Morning. Angela Skujins holding the pen for you this Tuesday, where two major news stories are set to dominate the day.
What is expected to be a turbulent North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit starts in the Turkish capital and a court in Paris will chart the course of France’s 2027 presidential election.
First, NATO.
My colleague Shona Murray is on the ground in Ankara and reports that US President Donald Trump’s criticisms of NATO threaten to overshadow the meeting, though they have been par for the course during his presidency.
The fundamental disagreements are steeped in divisions over the start, prolongation and attempted mediation efforts over the US war in Iran, and the US President’s continued desire to acquire Greenland, the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
