European Leaders Look for Allies to Secure Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal
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European Leaders Look for Allies to Secure Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain and France have promised to muster a “coalition of the willing” to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Now comes the acid test for Europe: How many countries will step up, and does that even matter, given Russia’s rejection of…

Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine
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Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines European leaders scrambled on Sunday to salvage Ukraine’s relationship with the United States, after a bitter rupture last week between President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump. They pledged to assemble a European “coalition of the willing” to develop a plan for ending Ukraine’s…

U.K. to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of G.D.P. by 2027, Starmer Says
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U.K. to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of G.D.P. by 2027, Starmer Says

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain on Tuesday announced a landmark increase in military spending, seeking to send a powerful signal about burden sharing to President Trump before Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets him at the White House on Thursday. Speaking to Parliament, Mr. Starmer said Britain would…

Macron and Starmer Have Played Trump’s Game Before, but the Rules Are Changing
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Macron and Starmer Have Played Trump’s Game Before, but the Rules Are Changing

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “This is the moment of truth,” former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia said in an interview. “They simply have to have the steel to stand up to Trump and tell him what they think, namely, that siding with Putin against Ukraine is…

European Leaders Meet in Paris as U.S. Pushes Ahead With Ukraine Plan
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European Leaders Meet in Paris as U.S. Pushes Ahead With Ukraine Plan

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The leaders of many of Europe’s biggest countries on Monday will descend on Paris in an effort to forge a strategy for their own security as President Trump’s envoys prepared for talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine without them. The…

Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal
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Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday offered British troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security as part of any peace deal, as he and other European leaders rushed to coordinate a response to President Trump’s opening of talks with Russia about ending the war…

U.K. Counterterror Program Prematurely Closed Case on Teen Killer, Report Says
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U.K. Counterterror Program Prematurely Closed Case on Teen Killer, Report Says

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A British counterterrorism program prematurely closed the case of Axel Rudakubana, a teenager who killed three young girls in a stabbing attack last year, according to an official review published on Wednesday. The review into the actions of the program, Prevent, which tries…

With Trump’s Backing Uncertain, Europe Scrambles to Shore Up Its Own Defenses
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With Trump’s Backing Uncertain, Europe Scrambles to Shore Up Its Own Defenses

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago convinced Europe’s leaders that they needed to spend more money on defense. On Monday, leaders from across the European Union and Britain will meet in Brussels to debate a vexing question: how to pay for…

The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?
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The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Oct. 4, 2019, a 13-year-old British boy called a child welfare hotline from his home in Banks, a village in northwest England, and asked: “What should I do if I want to kill somebody?” The teenager, Axel Rudakubana, said that he had…

Southport Killer Had ‘Sickening and Sustained Interest’ in Violence, U.K. Officials Say
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Southport Killer Had ‘Sickening and Sustained Interest’ in Violence, U.K. Officials Say

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After his expulsion, Mr. Rudakubana was enrolled at the Acorns School in Lancashire, which caters to children with special needs, and at Presfield High School and Specialist College. But he struggled to integrate, the safeguarding agency said, a situation that worsened after the…