Joe Biden has arrived in the UK for a two-day visit where he will conduct talks about the Ukraine war with Rishi Sunak - days after the two butted heads over the US sending cluster munitions to the war-torn country
for the weapons - which are banned in more than 100 countries - for some time as it suffers from a shortage of ammunition.
As President Biden prepares to meet Mr Sunak, as well as The King, as he visits the UK on his way to the NATO summit in Lithuania - he confirmed to CNN that he is opposed to Ukraine joining the Alliance. There have been questions in recent months over whether Ukraine joining while the war was ongoing could trigger Article 5 and lead to a direct conflict between Russia and NATO, including the UK and US.
Defending the decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine, the White House said Russia had already used similar weapons, and that Kyiv had committed to clearing up unexploded bomblets after the war.
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