11 Aug 2025

Foreign correspondent Seamus Kearney in Europe

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 11 August 2025

EU throws its weight behind Ukraine's President Zelensky ahead of Putin-Trump meeting. In a blow to Israel, Germany announces big U-turn on military support. Residents and ecologists vow to fight massive Sicily bridge project. And the man who lit cigarette from Paris memorial flame faces deportation.

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference in the grounds of the Mariynsky Palace in Kyiv on 10 May 2025, following a meeting of European leaders in the Ukranian capital. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference in the grounds of the Mariynsky Palace in Kyiv on 10 May 2025, following a meeting of European leaders in the Ukrainian capital. Photo: Ludovic Marin / POOL / AFP