| European leaders are increasingly concerned that Russia will mount a new offensive on Ukraine as they sit down with president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss security guarantees for his country. At their security council meeting last week, German and French officials discussed the Russian troops massing outside Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region, people familiar said. Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki secured a commitment from Donald Trump that the US won’t withdraw troops from the country and might even increase their presence. Nawrocki is a staunch critic of the EU and believes Poland’s security and future rest exclusively in stronger ties with America. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says growth is the solution to Britain’s economic problems. At her budget on Nov. 26, she faces the prospect of having to kill it due to an £8 billion increase in borrowing costs and other economic challenges. She’ll need to raise around £35 billion, largely through taxes, Bloomberg Economics has estimated. The UK could raise £1.9 billion a year by removing a tax relief for business partnerships, according to the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation. Partnerships are currently exempt from employer national insurance contributions, paid by firms on staff salaries, due to an “accident of history,” CenTax said.  Photographer: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images Fifteen people have died and 18 were injured after the iconic Elevador da Gloria derailed in Lisbon shortly after 6 p.m. local time. Local media reported the tram, in operation since 1885, derailed and crashed against a building near the bottom of the hill after a cable snapped. | 
