EU leaders agree £650bn defence package and Zelensky prepares for peace talks with US - Ursula von der Leyen proposed the ‘ReArm Europe’ scheme, hailing a ‘watershed moment’

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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union, claiming that the bloc was formed “to screw” the U.S.

European allies hoping to help salvage Ukraine’s relations with Donald Trump after dramatic spat in Oval Office

President Trump was positive on relations with China, while he told his cabinet the EU had been formed to "screw" the United States.

President Zelenskyy met with EU members at an emergency summit in Belgium, where they discussed major increases in military spending.

The billionaire adviser to the president spoke at the beginning of the meeting with the heads of agencies such as the state department and Pentagon.

The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades.

Zelenskyy left the White House without signing a deal after President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated the Ukrainian leader for being "disrespectful," the internationally televised spat drew widespread reactions.

Volodymyr Zelensky has refused to apologise to Donald Trump in his first remarks since being kicked out of the White House by the US president. The pair clashed during a meeting in the Oval Office earlier on Thursday. Asked during a Fox News interview if he owes the US president an apology, he said: “I respect the president and the American people.