At a news conference following around two hours of talks at Mr Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, the two leaders hailed an "excellent" meeting during which they discussed "all aspects" of a 20-point peace framework.

The US president said the outcome of the talks would be known in a few weeks, saying Ukraine is "a lot closer" to a deal and that the pair had "made a lot of progress on ending that war".

Russia "wants to see Ukraine succeed", he maintained at the news conference, during which he repeatedly praised the Ukrainian leader as "brave".

Mr Zelenskyy said the 20-point peace plan was "90% agreed", with US-Ukraine security guarantees 100% agreed - although Mr Trump put the security agreements at 95%.

"We agreed that security guarantees are a key milestone in achieving lasting peace and our teams will continue working on all aspects," Mr Zelenskyy said.

Opening the floor to questions from the media, which started with the issue of security, Mr Trump said: "I just think we're doing very well. We could be very close or one or two very thorny issues, very tough issues. But I think we're doing very well.

"We've made a lot of progress today, but really we've made it over the last month. This is not a one-day process deal. There's very complicated stuff."

Asked which thorny issues remain unsolved, Trump said the issue of some Ukrainian land.

The Donbas issue

Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants to take control of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as a condition for ending the war, despite not controlling the entire area. Ukraine has previously ruled out accepting this.

Speaking about the Donbas region, Mr Zelenskyy said he had to "respect our law and our people", as well as the territory controlled by Ukraine.

"And of course, our attitude is very clear," he said. "That's why President Trump said this is a very tough question."

Ukraine has "a different position to Russia" on the matter, he added.

Mr Trump was also asked about Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been under Russian control since the war began in February 2022.

Mr Putin is "working with Ukraine on getting it open", the US president said. "He's been very good in that sense. He wants to see that open."

"He hasn't hit it with missiles," Mr Trump added.

The US president, who spoke with Mr Putin earlier in the day, insisted the Russian leader is "very serious" about peace in Ukraine, despite Moscow launching attacks on Kyiv ahead of the talks.

The meeting in Florida was the latest stage in Mr Trump's year-long effort to secure a ceasefire, after previously saying he would end the war on the first day of his term in office.

UK 'committed to sustaining momentum'

Following the discussion, Mr Trump and Mr Zelenskyy spoke with European leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer.

A Downing Street spokesperson said the UK prime minister was eager to sustain the momentum of the peace talks.

"The discussion focused on ongoing efforts to secure a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, with leaders commending President Trump for the progress achieved so far," a statement said.

"They underlined the importance of robust security guarantees and reaffirmed the urgency of ending this barbaric war as soon as possible."

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The spokesperson said Sir Keir had emphasised the UK's "commitment to working closely with partners to sustain momentum in the coming days - with President Trump highlighting his leadership in driving coordinated international support for Ukraine as talks continue".

Earlier on Sunday, Mr Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said the Trump-Putin call before the talks had been "friendly, benevolent and businesslike".

The US and Russian leaders were due to speak again "promptly" after Mr Trump's meeting with Mr Zelenskyy.

Attacks over the weekend

Mr Ushakov said a "bold, responsible, political decision" would have to be made by Ukraine on the Donbas region and other matters in dispute for there to be a "complete cessation" of hostilities.

In overnight developments, three guided aerial bombs launched by Russia struck private homes in the eastern city of Sloviansk, according to the head of the local military administration, Vadym Lakh. Three people were injured and one man died, Mr Lakh said in a post on the Telegram messenger app.

The Mar-a-Lago meeting did not materially move things forward but nor was there a bust-up like that Oval Office moment in February.

There were however some notable takeaways.

First, Zelenskyy's facial expressions.

At times he looked exasperated - like when Trump made light of a profoundly important negotiation by talking about the Mar-a-Lago food and the physique of the Ukrainian leader's generals. Playground stuff.

There was a memorable moment when Zelenskyy's poker face fell away. He shrugged, then laughed as Trump said: "Russia wants Ukraine to succeed."

What a profoundly stupid thing for the American president to say. Look at Vladimir Putin's actions. Listen to his words.

It's hard to know sometimes whether Trump is just ignorant, tuned out of the detail, or actually in Putin's pocket. Zelenskyy probably has a view but managed, just, to hold his decorum.

Beyond the spectacle of Zelenskyy's face, there were some other important moments - if only because they will act as markers when Trump shifts his position, as he has so many times.

