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BBC World Service - Newshour, European leaders make the case for increasing defence spending
European leaders and military chiefs make the case for increasing defence spending. A former head of the British military tells us investment is needed across the board, and that Europe is – and must be - able to defend itself without the US. Also in the programme: Israel's cabinet votes in favour of beginning a process of land registration in the West Bank, a move condemned by Palestinians as ‘de-facto annexation'; and a row breaks out over po…
By Brad Lendon, CNN. The defense chiefs of two of the United States' closest allies have made an unusual public appeal for people across Europe to support a major increase in defense spending in order to deter a potential war with an increasingly Western-oriented Russia. The top officials from Germany and the United Kingdom warned that European nations “must now face uncomfortable truths” about their security and make “difficult decisions” about…
In the last decade, the Member States of the European Union have already doubled their defence expenditure, but it is necessary to spend more, two military leaders argued.
The defence leaders of Germany and the UK have launched a rare public appeal to European citizens to support substantial increases in defence costs in order to discover a possible possibility...
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