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66
September 2018
Spain u-turns on Saudi missile order

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Spain: U-turn on Saudi missile order

Around a dozen people climb over the rubble of demolished buildings in Yemen.

The Spanish government has decided to go ahead with the delivery of 400 laser guided missiles to Saudi Arabia, worth more than $10m, a few weeks after saying they would cancel the order.

War profiteer of the month: Rheinmetall

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Rheinmetall is a German defence and automotive company founded in 1889, and is Germany's biggest arms manufacturer. In the 2017 fiscal year, Rheinmetall's defence sales were €3.036 billion (the automotive segment were €2.861 billion), and the company employs a total of 23,726 people.

Germany: Camp, protest and blockade at Rheinmetall factory

A large group of people march down a street. The front group are holding a banner reading "disarm Rheinmetall" in German

In Germany, activists have staged protests and blockades at the factory of arms company Rheinmetall, a huge international arms company, as part of a week long disarmament camp in Unterluss, in the north of Germany.

Philippines President visits Israel to buy arms

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In the first week of September 2018, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, spent four days visiting Israel. His trip was an opportunity to meet the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the thousands of Filipinos who live and work in the country… and explore opportunities to buy weapons.