Friedrich Merz calls for the continent to urgently organize its own defense capabilities, marking a profound shift in approach from Europe’s biggest economy ...

Meanwhile, the Kremlin contradicts Donald Trump's claims about European peacekeepers in Ukraine being accepted by Russia. Listen to the latest Trump 100 podcast while you scroll.

He also added Russia is going "all-out" to end the war, but those comments have been contradicted by a group of analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (see our 3.27pm post).