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Russia's tanks stand poised on "Europe's Ukrainian lawn", British defence minister Grant Shapps warns, in a wide-ranging speech outlining the United Kingdom's security priorities. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world has "come full circle, moving from a post-war to pre-war world," Shapps adds, raising the alarm at an increasingly unstable security situation amidst Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, increasing attacks on Red Sea shipping by Yemen's Huthi rebels and Moscow's ongoing invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. SOUNDBITE
British Defence Minister Grant Shapps welcomes his Norwegian counterpart Bjørn Arild Gram as the UK and Norway announce a new defence initiative, the Maritime Capability Coalition, intended to strengthen the maritime capabilities of Ukraine. Britain has announced that it will send two Royal Navy mine-hunting ships to Ukraine to aid detection of Russian mines in the Black Sea and help Kyiv restore maritime exports. IMAGES
British Defence Minister John Healey is welcomed by his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz in Warsaw. The British politician is on a lightning tour of Europe that has already seen him visit France, Germany and will see him in Estonia next. IMAGES
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius welcomes his British counterpart John Healey to Berlin with military honours. IMAGES
UK voters head to the polls in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's constituency, in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. IMAGES
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