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The White House has drawn up a list of “naughty and nice” NATO countries, Politico reported yesterday. No details have been revealed regarding the consequences the allies might face or the favours they might be granted. Poland and Romania could be among the biggest winners, the website suggested.more

More than 1,400 British soldiers travelled yesterday to NATO exercises in Germany on a chartered passenger ferry, according to British media reports. Although the Ministry of Defence insists that this is not due to a lack of its own transport, not everyone is convinced by these explanations.more

A Polish citizen was convicted on Monday of photographing and recording important U.S. military installations, aircraft, equipment and activities without the commander's consent, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada announced on Tuesday.more

British soldiers stationed in Nanyuki, Kenya fathered children with local women and, in some cases, abandoned them in a pattern of behaviour impacting multiple generations, a BBC World of Secrets podcast and BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed. The oldest child the BBC met during the investigation is now 70; the youngest just 3 years old.more

“The Labour government is not taking defence seriously,” said Keir Giles, a Chatham House expert and director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. In his view, the debate on rebuilding the armed forces, which the government had promised, has still not taken place.more

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he had spoken with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that both leaders had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. Fighting ceased at 5.00 pm Washington time (midnight in Beirut and Tel Aviv; 11.00 pm in Poland).more

Portugal is opposed to the creation of a European army and instead advocates strengthening and modernising its own armed forces within the framework of NATO, Portuguese Defence Minister Nuno Melo has stated.more

Two Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth after an unidentified aircraft was tracked heading toward the UK; it remained outside UK airspace and was not intercepted.more

The UK's security is "in peril" and the country's leaders have shown "corrosive complacency" towards defence, a former Nato secretary general has said. Lord George Robertson, the former Labour defence secretary who wrote the government's Strategic Defence Review (SDR), has accused "non-military experts in the Treasury" of "vandalism", in a speech to be delivered on Tuesday.more

Pakistan has proposed holding a second round of peace talks between the US and Iran before the ceasefire expires, the AP reported, citing two Pakistani officials. The talks could take place this week, Reuters added.more

Experts identify locations in the UK offering the greatest safety during a potential nuclear conflict, including London Underground and remote islands.more

A Russian submarine operation was detected in and around British waters by the UK and its allies during a month-long operation, UK Defence Secretary John Healey told a Downing Street press conference today.more

Men aged 17 to 45 must obtain permission from the Bundeswehr for trips abroad lasting longer than three months. The Ministry of Defense confirmed information previously reported by the Frankfurter Rundschau daily.more

US President Donald Trump declared on Monday that Iran could be destroyed overnight and threatened that it could be as early as Tuesday night. His ultimatum to Tehran expires tonight.more

If a crew member of the American F-15E fighter jet shot down by Iran is captured, this could complicate US military operations and President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a ceasefire, Reuters and the BBC reported today.more

US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the British newspaper The Telegraph published on Wednesday that he is seriously considering withdrawing the United States from NATO. He called the North Atlantic Alliance a "paper tiger."more

Queen Mary's eldest daughter will soon join the Danish army. Princess Isabella is due to finish high school later this year and afterwards she will spend 11 months doing military service. The princess, who will turn 19 in April, is to join the Guard Hussar Regiment in Slagelse, west of Copenhagen, from August.more

The UK, like other NATO countries, must prepare for the worst-case scenario, in which it would not be able to rely on the United States in the event of a war, according to a report published today by members of the parliamentary committee on security strategy.more

Polish F-16 pilots have been training in the UK over the past few days. Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz thanked them today for their professionalism and for taking part in the ‘Cobra Warrior 2026’ exercises. The air force manoeuvres also involved, among others, pilots of British Typhoon fighters and German Eurofighters.more

The British Royal Navy is set to “borrow” a vessel from Germany because, following the deployment of the destroyer HMS Dragon to the Mediterranean, it would be unable to fulfil its NATO commitments in the North Atlantic on its own, “The i Paper” revealed yesterday.more

US President Donald Trump again criticised NATO member states on Thursday for their stance on the war with Iran, suggesting that he would never forget this and that the allies would find this out in a few months’ time.more

The UK and Turkey signed a multi-billion-pound agreement yesterday on training and support, marking the next phase of an 8-billion-pound contract for the supply of Typhoon fighter jets, which was signed in October 2025, the UK Ministry of Defence announced.more

Cyprus is demanding improved security guarantees from the UK following an attack by Iranian drones on one of the two British military bases on the island, according to ‘The Telegraph’ newspaper. The status of both bases will not be up for negotiation.more

Iran domaga się zamknięcia amerykańskich baz wojskowych w Zatoce Perskiej i zakończenia ataków Izraela na libański Hezbollah jako warunku zawieszenia broni - poinformował dzisiaj dziennik "Wall Street Journal". Żąda również reparacji i zniesienia wszelkich sankcji jako warunku zakończenia wojny.more

Some 40% of people in the UK believe the country will be at war within five years, and more than two-thirds fear they would be unable to cope in a conflict, according to a new poll.more