UK and NATO allies agree to boost spending on defence and related areas to 5% of GDP by 2035
The UK and its NATO allies have agreed to increase spending on defence and related areas to 5% of GDP by 2035, two diplomatic sources with knowledge of the deal have told Sky News.
Some 3,000 elite troops from the US, the UK and 22 other nations are taking part in NATO's biggest special forces exercise in Europe even as Donald Trump reduces support to his allies.
Attacks by Donald Trump against his NATO allies over Greenland, the Chagos islands and the future of global security have sidelined critical plans to secure new support for Ukraine.
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