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NATO braces for an awkward summit as Boris Johnson tells Trump to butt out of UK politics, Russia edges closer to Europe, and Macron calls the group brain-dead

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  • World leaders are meeting in England on Tuesday and Wednesday for a NATO summit that will also mark the alliance's 70th anniversary.
  • The meeting could end up being more awkward than celebratory.
  • In the past month alone, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told President Donald Trump to butt out of UK politics, and French President Emmanuel Macron courted controversy by calling NATO brain-dead.
  • Meanwhile, Russia is edging closer to NATO by striking an alliance with Turkey, a NATO member on Europe's southern border.
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NATO leaders are preparing to meet in the UK on Tuesday for a special 70th anniversary summit — which could end up being more awkward than celebratory.

The military alliance has come a long way since it was first set up to protect Western countries from the Soviet Union in 1949. Now it looks like it could be fraying on the edges.

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