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Have Trump and Zelenskyy turned a diplomatic corner?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION Plans to expand Ukrainian access to American defense batteries suggest a thaw in an infamously icy international relationship
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Is the Russia-China relationship a threat to Nato?Today’s Big Question Seen as a friendship with ‘no limits’, the nature of this alliance could be changing as Nato ramps up defence spending
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Trump praises NATO ‘unity,’ attacks Iran ‘scum’speed read The president left the NATO summit on a positive note and ordered a second night of strikes on Iran
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‘The decline in reading cuts across age groups, gender, and education levels’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Trump revives Greenland grievance at NATO summitSpeed Read The president criticized Europe for not helping in Iran and threatened to pull troops from NATO countries if he didn’t get Greenland
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Why US military personnel are avoiding British justiceThe Explainer Offences committed by US personnel against UK civilians raise concerns over policing of American forces on British soil
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Nato summit: the most consequential in a generation?Today's Big Question Donald Trump ‘thought to be planning to reward or punish countries based on their defence spending’
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The Meloni-Trump photo fracas signals a growing US-Italy rifttalking points Dueling narratives over who asked whom to pose for what have exposed shifting geopolitical headwinds
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Political cartoons for June 2Cartoons Tuesday's political cartoons include a Democratic white whale, data center deception, and a NATO no-no
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Will Russia expand the war to Europe as its Ukraine push falters?Today's Big Question Romanian drone strike is the latest warning sign
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Is Bulgaria the new thorn in the EU’s side?In the Spotlight Newly elected PM Rumen Radev’s winning message was a ‘cocktail of anti-corruption pledges, Euro-scepticism and pledges to rebuild ties with Moscow’
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Why the UK is not ready for warThe Explainer Requiring greater funding, and with shrinking personnel numbers, Britain is at ‘serious risk of being left behind’ its allies
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The end of Nato?Talking Point Donald Trump’s threats to pull the US out of the alliance would be almost impossible to put into action, but they draw attention to a ‘staggering’ imbalance
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Trump probably can’t quit NATO but he can wreck itTHE EXPLAINER While an official withdrawal is unlikely, there’s still plenty the US could do to cut the decades-old security compact off at the knees
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