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The plan devised by High Representative Kaja Kallas to raise up to €40 billion in fresh military support for Ukraine failed to gain the necessary political traction during a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday, throwing its viability into serious doubt. The reaction was so lukewarm that some diplomats declared the project “dead”. The…
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The European Commission has confirmed it would phase out the term “Rearm Europe” to describe its multi-billion initiative to rearm Europe after backlash from the leaders of Italy and Spain, who argue the name is excessively charged and risks alienating citizens. From now on, the plan to ramp up defence capabilities and production across the…
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Military chiefs from around the world will meet next week to discuss the “operational phase” of protecting Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The prime minister hosted a virtual meeting of the “coalition of the willing” on Saturday, which involved leaders of 26 nations, including Ukraine, plus the EU…
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Steve Witkoff didn’t stay long in the Russian capital earlier this week. According to footage posted of his motorcade leaving and returning to Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, he was here for little more than 12 hours. And for most of that, it seems, he was left waiting. Witkoff, a former property mogul who has become Donald…
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Russia has what it needs to fight on in Ukraine for at least another year, according to experts at a leading security research organisation. Moscow’s forces are slowly but steadily advancing in what has become a war of attrition, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said. “Attrition being such an important factor on…
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While Donald Trump make waves with a black Sharpie in the Oval Office, JD Vance is on his first foreign visit as vice president. He’s just addressed a high-stakes AI summit in Paris, criticising Europe’s tech regulations and warning leaders that excessive rules could strangle artificial intelligence. “We believe that excessive regulation of the AI…
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Palestinians should be able to return to their homes and “rebuild their shattered lives” in Gaza – that’s the view of the UK government, according to the environment secretary Steve Reed, who has told us peace can “only be based on a two-state solution”. Speaking to the media, he said Palestinians have faced “a living nightmare…
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State TV reports exit poll that suggests Belarusian President Lukashenko gained 87.6% of the vote, giving him a seventh term in office. State TV reports exit poll that suggests Belarusian President Lukashenko gained 87.6% of the vote, giving him a seventh term in office. The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign…
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The UK, other major European powers and even Ukraine itself should not be involved in peace negotiations, according to an adviser to Vladimir Putin. Nikolai Patrushev said only the US and Russia should be involved in any ceasefire deal between Moscow and Kyiv. “I believe that negotiations on Ukraine should be conducted between Russia and…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has held further discussions with Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of deploying Western troops to Ukraine to safeguard a potential peace deal with Russia. Speaking of the security guarantees required for such a peace to be implemented, Zelenskyy said: “As one of these guarantees, we discussed the French initiative to deploy…
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Russia’s foreign minster is asked a short and direct question about what Moscow expects from Donald Trump as president. Sergei Lavrov (Russia’s foreign minister) says during today’s conference that he expects the new president’s focus will be domestic for now, given the fires in California and his promises on massive migrant deportations. “He has first…
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Away from our updates on Sergei Lavrov’s news conference for a moment, NATO has announced it will launch a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. Speaking in Helsinki, NATO chief Mark Rutte said there was reason for “great concern” that undersea infrastructure was under threat. Several incidents have taken place on…
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At an annual conference today, Moscow-based journalist and Sky News correspondent Ivor Bennett asked the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, about how Donald Trump will affect potential peace negotiations. Lavrov says the Kremlin will study any peace initiative for Ukraine put forward by Washington once the president-elect takes office next Monday. The Russian diplomat also…
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The US president-elect has refused to rule out an attack on Greenland, a Danish self-governing island and NATO ally. Donald Trump has doubled down on his threat to use military force to seize control of Greenland, a self-governing territory belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark, stoking tensions with his European allies. Denmark should cede the…
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Here’s what you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine war at the start of this year… Ukraine launches new Kursk offensive The biggest story of the year so far came yesterday, when Moscow’s defence ministry said Ukraine had launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region. In a statement, Moscow said efforts to destroy the…
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Ukraine must be “realistic” when it comes to territorial disputes as a potential peace deal with Russia looms, Emmanuel Macron has said. This marks the first time the French leader, a keen ally of Kyiv, has suggested that Ukraine should consider a position beyond seeking to regain all territory seized by Russia. Russia currently holds…
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