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Today, world leaders have agreed to increase defence spending to 5% at a Nato summit at The Hague.

Member states will commit 3.5% of GDP on core defence expenditure by 2035, plus up to 1.5% on a security investments. President Trump hailed the outcome as a “big win” and said he no longer thought Nato was a "rip-off". Adam is joined by BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale and former British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Kim Darroch.

Also at the summit is Chris, who’s been traveling with the Prime Minister. Starmer is facing a backbench rebellion over changes to the welfare system.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi and Julia Webster. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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