Peace talks and Europe's representation dispute take center stage in Dublin

World leaders gather in Dublin for the ninth European Political Community summit, with the war in Ukraine and Russian hybrid campaigns dominating discussions, as US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrive following talks in Abu Dhabi and Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hold bilateral meetings and attend the Friends of Ukraine event, while Irish police are on high alert after false bomb threats targeted schools across Ireland, the UK, and Italy. The agenda also covers competitiveness, energy security, and migration. The Abu Dhabi talks yielded only a prisoner exchange agreement, with no ceasefire breakthrough. Kushner suggested Europe should identify a single representative for negotiations, while EU-UK summit draft language has softened on key issues including deportations and youth mobility schemes.