President Donald Trump has said he is disappointed with Nato at a summit of the alliance in Ankara on Tuesday as he called again for US control over Greenland. “I was very disappointed with Nato, and frankly, if it weren’t held in Turkey, where my friend happens to be a very strong leader, a very strong person, it’s possible that I wouldn’t have attended,” he told reporters. “I felt I had to attend because of the fact that, you know, I know he’s gone all out.”After uproar over the issue earlier this year, he reiterated that Greenland “should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark. Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine “belongs in Nato” as he pleaded with the alliance to urgently supply it with air defence supplies. He added that Europe urgently needs to develop its own anti-ballistic missile production “urgently” and cannot wait till 2030, but needs the weapons “today”. “Please help us get more air defence missiles,” he said asking for support for Kyiv. “We are capable of doing everything else ourselves.”He mentioned Patriot missiles, which are the only weapon that can ​shoot ⁠down ballistic projectiles. US establishes energy framework with Japan and Korea on sidelines of NATO summitThe trilateral cooperation agreement was agreed to by Secretary Marco Rubio and his Korean and Japanese counterparts on the margins of the summit to "advance our mutual security interests and paves the way for partner countries to meet their energy security needs," the US State Department announced in a press release Tuesday.The memorandum of understanding between the three countries is aimed at accelerating deployment of advanced nuclear reactors in other countries, initially focusing on the Indo-Pacific region.The release said the US is also committing more than $10 million in new funding for a State Department program aimed at providing technical support to relevant countries.Holly Evans7 July 2026 21:00Nato allies will be ‘disturbed’ by UK’s defence investment plan, ex-chief saysThe latest scandal to envelop Monaco reads like a bad thriller. Vadym Yermolaiev, who is linked with various dodgy business dealings in Russia before he became a Cypriot resident, was the victim of a parcel bomb planted in the foyer of his apartment building in the district of La Rousse. The homemade device was deposited minutes before it struck him and his mistress (who, according to French media, lost both her legs) and their 13-year-old son. All are currently in hospital. Interpol named a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine, Anastasiia Berezovska, as the suspect.She has now been found shot dead in Kyiv, according to a Ukrainska Pravda report. The report says that two individuals have been detained in connection with the case. One is an active officer of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, while the other is a former law enforcement officer.Read the full analysis here: Holly Evans7 July 2026 20:30Nato allies will be ‘disturbed’ by UK’s defence investment plan, ex-chief saysBritain’s allies will be “disturbed” by the UK’s defence investment plan – and relations between Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump at the Nato summit “may well be quite frosty”, Lord Robertson has said.The former Labour defence secretary and key Government adviser said lengthy delays to the now-published blueprint for future-proofing the UK’s armed forces would have “dismayed” partners in the military bloc.Meanwhile, General Sir Richard Barrons – who with Lord Robertson co-authored a major review which informs the plan – suggested the new government needed to act before recess to speed up delivery by engaging with the City to unlock private sector support.The two men appeared alongside one another on Tuesday for an evidence session of the Commons Defence Committee, where they were questioned about delays to the defence investment plan (Dip).Keir Starmer arriving at the Nato summit in Ankara (AFP/Getty)The Dip was meant to deliver the vision set out in Lord Robertson and Sir Richard’s strategic defence review (SDR) and was originally due last year, but it was published last week after wrangling within Government over the amount of funding required to fund the military.Lord Robertson, a former Nato secretary general, told MPs: “I think our allies are dismayed at how long it has taken to go from the SDR, which they thought was brilliantly, brilliantly done and an ideal model designed to inspire them as well as to intimidate our enemies, and therefore the delay in putting the flesh on the bones of that, I think, would have confused them as well.“So, the Prime Minister is in Ankara today at the Nato summit and he’ll be sitting tomorrow morning beside President Trump in alphabetical order around the North Atlantic Council table, and I think relations may well be quite frosty, and the allies round the table, who are all stepping up to the mark, and who are all now spending more on defence, and of course some of the bigger countries, like Germany and Poland, are spending considerably more than we are spending.