The Greens have recorded their best general election performance yet, and will likely win 7% of the vote across Great Britain, increasing their seats from one to four.
The French president said that if a European force protecting a ceasefire in Ukraine came under attack, it would "respond to it"."If there was again a generalised aggression against Ukrainian soil, these armies would be under attack, and then it's our usual framework of engagement," he said.
"Our soldiers, when they are engaged and deployed, are there to react and respond to the decisions of the commander in chief and, if they are in a conflict situation, to respond to it."The UK and France are leading efforts to send a force to Ukraine to deter any future Russian aggression in the event of a ceasefire.Starmer reiterated on Thursday that Parliament should have a say on deploying troops.
European leaders put on a show of unity in Paris. In reality many have already ruled out sending troops to Ukraine.Countries including Finland and Poland feel under direct threat from Russia and feel their troops need to protect their own borders. Others fear deploying soldiers would be a deeply unpopular decision at home.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – who has repeatedly expressed her scepticism at the Franco-British plan – has been working to put forward an "alternative" option which would see soldiers serve in Ukraine exclusively as part of a United Nations military contingent.
European officials say that under any peace settlement, Ukraine's first line of defence against any future Russian attack would be its own army.In 2023, Sir Paul and Beatles drummer Sir Ringo Starr used AI to extract the vocals from an unfinished demo left by John Lennon to
The song, billed as the Beatles' final release, drew widespread praise and has been nominated for two Grammys and a Brit award."I think AI is great, and it can do lots of great things," Sir Paul said.
"We took an old cassette of John's and cleaned his voice up so it sounded like it had just been recorded yesterday. So it has its uses."But it shouldn't rip creative people off. There's no sense in that."