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Rishi Sunak pledges extra £5bn for defence – but ducks 3% spending commitment

Government will set out new plan to tackle global threats, as PM heads to US for talks

The Independent UK

Sunak rejects calls for defence spending to increase to 3% of GDP

The PM is visiting California for talks with US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak risks row with Tory hawks over China balancing act

UK PM warns China plans to ‘reshape the world order’but stops short of reclassifying it as a threat to national security

The Guardian - UK

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Sunak’s focus may be on China, but it’s Europe’s security that is vital for the UK

The PM’s determination to stay faithful to the ‘Indo-Pacific tilt’ is vague, while Russia is still the greatest threat

The Guardian - UK

Minister acknowledges ‘robust’ clashes between MoD and Treasury over funding

Armed forces minister James Heappey was speaking to the Commons Defence Committee.

The Independent UK

Stop giving daggers to retiring soldiers, says coroner after Somerset murders

Collin Reeves used ceremonial dagger he received upon leaving the army to kill couple in 2017

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s armed forces expected to receive multibillion boost to modernise

Rishi Sunak to announce funding before next week’s budget, aimed at urgently modernising military

The Guardian - UK

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Defence Secretary ‘pretty confident’ about receiving Budget boost

Ben Wallace has lobbied for extra funding to deal with inflationary pressures and the cost of backing Ukraine in the fight against Russia.

The Independent UK

Threatening Chinese spy cameras found across King Charles' Sandringham estate

CCTV cameras manufactured by Hikvision are said to be used at multiple locations on Sandringham Estate, where the royal family spend their Christmases

Daily Mirror

British-led fund to provide weapons for Ukraine plagued by delays

Only £200m of £520m allocated and bidders complain ‘low-bureaucracy’ process is frustrating

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s defence policy is not British, not defensive and not even a policy. It’s a mess

There are no easy answers to what Putin’s war means for British defence. But mindlessly spending more and more won’t cut it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Saudi, British Defense Ministers Sign Agreement on Riyadh’s Participation in FCAS

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held talks in Riyadh on Wednesday with UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace. In a series of tweets, Prince Khalid said they reviewed “the strategic relations between our two countries. We discussed our military and defense cooperation and ways to strengthen…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war in numbers: Shocking figures that define year of brutal conflict

Ukraine – a year of war: From deaths on the battlefield to refugees, the terrible toll of 12 months of fighting

The Independent UK

Wallace declares Army’s ‘troubled’ £5.5 billion Ajax tank order back on track

Originally intended to enter service in 2017, it has been repeatedly delayed.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

PM and G7 leaders pledge ‘unwavering’ support as Ukraine invasion marked

Earlier the Prime Minister led the UK in a minute’s silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the war.

The Independent UK

UK must increase its defence spending after Ukraine support, ex-Army chief warns

Underinvestment in the UK military is something Government should take “seriously”, warns former head of the Army, General Lord Richard Dannatt

Evening Standard

Ukraine vigil with Helen Mirren celebrates new Kyiv Road in London

Kyiv Road is coming to London and we were at Trafalgar Square last night to hear the news. At a vigil arranged by the US Embassy and Westminster Council to mark the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and actor Dame Helen Mirren, right, formed an…

The Independent UK

Sunak leads minute’s silence marking Ukraine’s resistance to Putin’s invasion

Volodymyr Zelensky has led an extraordinary year-long resistance but hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions displaced.

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The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 366 of the invasion

Commemorations staged around world on first anniversary of Russian invasion; Zelenskiy says Ukraine has proved ‘invincible’

The Independent UK

Putin ‘sacrificing soldiers for own vanity’ and is suffering ‘huge losses’ in Ukraine

UK has introduced fresh sanctions against Russia

Evening Standard

Dame Helen Mirren tears up reciting ‘powerful’ poem at London Ukraine vigil

The actress addressed the crowds in Trafalgar Square to mark the one-year anniversary of the Ukrainian war

The Independent UK

UK willing to supply jets to allies so they can send fighter planes to Ukraine

Ben Wallace said backfilling allies with the UK’s jets to free up their own would be a quicker way to bolster Kyiv’s defences.

The Guardian - UK

Ben Wallace rules out sending British Typhoon jets to Ukraine in short term

Defence secretary says fighter jets too complex for Ukrainian pilots to fly and would require UK ground support

Daily Mirror

UK willing to lend Typhoon jets to allies who give fighter planes to Ukraine

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the government has been "very clear" that it will not be providing Typhoons to Ukraine due to training requirements, but said it is prepared to "backfill" for allies who donate Russian or Soviet jets

Reuters

Britain is confident China wants Ukraine conflict resolved - defence secretary

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the notion that China could supply arms to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine would not help resolve the conflict, an outcome he was confident China wanted.

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