SWEDEN AND FINLAND GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR TO JOIN NATO - WHILE LIZ TRUSS SAYS THAT BRITAIN SHOULD SEND WEAPONS TO TAIWAN

 Now Liz Truss says Britain should send weapons to help TAIWAN amid fears of an invasion by China

• Foreign Secretary made remarks in Commons select committee yesterday
• UK has no defence or diplomatic ties with Taiwan, with fears of Chinese invasion 
• She said we should have armed Ukraine 'earlier', with a lesson learned for Taiwan
• UK Chief of the General Staff said we can't ignore 'rise and... challenge of China'
• But General Sir Patrick Saunders stopped short of advocating arming Taiwan
  
  
  
  Liz Truss has suggested that the UK should provide military aid to Taiwan.

• The Foreign Secretary made the surprising remarks while giving evidence to a Commons committee yesterday.

  Britain currently has no defence or diplomatic ties with Taiwan, which it is feared could be invaded by China, with Beijing increasingly hostile towards Taipei.

• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10963343/Now-Liz-Truss-says-Britain-send-weapons-help-TAIWAN-amid-fears-invasion-China.html

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Sweden and Finland are CLEARED to join NATO after negotiations with Turkey and ahead of Biden's meeting with Erdogan on Wednesday

• The leaders of Turkey, Sweden and Finland have signed a trilateral agreement that will clear the way for the two Nordic states to join NATO
• NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the deal 
• 'I am pleased to announce we now have an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO,' Stoltenberg said 
• Turkey had objected to Finland and Sweden's stance on Kurdish rebel groups that Turkey considers terrorists
• Biden meeting with Turkish president on Wednesday 
• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10962409/Sweden-Finland-cleared-join-NATO-Turkey-drops-objections.html