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Germany and Britain plan to jointly develop a remote-controlled howitzer for future military ground operations, the British government announced on Wednesday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Berlin. The "joint endeavour" will develop "remote-controlled howitzer 155mm wheeled artillery systems (RCH 155), which will be fitted to Boxer vehicles" from German tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), according to the statement from Number 10 Downing Street. The howitzer can fire up to nine 155-millimetre calibre artillery shells per minute at a range of up to 40 kilometres. The RCH 155 is...
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Germany and Britain plan to jointly develop a remote-controlled howitzer for future military ground operations, the British government announced on Wednesday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Berlin. The "joint endeavour" will develop "remote-controlled howitzer 155mm wheeled artillery systems (RCH 155), which will be fitted to Boxer vehicles" from German tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), according to the statement from Number 10 Downing Street. The howitzer can fire up to nine 155-millimetre calibre artillery shells per minute at a range of up to 40 kilometres. The RCH 155 is...
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Germany and Britain plan to jointly develop a remote-controlled howitzer for future military ground operations, the British government announced on Wednesday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Berlin. The "joint endeavour" will develop "remote-controlled howitzer 155mm wheeled artillery systems (RCH 155), which will be fitted to Boxer vehicles" from German tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), according to the statement from Number 10 Downing Street. The howitzer can fire up to nine 155-millimetre calibre artillery shells per minute at a range of up to 40 kilometres. The RCH 155 is...
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Berlin for the first time on Wednesday, 18 months after taking office. His meeting with his German counterpart Olaf Scholz will focus on military aid for Ukraine and the war in Gaza. The controversial British asylum pact with Rwanda, which was approved by the British parliament on Tuesday, is also likely to be discussed. Although Britain has not been a member of the European Union for more than four years, it is still one of Germany's most important allies in NATO, the G7 and the G20. Alongside Germany, the country is Ukraine's most important Europ...
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Britain plans to increase its defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday, which would place the country well above NATO's target. Sunak made the announcement in Warsaw during a joint appearance with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in front of British soldiers stationed in Poland. NATO has set a target for alliance members to spend 2% of their economic output on defence. British spending is currently around 2.3%. According to Sunak, an additional £75 billion pounds ($93 billion) is to be invested in defen...
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Britain plans to increase its defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday, which would place the country well above NATO's target. Sunak made the announcement in Warsaw during a joint appearance with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in front of British soldiers stationed in Poland. NATO has set a target for alliance members to spend 2% of their economic output on defence. British spending is currently around 2.3%. According to Sunak, an additional £75 billion pounds ($93 billion) is to be invested in defen...
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Britain plans to increase its defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday, which would place the country well above NATO's target. Sunak made the announcement in Warsaw during a joint appearance with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in front of British soldiers stationed in Poland. NATO has set a target for alliance members to spend 2% of their economic output on defence. British spending is currently around 2.3%. According to Sunak, an additional £75 billion pounds ($93 billion) is to be invested in defen...
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Five more people have died attempting to cross the English Channel, French maritime authorities said on Tuesday, after rescuers came to the aid of the heavily overcrowded boat. The five could not be resuscitated after they were taken from the water. The victims included a 4-year-old girl, media reports said. The incident occurred during the morning near the northern French coastal town of Wimereux. Accidents often occur in these waters as migrants try to reach Britain using small rubber dinghies. The journey is made all the more dangerous by large ships working the route. In January, five peop...
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Heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on Britain to reconsider its new law facilitating the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The bill passed on Monday significantly restricts the possibility of resisting deportation - even if migrants are exposed to risks in the process, UNHCR head Filippo Grandi and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said in Geneva. Moreover, people's specific individual circumstances may not be adequately examined before deportation - contrary to international humanitarian law, they noted. "By shifting ...
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Heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on Britain to reconsider its new law facilitating the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The bill passed on Monday significantly restricts the possibility of resisting deportation - even if migrants are exposed to risks in the process, UNHCR head Filippo Grandi and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said in Geneva. Moreover, people's specific individual circumstances may not be adequately examined before deportation - contrary to international humanitarian law, they noted. "By shifting ...
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