5 h. ago Russia issues stark WW3 warning to UK as official vows to 'fertilise soil with British blood'

A leading pro-Putin politician insulted soldiers as he taunted Britain with a dark historical reference.

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5 h. ago Russia issues terrifying response after Macron hints France could use Nuclear weapons

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responded to President Emmanuel Macron's speech warning of Moscow's threat to Europe hinting that France could use nuclear weapons

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18 h. ago Macron: Military support from the US for Europe is no longer guaranteed

French President says he is willing to discuss offering European allies the protection of France's nuclear capabilities

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28 h. ago Starmer could head for White House with Zelensky and Macron in desperate bid to save Western alliance

Keir Starmer is said to be ready to make the trip with the Ukrainian president and Emmanuel Macron as they try to keep Donald Trump on side.

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29 h. ago Russia issues 'hostile' Salisbury poisoning update demanding UK 'tell the truth' about attack

Russian officials said how the "passing of time" and "recent global events" had led them to revisit the Salisbury poisoning that killed Dawn Sturgess in March 2018

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4 d. ago Russia issues 'bayonets' warning to Sir Keir Starmer amid Ukraine meeting

Sir Keir Starmer is hosting a summit in London on Sunday

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5 d. ago Zelensky issues warning over one key issue needed to stop wider global war with Russia

In his statement, Mr Zelensky spoke of his gratitude to the US - a topic which proved a point of contention in the Oval Office when he spoke to Donald Trump and JD Vance in front of the world's media

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5 d. ago Zelensky issues major statement on Donald Trump and Russia war after UK touchdown

Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of 'tough dialogue' in the new statement shared shortly after he touched down in the UK for a landmark European summit chaired by Keir Starmer

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5 d. ago Downing Street Ukraine talks rocked by Trump and Zelensky's White House row as Russia issues brutal response

Hopes for unity between European nations and America on Ukraine's future have been shattered

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9 d. ago Putin signals he is ready to AGREE to Trump's proposal for massive cuts in defence spending

France could be ready to use its nuclear deterrent to shore up Europe's defence, according to reports, at a time when the US has threatened withdrawing its forces on the continent.

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9 d. ago Ukraine war truce could be weeks away, Macron hints as he reveals talks with Starmer about sending troops

US President says ‘Europe is going to make sure nothing happens’ following talks with Emmanuel Macron

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9 d. ago US sides with Russia in astonishing UN vote as Keir Starmer issues Ukraine warning

The Prime Minister said on the third anniversary of Russia's bloody invasion that the voices of Ukrainians "echo in my ears" and recalled meeting a patient called Petro in a burns unit."

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9 d. ago Keir Starmer issues Ukraine warning as US sides with Russia in astonishing UN vote

Keir Starmer recalled meeting a Ukrainian patient in a burns unit who said 'if Ukraine fails, Europe will be next' as he battles to persuade Donald Trump not to sell out Kyiv

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1 week ago Germany’s Merz says Europe can no longer rely on US protection

Frontrunner for chancellor suggests possible nuclear co-operation with the UK and France

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1 week ago The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own | Alexander Hurst

Trump and JD Vance are clear: the US is no longer an ally, but an antagonist to democratic valuesIn 1966, after years of friction with the US over whether France should have its own independent nuclear deterrent, the French president, Charles de Gaulle, withdrew his country from Nato’s integrated command (not, however, from the alliance itself – a common misconception) and asked all US forces stationed in France to leave. In response, the US secretary of state, Dean Rusk, asked de Gaulle: “Does that include the dead Americans in military cemeteries as well?”In a single weekend, JD Vance’s direct attacks on European democracy at the Munich Security Conference and his meeting with far-right, anti-European political forces in Germany, have given de Gaulle his historic vindication.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has comeThe startling contempt for Europe’s intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old, controversial question back to the fore: should Britain and France pool their nuclear weapons capabilities and create a Europe-wide defensive nuclear shield to deter Vladimir Putin’s Russia, if the US reduces or withdraws its support?Trump has not so far explicitly threatened to cut US nuclear forces based in Europe. But speaking last week, the president said he wanted to halve the US’s defence spending, especially on nuclear weapons. Trump often denigrates Nato, keystone of European security. Last year, he encouraged Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to member states that, in his view, spend too little on defence. Continue reading...

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