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China's military purges are creating significant gaps in its command structure. This is impacting the readiness of the People's Liberation Army. The International Institute for Strategic Studies reports these issues. The purges are expected to continue. China's military spending is also rising in the Indo-Pacific region.

Zelensky says leader-level meeting with Putin ‘only way to finally end the war’ after phone call with Trump

Turkey, with NATO's second-largest army and a Black Sea coastline, is looking to play a key role in Europe's security after Washington's pivot away from the region.

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has come, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

German intelligence chief says Russia’s hybrid war could prompt NATO allies to invoke the mutual defence Article 5.

The two bitter regional enemies are on the brink of all-out war

Putin wants to downplay the move

Vessels have been rammed, punctured with knives, damaged by water cannon and targeted by military-grade lasers. Now the Philippines’ US ambassador has warned the aggression must be reduced to avoid conflict

Russian forces advance as they try to break Ukraine’s defences while Moscow scolds Paris and NATO.