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of european leeches and the allies in london on sunday. they agreed to increase the ministry budgets on please to crane's defences, through economic and ministry age malayna. this'll end of its reports from london amerigroup as the president, another day. another venue and another one greeting. guess tom, a well coming for letting me have the lens key to a summit of european vetoes in london with canada and tuck it in. attendance to a peace deal for ukraine was the top of the agenda, the leading that effort of the u. k. and phones with the british prime minister announcing what he called a coalition of the willing to guarantee peace. but you pay is prepared to practice with boots on the ground of planes. and yet, together with all this, europe must do the heavy lifting to put to support peace in our folks in order to succeed. this efforts must have strong us back. we are at a crossroads in history today. this is not a moment for multiple. it's time to at time to step up and lead on to unite around a new plot for a just enjoying face. a new sense of urgency prompted by shifting alliance, while the european need a meeting here in london will hav

the ministry of defence has announced . that announcement announced. that announcement from the ministry of defence comes as sir keir starmer, speaking in the northwest of england, said it said it would be a, quote, big mistake to think that quote, all we've got to do is wait for a deal now between ukraine and russia, adding that the united kingdom will play a leading part in terms of defence and security. european union leaders are gathering in brussels today to discuss ukraine and the threat of russia, with president macron and president zelenskyy meeting this morning. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, spoke to gb news katherine forster a short time ago. >> we've enjoyed 80 years of peace and we've enjoyed 80 years of peace because we've had such a close relationship with the united states. we are closer than any other country to the united states when it comes to our defence, our security, our intelligence sharing. and we've worked with our european partners within nato, which is the most important alliance the world has ever seen. and we've neve

but we are joined by retired army officer and a middle east adviser at the ministry of defence, sir simoning us. >> us. >> good evening simon. >> good evening simon. >> so what do you make of this meeting and the things that came out of it? so keeping the military aid flowing, for example, is that the right move? >> yes, it is absolutely right. and we�*ve got a short, medium and we've got a short, medium and long term problem. the short term problem is, of course, keeping the ukrainians in the fight, keeping russia at bay, keeping pressure on russia. the short the medium term, of course, is working out what a peace deal looks like and then what is required from a coalition of the willing nato miners, eu plus or any number of combinations and where the combinations. and where the americans stand on that to make sure any peace deal is, is supported. and then of course, it's just the linkage. and this is where one has got to be. it's is where one has got to be. it�*s easy to be critical about the americans, but they are drawn hugely to the issue they have with china. they�*re looking at iran