Starmer boosts defence spending; Russia launches overnight attack, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
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| 0:45.4 | Secere Stama, Britain's Prime Minister, pledged to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP per year by 2027, from 2.3%, with a view to eventually reaching 3%. |
| 0:59.0 | The initial increase, costing £13.4 billion or $17 billion annually, will be funded by cutting |
| 1:08.0 | overseas aid. On Thursday, Sequeir Stama will visit the White House |
| 1:12.9 | to press Donald Trump to not abandon Ukraine |
| 1:16.1 | in any peace deal with Russia. |
| 1:19.9 | Russia launched an overnight attack on Ukraine, |
| 1:23.6 | killing two civilians and injuring 36, |
| 1:26.5 | according to Ukrainian officials. |
| 1:29.2 | All of the country was under air raid alerts |
| 1:31.7 | as Russia targeted multiple regions with drones and missiles. |
| 1:36.5 | On Monday, Emmanuel Macron and Mr. Trump |
| 1:39.0 | said that European troops could serve as peacekeepers in Ukraine |
| 1:43.5 | after France's president traveled to the White |
| 1:46.8 | House. |
| 1:48.9 | 21 staffers of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency reportedly quit in protest against |
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