German chancellor warns leaders that decisions they make now on Ukraine will ‘decide the future of Europe’ – live

Intervention from Merz comes as Putin says peace talks are ‘difficult work’ but Trump insists Russian president does want a dealNearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey has found.The nine-country poll for the Paris-based European affairs debate platform Le Grand Continent also found that nearly three-quarters of respondents wanted their country to stay in the EU, with almost as many saying leaving the union had harmed the UK. Continue reading...