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Liverpool parade updates: Water Street reopens as police still questioning suspect
A 53-year-old British man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car ploughed into crowds at the Liverpool FC victory parade.BBC News
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Councillors to be stripped of powers to decide on planning applications
Unelected officers will be responsible for deciding on developments of up to nine homes under Angela Raynerโs plansTony Diver (The Telegraph)
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So basically, the UK is paying France for French police to stand on the beach and watch their problem leave French shores for the UK. You brokered a cracking deal there, #Labour. What's your response, @Keir_Starmer? I know, the easy, lazy option of cracking down on LEGAL immigration, taking everyone's attention away from the illegal.
Fighting the gangs my arse. You need to stop the boats!
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/1โฆ
French police stand by as Channel migrants leave Normandy beach for Britain
Around a dozen officers, some of whom had riot shields and batons, seen at the waterโs edge at Gravelines, NormandyWill Bolton (The Telegraph)
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Cooper defends Starmerโs โisland of strangersโ line but says she does not know if he was aware of Enoch Powell echo โ UK politics live
Home secretary says PMโs words on immigration were โcompletely differentโ when asked about comparisons with notorious Rivers of Blood speechAndrew Sparrow (The Guardian)
And this is called: "Government Misdirection" It's not legal immigration that's the problem, although it probably needs an overhaul. It's the illegal immigration that they need to address. By doing this, #Labour hopes to shut everyone up complaining about "All these bleedin' foreigners"
In my book, anyone who wants to come to the UK and pay tax is more than welcome. It's all the fighting-age men landing on the Kent coast who are not.
theguardian.com/politics/live/โฆ
Keir Starmer promises net migration will fall โsignificantlyโ by end of this parliament โ UK politics live
PM says policies will โtake back controlโ of migration as promised, but not delivered, by Tory BrexitersAndrew Sparrow (The Guardian)
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So let me get this right. He sticks two fingers up at the UK, calls us all racist, even though there's a video of him in his younger days being racist, and didn't he attend a party wearing a swastika? He flounces off to America, telling Oprah that he couldn't get any help with his mental welfare while conveniently forgetting he was the head of a mental health charity. He takes the UK government to court to get them to pay for his security if and when he decides to visit us, and when that doesn't work, he tells everyone he wants to be friends with his dad after slagging King Charles off to anyone who will listen.
Have I missed anything?
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Donโt you get it, Harry? Youโre not a victim. Youโre a rich man who can pay for his own sodding security
One of the princeโs well-heeled friends should give our foremost podcaster a lesson on when to keep schtum, says Guardian columnist Marina HydeMarina Hyde (The Guardian)
politico.eu/article/nigel-faraโฆ
Nigel Farageโs Reform snatches Labour safe seat after knife-edge vote
โWe are now the opposition party in the U.K. to Labour, and the Tories are a waste of space,โ Farage told reporters in Runcorn.Matt Honeycombe-Foster (POLITICO)
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๐ง "Erm, you do know Labour had a huge majority, don't you? Reform just pissed it away with their six votes." ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
So I had our dog's anal glands expressed last night. The procedure literally takes two, maybe three minutes, and if you don't watch them, they try to use Hibiscrub as a lubricant! I wonder how they'd feel with soap up their backside?
ยฃ27.00 Pets at Home charges, and that's not even a vet; it's a nurse! Twenty-seven pounds to stick a finger in and waggle it about a bit. I phoned our local White Cross Vets; they want an eye-watering ยฃ47.00
It's no wonder dogs and cats are dumped everywhere. Nobody can afford them, what with the price of food, groomers and extortionate vet bills for the most simple of procedures.
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Met Police to cut 1,700 officers and staff amid shock funding fears
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan confirms Royal Parks unit will be disbanded - despite fierce opposition from councils and victimsAnthony France (Evening Standard)
Be very careful what the #BBCNEWS shows you with these PIP claimants being interviewed and saying how they don't know how they'll manage. ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ has been assessed yet! So nobody knows who will lose what.
#MediaManipulation
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5drvโฆ
Newspaper headlines: 'Balancing the books on backs of poor' and 'tax rise fears'
Reaction to the chancellor announcing billions in cuts and gloomy economic forecasts dominate the front pages.BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyd9eโฆ
Trump's national security team's chat app leak stuns Washington
The Signal messages show the inner workings of the president's team and how his Vice-President JD Vance disagreed with him.Anthony Zurcher (BBC News)
Dear Sir Kier Starmer
Please stop doing things that makes me want to vote for you at the next General Election!
