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... and I hate to see that happen. This is one of the great places in the world, and they're allowing people just to come in, unchecked, unvetted.

occasions. Kallas, the former Estonian prime minister, was not just indulging in some form of historical mathematics. She was seeking to make a point that lies at the heart of the dispute between the US and Europe over Ukraine's future, a dispute that has again revealed the chasm across the Atlantic about the true nature of the Russian regime.

"full and unwavering" support for Ukraine, adding that a solution to the conflict must preserve its sovereignty and guarantee its future security.

In a burst of cryptic messages to the station's still unknown listeners, a voice could be heard saying ' LATVIA,' the name of a small NATO country sitting on Russia's border. The signal was sent out on Monday, with many on social media fearing that Russia could be planning its next offensive. However, with Latvia being a member of NATO, any attack on the country would trigger a response from all other NATO countries, including the US, and potentially set off World War III.

He was in charge from 2014 to 2024 and this documentary, with remarkable access, shows us his final 12 months day-by-day, moment-by-moment after Joe Biden had persuaded him in 2023, when his tenure was technically at an end, to stay on for another year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Perhaps, until that moment, Stoltenberg had been happy to assume that for all the meetings and stress, the secretary-generalship was an agreeable prestigious technocratic position without any real danger.

Spain is joining the joint purchases of U.S. military equipment by NATO countries for shipment to Ukraine. The decision was confirmed by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez upon arriving at the meeting of the European Council this Thursday in Brussels. This is a proposal that NATO launched a few weeks ago. I had the opportunity to speak with President Zelenskiy [] and I informed him that we were going to join this program, the Spanish leader stated in response to questions from the media.

It needs a security mechanism that triggers action automatically, not after collective consultations and individual deliberations. In recent months, a new baseline idea has taken hold in European and United States debates on Ukraine: Article 5like guarantees. In March, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was the first to suggest a mechanism inspired by Article 5 of the NATO Charter, which provides for collective action in the event of an attack on a member.

"After 738 days in captivity, on October 13, all 20 surviving hostages were freed from the hands of the terrorist organization Hamas, with four German citizens among them," Merz said. "They're home. They're with their families. And that fills us, and me personally, with great joy and relief."

More than three and a half years into the Russia-Ukraine War, Russia is pummeling Ukrainian cities from the air with ever more force, while retaining an advantage on the battlefield in the east - though it is far from achieving a significant breakthrough. Ukraine has found success striking Russian oil refineries deep in the country and may receive longer-range missiles from the Trump administration, which has been more focused on negotiating peace in Gaza after a summit with Putin in Alaska failed to yield results.

I hope that everybody recognizes now that there is a hybrid war, and one day it's Poland, the other day it's Denmark and next week, it will probably be somewhere else,

Europe has long been known for its military history, partly because it was the site of the largest war the world has ever seen. Since then, Europe's defense landscape has changed into a mix of NATO allies and nations with some of the strongest militaries globally. Here, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the largest military forces in Europe. Right now, Europe's military strength is even more important due to changes in U.S. foreign policy.