Beijing poses a real and potentially imminent threat to Taiwan – so said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore. In turn, China accused the US of trying to provoke trouble in the Asia-Pacific region. [Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe]
Mr Hegseth also urged America’s Asian allies to increase their defence spending, echoing the demand he made of European allies earlier this year.
John Healey, the UK defence secretary, says he expects spending on national defence to reach 3% of GDP by the end of the next parliament.
Credits: Reporter: Jonathan Rugman, Producer: Suzanne Lentini, Picture Editor: Matt Michael
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