A European summit on defense and Ukraine is planned this week amid tense transatlantic relations. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday presented a plan to bolster Europe's ...

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where President Donald Trump questioned both his alliance to the continent and the defence of Ukraine. “I do not need to describe the grave nature of the threats that we face,” Ms von der ...

Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday proposed a Rearm Europe Plan she said could see member states mobilise up to €800 billion to finance a massive ramp-up in defence spending, hours after Washington ...

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference on the defence package at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday (Virginia Mayo/AP) The chief of the European ...

The chief of the European Union’s executive has proposed an 800 billion-euro (£662 billion) plan to strengthen the defences of EU nations, aiming to lessen the impact of potential US disengagement and ...

Former senior figures within the Environment Agency said funding to maintain England's flood defences is an "ongoing issue" Properties flooded during Storm Babet in 2023 (Photo by Christopher ...