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Now playing Next Europe News NATO, EU ink cooperation deal NATO and the EU have signed a deal aimed at boosting cooperation on defence. 08/07/2016
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Now playing Next Belgium Cyberspace is officially a war zone - NATO Cyber attacks against a member nation could trigger an Article 5 collective response by all 28 states involved. 15/06/2016