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Europe juggles protecting Ukraine with rebuilding its own defences
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European defence shares jump as blistering rally gathers pace
Euro surges after pressure builds on continent’s governments to boost military spendingFinancial Times - 1d -
EU to propose new common fundraising to fuel defence splurge
Also in this newsletter: Ireland moves to relax its rules for deploying peacekeepersFinancial Times - 22h -
Starmer urged to use defence spending boost to revive UK manufacturing
Make UK chief calls for support for small businesses as Europe faces pressure from US to shoulder security costFinancial Times - 17h -
Fears Ukraine defences will last only months without US
One Ukrainian soldier said the impact of the US aid pause would be "measured in lives"BBC News - 11h -
Germany’s future coalition partners to relax debt rules to boost defence budget
Conservative alliance and Social Democrats to propose exempting spending of more than 1% of GDP on defence. The prospective partners in Germany’s next government have said they will seek to loosen ...The Guardian - 8h -
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Germany’s Merz strikes ‘game-changing’ deal to boost defence spending
Chancellor-to-be’s moves to relax debt brake marks historic shift in country’s conservative approach to borrowingFinancial Times - 6h -
Apple boosts U.S. investment plans with $500 billion pledge amid Trump tariff threat
Apple on Monday reaffirmed a commitment to spend hundreds of billions on U.S. soil in the coming years amid pressure from President Donald Trump.NBC News - Feb. 24 -
Western leaders visit Kyiv and pledge military support against Russia on the war's 3rd anniversary
Ukraine is marking the bleakest anniversary of its war with Russia, with its forces under severe pressure on the battlefield after three years of fighting and shaken by the Trump administration’s ...ABC News - Feb. 24 -
Trump administration guts USAID humanitarian office, despite pledge to save its work
Dozens of officials in USAID's humanitarian aid bureau have received termination notices, despite prior assurances that its humanitarian services would be preserved.ABC News - Feb. 24 -
BP to abandon pledge to cut oil and gas output as chief fights for group’s survival
Auchincloss must convince activist investor Elliott Management he can turn around troubled oil majorFinancial Times - Feb. 25 -
‘Overjoyed’: US lottery winner pledges to give part of $328.5m prize to non-profits
Abbas Shafii says he plans to travel, invest and share Powerball prize with non-profits ‘close to [his] heart’. What would you do if you won hundreds of millions of dollars playing the lottery? A ...The Guardian - Feb. 25 -
European leaders pledge to stand by Ukraine after confrontational Oval Office meeting with Trump
European leaders have pledged to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...ABC News - 4d -
U.K.'s Keir Starmer pledges $2 billion to help Ukraine buy missiles
European leaders were meeting in London on Saturday hoping shore up support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after President Donald Trump berated him live on television, calling into ...NBC News - 2d -
China's Honor pledges $10 billion AI investment and deepens ties with Google in global push
Honor is looking to expand outside of China and push into the higher-end part of the market where Apple and Samsung play.CNBC - 2d -
Europe pledges support for Ukraine after Oval Office clash between Zelenskyy and Trump
World leaders from across Europe are making known their support for Ukraine in the aftermath of last week's fiery White House meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President ...CBS News - 1d -
Don’t mention the war: in Germany, politicians are hiding the truth about defence spending | Paul Taylor
By centring the discourse on immigration, MPs have handed support to the far right – and hidden a ticking economic timebomb from voters. The candidates to lead Germany’s next government are ...The Guardian - Feb. 20 -
‘No more excuses’: Europe under pressure on defence spending three years after Russian invasion
Continent is being told to take more responsibility for its own defence in light of US president’s overtures to Putin. A few days after Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s invading forces into Ukraine in ...The Guardian - Feb. 24 -
EU and UK in talks about Europe-wide defence funding amid fear of US pullback
Donald Trump’s re-engagement with Russia has given new urgency to European discussionsFinancial Times - Feb. 24 -
US companies left out of defence stock rally amid Trump’s Pentagon cuts
Fears over spending come as European groups’ shares soar on White House’s threat to cut support for region’s securityFinancial Times - Feb. 25 -
Tusk says European leaders heading to London to discuss joint plans on defence – Europe live
Polish prime minister says EU leaders will meet on Sunday and calls for greater defence mobilisation across Europe. The London summit is understood to be still in planning and would serve as a ...The Guardian - Feb. 25 -
Starmer defends slashing aid budget to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - UK politics live
Keir Starmer says now is the time to deepen European security, as he announces new defence budget by 2027. The rightwing historian Niall Ferguson is in the audience for Badenoch’s speech, ...The Guardian - Feb. 25 -
Italian defence group set to boost European drone firepower in tie-up with Baykar
Leonardo’s planned joint venture would give Turkish company longed-for access to Europe’s marketFinancial Times - 6d -
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy willing to ‘restore dialogue’ with Trump as European leaders head to UK for defence summit
European heads of government and leaders of Canada and Turkey will attend talks aimed at presenting a united front on Ukraine crisis. What we know on day 1,103. See all our Russia-Ukraine war ...The Guardian - 2d -
International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security | Emily Darlington
When funding to support vulnerable countries is withdrawn, the risk of war and global destabilisation increases. National defence and international development are two sides of the same coin. Our ...The Guardian - 2d -
Apple cheers Trump with $500bn US investment plan; UK defence firm Chemring ‘targeted’ by private equity firm – business live
One of the world’s largest private equity investors has made an approach to buy Chemring, the FTSE 250 defence group, Sky News reports. German election live: Merz says priority is to make Europe ...The Guardian - Feb. 24
