Biden didn't authorise secret US-Russia talks over Ukraine war, White House says

US administration 'did not sanction those discussions', says Washington, after news reports that top former US officials met Russian foreign minister President Joe Biden's administration did not sanction or support secret meetings that former top US national security officials held with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and other Russians on potential talks to end the Ukraine war, the White House and state department have said. NBC News reported that the former US officials met Lavrov...