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Europe tries to shore up fragile unity as it realises it cannot rely on US

Leaders attend Paris summit for urgent talks on Ukraine after week that showed how far values have diverged

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025

Europe left scrambling in face of wavering US security guarantees

European leaders are scrambling to respond to what looks like the end of reliable US protection of the continent. It is unclear what the “main European countries” (which includes the UK) might be able to agree at a hastily convened meeting in Paris on Monday February 17. But individual countries,…

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2025

PM says Europe must ‘step up capability’ as he attends Ukraine talks in Paris

The meeting comes as Europe’s leaders scramble for a strategy in response to US President Donald Trump’s push for a deal with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025

Watch: Pantera and Bruce Dickinson unite to perform Walk in Paris

Texan band arrive in the UK this week

MusicRadar · Feb 17, 2025

Russia and US to meet for talks on Ukraine’s future after sidelined European leaders gather for emergency summit

Keir Starmer is joining Emmanuel Macron and other leaders in Paris amid concerns Europe and Ukraine itself are being frozen out of discussions

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025

Zelensky slams peace talks between Trump and Putin top diplomats as 'having no results' as Ukraine excluded

European leaders are holding a crisis meeting in Paris after being sidelined from the Trump-Putin peace plan

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2025

US must provide ‘backstop’ to deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again, Starmer says after emergency Paris summit – as it happened

UK prime minister says future of Europe and Ukraine at stake after European leaders convene at emergency summit in Paris

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025

Keir Starmer prepared to put troops in Ukraine if peace deal is struck

KEIR Starmer confirmed he is prepared to ship British troops out to Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, acknowledging this could…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 17, 2025

As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer?

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has come, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025

Paris trial begins over 2013 Islamic State kidnappings of Westerners in Syria

A landmark trial opens Monday at a Paris court in which five men stand accused of Islamic State kidnappings in Syria more than 10 years ago, when seven Western hostages were taken, including four French journalists.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 17, 2025