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Government launches ‘branch and root’ review into defence
With the future of America’s military spending abroad looking uncertain, in the UK, the government has commissioned a review into Britain’s defensive capabilities.
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‘Europe can do more’ to help Ukraine, says a former defence secretary
We spoke to the former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace who stood down last summer, and left the Commons after the election last week.
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Starmer on defence: ‘That’s what you’d expect from a serious government’
We sit down with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to talk about his commitment of 2.5% of GDP on defence and tackling the crisis in UK prisons.
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PM Starmer gives ‘cast iron’ pledge on defence as Nato summit begins
President Biden has already promised Nato leaders that Ukraine will be given air defence systems better able to repel Russian attacks.
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‘Rockets and drones firing thick and fast’ says defence editor Shashank Joshi.
Shashank Joshi is defence editor at The Economist. We spoke to him earlier and him whether he thought there would be an escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah
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Russia and North Korea sign mutual defence pact
Vladimir Putin has been paraded in front of clapping crowds in Pyongyang during his first visit to North Korea in 24 years.
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Trump hush money trial: Defence gives closing arguments
Donald Trump’s defence team have been wrapping up their case at his hush money trial in New York.
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Russian deputy defence minister charged with ‘particularly large scale’ corruption
The Ukrainian city of Mariupol was the scene of a bitter siege until finally Russia took control of what was left of its destroyed buildings.
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Sunak dismisses questions about defence spend increase
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is back from his visits to Poland and Germany, hoping that his pledge to increase defence spending has gone down well at home – not least with his restive backbenchers.
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PM’s defence spending boost should be ‘celebrated’, says former Armed Forces Minister
We spoke to James Heappey, who was the Armed Forces Minister until last month, and asked him if Rishi Sunak’s announcement today falls short of what he wanted.
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How does the UK defence spending boost add up?
It’s highly unusual for a prime minister to make such a major spending pledge outside a budget, so let’s take a closer look at it.
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PM promises UK defence spending up to 2.5% of GDP by 2030
Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030. On a trip to Poland, the prime minister said the extra billions will put Britain’s defence industry “on a war footing” – and Nato members cannot expect the US alone to foot the bill for defending the West. He also…
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Israel war with Iran has begun says former Israeli air defence commander
With Iran promising massive retaliation, could Israel count on repeating Saturday’s successful shooting down of nearly all the Iranian missiles and drones – especially when around a third are thought to have been downed by Israel’s Western and Arab allies? Brigadier General Zvika Haimovich was Commander of the Israel Air Defense Forces until 2018. We…
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Iran ‘failed’ says former US Assistant Secretary of Defence
We spoke to Mary Beth Long, a former US Assistant Secretary of Defence.
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Israel’s defence against unprecedented Iran attack explained
How did Israel manage to fend off Iran’s unprecedented attack so comprehensively?
