Can Starmer Bridge the Gap Between Trump and Europe?
European leaders have called an emergency summit over the war in Ukraine.
February 16, 2025
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February 16, 2025
Can Starmer Bridge the Gap Between Trump and Europe?
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<p>Today, Victoria and Paddy are joined by Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt to discuss the latest developments between the UK, US and EU. The UK government has set out a road map to increase defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP, as Starmer seeks to build a “bridge” between Trump and Europe. An emergency summit is being planned by Europe‘s leaders, as the US and Russia prepare for separate peace talks in Saudi Arabia next week.</p><p>You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/NbuxWnmY
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Paddy O'Connell. It was made by George Dabby with Nancy Geddes. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.</p>
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