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The UK has announced it will buy new fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
The British Government says the purchase of 12 F-35A's will see the UK join NATO's airborne nuclear mission and calls it the 'Biggest strengthening of the UK's nuclear posture in a generation'.
The announcement comes with NATO's summit underway in the Netherlands, and as the alliance's member states commit to increased defence spending.
The UK's Defence secretary John Healey says the deal aims to strengthen both defence and British industry.
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Hungary has returned to space for the first time in more than four decades.
A Hungarian astronaut is headed to the International Space Station as part of a private mission supported by NASA and SpaceX.
Pablo Gutierrez reports from Budapest.
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US President Donald Trump says that China can continue to buy crude oil from Iran, in a move that the White House clarifies does not signal an easing of US sanctions.
China is the largest buyer of oil from Iran.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Hong Kong.
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A heat wave has shattered temperature records in several US cities and tens of millions of Americans remain under extreme heat warnings.
Authorities are urging people to take precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses.
Ira Spitzer reports
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A ceasefire between Iran and Israel is already showing signs of strain, after Israel accused the Iranians of violating the truce and threatened to launch "powerful strikes" on Tehran.
President Trump is urging both countries to honor the agreement brokered late on Monday night.
But our US Correspondent Simon Marks says events in the Middle East may be moving to derail it.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to increase the UK's defence spending to 5% of its GDP by the year 2035- in line with new targets set to be announced at the NATO summit in the Netherlands.
The 32 member state alliance is expected to agree to the new 5% spending goal- 3.5% of which will be core defence spending with 1.5% being made up of spending on defence related areas.
The new figure represents a marked increase from NATO's previous defence spending expectation of 2% of GDP - with Starmer having pledged only earlier this year to reach 2.7% in 2027 and 3% by 2034.
The increases come after US President Donald Trump said in January that the 2% figure was "not enough" and that NATO members should be spending 5%.
Former Army intelligence officer Colonel Philip Ingram says the increase is recognition of the threats NATO faces.
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