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In today’s newsletter: As the US and Russia go ahead with talks in Saudi Arabia, Keir Starmer and other European leaders are grappling with their next move

The Reform leader and Kemi Badenoch have struck the wrong alliances at the wrong time, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The prime minister said a US security guarantee would be the only way to effectively prevent Moscow from attacking the country again in future

President Trump seeks Saudi Crown Prince's help in ending Ukraine war and potential Trump-Putin summit in Riyadh.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: the Conservative leader’s bold claim that, without her party, Western civilisation may fall, highlights her ongoing struggle for relevance

The division became clear as European leaders attended an emergency summit on Ukraine in Paris, where allies scrambled for a strategy in response to Donald Trump’s push for a deal with Putin

After nearly three years of living under constant threat of Russian airstrikes while their troops fight a grinding campaign against Russia’s invasion, many Ukrainians long for an end to the war

European leaders are scrambling to respond to what looks like the end of reliable US protection of the continent. It is unclear what the “main European countries” (which includes the UK) might be able to agree at a hastily convened meeting in Paris on Monday February 17. But individual countries,…

DONALD Trump must not impose a peace deal in Ukraine without the involvement of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Greens have argued.