America Pulls Back: Europe's Defence Gap Widens

Trump orders five thousand US troops out of Germany, scrapping a Biden-era Tomahawk missile deployment and forcing NATO allies to confront their own defence shortfalls. On the battlefield, Russian forces press toward Ukraine's eastern fortress belt as advanced Ukrainian drones reshape the front. Trump hikes EU car tariffs to twenty-five percent, threatening Germany's industrial core and Europe-wide supply chains. And an Austrian arrest in a baby-food poisoning case highlights how Europe's single market shares consumer risks as well as benefits.