On US security guarantees, Zelenskyy seemed reassured that Trump's America would provide some sort of military backdrop - to counter renewed Russian aggression in the future. But neither leader spelled out what that would look like.

Ukrainian sources have told me that Trump's commitment to back his support for Ukraine with security guarantees is a key point (never mind the fact that Trump did this months ago and then backtracked).

The same sources have also said that Trump's apparent willingness to go to Ukraine and address parliament there, which he articulated today for the first time, is a positive commitment.

Let's see if he sticks to it, or shifts again, and on the security guarantees.

The most articulate moment from the meandering and confused news conference came from Zelenskyy when he charted progress with percentages.

He said:

• "20-point peace plan, 90% agreed"
• "US-Ukraine security guarantees, 100% agreed"
• "US-Europe-Ukraine security guarantees, almost agreed"

So, that confirms Zelenskyy has accepted US commitments on security guarantees but shows that more work is required to pin down some elements in US-Europe security co-operation.

That's key because it involves the prospect of European troops on the ground in Ukraine. It's a Russian redline - and Trump knows that.

It's easy to get lost in all this: the progress, the positions, the multi-point plans and the spin.

But remember a few fundamentals. First, Trump may want this war to end, but he doesn't care how it happens. Second, Putin has shown no genuine signals that he wants the war to end. Third, Ukraine doesn't want to be forced into a subjugating surrender.

A few weeks ago the Americans produced a 26-point plan. It amounted to a Russian wish-list.

Since then, the Ukrainians, with the Europeans and co-ordinating with the Americans, have refined it. It's 20 points now, and within it are plenty of Ukrainian concessions.

Europe and Ukraine now expect Trump to focus the pressure back on Moscow and to engage Vladimir Putin in a way that moves him.

Don't hold your breath.

The ⁠accident happened between the ‌towns of Chivela ‍and Nizanda in the ​southern state ​of Oaxaca, on a line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico, on Sunday.

Some 250 people, including 241 passengers and nine crew members, were on board, according to details released by the Mexican Navy, which controls the route.

At least 13 people were killed, the navy said, with 98 injured - including 36 who needed hospital medical assistance. President Claudia Sheinbaum said on X that five of the injured are in a critical condition.

During extensive search and rescue operations, the navy said it deployed a total of 360 personnel, 20 vehicles, four ground ambulances, three air ambulances, and one tactical drone.

Footage from the scene shows emergency workers helping passengers disembark, and some of the injured being carried on stretchers.

"We didn't even know what happened," said passenger Rosa Isela Ramírez.

An investigation into the incident has been opened, Attorney General ​Ernestina Godoy Ramos said in a post on social media.

The interoceanic train launched in 2023 under the country's former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

It forms part of the broader Interoceanic Corridor project, designed to modernise the ‌rail link across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec - ⁠connecting the Pacific port of Salina Cruz with ‌Coatzacoalcos on the Gulf Coast, covering a distance of approximately 180 miles (290km).

The Mexican government ‍has been working to develop the strip of land into a strategic trade corridor, expanding ports, railways and industrial infrastructure with the goal of creating a route that could compete with the Panama Canal.

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In a statement, the Mexican Navy expressed condolences to the families of those "who lost their lives in this tragic accident".

The governor of Oaxaca, Salomon Jara Cruz, also sent condolences to the families of those killed and said state authorities were coordinating with federal agencies to assist those affected.

"It's really traumatic," the 24-year-old tells Sky News. "You just don't expect it to just keep happening to you. That's the hardest part because I don't know if my future is going to be in football any more."

Just like in 2023, she is enduring a lengthy road to recovery after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament on what should have been a day of joy in May.

As Fulham sealed the title, Parker, like her team, was on the up - to the fourth tier. It is far from the growing financial rewards of the Women's Super League and the Lionesses, but playing football is all she ever wanted to do.

"I just don't want that to happen again and just have to be retiring at the age of 24 - it's just ridiculous," she says. "This has happened so often now."

Not just to Parker with more female players disproportionately tearing their ACLs.

Take this season.

England star Michelle Agyemang is one of eight Women's Super League (WSL) players with the injury, while there are only three male players with it in the larger Premier League.

Kingston University, with funding from FIFA, is running one of the research projects trying to find out why. Players from Fulham and WSL champions Chelsea are assisting with the research.

