This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard, and in the early hours of Friday the 28th of February, these are our main stories.

President Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Kier Stama say they've had productive talks at the White House

with the focus on Russia's war against Ukraine.

Mexico has extradited almost 30 alleged drug gang members to the United States,

including two founder members of the brutal Los Zetas cartel. And explosions and gunfire have

been reported in the Congolese city of Bukavu at a rally held by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

Also in this podcast,

All groups should lay down their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself.

The imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Urgilan has issued a statement,

urging his PKK rebel movement to disarm and end its four-decade-long fight against the Turkish state.

The British Prime Minister Kirstama and President Trump have both hailed their talks at the White House as a major success.

At a news conference afterwards,

the US President said he thought there would be a Ukraine peace deal and a US-Uk trade deal.

The pair seemed to get off to a positive start before the talks proper even began, when the

British Prime Minister delivered a letter signed by King Charles, inviting Mr Trump for a second state visit to the UK.

And the US President also rode back on previous comments

that the Ukrainian leader Volodymy Zelensky was a dictator

when asked by my colleague Chris Mason.

Mr President, do you still think that Mr. Zelensky's a dictator?

Did I say that? I can't believe I said that. Next question.

Addressing journalists after the talks, President Trump said his UK counterpart was a tough negotiator,

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