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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt jumped to the Tesla billionaire’s defence, stating ‘Elon Musk wore a suit last night. I’m sure you saw it’

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled that Europe must take care of its own security and also suspended assistance to Ukraine

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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