Nish Kumar

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Hi, this is Pod Save the UK. I'm Nish Kumar.

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I don't know about you, Coco, but I would say troops on the ground in Ukraine doesn't sound particularly peaceful to me.

I don't know about you, Coco, but I would say troops on the ground in Ukraine doesn't sound particularly peaceful to me.

All of it's adding up to me holding a gun, which no one wants.

All of it's adding up to me holding a gun, which no one wants.

Also, I don't look great in green.

Also, I don't look great in green.

And we'll be joined by author and journalist Sean Fay to understand why so many of us feel unlucky in love and to ask who's profiting.

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And earlier in the week, Donald Trump suggested European security can no longer be the primary focus of the American military. and in doing so, plunged the future of the transatlantic relationship into question and undermined an 80-year-long military alliance. European leaders hastily convened a meeting to discuss their response. Here's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking after the meeting.

And earlier in the week, Donald Trump suggested European security can no longer be the primary focus of the American military. and in doing so, plunged the future of the transatlantic relationship into question and undermined an 80-year-long military alliance. European leaders hastily convened a meeting to discuss their response. Here's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking after the meeting.

However, some European leaders weren't quite ready to make the same commitments for boots on the ground, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz saying it's inappropriate to discuss sending troops in at this stage and that he was a little irritated by the suggestion.