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| Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11 EU to exclude US, UK and Turkey from €150bn rearmament fund Victory for France-backed ‘Buy European’ approach to defence spending |
| Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14 UK Treasury omits defence from National Wealth Fund priority sectors Decision comes even as government joins other European countries in seeking to raise military spending |
| Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14 BYD’s 5-minute charge: is time running out for electric-vehicle rivals? Chinese carmaker’s second shock announcement of the year could put others out of business, say analysts |
| Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12 Europe is only half-awake from its long sleep Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature |