The commission\u2019s deputy chief spokesperson Arianna Podest\u00e0<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have a specific time frame<\/strong> [that] I can share with you on this. It also depends on the timing of the meeting, length, et cetera, time differences, but our understanding is indeed that there will be a debrief.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n EU sees no justificiation for Chinese sanctions on Lithuanian banks Separately, the EU has said it sees no justification for China to sanction two Lithuanian banks in retaliation against the bloc\u2019s sanctions on two Chinese banks<\/strong> as part of the 18th package of sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t believe those countermeasures have any justification<\/strong> and therefore we call on China to remove them now,\u201d said EU spokesperson Olof Gill.<\/strong><\/p>\n He said the EU was continuing discussions with China about the sanctions<\/strong> on the banks which came into force on 9 August.<\/p>\n China took countermeasures against two banks in the European Union, in response to the bloc placing two Chinese financial institutions on a Russia-related sanctions list, its commerce ministry said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Effective immediately, Lithuanian banks UAB Urbo Bankas<\/strong> and AB Mano Bankas<\/strong> were banned from carrying out transactions and cooperation with organisations and individuals within China, the ministry\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>EU gets new proposals from US on trade arrangements, continues to work to progress text<\/p>\n For days, we have been waiting for progress to be made on the EU-US trade deal<\/strong> agreed politically by Trump and EU\u2019s von der Leyen<\/strong> in Scotland, and been expecting a \u201cjoint statement\u201d taking it further towards a legally binding text.<\/p>\n EU trade spokesperson Olof Gill<\/strong> has just confirmed there is a bit of progress on that<\/strong> as he said:<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m now happy to confirm that we have received a text from the US with their suggestions for, let\u2019s say, getting closer to that final finalisation of the document.<\/strong><\/p>\n So we\u2019re going to look at that now. We\u2019ll have some engagement at both technical and political level with our American counterparts.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n He added<\/p>\n \u201cWe are now going to invest our substantial high-level skills from this house into transmitting our final views to the US, and then it will be over to them again to get it over the line.<\/p>\n I know it\u2019s tedious for you all that I\u2019m saying repeatedly we are close, [but] that\u2019s the factual analysis of the matter. We are close, we just need to get these final tweaks over the line.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a>Putin holds meeting with top officials to prepare for Trump, praising ‘sincere efforts’ from US to end Ukraine war<\/p>\n We are also getting a bit more on the Russian preparations for the summit in Alaska, with Tass reporting that president Vladimir Putin held a meeting with some of the country\u2019s top officials to prepare for the meeting with Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n Reuters reported that following the meeting, Putin said the US administration was making \u201csincere efforts\u201d to resolve the Ukraine conflict<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Russian president also reportedly suggested Moscow and Washington could reach a deal on nuclear arms control<\/strong> that could strengthen peace.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>EU ‘welcomes’ suggestion US could join in providing security guarantees for Ukraine<\/p>\n The commission\u2019s spokesperson also said the EU \u201cwelcomed\u201d the indication from the US president, Donald Trump, on yesterday\u2019s call that the US could participate in providing security guarantees for Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked if it was down to the bloc\u2019s lobbying, she said:<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t matter exactly how he arrived to this point. <\/p>\n The important aspect is that the US has said that they are willing to do so.<\/strong> And of course, we very much welcome all efforts that will guarantee the possibility for Ukraine to be in a solid position to defend itself. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a>Trump will debrief Ukraine, EU after his meeting with Putin, EU says<\/p>\n In the last few minutes, the European Commission <\/strong>said that the EU\u2019s understanding was that \u201cPresident Trump will debrief president Zelensky and European leaders following his bilateral meeting\u201d with Putin<\/strong> on Alaska.<\/p>\n The commission\u2019s deputy chief spokesperson Arianna Podest\u00e0<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have a specific time frame<\/strong> [that] I can share with you on this. It also depends on the timing of the meeting, length, et cetera, time differences, but our understanding is indeed that there will be a debrief.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a>Finland’s Stubb praised for ‘unexpected bond’ with Trump that helps Europe get its points across<\/p>\n Separately, the Wall Street Journal highlighted<\/a> the importance of another leader playing a critical role in getting US president Trump to understand the European position<\/strong> a bit better.