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Defence firms soar amid talk of extra military spending: BAE leads way in London as Rolls-Royce hits record high
European defence stocks surged as the continent’s political leaders gathered for an emergency summit with the US ramping up calls for a boost in military spending. Keir Starmer yesterday said he would be ‘ready and willing’ to deploy British troops on the …