NHS Shakeup
Welfare & Benefits Shakeup
Potholes
#Labour #Politics
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Publish pothole progress or lose cash, PM Starmer tells England councils
Councils in England will be asked to publish reports on their repairs or miss out on funding, but critics say long-term thinking is needed.Mitchell Labiak & Michael Race (BBC News)
theguardian.com/education/2025โฆ
Scottish voters split over free tuition as university financial crisis deepens
Poll finds up to 48% of voters believe Scottish students who can afford it should pay, with 29% opposedSeverin Carrell (The Guardian)
#politics #Labour
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jglwโฆ
Government borrowing higher than expected in February
The latest figures for the UK economy add pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her Spring Statement next week.Tom Espiner (BBC News)
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyd2pโฆ
At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up
How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.Brian Wheeler (BBC News)
Admittedly, these are Tory think tank suggestions, but it's got to happen. Getting rid of tiers of management isn't the ultimate answer.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/1โฆ
Three fee-paying models that could save the NHS
From fines for missed appointments to a French-style insurance system, hereโs how Wes Streeting could take his reforms furtherRosie Taylor (The Telegraph)
#politics
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/1โฆ
Queen Nicola's ignominious career is finally over
The former First Minister of Scotland didnโt improve the lives of the people she claimed to representTom Harris (The Telegraph)
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You can't make this stuff up!
#Labour has spent the last fourteen years telling you that the #NHS is underfunded and understaffed. Screaming that there are not enough doctors and nurses, what do they plan to do now that they are in power? Take a scalpel to the NHS. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
theguardian.com/society/2025/mโฆ
NHS England to cut workforce by half as Streeting restructures
The health secretary will shrink NHS Englandโs workforce to save money and avoid โduplicationโDenis Campbell (The Guardian)
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"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด."
#Politics #Labour
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2l6โฆ
Keir Starmer vows to unleash 'shackled' civil servants
The PM writes to officials, telling them they "must be enabled to re-focus on your core purpose".Henry Zeffman (BBC News)
Remember children, you voted for em'.
#politics #Labour
news.sky.com/story/minister-paโฆ
Minister Pat McFadden says welfare cuts are 'coming soon'
Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has confirmed that cuts are on the way for the welfare bill. It comes as the chancellor is looking to save money for the public purse.Sky News
It is good! It shifts the norm from the socialist idea that people don't have to care about anything, to the capitalist idea that people need to take responsibility for their own lives.
If this norm can become dominant, entrepreneurs will flourish in a generation and the UK will become an innovation center!
- said the slave.
Jokes aside... that is complete nonsense. Governments and states exist for the needs of their inhabitants. If they fulfill no need, they should be abolished.
Therefore any services or initiatives is entirely upon the maffia gang called "the state" and no shadow rests on the individual.
Personally, I moved from sweden, due to the revolting and highly unethical society it is (when it comes to taxation).
Now I pay about 9%-14% tax total. I am much hapier and
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wealthier! I believe more people should vote with their feet.
That would lead to less polarized societies, more homogeneous societies and happier individuals.
High tax societies would attract people who enjoy paying high taxes, and low tax societies would attract people who do not want government services, and who enjoy paying low taxes.
Everyone happy in the end and no conflict! =)
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ?
TBH, I could kick myself because I was already thinking yesterday morning, "I bet Trump stops sending weapons." If I had posted that thought on social media, I'd have beaten all the journalists to the scoop.
"๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ!"
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202โฆ
Trump suspends all US military aid to Ukraine - latest updates
Donald Trump paused all military aid to Ukraine to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to a ceasefire with Russia.The Telegraph
"๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง......"
๐ค So, if it can defend itself, why does it need America's help?
Europe is fooling only the gullible if people think they stand a chance without US help. I wonder how brave Starmer would be if Trump announced a withdrawal from Europe.
British Army: Approximately 83,010 personnel
Royal Navy and Royal Marines: Approximately 32,610 personnel
Royal Air Force (RAF): Approximately 32,610 personnel
Just under 150,000 in total. Russia has just under 3 million personnel on active duty.