<\/p>\n Finnish president Alexander Stubb<\/strong> has \u201cformed an unexpected bond\u201d with Trump, WSJ said, after meeting with the US president for golf, with the pair regularly chatting on the phone ever since.<\/strong><\/p>\n President Donald Trump, third from right, flanked by first lady Melania Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, front row left, and Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, second left, attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia\/AP<\/p>\n Playing golf with Trump \u201cvaulted the little-known Stubb into a back-channel role with the US president,\u201d<\/strong> WSJ said, making him \u201ca key conduit for European officials seeking to influence\u201d the US position ahead of this Friday\u2019s high-stakes summit with Putin.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople know that we Finns don\u2019t have a hidden agenda, and we\u2019re also quite blunt.<\/strong> I can communicate what Europeans or Zelensky think to Trump, and then I can communicate what Trump thinks to my European colleagues,\u201d he told WSJ.<\/p>\n Influential Republican senator Lindsey Graham<\/strong> is said to speak with Stubb even twice a day, confirming to the paper that they would regularly text each other,<\/strong> \u201cgetting insight about what\u2019s going on, giving advice.\u201d<\/p>\n In a revealing paragraph, the WSJ said:<\/p>\n \u201cTheir contacts have become so frequent that Finnish diplomats in Washington joke that instead of reporting developments in Washington to Helsinki they were hearing about it from the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n You can read the WSJ\u2019s profile in full here.<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a>Germany’s Merz gets measured praise for Ukraine diplomacy, but Nato’s Rutte gets most credit in Berlin<\/p>\n German chancellor Friedrich Merz\u2019s stab at heading up Ukraine diplomacy has received measured praise at home<\/strong>, with a perception that Donald Trump\u2019s declarations after Wednesday\u2019s video conference sounded slightly less alarming to European ears than before.<\/p>\n Screenshot of the call of the Coalition of the Willing on 13 August, involving US VP JD Vance, published by the Luxembourgish PM Luc Frieden. Photograph: Luc Frieden\/X<\/p>\n News outlet Der Spiegel<\/strong> has a multi-sourced play-by-play from the call<\/a> initiated by Merz in which it credits the much-criticised Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, with making the penny drop for Trump on a key point.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rutte received flak in June<\/strong> after a Nato summit at which he showered the US president with compliments over his actions on Iran and bizarrely referred to him as \u201cdaddy\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n More recently he raised eyebrows<\/strong> by acknowledging even before Friday\u2019s summit that Ukraine may ultimately have to accept de facto Russian control over parts of its occupied territory as part of a future peace agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Spiegel said participants hailed Rutte\u2019s constructive role in the talks with Trump on Wednesday<\/strong>, using clear, direct language to explain that if Russia were allowed to permanently control cities in the eastern Donbas as part of a land swap, it would open up \u201ca motorway to Kyiv\u201d for Russian troops to take control of the capital.<\/p>\n Participants recounted watching the \u201clight go on\u201d for Trump,<\/strong> who then reportedly conveyed he did not intend to negotiate territorial concessions.<\/p>\n US president Donald Trump meets with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House last month. Photograph: Nathan Howard\/Reuters<\/p>\n Spiegel quoted members of Merz\u2019s team as saying that they were \u201crelieved\u201d by the \u201cvery constructive\u201d tone taken by Trump and his vice-president JD Vance.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Ukrainian delegation<\/strong>, which was present in the room when Merz and (president Volodymyr) Zelenskyy spoke with Trump on the phone, is said to have applauded loudly at the end of the conversation,<\/strong>\u201d Spiegel said.<\/p>\n German officials had sought to impose discipline on participants to accommodate Trump\u2019s limited attention span:<\/strong> \u201cA clear structure was planned for the approximately one-hour telephone call: Merz would present his case concisely, the others would respond briefly, and there would be no lengthy monologues,\u201d the officials told Spiegel.<\/p>\n Zelenskyy<\/strong> was also strongly encouraged \u201cnot to allow himself to be provoked\u201d<\/strong> by the Americans to avoid any repeat of February\u2019s disastrous Oval Office clash<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cZelenskyy followed this advice,\u201d<\/strong> participants told Spiegel.<\/p>\n Merz\u2019s aides hailed the fact Trump reiterated some of their key points:<\/strong> the meeting in Alaska was only a kind of preliminary discussion, and only after that could proper peace negotiations take place, in which the Ukrainian president would also have to participate.