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europe is going to have to step up its game on defence.ing to have to spend a great deal more. mark rutter, the nato secretary general, has said that 3% of gdp should be a kind of minimum baseline, not just 2%. now, there are still countries that are not even paying 2%. britain is agonising over whether to raise it from 2.3 to 2.5, and won't commit to a time where most countries who live closer to russia like the baltic nations, poland, estonia, etc., they are spending well in excess of 3%. and they're saying, actually, we need to spend even more if we are going to face up to the challenge of a rebuilt, resurgent russian army once the ukraine war is over. meanwhile, the business secretaryjonathan reynolds has told the bbc, the uk government recognises the need to increase defence spending in the wake of the comments from the us defence secretary pete hegseth. earlier this week, mr hegseth told nato members to bolster military spending by �*considerably more than three percent�*. currently the uk only spends two point 3% of national income

let's focus on moscow increased defence spending by 42% last for defence spending?ng me now is rebecca christie, seniorfellow to talk to it is extremely controversial and complicated across with complicated across europe, with different leaders saying things at the moment. different things at the moment. what your different things at the moment. what i your — what are your thoughts?% what are your thoughts? j), has to what are your thoughts? true has to confront -ii funding shortfall 7 funding shortfall its 7 military capabilities and in the cost of managing the conflict in you conflict in ukraine. as you pointed out, the overall eu defence budget is broadly about 2% of gdp. there are calls to raise to 4%. meanwhile the raise thatto 1.1%.meanwhile the has raise thatte 1.1%.mean.while the has been raise thatte 1.1%.mean.white the has been contributing about billion for ukraine 77 billion for ukraine and 60 billion for ukraine and have been estimates that be more like 200 eheeté lee reefs tihe e�*qq and that, eheele lee reere like e�*qq and that, you know, billion. an

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, on the us for defence. on other european leaders to massively ramp up defence spending. poland is the top military spender in nato at 4.7% of gross domestic product. economic output on defence. the government has committed to increase that to 2.5% are saying this isn't enough. indeed, russia increased its defence spending by 42% than ukraine and all its western allies — including is broadly about 2% of gdp. there are calls to raise that to 4%. more like 200 billion. and that's, you know, not even accounting for another 60 billion euros or so coming from the us. but the trump administration and the vice president has to provide better defence, more spending. on the ground in ukraine if and when a peace agreement is reached. and yet the likes of the german chancellor, olaf scholz, will not be drawn on this issue. there is so much uncertainty at all clear what the us is actually going to do. have talks on their own without including the eu or kyiv. now they are saying, oh, we might include more people. clear if this willjust providing support or if it will be sending troops

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that is pushing european stocks higher especially the defence stocks. and russia have said the talks will continue, marco rubio said it is the first step. i spoke to the ceo of advisor share about what the impact would be for the us markets and he said overall it will be very positive, especially he sees gains in the us defence industry continuing to make gains, actually, notjust over war but in the rearming purpose so you are seeing the shares of some companies upjust some companies up just slightly, some companies upjust slightly, but you have to remember, the mixed signals because it comes in the face of trump also making comments about cutting spending and cutting pentagon spending in half. . ~' cutting pentagon spending in half. . ~ ., ., half. talk to me about intel, re orts half. talk to me about intel, reports suggest _ half. talk to me about intel, reports suggest the - half. talk to me about intel, | reports suggest the business could be split?— could be split? yes, their shares are _ could be split? yes, their shares are getting - could be sp

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defence spending will have to rise because there is a very real russian threat.my mind the best security guarantee for ukraine would be nato membership. that will be difficult to do. that would take time. the administration now is talking about, perhaps, europe providing security forces some kind of security guarantee towards ukraine. that might be a possibility, but it is hard to see that happening without some kind of american connection with the secretary of defence. i hope the policy evolves. he did appear to rule out nato membership. do you think that is a concerted line in the sand when it comes to us foreign policy under the trump administration now, or do you think that is more malleable, perhaps a negotiating tactic? well, there is a bit of confusion here because the secretary of defense yesterday tried to walk back his wednesday comment but then president trump then said "well, nato really isn't very realistic." again, this is another area where the administration may be making a basic mistake. the administration appears to have reversed american policy

and so, and the defence and security of the is i'm saying, 1d so, and the defence and security of thens across europe, what happens across europe, what to what happens to the united kingdom and the first duty that i have is prime minister is to sure our citizens, make sure that our citizens, our country is safe and secure. our country is safeshdsecure. you very our country is safeands - '. ou ve ., ourcountry is safeands - ,_ ou ve ., thank you very much. that was sir keir starmer _ thank you very much. that was sir keir starmer - around | sir keir starmer there. around the and the uk, the asserts and atrse== the i-ji" ' is the asserts and atre== the i-ji" ' is the on let's go back to 16

