Nato needs a “quantum leap” in defence to deter threats to the alliance, its secretary general has said, as he called for Western allies to invest more in their armed forces.

In a speech in London, Mark Rutte said Russia could be ready to use military force against Nato within five years.

Rutte said Nato needed a “400% increase in air and missile” to credibly defend itself against attacks.

He said he expected Nato allies to agree to spend 5% of their national income on defence, at a summit in the Netherlands next week.

Rutte’s speech at Chatham House comes at a critical time for global security as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and China’s military expansion continues to raise questions about Nato’s capabilities and readiness for war.

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US President Donald Trump is deploying more National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles as protests in the city continue.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he will take legal action against the deployments, calling President Trump “deranged” and “dictatorial”.

Demonstrations in the city continued into a fourth day on Monday, with new rallies starting up across the US against immigration authorities.

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The governor of California has said that President Trump is “hoping for chaos” by deploying National Guard forces in Los Angeles. Gavin Newsom condemned the move as “purposefully inflammatory”. It comes after three days of protests against immigration raids in the city.

The Los Angeles Police Department have said the protests are largely peaceful and the LA authorities said they could handle the situation.

National Guard troops have been stationed outside the Metropolitan detention centre, one of several sites that have seen confrontations involving hundreds of demonstrators and federal law enforcement officials.

It’s the first time a US president has deployed the National Guard in the face of civil unrest since the LA riots in 1992. President Trump said: “We’ll send whatever we need to make sure there’s law and order.”

However Mr Trump’s Democrat opponents have said the administration’s use of masked immigration officers with military gear to arrest civilians in restaurants and shops has been inflammatory and the president’s eagerness to deploy trained soldiers was unwarranted.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Sudworth in Los Angeles.

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Several people have been killed in a shooting at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz, police have said.
 
Students and teachers are believed to be among the casualties after gunshots at the Dreierschützengasse high school.
 
Local media report that at least nine people have been killed, but the number of fatalities has not been confirmed by officials yet.
 
A police spokesman told the public broadcaster ORF the suspected gunman is believed to have killed himself.
 
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