<\/p>\n The Europeans had previously told Trump Putin would only budge if the US increased the pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTrump listens to whoever talks to him last:<\/strong> for now, this little psychological trick seems to be working,\u201d Spiegel said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Kremlin looks to go beyond ‘peace deal,’ hopes for reset in US-Russia relations \u2014 snap analysis The new details of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska suggest the Kremlin is seeking to go beyond talks over a \u201cpeace deal\u201d in Ukraine<\/strong> and is looking for a comprehensive reset of US-Russia relations.<\/p>\n A view shows the Kremlin’s towers and the Grand Kremlin Palace in central Moscow, Russia. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina\/Reuters<\/p>\n The two sides have met several times since Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House in January, with bilateral talks led by the US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Riyadh. This broader agenda appears to be on the table again<\/strong>, with Russia keen to stress the benefit of joint commercial opportunities.<\/p>\n Russia has previously indicated it wants to cooperate with the US in a number of areas.<\/strong> They include trade, minerals, oil, and the Arctic. In return for deals with US oil majors, say, it is likely to demand the lifting of sanctions on key Russian businesses and oligarchs.<\/p>\n Any weakening by Trump of US sanctions on Russia will dismay Ukraine and its European allies.<\/strong><\/p>\n They will also be anxious about a joint Trump-Vladimir Putin press conference.<\/strong> At their last infamous appearance together in Helsinki in 2018, Trump said Russia had not interfered in the 2016 US presidential election \u2013 which it had.<\/p>\n One interesting figure in Russia\u2019s delegation is Kirill Dmitriev<\/strong>, an investment banker and the head of Russia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund. Dmitriev \u2013 a fluent English speaker \u2013 has escorted Steve Witkoff<\/strong>, Trump\u2019s special envoy, on his several trips to Moscow.<\/p>\n Dmitriev is the Kremlin\u2019s Witkoff whisperer.<\/strong> His job is to convince the White House that Russia is serious about \u201cpeace\u201d in Ukraine and that Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> is the obstacle to it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Zelenskyy visits Starmer in London \u2014 in picturesBritain’s prime minister Keir Starmer, left, walks with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the garden of 10 Downing Street in London. Photograph: Ben Stansall\/APBritain’s prime minister Keir Starmer talks with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the garden of 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain. Photograph: Ben Stansall\/ReutersUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the garden of number 10 Downing Street, London. Photograph: Ben Stansall\/PA<\/p>\n For more on the visit, follow our UK blog:<\/p>\n (I know, this No10 mug is really cool, but it doesn\u2019t appear that it\u2019s in open sales \u2013 a quick Google tells me<\/a> it was commissioned \u2018years ago\u2019 and meant as a gift for foreign leaders visiting London. So if you want one, you need to get elected somewhere, I suppose.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a>More details on Trump-Putin talks emerge, with plans for joint press conference<\/p>\n We are getting a bit more details about the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska<\/strong>, coming from the Russian side, via Reuters.<\/p>\n A stuffed bear greets visitors at a shop along 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Photograph: Richard Ellis\/Alamy<\/p>\n The meeting will begin 11:30am local time in Alaska, so 20:30 BST, 21:30 CEST.<\/strong><\/p>\n Yuri Ushakov<\/strong>, the Kremlin\u2019s foreign policy adviser and former Russian ambassador to the US, briefed the media that the two presidents will have a \u201cone on one meeting\u201d with translators<\/strong>, but also hold a \u201cwider meeting\u201d with delegations and a working breakfast.<\/p>\n Ushakov said that Ukraine will be the \u201ccentral topic\u201d of the conversation, but the pair will also discuss trade and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n The Russian delegation will include foreign minister Sergei Lavrov,<\/strong> defence minister Andrey Belousov<\/strong>, finance minister Anton Siluanov<\/strong>, head of Russian sovereign fund Kirill Dmitriev<\/strong>, and Ushakov, he said.<\/p>\n The two leaders are also expected to give a joint press conference<\/strong> at the end of the summit, he said, which should be a big, big moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.31 EDT<\/p>\n Big hug from Starmer for Zelenskyy in another show of solidarity, but Kyiv has no illusions about Trump – snap analysis Speaking on BBC News<\/p>\n It\u2019s interesting seeing those images<\/strong>, because you\u2019ll remember after <\/strong>that<\/strong> Oval Office meeting, the first place that President Zelensky came to was London, and there was a big demonstrative hug by Keir Starmer<\/strong>, the prime minister, of Zelensky, a sort of show of solidarity after a bruising encounter with Trump and JD Vance.<\/p>\n British prime minister Keir Starmer welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain. Photograph: Isabel Infantes\/Reuters<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think Zelensky can trust Donald Trump.