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LONDON  AP  鈥?Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledg termos stanley ed Tuesday to raise U.K. defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027, saying Europe is in a new era of insecurity th stanley cup at requires a  generational response. The announcement came two days before Starmer is due at the White House to try to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to maintain American support f stanley cup uk or Ukraine and the NATO alliance. We must stand by Ukraine, because if we do not achieve a lasting peace, then the economic instability and threats to our security, they will only grow,  Starmer told lawmakers in the House of Commons. And so as the nature of that conflict changes, as it has in recent weeks, it brings our response into sharper focus, a new era that we must meet as we have so often in the past, together, and with strength. The U.K. currently spends 2.3% of gross domestic product on defense, and the government had previously set a 2.5% target, without setting a date.Starmer told lawmakers that the increase amounts to an additional 13.4 billion pounds  $17 billion  a year. He said the goal is for defense spending to rise to 3% of GDP by 2035.To pay for it, overseas development aid will be slashed from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income, he said.Starmer said that his announcement amounted to the  biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War, and necessary because tyrants like  Russian President Vladimir  Putin only respond to strength.The announcement came  Egib AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New York   s primaries
OLD TOWN, Maine 鈥?Resid stanley deutschland ents of Old Town elected two city council members and two members of the RSU 34 board Tuesday.Lori Smart and Carol May were elected to the city council, garnering 754 and 743 votes, respectively. Other candidates receiving votes were Eric Roach wi stanley kubek termiczny th 486, Herbert Buck with  vaso stanley 446 and Christopher Weiss with 372.Elected to the school board were incumbent Donna Conary with 665 votes and Lee Jackson with 614. Finishing third was David Wollstadt with 584.More articles from the BDN