US and British leaders meet as Ukraine pushes to ease weapons restrictions 

FILE - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) speaks with President Joe Biden at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on July 11, 2024.

United States President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are meeting Friday amid an intensified push by Ukraine to loosen restrictions on using weapons provided by the U.S. and Britain to strike Russia.