British Prime Minister Keir Starmer travels to Brussels on Monday to call on Europe to shoulder more of the burden to keep the region safe from President Vladimir Putin's Russia and redouble efforts to crush his "war machine".

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He will call on Europe to shoulder more of the burden to keep the region safe from Putin. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At a meeting with EU heads of state in Brussels on Monday, the prime minister will challenge Britain’s European allies to ramp up their defence spending to keep the continent safe from Vladimir Putin’