EU turns to Canada and Britain to plug Ukraine’s funding gap
Brussels wants Ottawa and London to put up more money for Kyiv next year, with ambassadors preparing the ground on October 22.
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Denmark charges two Ukrainians over alleged spying on anti-drone firm
Prosecutors believe photographs of the company's North Jutland site were intended for a Russian intelligence service.
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UK deploys fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as Houthi strikes escalate
Defence secretary Wes Streeting described the Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia as “absolutely despicable and dangerous for the region”.
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Vance says Ukraine is not an ally and should stay out of NATO
The US Vice-President also tied the riots in France to immigration and declined to follow Donald Trump in backing Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump calls for ‘somebody else’ to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf
The US President has again questioned Volodymyr Zelensky's standing, nine days after urging Ukraine to find a new leader, while signalling he would sit down with…
Trump says Zelensky never wanted to end the Ukraine war
The US President defended his waiver of new sanctions on Moscow as European governments moved in the opposite direction.
Fire kills four Canadian soldiers at base that prepares troops for Latvia
Canada has lost four soldiers and seen 39 injured in a grass fire at its main army training centre, as Ottawa builds up the NATO brigade it leads on Europe's eastern…
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Trump says US is talking to Russia and China about denuclearisation
Trump’s comments come months after the New START treaty expired on February 5, 2026.
EU leaders back Zelensky over diesel deal but offer no new money
Leaders put their regret at Washington's sanctions waiver in writing, though Kyiv leaves Brussels without fresh funding decisions.
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Houthis claim missile hit on Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon
Analysts note that the engagement appears to have been a proximity detonation rather than a direct hit, and that the pilot manoeuvred and deployed flares.
Rutte meets Bulgarian and Romanian leaders as Black Sea drone attacks spread
NATO has offered more surveillance and counter-drone capability, though Sofia and Bucharest are pressing for a joint regional command and a halt to strikes on civilian…
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Trump says Zelensky ‘not a good guy’ and rules him out of any Russia deal
The US President has turned on his Ukrainian counterpart days after agreeing to buy Russian diesel, deepening the rift between Washington and Kyiv.
Bulgaria says it has no ‘solid evidence’ of Russian role in Black Sea drone attacks
Sofia has summoned Moscow's ambassador and will open a terrorism investigation once a damaged cargo ship is towed into port.
Romania proposes joint NATO command for Black Sea after attacks on shipping
Bucharest has offered to host the structure on its own coast from 2028 as drones, mines and sunken ships draw the Ukraine war into allied waters.
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Bipartisan US senators call Trump-Putin diesel deal a ‘betrayal of the people of Ukraine’
The letter was sent and led by Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal and signed by six Republicans and six Democrats.
Sánchez admits Moroccan warships entered Ceuta’s waters during the invasion
The Prime Minister confirmed the naval incursions 74 days after they began, though none of the intelligence reports his government declassified in September mentioned…
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US urges Spain to ‘combat mass migration’ and spend more on defence
Washington's national day greeting to Madrid restates its demands on borders and military spending less than seven weeks before Spain's general election.
Bulgaria asks EU and NATO to help identify drones that sank ship in Black Sea
Sofia has turned to Brussels and the alliance after its own investigators failed to recover any drone wreckage from the attack on two merchant vessels inside its…
Trump says Putin wants a deal ‘more than Zelensky’ as Kyiv reports new energy strikes
The US President has played down reports that Moscow broke the "energy ceasefire" he declared a day earlier, while the EU has adopted the largest single expansion…
Trump declares Russia-Ukraine ‘energy ceasefire’ as strikes on Kyiv continue
Neither Moscow nor Kyiv has confirmed any agreement, and Russian drones hit Ukrainian power plants hours after the announcement, while European buyers remain shut…
Trump calls for a new Ukrainian president as Kyiv rejects outside pressure
The US president said Ukraine needed a leader able to make a deal, drawing applause from Moscow and a reminder from Kyiv that only Ukrainians choose their head of…
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EU plans new military mission in Lebanon as UNIFIL withdraws
That resolution authorised a force of up to 15,000 personnel. At its peak, the mission deployed more than 10,000 peacekeepers.
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Germany withdraws from joint next-generation tank project with France
Joint staff work over several years had clarified what a future main battle tank should look like, he said, and that effort “wasn’t a waste of time”.
Britain charges serving Royal Navy sailor with spying for foreign power
Teddy Young, 24, faces two counts under the National Security Act after an investigation by counter-terrorism detectives in London.
Trump insists on talking of Iranian missiles hitting Los Angeles and San Diego
The US President told a Texas rally his administration would never allow such a strike, two days after the same remarks drew condemnation from California's Democrat…
Bulgaria ends search for crew of ship sunk by drones off its coast
Sofia says the strike inside its Black Sea economic zone does not trigger NATO consultations, as Brussels offers solidarity but no protection for merchant shipping.
Russia must be ready to use nuclear weapons, Putin adviser says
Karaganov tied the argument to President Vladimir Putin's remarks at the Valdai forum on October 1.
Downing Street says Fairford is safe as Washington plays down bomber withdrawal
The British Government has insisted the Gloucestershire base is secure, though American officials have given competing accounts of why the B-1s left.
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Secret meeting between Polish deputy PM and Trump feeds speculation about US wanting Tusk out
The Prime Minister said that since Kosiniak-Kamysz's meeting was confidential he could not reveal what had been discussed.
Trump to look at a US military base in Lithuania
Vilnius has offered to pay for a permanent American presence, while Warsaw is still waiting for Washington to name the site of its own base.