European nations are preparing countermeasures to Donald Trump's "blackmail," Germany's Vice Chancellor, Lars Klingbeil, said Monday. Klingbeil said Europe would respond "with a united, clear" response to the US president's threat of tariffs against eight countries for their opposition to his aim of acquiring Greenland, a Danish-owned, semiautonomous Arctic territory.
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace brings his country closer to military conflict "than any time since World War II". But it's not just Russian aggression causing major headaches for European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen - she's also facing backlash over her U-turn on Gaza, with many calling the latest sanctions on Israel too little, too late.
During the national ceremony marking 80 years since liberation from Nazi occupation, pro-Palestinian protesters momentarily disrupted the event, calling for 'Free Palestine' before being escorted away by police.