NATO

Keir Starmer speaks to US President Donald Trump at the Nato summit in The Hague (Picture: Kin Cheung/pool)

Why UK needs to pander to Trump but should not necessarily believe him Scotsman comment

US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Starmer to pledge 5% defence spending as Israel-Iran ceasefire agreed

Only Trump supporters are surprised by President's bombing decision Alastair GJ Stewart

The private sector will see a boost in funding, says Andrew Brydon

Plans to boost UK defence will have knock-on effects

US troops took part in Nato's Allied Spirit 25 military exercise in Germany in March this year (Picture: Sean Gallup)

Nato faces a make-or-break decision about how to protect Europe Professor Amelia Hadfield

Prince William rides in a Challenger 2 tank while visiting British forces at the Tapa army base in northern Estonia in March (Picture: Raigo Pajula)

Starmer must do more to put UK in state of 'war-fighting readiness' Scotsman comment

HMS Queen Elizabeth leaving Rosyth in Fife, Scotland, and sailing under the Forth bridge.

Exclusive SNP say UK must ‘rethink priorities’ ahead of strategic defence review

Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales watch the Red Arrows flypast from Buckingham Palace.

Breath-taking footage captures stunning military VE Day 80 flypast

A Poseidon MRA1 plane, designed for submarine-hunting and the tracking of maritime targets, arrives at RAF Lossiemouth (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Scotland has part to play in European defence in world of Trump, Putin David Gow

Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford

Blackford suggests SNP should ditch unilateral nuclear disarmament

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met in Washington DC - where the pair discussed a trade deal. Photo: Carl Court/PA Wire

Starmer passed Trump test, but must move past spending balancing act Alexander Brown

US President Donald Trump meeting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC.

Trump invited for unprecedented second state visit in charm offensive

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will meet on Thursday in Washington

Analysis The key issues on the table for Keir Starmer-Donald Trump meeting

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a statement on defence spending in the Downing Street Briefing Room

Starmer denies Trump is setting UK policy as defence spending is hiked

Donald Trump has claimed Ukraine started the war with Russia

USA now ‘least reliable’ partner in NATO, SNP MP says

Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer both spoke on tariffs on Monday

Sir Keir Starmer responds to Donald Trump's 'out of line' warning

On a visit to Ukraine, Keir Starmer said 'we all want this war to end... but right now Putin shows no sign of wanting peace' (Picture: Sergey Shestak)

Trump's shadow looms large over huge Nato training exercise in Romania Scotsman comment

Donald Trump has persisted with claims that the US should take control of Greenland, the Panama Canal and Canada (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

Why free world must pray Donald Trump is still the same old blowhard Scotsman comment

Charles met with Kenny Song, who works for Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative, after courtiers were told the Beijing-based businessman could invest in the King’s failed eco-village - Knockroon - billed as “a model community for Scotland.”

King met Chinese financier deemed security risk by Nato ally

Graeme Downie claimed Scotland was at the “forefront of the UK’s defence”

How Scotland would benefit the most from 2.5% defence spending rise

Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow this week (Picture: Sergei KARPUKHIN / POOL / AFP)

Readers' Letters: World War Three is not just around the corner

Starmer choosing ‘more Europe’ over the US presents risks for us all Brian Monteith

Donald Trump's US election win will have ramifications for Sir Keir Starmer and the UK government

Analysis What a Donald Trump win means for Westminster's new Labour government

Donald Trump’s dealings with Russia have sparked concerns over future US support for Ukraine should he win the race for the White House. Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

Explainer How the US election outcome will impact the world

Donald Trump wants to withdraw the US from Nato, according to one of his own former advisers (Picture: Kevin Dietsch)

Worst-case scenarios of Trump election win are truly terrifying Scotsman comment

General Sir Mike Jackson is best remembered for his crucial role in Kosovo in 1999 (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/AFP via Getty Images)

Obituaries: General Sir Mike Jackson, former Chief of the General Staff

placeholder image

Readers' Letters: Crises in the NHS is being replicated worldwide

Ukrainian civilians watch a demonstration of an anti-tank grenade launcher during military training in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine earlier this month (Picture: Sergey Bobok)

UK must urgently prepare for Trump selling out Ukraine to Putin Tim Willasey-Wilsey

Threats posed by Putin and Trump mean Starmer can't shirk very hard choices Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) meeting President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, for a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Washington DC, US, ahead of the Nato summit.

How Scottish industry is hoping for boost to defence spending from Starmer

Fico shooting is part of growing tide of violence that puts democracy in peril Christine Jardine

Amid huge Nato exercise in Poland, threats posed by Russia's war feel very real Mike Edwards

Nuclear weapons are terrifying but necessary to deter bloodthirsty tyrants like Vladimir Putin (Picture: Three Lions/Getty Images)

UK needs nuclear weapons In a world with Putin and Trump

Former prime minister Boris Johnson spoke on a range of subjects during a conference in Canada.

What did Boris Johnson say about the Conservatives while visiting Canada?

There are good strategic reasons for the UK's nuclear deterrent to be based at Faslane (Picture: James Glossop/WPA pool/Getty Images)

UK armed forces would be in independent Scotland 'for decades'

SNP plan to expel nukes while staying under Nato's nuclear umbrella is childish Euan McColm

Finnish soldiers have added to Nato's military strength, although the alliance now has a much longer border with Russia (Picture: Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)

Nato must not sleepwalk into war with Putin's Russia. We must be ready

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde

SNP: Removing Trident after independence 'would not embolden Putin'

Angus Robertson. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

SNP's defence plans in an independent Scotland leave many questions unanswered

One of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, west of Glasgow. Picture: James Glossop/AFP via Getty Images

SNP ministers to set out plans for removing nuclear weapons after independence

Vladimir Putin warned Russia could use nuclear weapons against the West during his state of the nation address, which was broadcast on giant screens in Moscow (Picture: Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats cannot be allowed in influence West's policy

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba insisted the drones landed on Romanian soil.

Ukraine accuses Romania of turning blind eye to drone explosions

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks on prior to an interview in the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy under fire for Ukraine comments

Romania's Danube Delta has become a route for Ukrainian grain exports.

Why Romania’s Ministry of Defence is reassuring its citizens over Russian attack

Nato risks an age of perpetual conflict if it decides to appease Vladimir Putin Joyce McMillan

A Ukrainian soldier fires towards Russian positions at the frontline near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region (Picture: Anatolii Stephanov/AFP via Getty Images)

After two months of slow progress, Ukraine’s counterattack is picking up speed

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Picture: Paul Ellis - Pool/Getty Images

Sunak rebukes Wallace over claims Ukraine and Zelensky must show 'gratitude'

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries