Biden news: President calls Ukraine ‘Tiananmen Square, squared’ as he’s blocked from visit to border

US president Joe Biden has said that Russia should be expelled from the Group of 20 (G20) alliance of major economies as punishment for Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Joe Sommerlad explains the origins and purpose of the group.

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Following an earlier emergency landing, Polish President Andrzej Duda’s plane has just landed at Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport.

Asked about the next US presidential election at a press conference in Brussels, Joe Biden said he would feel “fortunate” to run against Donald Trump again, even as European governments worry that the 45th president could return to the White House.

Reflecting on his own standing among world leaders – even as his domestic approval ratings remain low – Mr Biden remarked that the US’s reputation had recovered quickly since Mr Trump put its crucial western alliances under severe strain.

Andrew Naughtie reports.

The United States has agreed to step up gas exports to the European Union in a bid to reduce reliance eon Russian supplies

Under a deal announce on Friday Joe Biden promised the US would deliver at least 15 billion cubic metres (bcm) more liquid natural gas to Europe than under previous plans.

The accord was struck by Mr Biden and EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Friday, which the US president is attending.

Jon Stone reports for The Independent from Brussels.

While meeting with US troops in Poland over a pizza lunch, President Joe Biden shared an anecdote about visiting his late son Beau, who served in the Iraq War.

Years ago, the president said, he tried to visit Beau in Baghdad, but had trouble finding him.

“I walked in and I was looking for my son, and I’m going around wondering, ‘Where the hell is my son?’” Mr Biden told the soldiers. When he finally found him, he realized his son had used a different surname on his nametag.

Nathan Place has the story.

President Joe Biden and President Adrzej Duda are receiving a briefing on the humanitarian response to the Ukraine refugee crisis from USAID chief Samantha Power.

While in Brussels to meet with European allies, President Joe Biden said the United States would admit up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and provide $1bn in humanitarian assistance to countries affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Here’s what the US is doing to help.

Highlighting the refugee crisis caused by Russia’s invasion, President Joe Biden says he believes his accusations that Putin is a war criminal will meet the legal definition.

He says he is disappointed that he can’t see the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine first hand, las he might’ve before he became president.

President Biden says they won’t let him cross the border from Poland, but adds it is understandable given the safety concerns.

He says that the sight of Ukrainians standing up to the Russian invasion is like “Tiananmen Square, squared”.

US President Joe Biden on Friday said his advisers have told him he cannot visit the Poland-Ukraine border because of security concerns as he hailed the courage of Ukrainians — soldiers and ordinary citizens alike — who’ve taken up arms to defend against the now month-long unprovoked Russian invasion of their country.

Andrew Feinberg has the latest.