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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker in London and Dan Sabbagh in The Hague

Britain must prepare for possibility of attack on UK soil, government warns

Keir Starmer climbing stairs alongside a trio of soldiers in camo
Keir Starmer is at the Nato summit in The Hague, having promised to raise the UK’s defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. Photograph: Kin Cheung/Reuters

Britain needs to prepare for the possibility of being attacked on its own soil, the government has warned in its security strategy, laying out in stark terms the range of threats ministers say the UK now faces.

Russia’s military buildup and Iran’s increasing attacks on dissidents abroad mean the country could soon find itself involved in a domestic war, the review says.

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