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This is bbc news. i m lewis vaughanjones, and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. crucial talks on the future direction of nato are getting under way in madrid. borisjohnson will call on his fellow leaders to increase their military spending. what we also need to do to make sure that we think about the lessons of the last few months and the need for nato to revise its posture. iam i am live in madrid where nato leaders are said to approve a huge troop increase for the eastern flank and formally invite finland and sweden to join the alliance. tributes are paid to the british cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster ....
Direct threat to our security. let s take a closer look at that increase in numbers. before 201a, there were few nato forces in the eastern part of the alliance. but then came russia s annexation of crimea. in response nato sent battlegroups to estonia, latvia, lithuania and poland. and since then those forward, high alert, forces have gradually increased, they currently sit at a0,000. now, in line withjens stoltenberg s statement today, that number will increase seven fold to 300,000. land, air, maritime and special operations forces, all of them ready to respond to an attack, within hours. earlier i spoke to douglas lute. he is a retired three star general who went on to be the us ambassador to nato in the final years of president barack 0bama s administration. i asked him for his reaction and whether this troop increase ....
To an attack, within hours. earlier, i spoke to douglas lute. he is retired three star general who went on to be he is a retired three star general who went on to be the us ambassador to nato in the final years of president barack 0bama s administration. i asked him for his reaction and whether this troop increase was a big deal. it is a big deal. the announcement today should be seen as a prelude to other such steps that nato will announce at the summit in madrid later this week but this first announcement is impressive, going from 40,000 as part of the nato response force, as the secretary general announced, over300,000 is a massive step. you are familiar with some of the inner workings of nato. what does the announcement tell us about the state of cooperation between the nations because presumably something like this would have taken a lot of cooperation to put together? it s a very strong signal. ....
Lithuania is reinforcing its troops along the border with the highly armed Russian exclave Kaliningrad and Belarus. Lithuania is a NATO member and is also receiving Germany's support. The Bundeswehr has increased its contingent in the country. ....
The Kremlin has voiced concern about a possible escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine's separatist conflict as the U.S. issued a strong warning to Russia to stay away from Ukraine. ....