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Trump tempers fury to end two-day NATO summit on high note

European leaders showcased their surging defence spending at the summit as they looked to convince Trump they're making good on a pledge to ramp up budgets and take more responsibility for their own security.

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Sánchez says US-Spain ties positive after Trump threat to cut trade

Clashes with Trump and Israel have made Sánchez, one of the few remaining openly leftist voices in a Europe increasingly dominated by right-wing politics, a hero to many progressives around the world.

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Trump brands Spain a 'wasted cause' and orders trade cut-off

The US president had already threatened in March to take economic reprisals against Spain after Moncloa blocked the use of the Rota and Morón bases for Washington’s bombing campaign against Iran.

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Seven people killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine ahead of NATO talks

Russia has hit the Ukrainian capital with several large deadly attacks over the last week, killing more than 50 this month in a spate of ballistic missile and drone strikes.

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Erdogan gives world leaders a ceremonial welcome ahead of NATO summit

NATO leaders including Trump and Zelenskyy arrive in Ankara for a state dinner hosted by Erdogan ahead of key summit talks in Turkey.

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'Russian threat' moves to the Arctic, Canadian Foreign Minister warns

"The Russian threat is moving further and further north towards the Arctic Circle. We need to be prepared at all times across various domains", Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, Anita Anand, said in an interview with Euronews, referring to the purchase of 12 submarines.

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'Greenland is not for sale' Denmark's Frederiksen reminds Trump

The renewed dispute comes months after Donald Trump revived his long-standing ambition for the United States to acquire Greenland, a proposal repeatedly rejected by Denmark and Greenland's leaders.

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Newsletter: Something is rotten in the state of Turkey

In today's newsletter: US President Donald Trump revives his annexationist rhetoric of the arctic island of Greenland, ambassadors in Brussels bristle over what to do about Serbia, and a letter about FIFA is making waves in the European Parliament.

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Le Pen to run for French president as Trump revives Greenland row

Marine Le Pen has announced she will be the far-right National Rally’s French presidential candidate after an appeals court yesterday cleared the way for her to run next year. In Turkey, NATO leaders meet for their second day of talks after Trump has reignited confrontation over Greenland.

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Reset on the menu? Von der Leyen, Erdoğan dinner prompts questions

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will have to chew over much more than just hors d'oeuvres Wednesday evening at a working dinner with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Observers expect her to weigh papering over disputes from both sides with the country's geostrategic value.

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Estonia and Ukraine sign drone pact to deepen defence industry ties

'Ukraine has developed one of the most competitive defence industries in the world' through its experience fighting Russia's full-scale invasion, Michal said.

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Zelenskyy renews call for Ukraine's NATO membership ahead of summit

The Ukrainian President has renewed his push to join NATO, insisting his country has already proved itself a reliable partner and that its membership in the alliance would be “entirely natural”.

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NATO must become more European, von der Leyen and Rutte say

"To stay transatlantic, we have to become more European," Mark Rutte said ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara, where European allies are expected to showcase their beefed-up defence spending plans.

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US President Donald Trump arrives in Turkey to attend NATO summit

The two-day gathering in Ankara comes a year after NATO members pledged to ramp up security-related spending to 5% of GDP under pressure from the US leader. Yet, the US President has lashed out at European allies over Iran.

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NATO to put pressure on allies not stepping up, warns Dutch minister

As the Netherlands announced an extra €3 billion euros new spending at the NATO summit in Ankara, Dutch Defence Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius tells Europe Today that extra pressure will be applied to NATO allies not stepping up on defence.

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Newsletter: NATO braces for impact

In this newsletter: 32 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) members meet for an annual summit in the Turkish capital aiming to keep Trump onside, and a French appeals court will offer a decisive ruling for presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen.

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NATO summit opens under Trump pressure to boost defence spending

NATO leaders are gathering for a two-day summit in Ankara under pressure from Trump to increase defence spending. In France, Marine Le Pen will find out today whether she can run for the French presidency next year as a Paris appeals court decides whether to uphold her embezzlement conviction.

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UK fighter jets intercept Russian plane over Norwegian Sea

The mission off Iceland has seen F-35 jets conduct NATO air defence operations from a European aircraft carrier for the first time and comes amid heightened tensions with Russia.

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Air force: Ukraine failed to intercept any Russian ballistic missiles

The US-made Patriot system remains Ukraine’s only effective defence against ballistic missiles, but officials say supplies of interceptors have fallen critically low.

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'Restraining order needed,' Trump says of Meloni ahead of NATO summit

Tensions flared between Washington and Rome at the end of June when Trump claimed Meloni had "begged" him for a picture together in an effort to boost her ratings.