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Troops took part in a large-scale exercise on Tapa military base, only 70 miles from the Russian border.

The European Union’s top diplomat has rejected calls for a Europe-wide army

PM says Europe must ‘step up’ and signals he wants to work more closely with other states to build military capability

The latest meeting of the EU-UK Partnership Council will take place in the coming week.

Iran on Sunday declared European countries' armies "terrorist groups", following the EU's decision to apply the same designation to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Western governments have accused the Guards of carrying out a crackdown on a recent protest movement that left thousands dead.

They say they feel ‘let down and ridiculed’ by the US administration

Nato chief has glibly dismissed prospect of coping without US support, but in the age of Trump the case for autonomy is growing

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of increasing great power rivalry

The EU is poised to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group, aligning it with entities like al-Qaeda. This move follows international outcry over Tehran's violent crackdown on protests, which activists claim has killed thousands. The decision, requiring unanimous member state backing, signifies a strong condemnation and could impose further…

The EU has just designated Iran’s revolutionary guard as terrorist organisation, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed.