Sharon Reich-Garson

He said, quote, for the United States and Europe, we belong together, and described the U.S.

as, quote, a child of Europe.

But he's also repeating Trump-era criticisms of Europe over migration and climate policies.

Our senior foreign policy editor, Humera Pamuk, is in Munich.

European leaders are also speaking at the conference today, sharpening their own message.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is urging Europe to, quote, "...build our hard power and be ready to fight if necessary."

announcing that Britain will deploy its carrier strike group to the North Atlantic and the High North later this year.

Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands now say they're convinced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a rare and lethal toxin while he was imprisoned in an Arctic penal colony.

New analysis of the samples from his body reportedly found epibatidine, a rare toxin found in South America's poison dart frogs, and it's not naturally present in Russia.

They've reported Moscow to the Global Chemical Weapons Watchdog over what they say is a breach of international rules.

Moscow has denied any role.

New documents show that U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to spend more than $38 billion this year on detention centers to hold and process tens of thousands of immigrants slated for deportation.

It says it's preparing what it expects to be a surge in arrests in 2026 after hiring 12,000 new agents.

All of that's funded by the $170 billion immigration enforcement package that Congress passed in July of 2025.

And it marks a dramatic shift in spending.

The detention budget alone has jumped to $45 billion, up from $3.4 billion in the 2024 fiscal year.

Our episode of On Assignment this week is one you won't want to miss.

Our very own host Kim Vinnell is digging into Australia's sweeping ban on social media platforms for under-16s.

She looks at what's behind it and whether it could become a global blueprint.