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Why the U.S. Is Way Behind China in Making Drones for War

A four-day test in the Alaska wilderness shows how far the U.S. military and American drone companies lag behind China in the technology....

13/07/2025 09:00 New York Times
Australia won’t commit in advance to joining hypothetical US-China conflict, Pat Conroy says

Comments come amid reports Washington seeking guarantees about how Canberra would respond in event of Indo-Pacific conflictFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia will refuse any US request to join a “hypothetical...

13/07/2025 03:35 The Guardian
Australia news live: Chinese surveillance ‘won’t be unexpected’ as Talisman Sabre war games begin, Conroy says; Queensland premier announces CFMEU inquiry

Follow all the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘A balanced region where no one is dominated and no one dominates’China needs to be “more transparent” about military and nuclear buildups in the region, Conroy says, and this has been a message commun...

13/07/2025 02:44 The Guardian
People waiting for aid among dozens reported killed by Israeli forces in Gaza – Middle East crisis live

Gaza civil defence said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people on FridayGaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the south of the war-ravaged territory, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.Gaza civil defence offi...

12/07/2025 08:03 The Guardian
Russia Sees France as Its Main Enemy in Europe, French General Says

During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, close” threat....

11/07/2025 22:17 New York Times
Zelenskyy says he has received positive signals from US over resumption of military aid – as it happened

Ukraine president says he has held constructive talks with Trump and that European allies will help pay for Patriot systems. This live blog is closedZelenskyy also repeatedly thanks partners for their help so far, saying it is thanks to their help it was able to start building a modern air force.“...

10/07/2025 17:41 The Guardian
Bob Vylan frontman warns ‘you’ll get me in trouble’ after crowd’s IDF chants

Audience at sold-out London gig told ‘every other chant is fine’ amid police investigation into Glastonbury performanceThe frontman of Bob Vylan warned his fans to stop chanting against the Israeli military during the duo’s first UK gig since the band’s Glastonbury festival performance.Pasca...

10/07/2025 09:02 The Guardian
Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR

Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgmentRussia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of h...

09/07/2025 17:51 The Guardian
Pope offers to hold talks with Russia after meeting Zelenskyy – as it happened

Vatican statement said the pair ‘discussed the ongoing conflict and the urgent need for a just and lasting peace’Following a similar decision by Germany yesterday, the European Union has also summoned the Chinese ambassador following an incident in which China’s military allegedly targeted a G...

09/07/2025 16:07 The Guardian
Pentagon provided $2.4tn to private arms firms to ‘fund war and weapons’, report finds

Exclusive: most of defense department’s discretionary spending from 2020-2024 went to military contractorsA new study of defense department spending previewed exclusively to the Guardian shows that most of the Pentagon’s discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 has gone to outside military contr...

08/07/2025 18:00 The Guardian
Ukrainians Are Cautiously Optimistic After Trump Says U.S. Will Send More Military Aid

After President Trump’s announcement that the United States would send more military aid, some were grateful, others were skeptical, mindful of his seesawing policy....

08/07/2025 17:22 New York Times
‘Serious risk to life’: scenic Isle of Wight road could fall into sea, councillor warns

Military Road on island’s south is threatened by erosion, with some parts now less than 5 metres from steep cliffsIt is considered one of the most scenic routes in the UK, an 11-mile stretch of road that skirts the coastal cliffs and enjoys sweeping views of the Channel.The problem is that Militar...

08/07/2025 15:29 The Guardian
Gaza health system overwhelmed by casualties at aid distributions, says Red Cross – Israel-Gaza war live

The ICRC said ‘the scale and frequency of these incidents are without precedent’Five Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in Gaza, the Israeli military said on Tuesday, while health officials in the Palestinian territory said 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes.The bloodshed came as Is...

08/07/2025 13:28 The Guardian
Germany summons Chinese envoy over laser-targeting of surveillance plane

Berlin says incident risked lives of military personnel protecting Red Sea shippingThe German foreign ministry has summoned the Chinese ambassador in Berlin after a Chinese warship used a laser to target a German aircraft taking part in an EU operation helping to protect shipping in the Red Sea.“T...

08/07/2025 11:37 The Guardian
US only has 25% of all Patriot missile interceptors needed for Pentagon’s military plans

Exclusive: Low stockpiles for the crucial Patriot missile interceptors led to Trump administration pausing transfers to UkraineThe United States only has about 25% of the Patriot missile interceptors it needs for all of the Pentagon’s military plans after burning through stockpiles in the Middle E...

