Keir Starmer:

We are enhancing our nuclear cooperation with France.

For decades, the United Kingdom has been the only nuclear power in Europe to commit its deterrent to the protection of all NATO members.

But now, any adversary must know that in a crisis they could be confronted by our combined strength.

Keir Starmer:

Deeper economic integration is in all our interests.

So we must consider where we could move closer to the Single Market in other sectors as well—where that would work for both sides.

EU's von der Leyen:

I was very reassured by the speech of the Secretary of State.

We know him. He is a good friend and a strong ally. Indeed, it was very reassuring for me to listen to him.

We also know that within the administration, some take a harsher tone on these topics. But the Secretary of State was very clear: he said that they want a strong Europe within the alliance.

And that is exactly what we are working toward intensively in the European Union.

EU's von der Leyen:

I want to be very clear: our digital sovereignty is non-negotiable.

What is forbidden offline is also forbidden online.

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Reza Pahlavi:

Every day that goes by, more Iranians are dying in Iran.

A rapid intervention will only help save more lives.

NATO's Rutte in Munich:

I am not here to talk about the Kurds.

Reza Pahlavi:

I call for maximum defections to make sure that, unlike what happened in Iraq after Saddam, we don’t have a failed state and we don’t have chaos.

Reza Pahlavi:

If yesterday's reformers today decide that it's no use, we'd better join with the people and have the same demands, they're welcome to join us. It's as simple as that.

As long as, again, they're not criminally implicated in the murder of their own citizens, because that's a different story, and they will have to account for it.

Reza Pahlavi:

I have yet to receive a penny of government support from any government.

Rubio:

If the Ayatollah said tomorrow that he wanted to meet with Trump, Trump would meet him.

Not because he agrees with the Ayatollah, but because he thinks that is the way you solve problems in the world.

Trump does not view meeting someone as a concession.

Rubio:

We don’t provide arms to Russia; we provide arms to Ukraine.

We don’t sanction Ukraine; we sanction Russia.

Rubio on Cuba:

The fundamental problem Cuba has is that it has no economy, and the people who are in charge of that country and in control of it don’t know how to improve the everyday lives of their people without giving up power over the sectors they control.

They want to control everything. They don’t want the people of Cuba to control anything. So they don’t know how to get themselves out of this.

And to the extent that they’ve been offered opportunities to do so, they don’t seem to be able to comprehend or accept them in any way.

They would much rather be in charge of a dying country than allow it to prosper.

Rubio on Cuba:

This is a regime that has survived almost entirely on subsidies.

First from the USSR, then from Hugo Chávez, and for the first time it has no subsidies coming from anyone.

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Zelensky:

Our people deserve gratitude and respect.

Zelensky:

There is not a single power plant left in Ukraine that has not been damaged by Russian attacks.

Not one.

Zelensky:

When the Iranian regime first gave Russia Shahed drones, they were simple weapons and could be shut down easily.

Now, however, they are different. They have jet engines. They can fly at different altitudes. They can be guided by an operator in real time and use Starlink to reach their targets.

They can even carry and deploy other FPV drones.

Zelensky:

We are grateful for all the supplies we have received. But you saw how long we had to push to be allowed to receive stronger and more advanced weapons—months for HIMARS, months for tanks, years for aircraft. Everything took time.

Not a single day—not a single opportunity to protect life—can be wasted.