The Latest Breaking News from NATO

Former Royal Marines officer Al Carns said the UK and US had ‘bonds forged in fire’ in Afghanistan.

With conflict over Greenland averted for now, European leaders will be tempted to retreat to their comfort zone of cowardice. But the next crisis will soon be here, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

President’s assertion that Nato troops were not on the front line in Afghanistan has sparked widespread anger

EU leaders have expressed relief after US President Donald Trump withdrew threats to annex Greenland by force and impose fresh tariffs on certain member states. At emergency talks in Brussels on Thursday leaders also called for vigilance, unity and the need to defend European interests.

PM joins veterans in condemning claim that troops avoided frontlines and suggests US president should apologise

Prince Harry says sacrifices of British ‘deserve truth and respect’

Also in this newsletter: the EU raises 'serious concerns' about Donald Trump's Board of Peace.

Since Russia full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, Europe's attention has been firmly fixed on NATO's eastern flank. But could the Arctic become the next area requiring defence and does Bundeswehr have the capacity to take on that role?

IN FOCUS: Trump insisted everybody was ‘happy’ with him at the World Economic Forum in Davos. But European leaders face growing criticism for failing to push back against the US president, writes James C Reynolds