In this Trump era of shakedown diplomacy, everything has a price

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 19:54 UTC

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Friends and allies of the US president will say his recent tariff threats delivered quick wins, but he may find there are no winners in a trade war

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QUENTIN LETTS: Pity poor Leonie Mellinger, voice coach to Keir Starmer who is a bunged-up, hedgehog ball of frowns

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

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We heard the fruits of her labours yesterday when Sir Keir gave a press conference at Nato. Poor Leonie. Can her professional reputation ever recover?

NATO boss Mark Rutte urges Keir Starmer to step up defence spending to help placate Donald Trump - as PM is warned the military alliance could not survive without American support

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

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Standing alongside Sir Keir at a press conference at Nato headquarters in Brussels, Mr Rutte said Nato countries had increased defence spending by 18 per cent in the last year.

Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine dismisses Trump envoy suggestion that both sides will make concessions

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 08:28 UTC

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Adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls Keith Kellogg’s plan a failure after US envoy says he thinks both sides ‘will give a little bit’; British PM says Putin ‘rattled’ by Trump threats. What we know o…

EU opens door to UK and Norway for defence ‘coalition of the willing’

found 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 21:49 UTC

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Keir Starmer to join Nato and European leaders at summit on boosting security

Diplomat who left classified MoD papers at bus stop 'lined up for new top job as UK's NATO ambassador'

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 06:47 UTC

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Angus Lapsley, who left top secret documents containing the locations of British special forces in Kabul at a bus stop is being lined up to be the UK's Nato ambassador, sources claim.

Olaf Scholz says borders ‘must not be moved by force’ after Trump Greenland comments

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 16:49 UTC

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German chancellor speaks alongside Mette Frederiksen as Danish leader calls for greater cooperation in Europe

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has said that “borders must not be moved by force” aft…

EU and Nato take vow of silence on Greenland

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 06:04 UTC

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Denmark urges other European capitals to resist reacting to Donald Trump’s threats

Auschwitz survivor warns of ‘huge rise in antisemitism’ in speech marking 80 years since death camp’s liberation – live

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 16:45 UTC

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In moving speech, Marian Turski warns that current conditions are similar to those which led to the Holocaust

‘I waved at my mother and she waved back. That was the last time we saw her’: three Auschw…

European capitals tread cautiously after week of mixed salvoes from Trump

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 14:26 UTC

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US president’s tariff threats, Nato spending demands and Greenland ambitions keep leaders on edge

UK politics live – latest updates

European leaders had nearly got to the end of the first week of livin…