2 h. ago Greenland belongs to its people, say European leaders, as coalition of willing meets to discuss Ukraine in Paris – Europe live

Danish PM and leaders of UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland allude to Trump threats of takeover and say principles of UN charter must be upheldTheir statement also says they “will not stop defending” the UN Charter principles, “including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders”.Nato has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European allies are stepping up.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says US action in Venezuela was ‘morally’ right

Ms Badenoch said ‘what happens in Greenland has got to be up to the people of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark’.

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer issues joint 'stepping up' statement after Trump's Greenland warning

Sir Keir Starmer and other leaders from across Europe after US President Donald Trump issued a "very serious" warning over taking Greenland off NATO member Denmark

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3 h. ago Coalition of the willing to discuss Ukraine security guarantees in Paris amid Trump threats over Greenland – Europe live

Volodymyr Zelenskyy will talk with leaders including Starmer, Macron, Merz and Carney as well as US delegation led by Steve WitkoffBefore Venezuela, Witkoff last week had indicated progress in talks on measures to protect Ukraine against future Russian aggression.On 31 December, he had tweeted that the “productive” discussions with national security advisers of Ukraine, UK, France and Germany had focused on “strengthening security guarantees and developing effective deconfliction mechanisms to help end the war and ensure it does not restart.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago What is Nato? Denmark warns Greenland invasion by US would end organisation

Nato would collapse if Donald Trump decides to occupy Greenland, warns the Danish PM

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4 h. ago Starmer’s priority is to protect UK relationship with Trump, Streeting suggests

Wes Streeting also issued a direct warning to the US president, saying now is ‘not the time to destabilise Nato’ after Trump threatened to annex Greenland

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6 h. ago Why managing Trump is far more important than defending international law for Starmer

Political editor David Maddox explains why Sir Keir Starmer could be the pivotal figure in Paris for the conference on Ukraine when European leaders know that they have to ‘manage’ Trump

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9 h. ago Why Donald Trump's Venezuela raid raises alarming questions about US intentions towards Greenland

Donald Trump needs to respect the democratic rights of the people of Venezuela and the people of Greenland

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9 h. ago Trump’s new world order is being born – and Venezuela is just the start | Owen Jones

The US president has been quite clear that Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Greenland are in his sights. We must believe himAs Venezuela’s skyline lit up under US bombs, we were watching the morbid symptoms of a declining empire. That may sound counterintuitive. After all, the US has kidnapped a foreign leader, and Donald Trump has announced that he will “run” Venezuela. Surely this looks less like decay than intoxication: a superpower high on its own force.But Trump’s great virtue, if it can be called that, is candour. Previous US presidents draped naked self-interest in the language of “democracy” and “human rights”. Trump dispenses with the costume. In 2023, he boasted: “When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil, it would have been right next door.” And this was no off-the-cuff remark. The logic of an oil grab, and much more besides, is laid out plainly in Trump’s recently published National Security Strategy. Continue ...

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10 h. ago Stephen Miller escalates Trump’s threats for the US to take over Greenland and defends Venezuela raid in fiery CNN appearance

During a heated back and forth with Jake Tapper, the White House deputy chief of staff argued the ‘future of the free world’ depended on the U.S. taking aggressive actions such as the recent capture of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro

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21 h. ago CHRIS HUGHES: 'Why Donald Trump's Venezuela takeover should have Brits wary of UK crisis'

There are fresh US military action fears against foreign countries following the storming of Caracas and arrest of Venezuela leader Maduro - and Greenland is firmly in the sights of Trump

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22 h. ago Europe on collision course with Trump after demanding US stop threats to seize Greenland

‘If the United States attacks another Nato country, everything stops,’ warned Denmark

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22 h. ago Starmer defies Trump over Greenland after US president threatens Nato ally

Comes as former Supreme Court head Lord Sumption states that Trump’s capture of Venezuela’s president was ‘illegal’ and former attorney general Dominic Grieve describes the US president as ‘a serious and significant danger to world peace’

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24 h. ago Mapped: Every country Trump has threatened after capture of Venezuelan president Maduro

Trump has warned several countries, including Nato ally Denmark, that the U.S. is ready to prove America’s ‘dominance in the Western hemisphere’

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25 h. ago Hands off Greenland! Starmer backs Denmark's rebuke to Trump

Keir Starmer threw his support behind Denmark after it rebuked the president's persistent demands to take the territory.

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26 h. ago Don't invade Greenland, Britain urges Trump after raid on Venezuela to seize dictator Maduro

The US president has repeated his desire to grab control of the vast frozen territory

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26 h. ago Starmer says international law is 'complicated' as he desperately tries to sit on fence over Trump's Venezuela raid... but does manage to condemn US threats to Greenland

Keir Starmer dodged saying whether he believed the US had broken the law with the extraordinary seizure of Nicola Maduro from Caracas.

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27 h. ago Starmer says he stands with Denmark after Trump’s threats over Greenland

Keir Starmer has insisted he will back a European ally in Nato over the US president’s expansionist ambitions

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27 h. ago Squirming minister dodges saying Trump shouldn't invade GREENLAND as Starmer desperately tries to sit on fence over Venezuela raid

Mike Tapp squirmed and said he would not give a 'running commentary' as he was grilled on the UK's view - and US demands to take over Denmark's territory.

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28 h. ago Who could Trump invade next? Fears over president’s plans for Greenland, Cuba and Colombia

Other countries could be attacked by Trump following his invasion of Venezuela

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