefing up Ukraine's military, domestic production of Patriots would shore up Zelensky's approval rating in the wake of recent protests over his decision to oust a popular defence minister.