<\/strong> The Ukrainians<\/strong>, since that disastrous episode, have been doing everything they can to basically \u2026 fix relations with America,<\/strong> with Washington, and that strategy has played out, and we have to sort of see where they are tomorrow.<\/p>\n But I think if Trump ends up, after his meeting with Putin, blaming Zelenskyy for the war,<\/strong> suggesting he is the problem, the obstacle to peace, the obstacle to a ceasefire and meaningful progress, no one in Kyiv will be surprised by that.<\/strong><\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.55 EDT<\/p>\n Zelenskyy arrives at Downing Street for talks with Starmer<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> has just arrived at Downing Street for talks with UK prime minister Keir Starmer,<\/strong> who greeted him with a big hug.<\/p>\n The pair briefly chatted outside the reach of microphones, and did not respond to any questions shouted by reporters.<\/p>\n His most senior aide, Andriy Yermak<\/strong>, was also seen as part of the Ukrainian delegation going into the building.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Spain wildfires are \u2018clear warning\u2019 of climate emergency, minister says<\/p>\n Sam Jones<\/strong> in Madrid, Helena Smith<\/strong> in Athens and agencies<\/p>\n The heatwave-fuelled wildfires<\/a><\/strong> that have killed three people in Spain over recent days, devouring thousands of hectares of land and forcing thousands of people from their homes, are<\/strong> a \u201cclear warning\u201d of the impact of the climate emergency, the country\u2019s environment minister has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n People run by a burnt area during a wildfire near the village of Larouco, in the province of Ourense, in northwestern Spain. Photograph: AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Speaking on Wednesday morning, as firefighters in Spain, Greece<\/a> and other Mediterranean countries continued to battle dozens of blazes, Sara Aagesen said the 14 wildfires still burning across seven Spanish regions were further proof of the country\u2019s particular vulnerability to global heating.<\/strong><\/p>\n Aagesen said that while some of the fires appeared to have been started deliberately, the deadly blazes were a clear indicator of the climate emergency<\/strong> and of the need for better preparation and prevention.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fires are one of the parts of the impact of that climate change<\/strong>, which is why we have to do all we can when it comes to prevention,\u201d she told Cadena Ser radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOur country is especially vulnerable to climate change.<\/strong> We have resources now but, given that the scientific evidence and the general expectation point to it having an ever greater impact, we need to work to reinforce and professionalise those resources.\u201d<\/p>\n The Spanish government on Wednesday said it has asked the European Union for its help,<\/strong> in particular for two water-bombing planes. \u201cWe officially asked tonight\u201d for the assistance, interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told Cadena Ser.<\/p>\n Neighbouring Portugal deployed more than 2,100 firefighters and 20 aircraft against five big blazes<\/strong>, with efforts focused on a fire in the central municipality of Trancoso that has raged since Saturday.<\/p>\n Strong gusts of wind had rekindled flames overnight and threatened nearby villages<\/strong>, where television images showed local people volunteering to help firefighters under a thick cloud of smoke.<\/p>\n A woman watches as smoke billows from a forested area during a wildfire in the municipality of Arganil, central Portugal. Photograph: Paulo Cunha\/EPA<\/p>\n In Greece, which requested EU aerial assistance on Tuesday, close to 5,000 firefighters were battling blazes fanned by gale-force winds nationwide.<\/strong> Authorities said emergency workers were waging a \u201ca titanic battle\u201d to douse flames still raging through the western Peloponnese, in Epirus farther north, and on the islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Chios, where thousands of residents and tourists have been evacuated from homes and hotels.<\/p>\n Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire near the city of Patras, western Greece on August 13, 2025. Greece. Photograph: Aris Messinis\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Local media reported the wildfires had decimated houses, farms and factories and forced people to flee. Fifteen firefighters and two volunteers had suffered burns and other injuries including \u201csymptoms of heatstroke\u201d, the fire service said.<\/p>\n Turkey has been battling severe wildfires since late June<\/a>.<\/strong> A total of 18 people have been killed, including 10 rescue volunteers and forestry workers who died in July.<\/p>\n An Italian Canadair CL-415 aircraft drops liquid over a wildfire near the town of Delvine, southeast Albania. Photograph: Adnan Beci\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n In southern Albania<\/a> a wildfire caused explosions after detonating buried second world war-era artillery shells.<\/strong> Officials said on Wednesday an 80-year-old man had died in one blaze south of the capital, Tirana.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Why are Spanish politicians in denial about deadly heatwaves \u2014 comment What is happening in Spain now goes far beyond discomfort.