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Campaigners sound alarm as European nations move to exit landmine ban

Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cite rising threats from Russia to justify once again using one of world’s most indiscriminate weapons

The Guardian - UK

Estonian government approves additional funding to raise defence spending to 5.4% of GDP

Estonia’s government approved the multi-billion Euro plans that will see the Baltic country boost its defence investments to over 5% of GDP, in line with Trump’s demands for NATO members.

Euronews

Trump can’t decide who to blame for a failing peace deal that would only lead to further conflict

After a second consecutive night of deadly Russian air attacks – against the capital Kyiv on April 23 and the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad on April 24 – a ceasefire in Ukraine seems as unrealistic as ever.

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Pope’s funeral a diplomatic minefield as Trump sets fire to US alliances

President’s international engagements have set stage for explosive confrontations and Pope Francis’s funeral comes at an especially fraught moment

The Guardian - UK

Spain Scraps Contested Israeli Arms Deal After Uproar

Spain on Thursday cancelled a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli company following pressure from the Socialist-led government's far-left coalition partner -- a move swiftly condemned by Israel.

International Business Times

Mark Rutte urges allies to devote more funds, political energy to NATO alliance

Rutte was in Washington on Thursday for meetings with senior US officials, two months before he's due to chair a summit of US President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts in the Netherlands.

Euronews

Spain halts controversial $7.5m deal to buy ammunition from Israeli company

PM Pedro Sanchez intervened to avoid a damaging political fallout with far-left allies in Spain’s coalition government.

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Can South Africa help Russia and Ukraine reach a peace deal?

As Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets South Africa’s Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Moscow-allied politicians protest the state visit.

Al Jazeera

Do Americans support Trump’s attitudes to Ukraine and Russia? Here’s what recent data shows

Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from the Ukraine peace talks if there is no progress soon. The implicit threat here is that the US will no longer get involved, perhaps withdrawing arms shipments and even humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

The Conversation

Starmer warns of ‘new era’ of global insecurity during HMS Prince of Wales visit

The Prime Minister met sailors, aviators and soldiers during an overnight stay as the flagship aircraft carrier heads towards the Indo-Pacific.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer channels Top Gun on visit to Britain's flagship aircraft carrier as PM issues 'new era' warning

The Prime Minister met sailors, aviators and soldiers during an overnight stay as HMS Prince of Wales heads towards the Indo-Pacific

Evening Standard

Italy prepares ring of steel for Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome with Nato jets, snipers and 8,000 police

Italian authorities are preparing one of the most complex and secretive security operations in Vatican history as 200,000 people descend to pay respects to Pope Francis ahead of his funeral.

Evening Standard

Ukraine will have to make some compromises in Russia peace talks, Polish President Andrzej Duda says

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that only the United States has the power to stop Russia. He believes peace will require compromises on both sides, including from Ukraine.

Euronews

US peace plan emerges as freezing of Ukraine frontlines with concessions to Putin

Russia said to have signalled it could halt war in return for US recognition of its control of Crimea and sanctions relief

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Trump accuses Zelenskyy of jeopardising imminent peace deal

US president attacks Ukrainian counterpart, complaining Kyiv is unwilling to cede Crimea to Russia

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Wedbush’s Dan Ives Says Palantir Stock Is in ‘Prime Position.’ Should You Buy Shares Here?

Amid Palantir’s NATO deal, is PLTR turning into the dark horse investors should start watching closely?

The Guardian - UK

UK peace talks on Ukraine downgraded as Marco Rubio pulls out

Planned ministerial-level talks replaced by discussions at official level amid reports of change in Kremlin stance

The Guardian - UK

The global south has lost its pope. The world has lost its conscience

He was no liberal, but Francis embodied a spirit of international solidarity that is in alarmingly short supply, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

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The Independent UK

JD Vance’s bluster over peace in Ukraine shows why Zelensky swerved an American ambush in London

ANALYSIS: Marco Rubio cancelled his visit to London for ceasefire talks after it emerged that Volodymyr Zelensky wasn’t coming – and then JD Vance got cross. Ukraine’s president certainly swerved an ambush, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Guardian - UK

Trump claims Russia-Ukraine peace deal close but accuses Zelenskyy of harming process and having ‘no cards to play’ – as it happened

US president says Ukraine can have peace or it can fight for another three years before losing everything

The Guardian - AU

Dutton refuses to specify what Coalition’s $21bn of pledged defence spending would be used on

Opposition leader insists costings will be released prior to the election as Andrew Hastie says ‘America-first’ US means Australia’s defence must be prioritised

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton to promise Australia will boost defence spending to the 3% of GDP demanded by Trump administration

Labor’s Richard Marles says announcement is a ‘pathetic whimper’ rather than a defence policy

The Independent UK

An American ambush threatens Zelensky’s negotiators – can the UK save Kyiv?

ANALYSIS: A high level American diplomatic team is coming to London for talks with Ukraine and its allies; it may be an ambush, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Euronews

Spain to meet NATO 2% defence target by 2025

The Spanish Prime Minister confirmed an additional €10.4 billion investment in defence and security to bring the country's spending from 1.28% of GDP in 2024 to the 2% NATO target agreed in 2014.

The Guardian - UK

Spain unveils €11bn plan to reach long-delayed Nato defence spending target

Spanish PM says ‘industrial and technological plan’ will ensure country commits to spending 2% of GDP on defence

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