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Prime Minister says ‘widely respected’ minister is focused on his current role.

The Defence Secretary has previously indicated his interest in succeeding Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg when his term expires this autumn.

Germany, Poland and Ukraine signed an agreement on Friday for a hub to repair Leopard tanks used in Ukraine to fight Russian forces, Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said at a meeting of allies at the Ramstein air base.

The United States said it will soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a Polish hub to repair tanks as the U.S. hosted a meeting of allies on Friday.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday he is "confident" that Ukraine is ready to make territorial gains against Russia, as Ukrainian armed forces prepare for a new offensive. Stoltenberg spoke from Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where 50 countries attended a meeting hosted by the United States on Friday…

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius rejected a quick decision on Ukraine's membership at NATO, the Western alliance that has supported Ukraine throughout its war with Russia, with member states supplying it with weapons.

The West is losing geopolitical ground in Africa's Sahel region, which is strategically important due to Russia's competing presence there, Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told parliament on Wednesday.

The conflict in Ukraine has jolted people out of their affluent ease and forced them to take sides

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said it was absurd that Russia had assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, adding this showed the institution's "total bankruptcy". Earlier in the day, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu promised to increase the supply of ammunition to Russian forces in…