Paul Kirby Europe digital editor RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP Friedrich Merz hopes to form a new government by late April Friedrich Merz, who’s expected to become Germany’s next chancellor, has announced a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending on defence and infrastructure. “In view of the threats to our freedom and…
This year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) was supposed to be primarily about two things: how to end the war in Ukraine without giving in to Russia, and how Europe needed to boost its spending on defence. But the most senior American present, US Vice President JD Vance, used his time at the podium to talk…
The European Union’s member states need to increase defence spending to keep pace with the threats facing the continent, its foreign policy chief has warned. Kaja Kallas, who served as prime minister of Estonia until July 2024, said “every euro spent on school, healthcare and welfare [was] vulnerable” if the bloc didn’t maintain strong defences….
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for US defence secretary, was confirmed by the Senate late on Friday night, after facing misconduct allegations that nearly derailed his confirmation. Vice-President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in Hegseth’s favour, after three Republican senators, including former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, voted against him. During Hegseth’s confirmation hearing,…
Reuters Greenland has major mineral reserves The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory. Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was a “double digit billion amount” in krone, or at least $1.5bn (£1.2bn)….
Facebook/Maria Troyanivska Maria was just 14 years old when she was killed by a Russian drone Maria Troyanivska had come home early the night a Russian drone hit her bedroom. “It flew in through the window, right into her room,” her mother Viktoria tells the BBC. After the explosion, she and her husband Volodymyr ran…
Watch: Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said the Russian people were paying an “extraordinary price” for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine Russia has suffered its worst ever month for casualties since the start of the war in Ukraine, the UK chief of defence staff has told the BBC. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Russia’s forces suffered an…
Nov 02, 2024 02:08 PM IST Musk, who voiced his direct support for Kyiv, donated several hundred Starlink terminals to Ukraine amid war with Russia. Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a clarification against media reports accusing him of supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine claiming that if it wasn’t for Starlink, Kyiv would have…
AP | | Posted by Shweta Kukreti Oct 26, 2024 07:10 PM IST US has approved USD 2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including the first-time delivery of an advanced surface-to-air missile defence system. The United States has approved USD 2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including the first-time delivery to the self-ruled…
