All news on the topic: Nato

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'Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq is a warning to Keir Starmer on defence spending'
The Labour leader must bear his predecessors in mind over the Labour Party's policy on defence, an area has historically been a sticky issue for the Labour Party
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'Downing of US drone by Russian jets clearly deliberate and a big escalation'
Two Russian Su-27 Flanker jets downed an unmanned US Reaper drone operating over the Black Sea - officials from both countries have conflicting accounts of the collision
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Rishi Sunak pledges £5bn to help UK 'stand its ground' - HALF what was asked for
The PM Rishi Sunak is unveiling plans to increase the UK's defence budget by £5bn - but that's less than half what defence secretary Ben Wallace demanded
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Ex-Navy chief calls on ministers to reverse Army cuts and build more warships
Lord West, who was First Sea Lord from 2002 to 2006, said the war raging in Ukraine should force ministers to ditch troop cuts.
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Russian victory in Ukraine could push China to invade Taiwan, NATO chief warns
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned "what happens in Europe today can happen in Asia tomorrow" suggesting that Beijing could be watching the Russia-Ukraine war closely to see how a similar invasion of Taiwan could work
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Send RAF Typhoon jets to NATO allies to 'unlock' warplanes for Ukraine, say MPs
Armed Forces Minister James Heappey faced calls to deploy a batch of British fighter planes to "backfill" air defence roles in countries which have aircraft bteter suited for Ukrainian forces
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Devastating battle sees five Russian soldiers killed for every Ukrainian
An anonymous NATO official said that intelligence showed Russia’s losses in the assault on the eastern town of Bakhmut far outweighed Ukraine’s
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Suella Braverman announces 'epitome of cruel' plans to lock up asylum seekers
Outlining her controversial Illegal Migration Bill, the Home Secretary announced in the House of Commons that those who arrive in small boats will be detained without bail or judicial review
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China 'prepares for war' as it unveils enormous £185billion defence budget
China Government spokesman Wang Chao gave no indication of whether the rate of increase to be announced on Sunday at the opening of the National People's Congress's annual session in Beijing would be above or below last year's 7.1%
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Vladimir Putin's warlord ally 'seriously ill' amid fears of poisoning
Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who has advocated using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, is rumoured to have been poisoned and is being treated in the United Arab Emirates
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Putin thought Ukraine invasion would shatter Nato, show FSB leaks
The intel comes from inside the FSB security service, from a source known as Wind of Change, and was reportedly leaked to Russian human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin
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Brits back Ukraine joining the EU - even though UK quit bloc three years ago
A survey for the pro-EU European Movement UK revealed support for Kyiv joining the Brussels bloc - on the same day NATO's boss said Ukraine will join the alliance in the long-term
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Ukraine will join NATO, declares alliance chief in new blow to Vladimir Putin
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared war-torn Ukraine will be admitted to the alliance in the long-term, as he began talks in Helsinki with Finnish leaders
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Putin ally chillingly warns of 'nuclear apocalypse' with radioactive rubble
Vladimir Putin’s close ally Dmitry Medvedev has said that if the West continues to arm Ukraine then it would lead to a nuclear "apocalypse" which would last until the "rubble ceases to emit radiation"
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Vladimir Putin in rant about nuclear weapons warning Russians will 'suffer'
Russian president Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to "make our people suffer" and warned he was "taking into account" the nuclear weapons of NATO allies in a new rant
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7 key events in Ukraine war from Russia's civilian massacre to bridge explosion
It has been 12 months since Vladimir Putin told the Russian people that Moscow's troops would be sweeping through neighbouring Ukraine to "denazify" and "demilitarise" Kyiv, to keep it in "Russia's sphere of influence"
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UK willing to lend Typhoon jets to allies who give fighter planes to Ukraine
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the government has been "very clear" that it will not be providing Typhoons to Ukraine due to training requirements, but said it is prepared to "backfill" for allies who donate Russian or Soviet jets
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7 key moments in Putin's speech - from nuclear threat to gender-neutral god
President Vladimir Putin has given an update to Russia's political and military elite on the Ukraine conflict in front of a large crowd in a State of the Nation speech today
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Liz Truss calls for West to send fighter jets to Ukraine on her backbench return
The former Prime Minister made her first address to the Commons from the backbenches in more than a decade after she was forced to quit No10 in October following her disastrous 49-day reign
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Weak Rishi Sunak is afraid of taking on Tory hawks on another front over defence
Determined to march in lockstep with Rishi Sunak to flee the Jeremy Corbyn era, Labour leader Keir Starmer elevates Nato to holy grail status
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Liz Truss makes political comeback with speech in Japan hitting out at China
It will be the former Prime Minister's first address since she was forced to quit No10 in October after a disastrous stint in Downing Street which triggered a plunge in the Tories' poll ratings
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British Army back to its 'core purpose' after proud role in fight against Covid
The Mirror have this week been granted access to the British Army's mock assault on an enemy urban area in Exercise Khanjar in Oman, the culmination of a four-month deployment
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe’s ’vulnerabilities’, admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as ’just b*******’ when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe's 'vulnerabilities', admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as 'just b*******' when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Putin deploys supersonic nuclear bombers over sea just north of UK in threat
It is the second time this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin has deployed his strategic aircraft in the Norwegian Sea in what has been interpreted as a warning to the West