At each stop on 1,000-mile trip, discombobulated Europeans are grappling with new and unsettling realities as the US reforges its alliancesEurope live – latest updatesWhile Donald Trump talks of the “big beautiful ocean” separating the US from the war in Ukraine, 1,000 miles of rail track links London St Pancras to the city of Lviv in western Ukraine.The 19-hour trip takes in Brussels, the German economic powerhouse of Frankfurt, and Vienna, the Austrian capital, before the train rattles into Kraków in south-east Poland and Przemyśl, the Polish border town where the slimmer railway gauges of western Europe meet the wider tracks of Ukraine and Russia to the east. Continue reading...
A journey from London to Lviv reveals Europeans grappling with unsettling realities as the US, under Trump, reshapes alliances and questions its security guarantees to Europe. This shift prompts a need for Europe to take its own security seriously and potentially stand alone without the US, increasing defense spending and fostering a new steely resolve.
