European leaders promise to spend more on defence
European leaders promise to stand by Ukraine and increase defence budgets.
Leaders of European Union countries promise to stand by Ukraine following President Trump's withdrawal of military support. During a show of unity in Brussels, they also pledge to spend more on defence. Meanwhile fighting continues in Ukraine with a missile striking President Zelensky's hometown, as we'll hear.
While President Trump dominates headlines around the world, what of the Democrats? Two party supporters tell us how they hope the Democrats can bounce back and influence the political narrative.
And three months after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad in Syria, what's life like there? Two Syrian women tell us how things have changed.
Presenter: Mark Lowen
(Photo: EU Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for an European Special Council meeting in Brussels. Credit: Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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