Day 1,594.

Donald Trump has handed Ukraine permission to build its own Patriot missiles as he met with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Nato summit. It comes after the American president told the meeting in Ankara the US-Iran ceasefire was “over”, and said Washington would cut all trade ties with Spain as he met with Mark Rutte. Our team in Ankara has all the latest updates from a busy day in the Turkish capital. Dom and Francis discuss the former Ukrainian commander-in-chief’s piece for the Telegraph where he warns we mustn't “assume Russia has lost the war”. Later, Joe Barnes speaks exclusively to the Czech president Petr Pavl.

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Listen to Iran: The Latest for more from NATO and interview with Al Carns:

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Listen to Iran: The Latest for more from NATO:

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Telegraph Live Blog of the NATO Summit:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/08/us-iran-strikes-persian-gulf-nato-chief-summit-ankara/

Do not assume Russia has lost the war (Valerii Zaluzhnyi for The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/08/ukraine-ambassador-do-not-assume-russia-has-lost-war/

Ankara Summit Declaration (NATO):

https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/official-texts-and-resources/official-texts/2026/07/08/the-ankara-summit-declaration?utm_source=multi&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ankara-declaration

Trump revives plan to buy Greenland (Connor Stringer, Joe Barnes and Tony Diver for The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/07/trump-revives-plan-to-buy-greenland/

Russia back in Olympics...World Cup could be next

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2026/07/07/russia-olympic-ban-lifted/

The one sport moving against Russia is run by its ex-deputy PM (Euromaidan Press)

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/06/fide-suspends-russia-malcolm-pein-interview/

NATO allies to sign a raft of missile deals with US companies (Politico)

https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-allies-to-sign-a-raft-of-missile-deals-with-us-companies/

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