France, June 25 -- NATO leaders endorsed a boost in defence spending to 5% of GDP and reaffirmed their core mutual defence pledge at the 2025 summit in The Hague on Wednesday - moves hailed by Donald Trump as a "monumental win" for the U.S., which he claims has long borne an unfair burden. While all 32 allies stressed unity, not everyone is convinced.

"We reaffirm our ironclad commitment to collective defence as enshrined in Article 5 of the Washington Treaty - that an attack on one is an attack on all," the leaders said in a summit declaration.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded NATO's "tremendous" summit in the Hague as leaders wrapped up a meeting that saw the alliance back his demand to ramp up defence spending...