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February 19: PM Starmer prepared to raise defence spending
Keir Starmer vows to ‘spend more’ on UK defence but other areas face cuts
April 24: Putin seeks sovereignty over Ukraine land taken by force in Trump peace plan
Vladimir Putin offers to halt Ukraine invasion along current front line
May 8: Conclave begins to choose next pope
Black smoke signals no Vatican consensus on a new pope
May 21: Neutrino detectors in US and Japan race to discover secrets of the universe
‘You look troubled -what’s the anti-matter?’
June 6: PM Keir Starmer puts UK on war footing
How big is the economic dividend from extra defence spending?
June 26: Trump’s hopes of winning Nobel Peace Prize in doubt
‘Just for fun, let’s give it to Obama again’
July 24: Ozzy Osbourne dies
Obituary: Ozzy Osbourne, singer, 1948-2025
August 7: National Institute of Economic and Social Research warns chancellor Rachel Reeves of tax rises to come
Reeves faces £51bn hole in public finances, think-tank warns
September 9: Trump signs executive order to rebrand Department of Defense
Donald Trump to rebrand defence department as the Department of War
September 11: France gets another prime minister after confidence vote
Macron appoints ally Sébastien Lecornu as France’s prime minister
October 9: Texan National Guard set to be posted in Chicago
Banx’s Chicago cartoon elicits laughter then sadness / Letter from Jon Johannessen, Venice CA, US
October 22: Trump starts demolition of White House East Wing for construction of ballroom
Trump flattens East Wing as donors bankroll gilded White House project