<\/strong> More than 1,500 deaths have already been linked<\/a> to heatwaves this summer alone. Public-sector workers are collapsing from heatstroke on our city streets. Entire communities in the Madrid suburbs<\/a> have been devastated by wildfires.<\/p>\n A firefighting helicopter drops water over a wildfire near the village of Larouco, in the province of Ourense, in northwestern Spain. Photograph: AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n On Monday, 198 weather stations<\/a> recorded temperatures of 40C or higher.<\/strong> Following a record-breaking July, the first 20 days of August will probably be the warmest on record<\/a>. Alongside housing, the climate crisis is Spain\u2019s most visible and most persistent problem: every summer reminds us of this. You can\u2019t ignore it, or escape it; so why are Spain\u2019s politicians still so reluctant to tackle the climate emergency?<\/strong><\/p>\n Fighting global heating is a worldwide challenge, but protecting populations against the consequences<\/strong> \u2013 with an awareness that Europe is heating faster<\/a> than other continents \u2013 must also be a national and a local priority.<\/strong><\/p>\n People walk by a burnt area during a wildfire near the village of Larouco, in the province of Ourense, in northwestern Spain. Photograph: Miguel Riopa\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Within Spain<\/a>, the climate crisis too often becomes an excuse for superficial, party-political feuds.<\/strong> In the population at large, there has been years of broad popular consensus, but contrast that with Spain\u2019s politicians, for whom the issue has become increasingly partisan, with the right and the left fighting over totemic policies about cars and bikes.<\/p>\n Even Spain\u2019s centre-left coalition government<\/strong>, led by Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u2019s Spanish Socialist Workers\u2019 party (PSOE), has taken only modest steps to reduce emissions from industry and transport<\/strong>. And as they do on other issues, the socialists rush to point the finger at regional and local governments run by the conservative People\u2019s party (PP), supported in some cases by the far-right Vox, which has pushed falsehoods and conspiracy theories<\/a> about the climate crisis.<\/p>\n It is true that Spain\u2019s regional and local governments<\/strong>, powerful and well funded, also bear great responsibility<\/strong>: for protecting the most vulnerable from extreme heat, adapting public spaces, planting trees and ensuring there is sufficient shade and water fountains. One urgent necessity is the creation of \u201ccool banks\u201d, especially for people in overcrowded and overheated homes, those with health vulnerabilities, the very young and the very old. Valencia has a network of these climate shelters<\/a>, while Barcelona has mapped out<\/a> hundreds of public spaces where people can escape the heat, from libraries to museums.<\/p>\n A street vendor sells bottles of water during a heatwave in Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Manu Fern\u00e1ndez\/AP<\/p>\n But too many local governments are still failing to provide respite.<\/strong> Madrid is among the worst offenders. Public cooling centres are almost nonexistent<\/a>, and shopping centres remain the most common refuge. The capital\u2019s conservative regional and local governments have been passive or even hostile towards public demands to reduce dangerous heat levels in neighbourhoods, with too few green spaces<\/a> and too many cars. When Madrid\u2019s city hall does spend money, it often misses the point: the most absurd example is Puerta del Sol, the central square that after months of renovation work still feels like a concrete frying pan all summer. Only after protests did the city council finally install a few flimsy shades, at a cost of \u20ac1.5m<\/a>.<\/p>\n The most dramatic consequences of the climate crisis make headlines around the world:<\/strong> the tragic deaths of workers in vulnerable jobs, picking fruit or cleaning streets, and wildfires killing people, destroying homes and even a Roman-era mining site<\/a> \u2013 now a burned-out Unesco world heritage site. But across Spain, the signs are everywhere: crops ruined by hail, high-speed trains disrupted, and neighbourhoods baking in the heat.<\/p>\n The frustrating question is why our politicians are still shrugging off this reality<\/strong>, as though it were just an inconvenience. How many broken records and how many heatwave deaths will it take to change this?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Third person dies in wildfires in Spain<\/p>\n And in the last few minutes, the Spanish authorities reported a third fatality in wildfires in the country <\/strong>this week, after a 36-year-old man died after suffering extensive burns while battling a fire in Castile and Le\u00f3n.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cToday, we mourn a new death of a person who was part of the firefighting operation in the province of Leon, more specifically in the Valderia region,\u201d Nicanor Sen V\u00e9lez<\/strong>, prefect for Castile and Leon, wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n A fire can be seen on one of the mountain slopes at Las Medulas, Spain. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n There are currently 11 active fires across the country.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Morning opening: And now we wait With \n
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