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The former GOP leader has voted against Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary

NEWS ANALYSIS: Pete Hegseth told Nato defence ministers the US won’t support Nato membership for Ukraine, or most of its peace talks platform, leaving Zelensky little room to negotiate, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

Watch live as UK defence secretary John Healey holds a press conference on Ukraine on Wednesday, 12 February, after the US appeared to rule out sending troops to peacekeep any ceasefire.

Defense Secretary Hegseth discusses U.S. troop presence in Europe, European allies' security responsibilities, and NATO defense spending.

Tulsi Gabbard's likely confirmation as DNI under Trump administration amid controversy and Senate support.

Secretary Pete Hegseth said that a "realistic assessment of the battlefield" needs to be considered ahead of talks to end the war with Russia.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a major shift in U.S. policy on Ukraine: The way forward, he told allies in Brussels, is to abandon the “illusory goal” of a return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders and prepare for a negotiated settlement with Russia, backed up with an international force that…

The Prime Minister told MPs the Government’s commitment to backing Kyiv matters ‘just as much as it mattered at the beginning of this conflict’.

Donald Trump spoke with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of peace talks in Munich.