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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

President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed doubts over his commitment to the NATO alliance, saying countries that are not spending adequately on their militaries do not deserve defense.

European leaders agreed to mobilise €800bn for defence as French President Macron calls Russia an ‘imperialistic power’. What we know on day 1,108

Starmer rallies up to 20 countries to deploy troops in post-war Ukraine as Europe rearms – but Russia says ‘it can’t be allowed’

Head-spinning speed of events leaves EU adapting at pace while trying to infer Trump’s possible geo-strategic aims

Poland and Baltic nations have welcomed a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to launch talks about using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats