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Today, world leaders have agreed to increase defence spending to 5% at a Nato summit at The Hague.

Member states will commit 3.5% of GDP on core defence expenditure by 2035, plus up to 1.5% on a security investments. President Trump hailed the outcome as a 鈥渂ig win鈥� and said he no longer thought Nato was a "rip-off". Adam is joined by 蜜芽传媒 diplomatic correspondent James Landale and former British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Kim Darroch.

Also at the summit is Chris, who鈥檚 been traveling with the Prime Minister. Starmer is facing a backbench rebellion over changes to the welfare system.

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