08/07/2025 10:00 The Guardian
US completes deportation of eight men to South Sudan after legal wrangling

Eight were held for weeks at a US military base in Djibouti while their legal challenge played out in courtEight men deported from the US in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have reached...

07/07/2025 06:41 The Guardian
Netanyahu returns to White House holding all the cards in Gaza talks

Joint attack on Iran puts Israeli PM in powerful position as he dangles prospect of Trump-brokered ceasefire dealDonald Trump will host Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on Monday as the US president seeks again to broker a peace deal in Gaza and the Israeli prime minister takes a victory lap thro...

07/07/2025 04:00 The Guardian
US and Ukraine to work on strengthening air defences, Zelenskyy says, after call Trump says was ‘meaningful’ – as it happened

All-night attack on Kyiv followed conversation between US president and Putin. This live blog is closedRussian drone attack on KyivKremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would continue its war on Ukraine as it was unable to achieve its goals through “diplomatic means.”“We are inte...

04/07/2025 16:31 The Guardian
Trump has ‘good conversation’ with Zelenskyy after heavy bombardment of Ukraine by Russia

US munitions slated for Ukraine held up over shortage as Trump ‘disappointed’ by Putin’s refusal to make concessionsDonald Trump spoke with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday as the US president appears increasingly disheartened over his chances of fulfilling a campaign pled...

04/07/2025 14:58 The Guardian
Home secretary rejects Zarah Sultana’s claim Labour failing to improve lives – UK politics live

Sultana announced on Thursday she was quitting Labour to join Jeremy Corbyn’s Independent AllianceCritics of the UK’s role in the Gaza war are considering setting up an independent tribunal if, as expected, Labour blocks a bill tabled by Jeremy Corbyn backing an official inquiry.Government whips...

04/07/2025 09:01 The Guardian
US supreme court clears way for deportations of eight men to South Sudan

Court halts ruling that allowed migrants to challenge removal to countries where they could be in dangerThe supreme court has allowed the Trump administration to deport the eight men who have been held for weeks at an American military base in Djibouti to war-torn South Sudan, a country where almost...

03/07/2025 21:28 The Guardian
Deputy commander of Russian navy killed in strike near Ukraine frontline

Maj Gen Mikhail Gudkov personally promoted by Putin and had previously led one of Russia’s most notorious brigadesA deputy commander of the Russian navy who had previously led one of the military’s most notorious brigades has been killed near the frontline with Ukraine, Moscow has confirmed.Maj...

03/07/2025 18:02 The Guardian
Pentagon reviews arms exports to allies as munition stockpiles reportedly drop

Spokesperson Sean Parnell confirms defence department reviewing shipments may not affect only UkrainePentagon says US strikes set back Iran nuclear program ‘one to two years’The Pentagon has said that it is reviewing weapons deliveries to allies around the world as reports grow of concerns over...

02/07/2025 22:18 The Guardian
Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal

Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crimeThe Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a tar...

02/07/2025 17:50 The Guardian
Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms

The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces....

02/07/2025 08:03 New York Times
Ali Shamkhani, Top Iran Official, Survived Israeli Strike

Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani was seen struggling to walk with a cane at a funeral procession this weekend for military commanders killed in the 12-day war....

01/07/2025 23:09 New York Times
California mayor on Trump’s immigration raids: ‘It is a campaign of domestic terror’

Former marine Arturo Flores condemns ‘a level of psychological warfare I’ve only seen in theaters of war’As a United States marine, Arturo Flores served in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he worked as a military police officer and trained dogs to find roadside bombs.It’s his experience in the mi...

01/07/2025 13:00 The Guardian
Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?

One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline of what happenedIn the weeks leading up to Israel’s war with Iran, which it launched on 13 June...

01/07/2025 08:09 The Guardian
Thom Tillis won’t seek re-election after clash with Trump over ‘big beautiful bill’ | First Thing

President insulted Republican senator and threatened to back his primary challenger after he opposed domestic bill. Plus, how a generation of ‘virgins’ is leading America’s next sexual revolutionGood morning.Thom Tillis announced yesterday that he would not run for re-election to the US Senate...

30/06/2025 12:15 The Guardian
Sleeper cells and threat warnings: how the US-Iran conflict is spinning up fear

Experts stress that a weakened Iran isn’t in a position to attack on US soil and doesn’t want to invite Trump’s wrathAs the war between Iran and Israel intensified, teasing the eventual involvement of the US military, American security agencies began to warn of a looming threat of Tehran-backe...

30/06/2025 11:00 The Guardian
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