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Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he's in “intense contacts” with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets

The Independent UK

Dispute over oversight is at heart of Senate’s Ukraine aid delay

WASHINGTON — To many observers on Capitol Hill and in foreign aid circles, Sen. Rand Paul’s lonely opposition to swift passage of a $40 billion package of military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine is nothing new. The Kentucky Republican has a well-known penchant for spending hawkishness mixed with dovishness…

Tribune News Service

Pentagon says no wrongdoing in Syria strike that killed civilians

Officials acknowledged the attack killed civilians but blamed bad intelligence from partner forces on the ground.

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Dispute over oversight is at heart of Senate's Ukraine aid delay - Roll Call

The drama surrounding Sen. Rand Paul’s blocking of the Ukraine aid bill masks a divide over who will be the government spending watchdog.

Roll Call

Pentagon says India may deploy Russian S-400 missile system by next month to defend itself from Pakistan, China

India is taking steps to establish Integrated Theatre Commands that will improve its joint capability among its three military services

The Hindu

Afghanistan’s fall was inevitable once U.S. left, watchdog finds - Roll Call

The watchdog overseeing Afghanistan reconstruction issued a scathing report criticizing government planning before the U.S. withdrawal.

Roll Call

Pentagon probe rejects claims US covered up civilian deaths in Syria airstrike

A US military investigation found that American troops did not violate the law of war or deliberately cause civilian casualties in a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed dozens of people, including women and children. It did find that the military committed procedural mistakes in the aftermath of the attack.

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Spot a UFO? The Pentagon wants to know

WASHINGTON — If you see an unidentified flying object in the air, let the Pentagon know — and officials have promised to take you seriously.

Los Angeles Times

Review finds US troops didn't violate law in Syria airstrike

The U.S. military committed a number of procedural mistakes in the aftermath of a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed dozens, including women and children, but a new investigation has concluded that U.S. troops did not violate the law of war or deliberately cause civilian casualties

The Independent UK

Pentagon releases bizarre new footage of circular UFO zooming past plane in sky

Intelligence officials at the Pentagon opened up their real-life X-files after they were questioned by the US Congress and revealed they've recorded 400 sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena

Daily Mirror

What Congress learned in its first public hearing on UFOs since 1966

So far, there's been no evidence of aliens from the incidents.

Axios

Out-of-this-world revelations in short supply at US Congress briefing on UFOs

Military admits to being ‘less than forthcoming’ as amateurs and senators say government should take the issue more seriously

The Guardian - US

Lawmakers frustrated with classified briefings on UFOs, report says

The latest secret briefings on UFOs come four months after Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act

The Independent UK

What to expect from the House panel hearing on UFOs, first public hearing of its kind in decades

Previous report found that more than 140 UFO sightings recorded since 2004 could not be explained

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Biden Reestablishes US Troop Presence inside Somalia

President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday. The move reverses an order from Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, who in late 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from…

Tribune News Service

Senate advances $40 billion Ukraine aid bill with wide support

WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly voted to move toward passage of $40 billion in aid to Ukraine, underscoring the broad Republican and Democratic support for the country as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion.

Axios

Reversing Trump's withdrawal, Biden approves redeployment of U.S. troops to Somalia

Al-Shabab has grown stronger since the withdrawal, the U.S. has assessed.

Tribune News Service

4 Air Force cadets may not graduate for refusing to get COVID vaccine

Four Air Force cadets might not be allowed to graduate for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and they may also be forced to repay thousands of dollars in government scholarship money.

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Zelenskiy thanks visiting US senators and says Donbas situation is ‘very difficult’ – as it happened

President tells US officials that Donbas situation remains ‘very difficult’; A large convoy of hundreds of cars carrying refugees reaches Zaporizhzhia

France 24

Replenishing US arms supplies a matter of ‘urgency’ amid huge shipments to Ukraine

The US is expected to amplify its military assistance to Ukraine in the coming days as the Senate is anticipated to pass a bill giving Kyiv billions of additional weapons and military assistance. But the sheer extent of US arms donations has sharply reduced its own supplies – and analysts…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 80 of the invasion

Ukraine appears to have successfully driven back Russian forces from Kharkiv; Russia to suspend electricity to Finland after Helsinki announces Nato bid

Los Angeles Times

War crimes trial — first of many — starts in Ukraine; Russian commanders taking risks under growing pressure

KRAKOW, Poland — The trial of a single Russian sergeant opened in Ukraine in what is expected to start a massive prosecution for war crimes in a monthslong conflict that on Friday saw fighting rage in the east as Russia appeared to suffer new losses when its forces attempted to…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war: Pentagon chief speaks with Russian counterpart

US says Lloyd Austin urged ‘immediate ceasefire’ in first talks with Russia’s defence minister since Ukraine war began.

The Independent UK

US, Russian defense chiefs speak for 1st time since invasion

After rebuffing U.S. requests for months, Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday

Reuters

In first since Ukraine invasion, Pentagon chief speaks with Russian counterpart

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine when he spoke by telephone to his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on Friday for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon said.

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