2 h. ago The Latest: Federal judge grants request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell case records

A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidante of Jeffrey Epstein

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7 h. ago Trump heads to Pennsylvania for affordability rally after attacking ‘weak’ European allies: Live

President Donald Trump graded his economy ‘A plus-plus-plus-plus-plus’ as concerns over cost of living grow

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7 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Europe: more an abusive relationship than an alliance | Editorial

The White House is aggressively seeking to weaken and dominate the United States’ traditional allies. European leaders must learn to fight back.Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have become adept at scrambling to deal with the latest bad news from Washington. Their meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street on Monday was so hastily arranged that Mr Macron needed to be back in Paris by late afternoon to meet Croatia’s prime minister, while Mr Merz was due on television for an end-of-year Q&A with the German public.But diplomatic improvisation alone cannot fully answer Donald Trump’s structural threat to European security. The US president and his emissaries are trying to bully Mr Zelenskyy into an unjust peace deal that suits American and Russian interests. In response, the summit helped ramp up support for the use of up to £100bn in frozen Russian assets as collateral for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine. European counter-proposals for a ceasefire will ...

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8 h. ago What to know about the massive defense bill that seeks release of boat strike videos and more

The House is expected to vote this week on a bill authorizing $900 billion for military programs

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8 h. ago Trump says European leaders are ‘weak’ and countries are ‘decaying’ in extraordinary attack on US allies

US president launches tirade against European nations over migration and the war in Ukraine

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8 h. ago Yvette Cooper counters Trump criticism of Khan and praises Europe’s ‘strength’

The Foreign Secretary defended Sir Sadiq Khan’s record in City Hall after the president branded him a ‘disaster’ and a ‘disgusting mayor’.

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8 h. ago The urgent lesson that Keir Starmer must learn from Donald Trump’s new security strategy

The US National Security Strategy suggests the Trump administration plans to support far and hard-right parties in European countries, while leaving it to its own defences

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11 h. ago Europe needs to shove Trump aside – it has the power to stop Putin in Ukraine and it must use it

Donald Trump is a Russian ally and is trying to force surrender on Ukraine – Europe can and must stop him, world affairs editor Sam Kiley explains how

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12 h. ago Trump says Pete Hegseth can testify before Congress over 2 September boat strike ‘if he wants’ – live

Trump also told Politico he has seen the video of the strikes; Hegseth and Rubio expected to brief ‘Gang of Eight’My colleague, Jakub Krupa, is covering the latest out of Europe on our dedicated live blog today. In his interview with Politico, Donald Trump dismissed EU leaders as “weak” and labelled Europe as a “decaying group of nations”.Trump also said he didn’t have much hopes about European involvement in Ukraine peace talks, as “they talk, but they don’t produce, and the war just keeps going on and on.” Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Donald Trump criticises European leaders and renews attacks on Sadiq Khan

The US president addressed subjects such as immigration and the Ukraine war in a wide-ranging interview.

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12 h. ago UK working with partners on Ukraine peace, Starmer says as Trump blasts Europe

The US president criticised crisis talks among European leaders for failing to ‘produce’ anything.

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12 h. ago Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine

US president recycles far-right tropes on European immigration and presses Zelenskyy to accept his peace planEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has hinted he could walk away from supporting Ukraine as he doubled down on his administration’s recent criticism of Europe, describing it as “weak” and “decaying” and claiming it was “destroying itself” through immigration.In a rambling and sometimes incoherent interview with Politico, a transcript of which was released on Tuesday, the US president struggled to name any other Ukrainian cities except for Kyiv, misrepresented elements of the trajectory of the conflict, and recycled far-right tropes about European immigration that echoed the “great replacement” conspiracy theory. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Trump says European leaders are ‘weak’ in extraordinary attack on US allies

US president launches broadside against European countries over migration and the war in Ukraine

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14 h. ago German leader says US strategy shows the need for more European security independence

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration’s new national security strategy underscores the need for Europe to become “much more independent” from the United States in terms of security policy

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16 h. ago Trump's fight to 'keep Europe European': President reignites war of words with EU, warning the continent is 'going in a bad direction, it's very bad for the people'

US President Donald Trump has reignited his war of words with the EU, warning that the continent is going in a 'very bad' direction.

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17 h. ago Zelenskyy Meets European Leaders In London As EU Signals Support, Trump Remains Skeptical

Zelenskyy Meets European Leaders In London As EU Signals Support, Trump Remains Skeptical  Arise News

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21 h. ago Trump has declared civilisational war on Europe. It won’t be easy – but here’s how to fight back | Paul Taylor

With democratic values under attack from populists within and former allies without, there are no simple solutionsThree decades after political philosopher Francis Fukuyama declared the End of History and the “universalisation of western liberal democracy as the final form of human government”, the democratic model is under attack in many parts of the world, not least here in Europe. Populists bent on weakening the rule of law, rolling back human rights protections, subjugating the judiciary and cowing independent journalism are amplified by anything-goes social media algorithms that promote anger and polarisation over rational discourse.They have now received a mandate from the Trump administration, which effectively declared civilisational war on the EU and its values in its National Security Strategy.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Ramp up pressure on Putin to end ‘barbaric war,’ say European leaders amid rift with Trump

Sir Keir Starmer hosted Volodymyr Zelensky, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron at Downing Street on Monday

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31 h. ago Ukraine war live: Number 10 says Europe must ‘ramp up’ economic pressure on Russia after Zelenskyy meeting

Zelenskyy says talks with Starmer, Macron and Merz were a ‘small progress towards peace’See all our Ukraine war coverageMeanwhile, we are starting to look towards 10 Downing Street as the leaders should start arriving in the next hour. Last preparations are under way, and we have a live stream for you at the top of the page.In the last few minutes, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has just landed in the UK, Sky News has reported. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Trump turns on Europe: will he pull support for Ukraine? | The Latest

Donald Trump has loomed large over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with European leaders, after the US president took aim at the Ukrainian leader once again. It comes in the wake of a new White House national security strategy that has caused fear in Europe, but drawn praise from the Kremlin. Lucy Hough speaks to our Europe correspondent Jon Henley. Continue reading...

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