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Hello and welcome to a brand new series of more or less.

Did you miss us?

Did anything happen while we were away?

This week, the Prime Minister, Kirstama, has announced an increase in defence spending, with more to come.

Where might the money come from? And are there hard choices coming?

It's lent, with many people choosing to give up luxuries for 40 days.

Or is it really 40?

The US has demanded $500 billion of Ukraine's rare earth minerals. Does that number make sense?

And I'm told that there are 100,000 muscles in an elephant's trunk, or 20,000, or 17, or

9. We'll get to grips with that at some stage, I hope.

But first. Last week, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy traveled to the White House to meet

the American President Donald Trump. It was an ill-fated trip, which ended in a bitter shouting match,

as Zelensky was repeatedly told to say thank you for the support given to Ukraine by the US.

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