UK hikes defence spending to 2.5% amid Trump pressure

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  Foreign.

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  Welcome to the world in 10 in an increasingly uncertain world.

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  This is the Times daily podcast dedicated to global security Today with me,

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  Stuart Willey and Alex Dibble.

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  The UK prime minister says Russia is a menace needing a generational response.

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  In Parliament, he announced billions of pounds in extra defense spending,

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  but pushing it to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.

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  I've long argued that in the face of ongoing generational challenges,

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  all European allies must step up and do more for our own defence.

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  So, subject to economic and fiscal conditions and aligned with our strategic and operational needs,

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  we will also set a clear ambition for defence spending to rise to 3%

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  and of GDP in the next Parliament.

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  So Keir Starmer called it the biggest sustained investment since the end of the Cold War,

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  hailing it as needed to provide the deterrence that would bring peace to Ukraine.

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  At the same time,

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  German lawmakers are said to be rushing through a 200 billion euro boost to defense spending.

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  But none of these moves will bring it up to the 5% of GDP

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  that Donald Trump has been calling for or the more than 6% that Russia spends.

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  To talk us through what it could all mean,

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  our guest today is Hamish Debretton Gordon along British army officer,

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