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defence and security, including europe's response out of this meeting. that keir starmer is going toend tonight will take to the european union or what became the relationship, a reset relationship, as he repeatedly in practical terms, what will come out of today? well, today is all about defence and to russia's invasion of ukraine. will be hoping to use the uk's presence there, i think, to persuade some of the slightly more reluctant european union countries when it comes to defence spending and when it comes to supporting ukraine to do more now. in defence and security will prove a gateway to a much armida van rij of this meeting. it is an meeting of eu national leaders as of national leaders as part of �*grouping in the european their grouping in the european so he is not attending council, so he is not attending a council meeting itself but that third party that allows third party countries to join such meetings but this is reallyjust the starting point for the conversation. we need to manage in terms of what 7 expect 7 expect to come out of we expect to come out of this. it is t

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i asked him how quickly the uk government could increase spending on defence.mediately is then asked is, well, how would you pay for it? and that is not yet clear. you heard from ed davey there, the leader of the liberal democrats here in the uk. digital companies such as google and so on, whose tax is currently at 2%. so a significant extra tax. no word from the government on their thoughts on that. however, i think it's fair to say that the government has and a growth agenda, and it seems unlikely but that leaves the question open as to how you pay for that extra defence spending. for when they would actually hit that target. and you mentioned the former chief of the defence staff, being in a process of neglect for the last 30 years, and said that they are remarkably hollowed out. of the scale of frustration among military at 12.30 gmt today we'll be answering your questions about ukraine and donald trump's clash with president volodymyr zelensky, and what it means for stands — and russia. we'll have our russia editor steve rosenberg lyse doucet, and our euro

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we heard yesterday from the defence i yesterday from the defence minister here, who said that the idfuld start to put in place plans to enable the voluntary removal of gazans from the gaza strip. they have gone slightly less far than the president of the us, who said that this was something that is force, which would be a crime under international law, but what they are talking about is giving gazans the option to move. a statement from the defence minister spoke about this as a right that all people should have. critics of the government here will say, it is rather interesting timing that the people of gaza, who have been denied that right to remove it for so long should be given it, at this point, but that certainly seems to be the line that the defence minister is taking. joe inwood in jerusalem, thank you. president trump has doubled down on his plan for a us "takeover�* of gaza — despite continued criticism from world leaders. the plan still seems far from concrete, with little detailfrom trump's team on how this could actually play out, though he did firm up that us troops will

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. 0ur political correspondent harry farley spoke to me very stark indeed, the former chief of the defence will certainly focus minds in whitehall on those calls, notjust from sir nick carter but from many democrats today — the party here in the uk the government has promised to set out a path to spend 2.5% of the uk's gdp, our overall economy, on defence — up from 2.3% now. but we don't have any timeline for when that would happen, they haven't set a date for when that path would be set figure would actually be reached and there are calls for them to go much further than 2.596. keir starmer will be laughed out of the room when he goes to washington to visit donald trump next week unless he sets out plans to go much further than 2.5% — to 3% for example. there is no indication at the moment from them that they are willing out a path to spend 2.5% of the uk's gdp, our overall economy, on defence — up from 2.3% now. but we don't have any timeline for when that would happen, they haven't set a date for when that path would be set let alone a date for when that 2.5% figure would actually be re

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if stability is jordan's superpower, and its best defence. jean—loup samaan is a senior research fellow at the middle east institute has always been in a precarious position. well, we always knew that this ceasefire was very fragile, when there was the first ceasefire, we had on the other one. with regards to the distribution of humanitarian aid and the fact that hamas is claiming that the idf, with regards to the future of gaza. for sure. out if they're not released on saturday. what do you make of how the president has been handling the crisis since taking office, from there? on all hell breaking loose in gaza, is his own view. we don't know if this is the view from his from the special envoy to the middle east. he is having this very tough position, considering that he is in the best position and that hamas will have to comply with this position and probably undermining the ceasefire and egypt, taking in palestinians. as we saw in lucy williamson's the piece just then. well, i think it is a bit of a delicate mission for — or trip for the k