The Latest Breaking News from Emmanuel Macron

Germany, France and UK sweep away old rules in pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend Europe from Russian threat

As Trump upends old alliances, Keir Starmer’s collaboration with EU leaders is welcome and should extend beyond defence

France's defence minister is to hold talks next week with counterparts from Britain, Germany, Italy and Poland to discuss support for Ukraine, an aide said on Friday.

Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine has led even Farage to praise Starmer’s lead role in European diplomacy

Leaders of the 27 EU countries have agreed in principle to a massive increase in defence spending at a summit that was hastily organised in the wake of Donald Trump’s withdrawal of support for Ukraine.

Emmanuel Macron has proposed opening a dialogue with other European countries on France's nuclear deterrent, raising questions about what a French nuclear umbrella over Europe might entail – although the Élysée has stressed that France is not seeking to deploy nuclear weapons outside the country, or to revise the nuclear…

European leaders pledged to dramatically boost defence spending and build a stronger, more sovereign military bloc at a crisis summit Thursday. This comes as Washington said talks with Kyiv were back on track to secure a ceasefire with Moscow.

These are the key developments on day 1,107 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The US president’s new imperialism could make real the apocalyptic world depicted by cold war filmmakers