News U.K

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Brewdog: UK craft beer giant expands into China (BBC News)

The firm says its Punk IPA and other beers will be brewed in the country by the end of next month.

The company says it currently has an international network of more than 110 bars but just one in China. Brewdog Shanghai, which opened in 2020, is in the Jing'An district of the city. The company said it also plans to open several bars in the country in the next three years. It is the company's second tie-up in Asia following a deal with Asahi in Japan in 2021, which Brewdog said helped it double its sales in the country. In a statement, Brewdog founder James Watt described the Budweiser partnership as "transformational" and said it would bring the craft brewery to "every corner of the world's biggest beer market". Brewdog also says it plans to open more bars in the world's second largest economy.

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Is military spending broken? The UK may offer some insights (CNBC)

In 2023, a U.S. general noted that decades of military spending cuts in the United Kingdom had affected its war-fighting capabilities.

Cuts in military spending aren't unique to the U.K. army](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/02/us-army-chief-of-staff-concern-defence-budget) in 2015. [decades of military spending cuts in the United Kingdom](https://news.sky.com/story/us-general-warns-british-army-no-longer-top-level-fighting-force-defence-sources-reveal-12798365) had affected its war-fighting capabilities.

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