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flag UK appoints new Minister for International Development as aid budget cuts, defense spending rises.

flag Baroness Chapman has been appointed as the UK's new Minister for International Development, replacing Anneliese Dodds who resigned over the government's plan to cut overseas aid. flag The aid budget will drop from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income by 2027 to fund a rise in defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the same year. flag Dodds warned the cuts could affect UK support for regions like Gaza and Sudan and potentially exclude the UK from multilateral bodies.

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