UK's Truss joins big European club seeking 'new order without Russia'

The leaders of 44 European countries meet in Prague on Thursday, at a historic first meeting of a new political club of nations.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke of building "a European political community without Putin's Russia".

The 44 leaders will discuss energy, migration and security, with a focus on the war in Ukraine. In a blog, Mr Borrell said in the wake of Russia's invasion there was a need to "rethink and reform the wider European order, beyond the work of the EU and Nato", but he added that the summit would be no more than an initial exchange.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine gave new impetus for co-operation amongst nations beyond the EU's 27 member states.