Europe Today: EU ministers meet on Ukraine aid as Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz deal

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EU defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss aid for Ukraine and Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet, amid intensified Russian missile and drone strikes. Separately, Donald Trump rejected Iran’s offer concerning the Strait of Hormuz, while Pope Leo XIV is visiting Metz on the final day of his France trip.

EU defence ministers meet in Brussels on Ukraine aid and Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet," as Moscow escalates missile and drone strikes. Elsewhere,Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz offer, claiming the US is "winning tremendously," and Pope Leo XIV heads to Metz for his final day in France.