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Good afternoon. Rishi Sunak is headed for Poland to talk defense and security. Here’s what else you need to know:
- The PM will hold a press conference with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg at 2.20 p.m., before meeting Polish PM Donald Tusk in the evening.
- Sunak will then head to Berlin tonight, for talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tomorrow.
- Back in Britain: The Football Governance Bill gets its second reading in the Commons this afternoon.
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