The US has signalled it will maintain a military presence in Poland despite emerging tensions over Ukraine, following a meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.

French President Emmanuel Macron will host an emergency summit of European leaders on Paris on Monday to discuss “European security.” The gathering, confirmed Sunday by Jean-Noël Barrot, will occur a day after the end of a conference in Munich where Vice President JD Vance gave a combative speech in front of the continent’s leaders,

Trump has horrified European allies with his attacks on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and what critics say is a soft take on Vladimir Putin.

WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda faced criticism from the ruling coalition over his meeting with Donald Trump in Washington at a conservative event, with many politicians suggesting that the US leader had snubbed his Polish counterpart.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda said after a meeting with his US counterpart that Donald Trump has confirmed that the US will rather boost its army presence in Poland.

Tusk's government has a frosty relationship with Duda, whom it accuses of favouring his old party, the conservative PiS (ECR).

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he has received U.S. assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along NATO’s eastern flank

Poland will not send troops to Ukraine, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, as he set off for an emergency summit in Paris to discuss Europe's role in any ceasefire.

Defence is a top spending priority for Poland, and the country may use European Union recovery funds to boost its arms industry, Polish cabinet members said on Friday.