Starmer plans to hike UK defense spending to counter 'tyrants like Putin'
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The UK will cut its international aid budget in order to raise defense spending, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday, as European countries scramble to shore up their defenses in the face of a US retreat.
The commitment amounts to the “biggest sustained increase in…
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