well, road in london on monday. well, the prime minister insists that his defence spending pledge is fully funded, though he declined to rule out cuts in other areas. the government has committed to reaching 2.5% of gdp by the year 2030 and is encouraging other members of nato to match that amount. speaker in berlin, next to his german counterpart, rishi sunak , said that rising sunak, said that rising conflicts around the world are making defence spending more urgent. >> we meet as a war rages on our continent and new threats are rising around the world. and olaf, i want to congratulate you on your leadership in recognising the zeitenwende and you taking the historic decision to increase germany's defence spending. and we stand here today together as the leading defence spenders in europe , defence spenders in europe, unshakeable nato allies and the two largest military supporters of ukraine in europe. and together we will continue to provide unwavering support for our ukrainian friends. as you said, for as long as