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,

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and more than a dozen other European leaders in London on Sunday to discuss security guarantees the continent can offer Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia.

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

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.