13 h. ago Rachel Reeves: I strongly disagree with SNP position on Trident nuclear deterrent

The Chancellor said the world ‘has changed before our eyes’

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4 d. ago Poland households sent urgent 'prepare for war' guidebook as men told they face conscription

Poland premier Donald Tusk previously warned in a statement to the country's Sejm that his government may need to bolster its nuclear deterrent to fend off a Russian advance

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5 d. ago Germany to reach out to France and UK over sharing of nuclear weapons

But Friedrich Merz cautions such a move could not replace the US’s existing protective shield over EuropeGermany’s chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz, has said he will reach out to France and Britain to discuss the sharing of nuclear weapons, but cautioned that such a move could not be a replacement for the US’s existing protective shield over Europe.“The sharing of nuclear weapons is an issue we need to talk about,” Merz said in a wide-ranging interview on Sunday with the broadcaster Deutschlandfunk (DLF). “We have to be stronger together in nuclear deterrence.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Why SNP's stance on nuclear weapons makes no sense when monsters like Putin possess them

The UK needs its nuclear deterrent to help protect itself and its fellow Nato countries from being attacked by Vladimir Putin’s forces

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8 d. ago Downing Street plays down concerns Trump could undermine UK’s nuclear deterrent

The Trident missiles which carry the UK’s nuclear warheads are US-designed and loaded on to Vanguard submarines in Georgia.

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8 d. ago Britain could lose nuclear weapons if Donald Trump pulls support in 'terrifying' scenario

Since taking office, Donald Trump has turned global relations upside down, so it is within the realm of possibility that he could withdraw Washington's support for the UK's nuclear deterrent, Trident

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8 d. ago Britain 'must prepare in case Trump pulls support for Trident' amid fears that nuclear deterrent could not be maintained without US help

The UK has its own nuclear warheads but fits them to American made and maintained Trident ballistic missiles carried in the Royal Navy's Vanguard Class submarines.

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8 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih hotel kills two; EU leaders to gather for summit

Two killed and 28 injured in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city; Ukrainian president to join EU leaders in Brussels, with shared nuclear deterrence on the agendaSee all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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2 w. ago John Swinney makes Trident nuclear deterrent declaration after Sir Keir Starmer defence spending decision

It came as the First Minister backed an increase in defence spending announced by Sir Keir Starmer

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2 w. ago This is a hard choice. We believe in foreign aid – but we have to make cuts. We must keep the UK safe | David Lammy

Putin’s Russia is a threat to all Europe, including the UK. Vital aid work will be hit as we spend more on defence, but we must deal with the world as it isThere are moments in history when everything turns, but the extent of change is not perceived until later when the fog has cleared. These are hinge points that require clear leadership and bold action. In the late 1940s, my Labour predecessor and hero Ernie Bevin, alongside Clement Attlee, saw through the fog when they led Britain into Nato and the UN, and secured the development of Britain’s nuclear deterrent. In the 1960s, Harold Wilson saw through the paranoia of the cold war, refusing Lyndon Johnson’s request to send British troops to Vietnam. In the 1990s, Tony Blair understood that unless we stopped the president of Serbia, Slobodan Milošević, there would be no peace in the Balkans.Three years into Vladimir Putin’s brutal war, this is again a hinge point for Britain. Keir Starmer’s commitment to dramatically raise defence s...

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2 w. ago Putin signals he is ready to AGREE to Trump's proposal for massive cuts in defence spending

France could be ready to use its nuclear deterrent to shore up Europe's defence, according to reports, at a time when the US has threatened withdrawing its forces on the continent.

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3 w. ago The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own | Alexander Hurst

Trump and JD Vance are clear: the US is no longer an ally, but an antagonist to democratic valuesIn 1966, after years of friction with the US over whether France should have its own independent nuclear deterrent, the French president, Charles de Gaulle, withdrew his country from Nato’s integrated command (not, however, from the alliance itself – a common misconception) and asked all US forces stationed in France to leave. In response, the US secretary of state, Dean Rusk, asked de Gaulle: “Does that include the dead Americans in military cemeteries as well?”In a single weekend, JD Vance’s direct attacks on European democracy at the Munich Security Conference and his meeting with far-right, anti-European political forces in Germany, have given de Gaulle his historic vindication.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fact check: Liberal Democrats’ 2024 manifesto supported renewal of Trident

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch questioned Lib Dem commitments to the UK’s nuclear deterrent.

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