EU leaders hail ‘historic’ decision to boost defence spending as US-Ukraine peace talks planned in Saudi Arabia next week – live
European Union chiefs outline plan to scale up Europe’s defence amid ‘clear and present danger’ from Russia as Zelenskyy plans to travel to Riyadh
Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been speaking in the country’s parliament in the last few minutes, announcing plans to “significantly” increase spending to help Ukraine defend itself.
He warned that the country was facing “the most serious security situation … since the second world war.”
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