Is there a £28bn shortfall in the defence budget?published at 13:05 GMT 13:05 GMT By Anthony Reuben At Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: “last week… the head of the armed forces warned that our military faces a £28bn shortfall.” She was referring to a report in The Times that Head of the […]
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Singapore’s Ministry of Defence plans to replace its fleet of Fokker 50 Maritime Patrol Aircraft with Boeing-made P-8A reconnaissance planes. Published On 21 Jan 202621 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States has approved a $2.3bn weapons sale to Singapore that includes P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, lightweight torpedoes,
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NewsFeed “Somalia is not even a country. They don’t have anything that resembles a country.” US President Donald Trump, speaking at the White House a year after his return to office, singled out what he called the “criminal illegal aliens” his administration is arresting in Minnesota and elsewhere, repeating his false claim that countries are
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Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Doha, Qatar – The ninth edition of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2026) has opened in Qatar’s capital, bringing together leading security and defence companies from around the world. Held at the Qatar National Convention
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A doctor has appeared in court accused of more than 40 counts of sexual assault against hospital patients including children. The charges faced by Nathaniel Spencer on Tuesday relate to 38 patients at Royal Stoke University Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, between 2017 and 2021. The 38-year-old of Great Hampden Street, Birmingham, appeared at
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The contradiction points to a deliberate strategy: exploiting the crisis to weaken Western unity while keeping Trump focused elsewhere. In the weeks since Trump captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and threatened to intervene in Iran, Russia appears to have set aside its other geopolitical ambitions, including in the Arctic, to keep Washington in its corner
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Bills yet to be voted by Senate, with opposition to gun law likely from conservative Liberal-National Coalition. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Australian lawmakers have passed tougher laws against hate crime and gun violence in response to last month’s mass shooting at a Jewish
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US weather forecasters warn of extremely cold temperatures, potential for winter storms across several states. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share More than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off the interstate highway in Michigan as a snowstorm made conditions “treacherous” for road
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MEP Nicola Procaccini, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-hand man in the European Parliament, added: “We have to avoid the escalations.” Three diplomats POLITICO spoke with said the tool was still being considered — but as a last-resort option that requires more consideration within capitals. Ambassadors on Monday relayed a growing resolve to hit back
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Trump announced the establishment of the board — which he touted as “the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place” — on Friday as a key part of his 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas. The committee, chaired by Trump, will oversee the transitional governance of
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