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To counter the crisis caused by Trump, Friedrich Merz has little choice but to abandon decades of military and economic caution

The president has just four years until a successor takes the reins, but the new approach he has forged – exceptionalist, isolationist – is likely to endure, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Shakespeare’s Henry V (stylised by Bell Shakespeare as Henry 5) is famous for many things. Henry’s rousing speeches. Its chorus directly addressing the audience. Its critical treatment of war. Its comic characters like Fluellen. And the comic exchanges between the French Princess and her maid Alice, trying to speak English.

European Union leaders will hold emergency talks in Brussels on Thursday, gathering as the Trump administration upends traditional alliances and retracts wartime backing of Ukraine.

The collaboration will be outlined at a summit in Liverpool, which aims to reduce trade barriers created by Brexit

Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets

Two killed and 28 injured in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city; Ukrainian president to join EU leaders in Brussels, with shared nuclear deterrence on the agenda

The president has repeatedly accused Canada of allowing vast amounts of fentanyl into the US, an unsupported claim.

John Healey will meet Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday as efforts continue to bridge a transatlantic rift over Kyiv’s future security.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey will meet Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday as efforts continue to bridge a transatlantic rift over Kyiv’s future security

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced he would discuss extending France's nuclear deterrent to European partners and raised the possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine to enforce a peace deal, as Europe scrambles to respond to Donald Trump's upending of the transatlantic alliance.