By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine will need at least $120 billion for its defence in 2026 as the war with Russia drags on into its fourth year, Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Saturday. Shmyhal said the funding was essential to maintain defence lines, produce more drones and other weapons, protect skies, and deter …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish and allied aircraft were deployed to protect Polish airspace on Saturday because of a threat of drone strikes in neighbouring Ukraine, and the airport in the eastern Polish city of Lublin was closed, Polish authorities said. The Operational Command of the Polish armed forces said the planes took part in an operation …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Saturday it would spend A$12 billion ($8 billion) to establish defence facilities in Western Australia to help deliver submarines under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. The AUKUS pact, agreed upon by Australia, Britain and the U.S. in 2021, aims to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the next decade …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to the Vatican, a right-wing Catholic who was sharply critical of Pope Francis, tried to sweeten his diplomacy on Saturday in a meeting with Pope Leo, giving the pontiff a chocolate birthday cake. Brian Burch gave Leo, the first U.S. pope, a cake made by a …
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(Reuters) -Russians MiG-31 fighter jets equipped with hypersonic ballistic missiles completed a four-hour flight over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea as part of ongoing ‘Zapad 2025’ military exercises, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday. Russia and Belarus began the joint drills on Friday during a tense moment in the Russia-Ukraine war, days …
(Corrects hyperlinks in paragraph 4 to words ‘France, Canada, Australia and Belgium’) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of a meeting of world leaders. The seven-page declaration is …
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(Reuters) – Thousands took part in a pro-Palestinian march in Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, on Saturday, in what organisers said was the largest rally of its kind since the war in Gaza began between Israel and militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas. Some 50,000 attended the March for Humanity rally in central Auckland on Saturday …
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By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump held dinner with the Qatari prime minister in New York on Friday, days after U.S. ally Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha. Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing U.S.-backed …
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By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO on Friday launched an operation named Eastern Sentry to bolster the defence of Europe’s eastern flank in response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace earlier this week, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said. “We must, as NATO, make clear our resolve and our ability to defend our territory, and …
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By Andrew Gray, Barbara Erling and Michelle Nichols BRUSSELS/WARSAW/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – NATO announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe’s eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia’s …
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