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Badenoch presses Starmer on defence spending plan at PMQs

The PM announced an extra £15bn in military funding on Tuesday - in the Commons, Badenoch says it is only half the amount that defence chiefs said they needed.

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Defence secretary outlining details of spending plan after Starmer announces extra £15bn for UK armed forces

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Displaced Venezuelans to be housed in camps, president says, as people dig out relatives from rubble

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