内容摘要：The African Union recognises Western Sahara's independence but in recent years, various countries have backed Morocco's position, including the United States, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

The African Union recognises Western Sahara's independence but in recent years, various countries have backed Morocco's position, including the United States, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

The EU has established a Security Action for Europe fund (SAFE) with €150bn (£126bn) of loans, backed by the EU budget, to enable its member states to rearm.This was going to be spent on EU-based defence firms. The fund also allows for the involvement of a number of non-EU countries and could now be opened up to UK defence companies too. This would potentially allow EU firms to use the fund to buy kit from the UK.

The UK has a large defence manufacturing industry relative to many EU states and this sector directlyBetween 2020 and 2024, the UK wasto have accounted for around 3.6% of total global annual arms exports, making the UK the seventh largest national exporter.

Again, the detail is still being worked out here and we do not know when and exactly how the UK will participate in the fund.The government has set itself a big challenge - to deliver 1.5 million new homes in England by the end of the current Parliament.

for the numbers of new homes they should be helping to create in their areas every year, with some needing vast increases compared with their recent record.

Enter a postcode to find out what is happening in your area with targets, average delivery and the latest figures on new homes and planning permission.A Ukrainian national security official said the incidents were Russian "false flag" operations, designed to "manipulate international opinion" ahead of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey on Monday.

Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council's Centre for Countering Disinformation, accused Russia of "laying the groundwork to derail the negotiations".He added Ukraine had "absolutely no incentive to sabotage the Istanbul summit".

Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the incidents throughout the night, the Kremlin said.Pictures online from Bryansk showed mangled carriages and passengers helping each other climb out of the wreckage in the dark.