This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Friday the 7th of March, these are our main stories.

At their emergency summit in Brussels, EU leaders agree to boost spending on defence.

President Trump temporarily lifts tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Pope Francis thanks well-wishers in his first audio message since being admitted to hospital.

Also in this podcast, the Danish Postal Service says it will no longer deliver letters and...

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A lunar lander built by a private US firm has touched down on the moon.

The emergency summit of 27 European Union leaders meeting in Brussels has agreed to boost the EU's defences and carry

on helping Ukraine, with one notable exception. Hungary's Viktor Orbán refused to sign a text

pledging continued support. But all the leaders agreed that Russia and Belarus posed a threat

to the EU's eastern border. The crisis summit has been seen as one of the most pivotal moments for the bloc security for decades,

following U.S. President Donald Trump's pivot away from supporting Ukraine in its ongoing war against Russia.

Writing on ex-President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine said the day had been productive,

with a unified

European vision for ending the war and concrete security guarantees. Rebecca Kesby asked our

Europe correspondent there Nick Beak about the mood at the meeting. You can listen to various

European leaders, Rebecca, and they each seem to have their own phrase, five minutes to midnight, decision time,

the critical moment, all underlining just what an important moment this is. But will the action

follow this? They had President Zelensky with them today for this meeting, so if they needed

to focus their minds, I'm sure he would have given a vivid account of the ordeal that his people continue to face with bombs raining down on Ukrainian towns and cities.

The sort of the choreography today started with that warm welcome for President Zelensky, but then they got down to business.

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