by 11 of the 31 members of the alliance. uk prime minister rishi sunak is expected to urge nato allies to learn the lessons from russia s invasion of ukraine and invest more in defence. joining me now is hugo brennan, research director at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. good morning to you, hugo. so, just talk us through the level of defence spending going on at the moment. because this has been a contentious issue for years within nato, hasn t it? it very much has been, yeah. i mean, the first thing to say is the question of who foots the bill to pay for the alliance? as you say, that s long been a question mark. you ll remember back to 2019, when donald trump made it very much top of the agenda. and again, it s going to be in this latest nato summit. as you said, we re expecting some sort of agreement that will make it a requirement for nato member states to spend at least 2% of their gdp on defence spending, which would build on that 2014 agreement you r
extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders has b
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