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Radio 4,30 Jun 2026,30 mins

Sir Keir Starmer announces an extra 15 billion pounds of military spending

Six O'Clock News

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The outgoing Prime Minister has hailed what he called "a generational transformation of our armed forces," after the government published its delayed Defence Investment Plan. Also: The US Supreme Court has struck down President Trump's attempt to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the US. And Shetland backs a plan to dig undersea tunnels between islands.

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