President Donald Trump is considering ending all military aid to Ukraine after the White House meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky blew up on Friday.

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European leaders reaffirmed their support for Zelensky after tense Trump meeting

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Share prices rose nearly 20 per cent in Britain’s biggest weapons maker, BAE systems, mid European push to support possible Ukraine peace deal

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Keir Starmer will address MPs about the Ukraine crisis after meetings with Donald Trump and European leaders as he tries to build a 'coalition of the willing' to end the war

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RAF Typhoons might be deployed to help patrol Ukrainian skies, while Royal Navy ships could be sent to the Black Sea to deter another Russian assault.

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Response to Trump: What European leaders agreed on in London and what support Ukraine will receive  MSN

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The President made the comment on his Truth Social media platform where he insisted that if America does not focus on these prioritises it will 'end up like Europe'.

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The world’s most admired democracy is being held hostage by a clique of far-right thugs. It would be a mistake to placate themIt’s not only about Donald Trump. It’s not just about saving Ukraine, or defeating Russia, or how to boost Europe’s security, or what to do about an America gone rogue. It’s about a world turned upside down – a dark, fretful, more dangerous place where treaties and laws are no longer respected, alliances are broken, trust is fungible, principles are negotiable and morality is a dirty word. It’s an ugly, disordered world of raw power, brute force, selfish arrogance, dodgy deals and brazen lies. It’s been coming for a while; the US president is its noisy harbinger.Take the issues one at a time. Trump is a toxic symptom of the wider malaise. For sure, he is an extraordinarily malign, unfeeling and irresponsible man. He cares nothing for the people he leads, seeing them merely as an audience for his vulgar showmanship. His undeserved humiliation of Ukraine’s vali...

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German stock market records biggest gains after Starmer announces ‘coalition of the willing,’ as investors expect big splurge in defence spending Eurozone inflation has dipped, moving closer to the European Central Bank’s 2% target, ahead of a widely expected drop in interest rates at the central bank’s meeting on Thursday.Headline inflation fell from 2.5% to 2.4% in January, while core inflation, which strips out volatile energy and food costs, dropped from 2.7 to 2.6%, Eurostat said this morning.After quite a strong January reading, February eurozone inflation came in soft. Core inflation ticked down after having been stable at 2.7% since September.The weak economic environment seems to trump an increase in reported input costs for the moment. For the European Central Bank, this is a dovish sign as the governing council mulls over how low it should bring rates. Continue reading...

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Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s foreign minister, picks up earlier suggestion of truce saying it would show if Putin were willing to start negotiations in earnestKeir Starmer says Europe ‘at crossroads in history’ and must support Ukrainein DublinThe Irish government has drafted legislation to remove a de facto ban on any more than 12 troops being deployed overseas as the country makes significant moves to bolster its bare and weak defence force.European Union is a project of peace, and the project of peace means that security and defence is necessarily a priority, because peace without defence is an illusion. Continue reading...

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Emmanuel Macron floated the idea following a weekend of frantic diplomacy that culminated in the gathering in London yesterday.

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Cryptocurrencies rally while euro and sterling rise on Keir Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.Cryptocurrencies have rallied on plans for a new US strategic reserve, while the euro and sterling rose amid Europe’s peace push for Ukraine. Continue reading...

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The new administration appears to be taking a position that Ukrainian and European leaders aren’t hearing – or are trying to alterA high-stakes transatlantic miscommunication is unfolding, with the potential to produce far worse consequences than the Oval Office contretemps between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.In the past month, the Trump administration has delivered several strong and sometimes conflicting messages to America’s allies and partners in Europe. Discerning the signal in the noise isn’t easy, but amid the zigs, zags and bombast, the new administration appears to be taking a position that Ukrainian and European leaders aren’t hearing – or are trying to alter.Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global Supremacy Continue reading...

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The Ukrainian President spoke at London Stansted Airport after meeting with European leaders and King Charles.

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King greeted Ukrainian leader at Sandringham after summit on Ukraine’s defence

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Peace and support for Zelensky: A European breakthrough for Ukraine in London. Von der Leyen: "Rearm the EU"  Eunews

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Sir Keir Starmer convened an emergency defence summit of European leaders at the weekend.

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Europe will need to do the heavy lifting to ensure peace in Ukraine, says Starmer

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Zelenskyy praises Europes strong support for Ukraine at London Summit  The Tribune India

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Analysis: Starmer is right to call for peace not a ceasefire in Ukraine and that could set him on a collision with Trump and test the ‘special relationship’, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes

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