Joe Biden may be terribly unpopular at home, but since becoming president, his country has become considerably more popular among people in other NATO countries.

As Axios reports, US approval dropped in just one of the 27 countries surveyed by Gallup, Lithuania. In 20 others, endorsement of American leadership saw double-digit gains.

Biden seeks new help for Ukrainians on European trip

Joe Biden’s trip to Europe will see him ask fellow NATO and EU governments for humanitarian and military aid in response to the Ukraine crisis, which has already seen millions flee the country to find safety elsewhere. The administration’s message is that the war will not end easily or quickly and that Western allies must prepare for a sustained response.

Here’s a look at what Mr. Biden is planning.

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On Tuesday, Ministry of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby appeared on fox and friends discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. The interview covered potential diplomatic developments and Russia’s ongoing siege of several Ukrainian cities.

Just before the interview ended, Fox News hosts expressed their gratitude to the Department of Defense for helping to save one of their reporters, Benjamin Hall. Mr Hall was seriously injured by a mortar in Ukraine that killed two other Fox News reporters.

Read the details of this report in Craig Graziosi.

Joe Biden caused a stir at a gathering of business leaders at the White House on Monday when he hinted at a coming ‘new world order’ in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, apparently not stopping to consider the troublesome inheritance of the expression.

The phrase quickly began trending on Twitter, with commentators wasting no time in gloating over what they saw as the president’s presumably accidental invocation of a well-worn conspiracy theory claiming that a cabal elite globalist operating in the shadows was plotting to carve up the world and impose a totalitarian regime.

“I don’t want Joe Biden leading a line for Jello in a nursing home let alone the world,” one tweeted. “The crazies who brought us lockdowns creating ‘a New World Order’ is terrifying.”

“Have y’all forgotten everything we learned in those 2012 conspiracy videos?” said another. “Have you all forgotten mass vaccination, mass surveillance (vaccination passports) and a total police state is apart [sic] of the New World Order.

Read the details on why Mr. Biden’s use of the phrase sparked controversy in this report by Joe Sommerlad.

President Joe Biden leaves for Europe on Wednesday, the United States is set to discuss with its Western allies whether Russia should remain in the Group of Twenty (G20) major economies after its invasion of Ukraine, said sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

“There have been discussions about whether Russia should be part of the G20,” a senior G7 source said. “If Russia remains a member, it will become a less useful organization.”

However, when asked if President Biden would act to push Russia out of the G20, his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said: “We think it can’t be business as usual for Russia. in international institutions and in the international community.

President Joe Biden would coordinate with his allies military assistance to Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia as he begins a four-day trip to Europe, his national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

The president is working on long-term efforts to bolster defenses in Eastern Europe where more countries fear Russian aggression, he added.

Mr Biden would also aim to reduce the continent’s dependence on Russian energy.

“This war will not end easily or quickly,” Sullivan said Tuesday.

“For several months, the West has been united. The president is going to Europe to make sure we stay united.

He said Vladimir Putin’s references to nuclear weapons early in the conflict are “something we need to be concerned about”, adding that Mr Biden would discuss with allies “potential responses” if the Russian leader takes this step.

First Lady Jill Biden will meet four Ukrainian children and their families who were brought to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

The State Department worked with St Jude’s to evacuate children from Ukraine. Secretary Antony Blinken tweeted about the airlift of these vulnerable patients.

Dr. Biden will visit on Friday, the East Wing confirms.

Ms Psaki said she participated in “two social distancing meetings” with the president on Monday, but he “is not considered close contact as defined by CDC guidelines.”

The news came just hours before Mr Biden was due to travel to Europe for diplomatic meetings with allied leaders in Brussels and Warsaw.

Graeme Massie has more on Ms Psaki’s second Covid case.

US President Joe Biden, alongside European leaders, is expected to announce new sanctions against Russia and new measures to strengthen existing ones during his visit to Brussels this week.

The United States is preparing to sanction more than 300 members of the lower house of the Russian parliament as early as Thursday, the the wall street journal citing unnamed officials and internal documents.

“No final decision has been made on who we will sanction and how many we will sanction,” a White House spokesperson said.

“We will have additional sanctions measures to announce which will be rolled out in conjunction with our allies on Thursday when the President has an opportunity to speak to them.”