LONDON: UK premier Keir Starmer said on Saturday (Mar 15) Russian President Vladimir Putin would “sooner or later” have to “come to the table” as he opened a virtual summit to drum up support for a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine. The British prime minister toldContinue Reading
Starmer and France’s President Emmanuel Macron have said they are prepared to deploy British and French troops to Ukraine to help preserve the peace in the event an agreement is signed to end the war. Rutte pointed to promises from more European countries to “ramp up defence spending”, while insistingContinue Reading
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has invited more than a dozen European and EU leaders to a Sunday (Mar 2) summit to “drive forward” action on Ukraine and security, his office said. Ahead of the main summit, Starmer will chair a morning call with Baltic nations, before welcoming UkrainianContinue Reading
LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday (Feb 25) he would increase annual defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027 and target a 3 per cent level last seen just after the Cold War, a signal to US President Donald Trump that Britain can boost Europe’sContinue Reading
