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Spain Pushes Back Against Mooted 5% NATO Spending Goal

Spain is resisting US President Donald Trump's demands to hike defence spending to five percent of national output, potentially threatening NATO unity at a crucial alliance summit this month.

International Business Times

Why Europe should hijack Nato for its own purposes

As the Trump administration’s security focus shifts towards countering China, European governments are living on borrowed time, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine left in lurch as Trump rushes out of G7 without meeting Zelenskyy

US president said he had to leave to focus on Israel-Iran conflict, without addressing Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

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PM eyes another possible Trump meeting later this month

Anthony Albanese could soon get a second chance to meet with Donald Trump, after the US president abruptly cancelled their first in-person meeting.

AAP

Middle East conflict ends plan for PM's key Trump talk

Anthony Albanese will no longer meet with Donald Trump after the US president revealed he will leave the G7 summit before their highly anticipated encounter.

AAP

Harris says ‘world on brink of extraordinary destabilisation’

Simon Harris said the EU will have to discuss working together to evacuate its citizens from Israel and Iran.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer makes U-turn mid-air over grooming gangs inquiry

PM forced to cave in to clamour for statutory inquiry despite earlier dismissing them as amplifying far right demands

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US military parade has global counterparts in democracies, monarchies and totalitarian regimes

The military parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday are combining to create a peacetime outlier in U.S. history

The Independent UK

UK yet to commit to Nato plan for rise in defence spending to 3.5% of GDP

Nato chief Mark Rutte wants members to agree to plan at summit this month but UK remains cautious

The Guardian - UK

Nato chief Mark Rutte warns UK must spend more on defence or ‘learn to speak Russian’

Nato needs a 400% increase in air and missile defence, Mr Rutte says, warning Russia could be ready to use force against it within five years

Evening Standard

Canadian PM vows to boost defence spending and reduce dependency on US

Carney says Canada will hit Nato target of 2% of GDP five years ahead of schedule amid ‘dangerous and divided world’

The Guardian - US

Canada plans to hit NATO spending target early and reduce reliance on US defense, Carney says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will meet NATO’s military spending guideline by early next year

The Independent UK

Nato chief says UK’s defence spending plans not at odds with 5% goal

Mark Rutte would not reveal the deadline for when he hopes Nato allies will reach the target.

Evening Standard

Russia could be ready to attack Nato within five years, says secretary general

In speech in London Mark Rutte says he expects alliance members to agree to raise military spending to 5% of GDP

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The Independent UK

NATO chief Rutte calls for 400% increase in the alliance's air and missile defense

The head of NATO plans to say the military alliance needs to increase its air and missile defenses by 400% to counter the threat from Russia

Evening Standard

Rutte to meet PM as Nato chief says ‘quantum leap’ in defence needed

The secretary general of the military bloc is expected to say Nato must ‘become a stronger, fairer and more lethal alliance’.

The Guardian - UK

Britain has escalated the global nuclear arms race – and is bringing us closer to armageddon

The UK’s strategic defence review plans to normalise nuclear weapons. Don’t believe the PR hype: they are immoral, irrational and catastrophic, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says

Government defence expert Fiona Hill warns UK to respond to threats by becoming more cohesive and resilient

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The Independent UK

D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary

Veterans are gathering on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment during World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime

The Independent UK

Trump taps senior Air Force commander for European Command

President Donald Trump is tapping an Air Force fighter pilot with extensive experience as a commander in the Middle East to be the next head of U.S. European Command

Evening Standard

UK faces calls for 5% GDP defence spend, ahead of PM’s meeting with Nato chief

Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the alliance, said on Thursday he is proposing Nato members spend 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence.

The Independent UK

Denmark blasts ‘unacceptable’ pressure from Trump over Greenland

President Donald Trump has not ruled out using force to take control of the Arctic island

The Guardian - UK

Hegseth says Nato allies ‘very close’ to raising defence spending target to 5%

US defence secretary says he expects goal of 5% of GDP in next decade to be agreed this month

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer to meet head of Nato amid speculation over spending commitments

Mark Rutte will visit Sheffield Forgemasters with Defence Secretary John Healey, and give a speech at Chatham House.

Al Jazeera

US presses NATO to agree defence spending hike

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he thinks that the committment to the increased budget will happen this month.

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