“I think the delay and the reality will have disturbed and made uncomfortable a lot of our allies who have expected more of the United Kingdom, given that we have always claimed to have a leading role in Nato.”Holly Evans7 July 2026 20:00UK general to take over key Nato command as alliance rebalances towards EuropeA British general has been appointed to a key Nato command as the alliance shifts to a more European focus under pressure from Donald Trump.Lieutenant General Nick Perry will take over Nato’s US-based Joint Forces Command (JFC) in Norfolk, Virginia, in September.He will be the first British officer to command JFC Norfolk, a role usually undertaken by an American, and will be responsible for Nato’s operations in the High North and the Arctic, where the UK’s Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed.The switch comes as European allies take over more leadership roles within the alliances, with Italy assuming command of JFC Naples and Germany and Poland sharing leadership of a third JFC in Brunssum, in the Netherlands.The announcement of Lt Gen Perry’s appointment on Tuesday came as Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Ankara, Turkey, for a Nato summit set to be dominated by further rows about defence spending and questions about America’s commitment to the alliance.Holly Evans7 July 2026 19:30‘You’re not going to have a Europe anymore’: Trump commandeers Erdogan’s Turkey Q&A and warns NATO over immigrationPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Nato members as he threatened to pull American troops from Europe over the high levels of non-white immigration to European countries.The president was nearing the tail-end of a marathon press conference alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he was asked about negotiations over whether the Danish territory Greenland could be “given” to the United States — something Greenlandic and Danish authorities have rejected.He told reporters that the Greenland row, which nearly blew up last year’s Nato summit, had “hurt my relationship with Nato” and claimed Denmark “doesn’t help Greenland.”The Independent’s White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg reports: Maira Butt7 July 2026 19:00UK and the Netherlands sign new $3.2 billion maritime partnershipBritish and Dutch forces will be equipped ⁠with new amphibious transport ships under ⁠a £2.4 billion ($3.2 ​billion) maritime ⁠partnership signed on ⁠Tuesday, the British ​government said."Combining ⁠the ‌UK's industrial expertise with The Netherlands’ ‌design and sea-faring ‌experience to deliver first-rate platforms ⁠for our elite amphibious forces, this partnership will strengthen NATO," Prime Minister Keir ‌Starmer - who is ​attending ‌the NATO ⁠summit in ⁠Turkey - said in ‌the statement.Holly Evans7 July 2026 18:52US tells Nato that spending must increase ‘immediately’ or alliance will face consequencesThe Trump administration has warned that Nato allies must step up defence spending “immediately” or face the consequences ahead of a summit with the military alliance this week.“Some allies are doing more than others. Poland, the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries lead the way,” he said.“But many others are lagging behind, and President Trump expects all allies to step up immediately and not only get on a sustainable path to the 5 per cent [of GDP spent on defence] but to get to 5 per cent as soon as possible.”James C Reynolds reports: Maira Butt7 July 2026 18:00Nato backs Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes to force Putin to negotiate, says Finnish PMNato leaders back Ukraine’s campaign of long-range strikes deep inside Russia as it looks to pressure Moscow back into negotiations, Finnish president Alexander Stubb has said.Kyiv is in the “best” position it has been in since the war began and Ukraine’s long distance strikes on Russian oil and military infrastructure have changed US strategic thinking on the war, significantly strengthening Ukraine’s negotiating position, Mr Stubb told the Financial Times.“I think that [all Nato leaders] understand why Ukraine is doing this,” he said, speaking on the eve of the Nato leaders’ summit in Ankara. “Everyone believes that we need to continue to increase the pressure.”Alex Croft reports: Maira Butt7 July 2026 17:00Ukraine steps up strikes on Russian 'shadow fleet' tankersUkrainian drones have attacked a dozen tankers from Russia's "shadow fleet" over the past two days that were delivering fuel to Crimea, Kyiv's military said, as it intensifies efforts to isolate the Russian-occupied peninsula.In a statement on Tuesday, Ukraine's drone forces said they had struck eight sanctioned vessels in the Sea of Azov each with a deadweight of around 7,000 metric tons. Two more tankers were hit later in the day, they added.The strikes followed attacks on two other shadow-fleet vessels in the same area a day earlier, according to the drone forces. The Sea of Azov is a key supply route for Russian forces in Crimea and other occupied parts of southern Ukraine.Maira Butt7 July 2026 16:30The countries that spend the most on Nato - and who needs to do moreEurope finds itself in an increasingly precarious position amid the ongoing threat posed by Vladimir Putin and the withdrawal of US military support - and data suggests that defence spending has not kept up.The dual risk posed by a belligerent Russia and a disengaged Washington has underlined the need to develop the continent’s military independence, European allies have said.Nato chief Mark Rutte has insisted that “Europeans are already backfilling what the US cannot any longer promise” in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.Those shortages include midair re-fuelers and long-range strategic bombers that the US has in abundance, but is in worryingly low stock in Europe.Maira Butt7 July 2026 16:00