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pledges to support what it calls patriotic parties that promote nationalism and fight immigration.

It does not name any such parties, but those are the platforms of far-right parties, including Reform UK and the Alternative for Germany.

which is classified as extremist by German intelligence services.

The White House says it's necessary to support such parties to promote, quote, European greatness and prevent a future where, quote, certain NATO members will become majority non-European.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.

I literally walked up and this was happening in the middle of our streets.

You guys need to calm down and get out.

New sanctions target Russia's entire military intelligence agency, plus 11 Russian agents the British government accuses of, quote, carrying out Putin's bidding.

in Ukraine and across Europe.

It's also summoned the Russian ambassador.

This is in response to findings from an attack seven years ago on Sergei Skripal, a former Soviet agent who defected to England.

British investigators say Russian assassins tried to poison him with Novichok.

Russia denies it.

Skripal, his daughter, a police officer, and another bystander were hurt but survived.

But another bystander, Don Sturgis, died.

Novichok is the same nerve agent used against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.

The British and Norwegian prime ministers toured a military base in northern Scotland, where some of the 13 warships in this new fleet are stationed.

They're ramping up maritime patrols to protect undersea cables as well as oil and gas pipelines from Russian attack.

Norway's prime minister, Yunus Garstura, told reporters the two countries are merging their navies on NATO's northern flank.