European leaders to hold Ukraine summit
Europe’s leaders will gather in the French capital today to discuss their defence policy, the Ukraine war and how a ceasefire there might look.
European leaders are gathering in Paris for an emergency summit later today on Ukraine, after the United States said it was opening talks with Russia on ending the war without a European presence. We’ll speak to a Ukrainian member of parliament.
We'll have the latest as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio begins his tour of the Middle East after his first stop in Israel over the weekend.
We’ll hear about a new BBC documentary on what it’s like for children in Gaza trying to survive the Israel-Hamas war.
And the Democratic Republic of Congo says Rwanda is ignoring its pleas for a ceasefire, after M23 rebels took another city.
(Photo: Soldiers from 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, 27 January 2015; Credit:
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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