They believe female players are two to seven times more susceptible to ACL ruptures than their male counterparts.

It's not just about differences in muscles and limbs - from size to strength.

Inside the lab

We are in a lab seeing the movements of master's student Jessica Nuttman being captured by 3D motion cameras as she is running, decelerating and jumping - common ways players tear their ACLs.

"There's so little literature on female football players, especially ACL injuries within female football players," she says, "and there's such a biomechanical difference between a male and a female, it's really important to look further into it."

Blood samples are being analysed alongside physical performance data.

They want to discover if the risk of performance and injury is linked to the prevalence of oestrogen and progesterone in their blood.

'Myriad of factors' contribute to discrepancy

Simon Augustus, Kingston University senior lecturer in biomechanics, says: "Some of the hormones that are related to their menstrual cycles might induce changes to their physiology throughout their cycles, which might increase the risk of them of that injury occurring.

"Women tend to play on different pitches, and there might be some footwear and turf-related factors that are contributing.

"There is also evidence that the neuromuscular activation patterns that women have compared to men are different, which might place them at risk.

"So at the moment there seems to be a myriad of factors which are contributing to this discrepancy between the injury rates."

It could lead to bespoke risk profiles being created, basing strength training around the menstrual cycle and working on different playing techniques.

There are issues football bosses want to address ahead of the UK hosting the Women's World Cup in 2035.

Current research has focused on men and boys

FA director of women's football, Sue Day, tells Sky News: "There's so much work to do in women's sport generally, research-wise, because so much of the research that exists has been done in men's sport or on men and boys. And so there is a gap.

"We are working really hard with other partners to fill that gap. We need to understand ACL injuries better. We need to understand the impact of menstruation better. All these things in women sport that we don't understand well enough."

Solutions cannot come soon enough

Parker dreams of playing again by March. Solutions cannot come soon enough to ensure she is not sidelined yet again.

Being a casualty of what has been described as the women's football ACL "epidemic" can be more acute for those lower down the leagues, without the financial resources of WSL teams.

"I want to know what I can do to prevent it from happening again," Parker says. "Obviously, I understand injuries happen all the time, but it's also just the process of the rehab. It's nine to 12 months, and … that's what the hard bit is."

Forecasters warned the end of 2025 will not be "particularly fantastic", with temperatures around 7-8C, but things will take a turn for the worse as 2026 arrives.

The next few days will be cold and cloudy overall, according to Sky News meteorologist Dr Christopher England, although there will be clearer spells, bringing a threat of overnight frost and fog.

It will be breezy in the south, Dr England added, while the north should expect some hard frosts.

Find out the forecast for your area

Northern areas are expected to be subjected to the worst of the chillier conditions from New Year's Day onwards.

Met Office forecaster Dan Stroud said: "We're losing this sort of settled but chilly conditions, and bringing in something a little bit more showery with more wintry hazards in the forecast, particularly for the north of the country."

Amber cold health alert issued

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an amber cold health alert for the North East and North West of England - where temperatures are expected to fall to around 3-5C - from 8pm on Sunday to 12pm on 5 January.

The agency said the weather is "likely" to cause significant impacts across health and social care settings, including a "rise in deaths" among those with health conditions or aged 65 or over.

It added that the UK may also see "impacts on younger people" and said there will likely be an "increase in demand for health services" across the regions.

Impact from cold temperatures

Other impacts include "temperatures inside places like hospitals and care homes dropping below the levels recommended for assessing health risks" and "challenges keeping indoor temperatures at the recommended 18C leading to more risk to vulnerable people", the UKHSA said.

It also warned of staffing issues due to external factors such as travel delays, and said other sectors such as transport and energy could start to see the impacts.

The agency also issued a yellow cold health alert for the East Midlands, West Midlands, South East, South West, East of England, Yorkshire and the Humber, and London.

Temperatures are expected to fall to around 4-6C from New Year's Day in areas covered by the yellow health alert.

Warning of 'serious' health impact

Dr Agostinho Sousa, head of extreme events and health protection at UKHSA, said: "As the colder weather sets in it is vital to check in on friends, family and neighbours that are most vulnerable.

"The forecasted temperatures can have a serious impact on the health of some people, leading to increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and chest infections, particularly for individuals over the age of 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions."

It comes after a state of emergency was declared in New York as a powerful winter storm disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.