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The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Jetten today.

The Prime Minister spoke to the Taoiseach of Ireland, Micheál Martin, today.

British small businesses will help develop a hypersonic 'clay pigeon' target, a vehicle intended to represent threats capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound, under a new £20m investment announced today.

The Enterprise Gateway: Opening Address

Minister Pollard highlighting record spending on air power, drones, and innovation, and publishing a new SME Action Plan to grow Britain's defence industry.

The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) on Tuesday took delivery of the Penghu, the fifth of six 1,000-tonne-class patrol cutters ordered as part of an initiative to build 141 new coast guard ships by 2028.

A Chinese military helicopter was detected crossing the Taiwan Strait median line on Monday, in what a military expert said appeared to be a first.

Syrian customs authorities seized 226 RGC-type grenades on Tuesday that were hidden in a vehicle heading to Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reported citing an official statement by the Syrian authorities.

Statement by Ambassador Kate Foster, UK Chargé d'Affaires to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Syria's political transition has reached an important institutional milestone with the establishment of a People's Assembly and Constitutional Supreme Court, senior UN officials told the Security Council today, warning that continued insecurity, Israeli military activity and a severely underfunded humanitarian response threaten the country's delicate progress.

H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, has formally called on the United States Government to urgently review and remove Uganda from the temporary Ebola-related entry suspension.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN health teams and partners are still racing to contain the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, despite ongoing insecurity in eastern areas where the virus has taken hold. As of 19 July, the DRC Government has recorded 2,423 confirmed cases, including 967 deaths and 469 recoveries.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday reported the recent interception and exclusion of an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)-flagged foreign national through the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), preventing his entry into the Philippines.

The Governor briefed the President on the region's socioeconomic development.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers proposed the appointment of a permanent special envoy to Myanmar and a benchmarking tool to assess the progress of the Southeast Asian state's implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC).

China has firmly rejected Japan's "concerns" over Chinese naval vessels' live-fire drills in Japan's so-called exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian telling reporters on Tuesday that Japan's objections are baseless. Lin added that China's competent authorities have already made clear China's stance regarding the China-Russia joint military exercises and maritime patrols.

China has firmly rejected Japan's "concerns" over Chinese naval vessels' shooting drills in Japan's so-called exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian telling reporters on Tuesday that Japan's objections are baseless. Lin added that China's competent authorities have already made clear China's stance regarding the China-Russia joint military exercises and maritime patrols.

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