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EU will reimburse Washington for Patriot costs, US president says, while senators push ‘sledgehammer’ Russia sanctions bill for Trump. What we know on day 1,237

More than 8,000 Bosniak boys and men were executed by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995, towards the end of the Bosnian War, in what is the only recognised genocide in Europe since the Holocaust.

Russian disinformation misquotes Rutte as saying Ukraine belongs to the United States.

The alliance's secretary general underlined that NATO allies need to increase military and defence production after meeting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.

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Xi will tell Putin ‘I need you to to keep them busy in Europe by attacking Nato territory’, says Nato chief

Mark Rutte suggested that Chinese leader Xi Jinping could attempt to seize Taiwan while urging Vladimir Putin to launch a parallel attack

The language from European leaders was fawning and obsequious. At one point, the head of Nato, Mark Rutte, even called Donald Trump “daddy”. But when the US president left the Nato summit in late June, there was a sigh of relief that he had not made any more angry criticism…

From the Maga crowd to Nato’s secretary general, everyone is addressing the president of the US as if he was their actual father. Make it stop, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Does Trump’s personal relationship with world leaders have any bearing on his policies towards their countries?

This week saw a big change for Europe, Nato and UK security. It was agreed that Iran was not a mainstream Nato and Europe pre-occupation. Donald Trump has sucked the oxygen out of the headlines at the Nato summit in Holland by being referred to as the “big Daddy” –…