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NATO leaders back a major increase in defence spending
They have agreed a target of 5% of GDP by 2035.
NATO leaders have committed to more than double their spending on defence and security. The decision came in response to President Trump's repeated demands that European countries and Canada should pay more towards their own defence. Also: Israel says the strikes on Iran's nuclear sites may have set back Tehran's ability to build nuclear weapons by many years. And a fraudster is jailed for conning luxury businesses into buying tea which he claimed to have grown in Scotland.
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