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Ukraine shouldn’t be defending itself with ‘one hand tied behind its back’, says UK Defence Committee chair
The Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi chairs the Defence Committee, he joined us from Westminster.
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UK-Germany defence agreement – how significant really is it?
The UK and Germany have signed what the government described as a ‘milestone’ joint defence partnership.
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Three Black women: ‘Bitten, mocked with monkey chants, called slaves’ and then prosecuted for ‘self-defence’
Laws designed to protect racial minorities are being used to prosecute them say civil advocacy leader in exclusive interview.
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‘This is not protests… this is picking on a community that people think are defenceless’: Labour MP on violent disorder
We spoke to Suresh Grover, who is director of the anti-racist charity the Monitoring Group, Paulette Hamilton is the Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, and Gulwali Passarlay, who came to the UK having fled Afghanistan and now campaigns for refugees’ rights.
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‘Half measures’ aren’t working in Gaza, says Trump’s former deputy defence secretary.
We spoke to Elbridge Colby, who was deputy assistant secretary of defence under President Trump.
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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.
