22 h. ago WW3 fears as Germany sends 5,000 troops to Lithuania to 'protect' NATO's eastern flank

Tensions in Europe and fears of a third World War are growing as Germany starts sending troops to Lithuania to 'protect' a NATO flank, according to senior military officials

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35 h. ago Head of German military says 'NATO should be braced for Putin attack within four years'

Germany's Chief of Defence Carsten Breuer said that Europe is threatened by Russia and Putin and thinks that NATO should be bracing for an attack from the country within four years

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8 d. ago In defiance of Donald Trump, is a European ‘security council’ emerging? | Paul Taylor

With the US threatening unilateral withdrawal, even from the top Nato military post, five European nations must fill the vacuumIn the face of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s destabilisation of the Atlantic alliance, an embryonic European security council is taking shape on the hoof. Whether it will prove strong enough to protect Europe’s liberal democracies and deter Russia without US military support may be tested all too soon.Nato was created under US leadership to keep the Soviet Union at bay while suppressing centuries-old rivalries among European powers. The alliance stayed united through the cold war and attracted new central European members after communist rule collapsed. But the spectre of US disengagement now threatens to leave Europe without its nuclear-armed protector.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...

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1 week ago Red tape warriors versus the red army: The EU's attempt to be an alternativer to NATO is as stupid as it is dangerous, writes NILE GARDINER

NILE GARDINER: For all his show of contempt for the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has one great fear.

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2 w. ago MATT RIDLEY: The media and scientific establishments called me a conspiracy theorist for insisting Covid leaked from a lab. Why do they STILL have their heads in the sand?

The CIA, FBI, German intelligence and the former head of MI6 all say they think Covid started with a lab leak. Why do members of the scientific and media establishments still have their heads in the sand?

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3 w. ago Greens urge SNP to keep 'principled opposition' to nuclear weapons despite rising tension in Europe

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Harvie dismissed the importance of the Nato military alliance as it "keeps us so closely entwined with a reckless, far-right White House".

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3 w. ago Starmer speaks to EU chiefs after bloc commits to boost European defence

Donald Trump expressed uncertainty that America would come to the aid of other countries in Nato if they do not meeting military spending targets.

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4 w. ago Trump stuns European NATO allies and ends all US military aid to Ukraine after losing patience with Zelensky who he demands show 'commitment to peace'... or his time is up

This comes after Trump appeared to have lost his patience with Zelensky, warning that 'America will not put up with it for much longer'.

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