France has 290 Nukes, while the UK has 225, with a plan to reduce that to 180 by 2030
Russia has 5,580
france24.com/en/europe/2025030โฆ
Starmer says 'coalition of the willing' to present Ukraine peace plan to Trump
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday that European leaders had agreed to draft a peace plan for Ukraine to present to the US.NEWS WIRES (FRANCE 24)
Ahaha
Given that Ukraine has only been independent of Russia for 34 years, I'm reasonably confident that most Russians feel it is still part of their country. I didn't say that Putin was right to invade what I am saying is if you poke a dog with a stick, you should expect to be bitten.
The EU is just as guilty as Zelenskyy IMO. They should have known the shitstorm they were causing. It's incredible how:
Albania: Applied in 2009
Montenegro: Applied in 2008
North Macedonia: Applied in 2004
Serbia: Applied in 2009
Turkey: Applied in 1987
And the EU has dragged its feet, and yet when Ukraine applied, it was almost fast-tracked.
I don't really care if people hate Putin, or think he's a dictator or evil incarnate. Folk need to take a moment and look at it from the Russian point of view. This is an expansion towards Moscow as far as they are concerned.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ #Labour ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ!
Where did I put my surprised face?
news.sky.com/story/mike-amesbuโฆ
Mike Amesbury: MP jailed for punching constituent in street walks free after appealing prison sentence
The 55-year-old punched his constituent several times and was heard shouting: "You won't threaten your MP again will you, you f****** soft lad?"Alix Culbertson (Sky News)
This proves that leaders are indeed a bunch of feckless kids.
European politicians, including Friedrich Merz of Germany, said that Europe needs to work towards independence from America politico.eu/article/friedrich-โฆ and then next thing the UK's Kier Starmer says that Donald Trump, i.e. America needs to play a firm role in Europe. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c625ex282zโฆ
What a bunch of headless chickens! ๐ ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ
Starmer says US needs security role in Ukraine to deter Putin as he prepares to meet Trump - follow live
Meanwhile the US president says Europe should provide the security guarantees after any ceasefire deal with Russia.BBC News
This is literally Brexit delivering on its promises
At least, it's Keir delivering on Brexiter's promises.
The problem with the UK, and I don't think it is 'Party' specific, is that we still think we have the standing and the strength to influence other countries like the Americans can, which means we are shocked when Europeans don't take any notice of what we say or do for that matter hence the reason we are bending over backwards for Ukraine in the vein hope someone in Europe says "Good old Briton, you can always rely on them." It's also amazing that we have been running our military into the ground for the last ninety years. Starmer's announcement has probably been the first increase in funding for decades.
Of course, nobody is saying: "Hang on a minute. I thought we had a ยฃ22 Billion black hole?
They're all a bunch of liars."
It's incredible how people can change their minds when you threaten to turn off the gravy train.
"When you've got'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."
aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/2โฆ
Trump says Ukraineโs Zelenskyy to sign โvery bigโ minerals deal
US president says he expects Ukrainian leader to sign agreement to jointly develop natural resources on Friday.Al Jazeera
This happens under #Labour, and nobody says a word. If it had happened under a #Conservative government, the press and TV news would be screaming, "Tories attack the NHS!" remember, children, it's not about what you like but who you like.
independent.co.uk/news/health/โฆ
Amanda Pritchard resigns after MPs said she lacked drive to reform ailing NHS
Wes Streeting said there must now be a โnew relationshipโ between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS EnglandMillie Cooke (The Independent)
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: My graphics card has stopped working.
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: We'll reinstall the driver.
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: That didn't work.
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: Hang on, how are you getting a desktop?
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: The one screen works but not the other.
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: So the card is working?
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: I kicked the cable, and now the one screen doesn't work.
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: So reinstalling the driver was pointless, you may have damaged the port.
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: I'll buy another card from Amazon.
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: Umm? OK.
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: I fitted the new card, and that doesn't work either!
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: What?
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: Only one screen works!
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: I'm coming to you tomorrow, I'll need to physically see it.
๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: It's working now.
I bet he'd pulled the cable out of the monitor, or he hadn't pushed the cable in enough. ๐ ๐คฆ๐
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Free breakfast clubs launch in 750 schools within weeks - helping deprived kids
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson tells The Mirror the rollout of free breakfast clubs will soon begin to help struggling families and kids held back by scarring impact of povertyThe Mirror
People really need to understand what's going on. Zelenskyy's offer of resignation is worthless! The whole reason for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is to stop Ukraine from joining the EU! Zelenskyy, to Putin, is probably irrelevant. His reason for invading is to ensure a buffer zone between Russia and the European allies.
