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NATO allies the UK and Belgium are at loggerheads as Belgium's green party coalition is using Brexit rules to block the export of critical nuclear arms technology to the UK. The technology at the centre of the row plays a vital role in the maintenance of the UK's nuclear deterrent, with Belgium insisting the UK needs an 'export licence' to obtain it post-Brexit. However, though both nations are NATO allies, Belgium's deputy prime minister Georges Gilkinet, member of the green coalition-member Ecolo party has blocked the licence due to 'opposition to nuclear weapons and the arms industry,' ...

Ritteer claims the war is basically over and is in a mopping-up phase. Aside from the totally wretched ethics of the entire business, the US siding with Nazis against Christians, there is a question of the impact this war will have on Western economies. The war will leave Russia in control of all the main choke points of the world's food systems. The idea of Breadline-Joe Biden sanctioning Russia by denying them Western financial services is beyond ridiculous, i.e. did you ever try to put katsup or barbeque sauce on a financial service and EAT it?? Russia is sanction-proof;Russia, China,...

We are now in contact with the Polish government following the statement issued today. As we have said, the decision about whether to transfer Polish-owned planes to Ukraine is ultimately one for the Polish government. We will continue consulting with our Allies and partners about our ongoing security assistance to Ukraine, because, in fact, Poland's proposal shows just some of the complexities this issue presents. The prospect of fighter jets "at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America" departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine...