The Latest Breaking News from NATO

The Standard guides you through the event, why it matters and the key decisions Boris Johnson and other leaders are set to take in Madrid

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a “fundamental shift” in the alliance's approach to defense

Boris Johnson said ‘I don’t think’ the war in Ukraine will trigger a wider conflict in Europe despite efforts by the Kremlin to drag the West in.

Covid pandemic means ‘reality check’ on above-inflation pledge, government admits as PM heads to Nato summit

PM insists manifesto promise of above-inflation increase will be kept despite Downing Street ‘reality check’ briefing

Soaring inflation and the battered public finances have left a Tory commitment to annual real-terms increases in defence spending in jeopardy.

The Prime Minister will trumpet Britain's 2% of GDP spending on defence - but another part of his policy, to raise spending above inflation, could soon be scrapped. It came as Boris Johnson insisted "I don't think" Britain will end up at war with Russia

Prime minister signals he is resisting 20 per cent hike in military spending as head of Army warns West must be ‘prepared to fight’

The heads of Libya's two rival legislative chambers met in Geneva on Tuesday for negotiations aimed at restoring a UN-led election process that fell apart last December. Agreement on national elections would represent a big step towards stopping another bout of warfare and helping to end a decade of chaos…

NATO leaders are due to gather for a summer summit to set a new direction for the alliance in response to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and the planned expansion of China's military

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson is gears up for the up-coming Nato summit in Spain, his wife Carrie has offered a behind-the-scene look at at the events put on for world leaders' partners