Can Starmer Bridge the Gap Between Trump and Europe?
European leaders have called an emergency summit over the war in Ukraine.
Today, Victoria and Paddy are joined by Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt to discuss the latest developments between the UK, US and EU. The UK government has set out a road map to increase defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP, as Starmer seeks to build a 鈥渂ridge鈥 between Trump and Europe. An emergency summit is being planned by Europe鈥榮 leaders, as the US and Russia prepare for separate peace talks in Saudi Arabia next week.
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