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Review will call for ‘war-fighting readiness’ to deal with new threats, though army will not grow before next election

ANALYSIS: The key question hanging over Starmer’s defence review is whether or not it will be ambitious enough to address the years of chronic underfunding that have left Britain struggling to defend itself, writes Millie Cooke

The Defence Secretary said the £6 billion of investment would ‘equip our forces for the future’.

Defence secretary John Healey admits the size of the army will not start to grow until at least 2029 as he appears to confirm Labour want to buy fighter jets capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons

Poland faces a razor-thin presidential run-off, with polls showing just a one to two per cent gap between the leading candidates: nationalist candidate Karol Nawrocki and liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, with a margin of error that leaves the outcome wide open. RFI spoke to veteran political observer Marcin Swiecicki,…

The Kemlin has no incentive to stop the war, according to Dovilė Šakalienė, in particular amid growing cooperation with North Korea, China and Iran.

LABOUR’S Defence Secretary John Healey said spending 3 of GDP on defence was no longer an “ambition” but a certainty ...

Not all is going smoothly after Friedrich Merz’s promise to build up German army and ‘no limits’ on helping Ukraine

MoD document expected to highlight dangers posed by Russia and China, and shortfall in UK troop numbers

Paper is likely to run into two difficulties, people and money, as personnel numbers fall and spending rises

The government’s new defence review will be announced on Monday by Keir Starmer on low expectation – but it is likely to be the most far reaching reform of the way Britain manages its defences for half a century.