Donald Trump expressed uncertainty that America would come to the aid of other countries in Nato if they do not meeting military spending targets.

Starmer and Macron discuss work for Ukraine peace as PM hails EU defence move - The two leaders have been leading efforts to draw together a ‘coalition of the willing’ to help Kyiv.

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed an EU move to increase defence spending that was decided at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday. The package includes loans and weakened deficit rules in a bid to boost the continent's military forces.

Sir Keir Starmer has hailed the EU’s “historic step forward” as he spoke to leaders after the bloc backed moves to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security. In a phone call with the president of the European Council Antonio Costa,