Putin is the aggressor and possibly a dictator, but Zelenskyy is a trouble maker imo.
theguardian.com/world/2025/febโฆ
Zelenskyy says he would โquit for peaceโ as he refuses US demand for Ukraine minerals
Ukrainian president says US military aid was a โgrantโ rather than a debt but adds that he wants Trump to be โon our sideโLuke Harding (The Guardian)
That's not a very good example. Churchill came to power eight months after the war was declared and was given the push the moment the war was won. He spent most of his time begging other countries, especially America, to join in. "Come on in, the wars lovely."
Churchill was lucky that Roosevelt agreed to defeat Germany first rather than the country that had attacked them.
There's no nobility in death, just death.
Churchill warned about Hitler for years but the Tories listened to those who said Mr. Hitler was 'a sound fellow' we could trust. He came to power when events proved he'd been right all along.
Winston made very dodgy decisions before WW2. He set the British Army on striking miners, the example Maggie followed with the police, right after giving them a big pay rise.
You mean the NUM that took money from Gadaffi? Miners who terrorised their own community, some of whom were simply trying to survive. Bussing in 5000 men at Orgreave is not a strike; it's a declaration of war.
Anyway
You and I grew up in a world where we were indoctrinated with the view that the Communists, aka the Russians, were evil and wanted to destroy us all. We were told that while the UK and France could lob a couple of ICBMs at Smolensk, it was the Americans who truly kept us safe in our beds. I'd far rather have the US and Russia friends than at each other's throats.
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I'm not convinced Europe will ever treat us as equals or treat us fairly, for that matter. I'm gobsmacked that people are willing to hand over their country to Brussels so that they can glide through customs for two weeks in Ibiza.
I asked many people at the time of the vote why they believed so firmly that the European Union was good for Britain. None of them gave me very good reasons; they all seemed to have pretty unimportant personal benefits, such as the ability to take Benji the dog with them or work abroad while retaining British citizenship. Until, of course, Brussels does away with that, and we all become EU citizens.
I did vote to remain, mainly because I hoped the referendum may have given the EU a wake-up call to the extent they changed their disrespectful attitude. I never imagined that we would actually leave. It'll be at least twenty years before they allow us back, and even if they did, I guarantee they would punish us because France, for example, is very vindictive.
theguardian.com/world/2025/febโฆ
โNow is the time of monstersโ: young Berliners despair at far-right surge
Alternative fรผr Deutschland projected to finish second in federal election with about 20% of the voteAshifa Kassam (The Guardian)
Oh no!
mastodon.org.uk is down.
I've been reading a book!
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ
Processes how the brain distinguishes between "us" and "them" in social contexts. A key brain region involved in this is the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which plays a role in social cognition, including distinguishing between in-groups and out-groups.
๐๐บ๐๐ด๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ: Involved in emotional reactions and threat detection, often more active when perceiving out-group members.
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ (๐๐๐): Helps regulate conflict and bias between in-groups and out-groups.
๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ท๐๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐ง๐ฃ๐): Important for perspective-taking and understanding social differences.
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Are we really going to send British troops to shoot Russians? I mean, it's a nice sabre-rattling gesture, but do we really want to risk starting a full-blown war? I wonder what Russian mothers or the Russian people will think when their sons are shot by 3 Para or whichever regiments we send?
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/fโฆ
Starmer ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if peace deal reached
It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about sending British peacekeepers to UkraineNadeem Badshah (The Guardian)
I have no qualms about legitimate, legal entry immigration. The more taxpayers, the merrier, in my book. I have no time or patience for illegals.
I'm not sure if I can draw my line in the sand any firmer.
Amazing! Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, three years on, and suddenly, Europe can get off its arse and look like they're doing something. This has nothing to do with peace, defeating the Russians or potentially brokering a deal and everything to do with "Whose in charge!"
Europe, including the UK, is an utter joke! They all want American money, troops and support, yet when America decides it's time to stop the squabbling, everyone starts throwing a tantrum.
#ukraine #PresidentTrump
Zelensky will sabotage any negotiations that doesn't involve joining the EU.
Anyone in favour of this idea is a moron because Europe might just as well declare war now. Happy WW III. Never mind global warming; there'll be no Western Hemisphere to worry about once the nukes start flying.
theguardian.com/world/live/202โฆ
Zelenskyy calls for European army as Germany hits back at US over Vance tirade โ as it happened
โOur army alone is not enough, we need your support,โ Ukraineโs president tells Munich security conferenceHamish Mackay (The Guardian)
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