Albanese joins Macron’s ‘coalition of the willing’ talks on Ukraine and has ‘constructive’ phone call with Trump

<p>PM leaves open possibility of Australian troops joining European forces as peacekeepers</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/05/australia-news-live-albanese-trump-tariffs-meeting-porepunkah-police-officer-funerals-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Anthony Albanese has joined world leaders including Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer in talks about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, discussing plans for an international peacekeeping force if and when a ceasefire is negotiated.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/04/european-leaders-pressure-trump-to-reveal-how-much-support-us-will-give-ukraine">Coalition of the Willing talks</a> followed on the heels of Albanese’s latest phone conversation with Donald Trump overnight on Thursday, before a possible face-to-face meeting in Washington DC this month.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/05/albanese-phone-call-trump-australia-ukraine-coalition-of-the-willing">Continue reading...</a>