PM calls leaders after EU commits to boost defence

SIR Keir Starmer has spoken to EU chiefs after the bloc committed to bolstering European defences in the face of reduced US security support.

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The Prime Minister had a phone call with the leaders of Canada, Norway, Turkey and Iceland as well as European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa. Downing Street said it was primarily to provide an update on Thursday's EU Council meeting yesterday, during which the leaders of EU countries backed moves to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security.

Overnight, US President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty that America would come to the aid of other countries in the Nato alliance if they do not meet military spending targets.