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Pentagon criticises Netflix for making ‘woke garbage’ after gay military drama

Boots, hit show about a closeted teen joining the marines, has led to a statement on ‘restoring the warrior ethos’The Pentagon has slammed Netflix for making “woke garbage” after the release of the hit gay military drama Boots.The show, based on Greg Cope White’s 2015 memoir The Pink Marin...

17/10/2025 19:38 The Guardian
Donald Trump claims ‘we’re getting along with China’ amid escalating trade war – US politics live

US president also says he is likely to meet China’s president Xi Jinping in South KoreaThe US Senate failed on Thursday to re-open the government and to vote to fund the military during the federal government shutdown, ensuring that the standoff will stretch into next week.The Senate vote on a sho...

17/10/2025 18:24 The Guardian
Survivors of airstrike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean held on US navy ship, officials say

It’s unclear whether survivors will be treated as prisoners of war or criminal defendants by US militaryThe US has seized survivors of a military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, accor...

17/10/2025 17:30 The Guardian
Syrian president in first visit to Moscow as former enemies hold talks

Ahmed al-Sharaa in effort to diversify alliances while Putin seeks to safeguard military interests in SyriaThe Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, travelled to Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Vladimir Putin, marking their first meeting since the fall of the Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad and his sub...

15/10/2025 14:59 The Guardian
Sweden, Estonia, and Finland pledge to increase spending on weapons purchases from US – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage hereSergiy Petrovich Lysak has been appointed as the head of the Odesa city military administration, as confirmed by an order on the website for the president of Ukraine on Wednesday, after the dismissal of the city’s former...

15/10/2025 14:24 The Guardian
German coalition in row over push to bring back conscription

Parties blame each other after bill halted at last minute, as fears grow over voluntary service and lottery idea is vetoedGermany’s ruling coalition is locked in a furious row over how to plug severe manpower gaps in the country’s military as it seeks to fulfil Nato obligations and prepare for t...

15/10/2025 14:19 The Guardian
Gaza ceasefire live: families say bodies of three further hostages identified amid reports vital aid crossing to reopen

Israel previously said the flow of aid would be cut by half and Rafah crossing would not open as planned due to delay in returning bodies of hostagesIsrael limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostages’ remainsThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will reopen Zikim beach near the northern border with th...

15/10/2025 08:28 The Guardian
Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain

In today’s newsletter: Flooding is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurersGood morning. For years, whenever I read about parts of Britain being wrecked by flooding, it always felt like something distant...

15/10/2025 05:22 The Guardian
Gaza ceasefire live: Red Cross warns of ‘massive challenge’ in returning bodies of hostages as key truce issues remain

Israeli defence minister says delay in returning bodies would be a violation of ceasefire as forces open fire on people approaching troops in northern GazaIsraelis and Palestinians celebrate as truce brings hope of ‘era of peace’Despite the ceasefire agreement, a medical source told Palestinian...

14/10/2025 14:04 The Guardian
Trump says military members will be paid despite government shutdown

President claims he found a way to pay troops and directed Pentagon chief to release funds on 15 OctoberDonald Trump claimed on Saturday that he had found a way to pay US military troops despite the ongoing federal government shutdown, saying he had instructed his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, to...

11/10/2025 19:53 The Guardian
Trump completes ‘semiannual’ physical before traveling to Middle East

White House had described doctor visit as ‘routine yearly checkup’ although president had annual physical in AprilDonald Trump – the oldest person ever to be elected US president – had what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at the Walter Reed national military medical center on...

11/10/2025 02:02 The Guardian
Ukraine Visit Leaves Lasting Mark on Times Editor

A visit to The New York Times’s Kyiv bureau stayed with an editor based in Manhattan. So too did the air alert app that is widely used to warn civilians of Russian military activity....

09/10/2025 19:00 New York Times
10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane

President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states....

09/10/2025 17:58 New York Times
Senate Republicans vote against check on Trump using deadly force against cartels

First vote in Congress on military campaign that White House says has hit four vessels and killed at least 21 peopleSenate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels after Democrats tried to c...

09/10/2025 01:19 The Guardian
Drone dilemma: How Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ is using fear to destabilise Europe

As Moscow’s suspected drone incursions threaten chaos, Europe faces a dilemma: respond and risk escalation, or face accusations of weakness• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen Munich airport had to close on 2 October after a suspected drone incursion, dozens of...

08/10/2025 15:17 The Guardian
Paraglider bomb attack by Myanmar military kills at least 20 at protest

Dozens more injured by night strike on anti-government demonstration held during national holidayA Myanmar military operation that used a motorised paraglider to drop bombs on a village this week killed at least 20 people including children and injured dozens more, according to witnesses and local m...

08/10/2025 13:38 The Guardian
Polls and politics point to a sea change in US views on Israel. Will it matter?

Fueled by dissent over the war in Gaza, the US public’s views are changing – and support for the Palestinians is risingThey seemed to be the ties that would for ever bind.For three-quarters of a century, unshakable support for Israel – in the form of military aid and diplomatic backing, and un...

08/10/2025 13:00 The Guardian
Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deportedA new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests....

08/10/2025 04:58 The Guardian
Ukraine 'strikes oil terminal in Crimea and key Russian explosives factory'

Ukraine's military says it has struck one of Russia's main explosives factory as well as an oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea....

06/10/2025 15:11 Skynews
Over half of Australians support sanctions on Israel and its leaders for ongoing attacks on Gaza, poll shows

Survey finds 57% of respondents agreed government should impose similar sanctions on Israel as those against Russia for its invasion of UkraineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are supportive of placing tough...

05/10/2025 14:00 The Guardian
Ex-Prime Minister Set to Return to Power in Czech Republic

The party of Andrej Babis, a billionaire and a skeptic of military support to Ukraine, prevailed in parliamentary elections by focusing on the economy....

04/10/2025 18:03 New York Times
Israel orders military to halt Gaza City campaign but continues strikes on the territory

IDF says it was directed to ready for first part of Donald Trump’s plan to end war in Gaza after Hamas agrees to release hostagesThe Israeli military has been ordered to halt its campaign in Gaza City by its political leadership, Israeli army radio reported on Saturday, while it was preparing for...

04/10/2025 15:35 The Guardian
Russia persistently targeting British satellites, UK Space Command chief says

Maj Gen Paul Tedman says Moscow trying to disrupt UK’s military activities on ‘weekly’ basis and closely monitoring space assetsRussia is attempting to jam UK military satellites on a regular basis, according to the head of the UK Space Command.Speaking to the BBC, Maj Gen Paul Tedman said Rus...

03/10/2025 07:22 The Guardian
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”...

02/10/2025 23:32 New York Times
At least 53 Palestinians killed in fresh wave of Israeli attacks on Gaza

Military offensive stepped up as Hamas leaders consider Trump’s 20-point peace planMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least 53 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in Gaza on Thursday as Hamas deliberated over how to respond to Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end the war.The...

02/10/2025 16:25 The Guardian
Vance uses false claims to blame shutdown on Democrats as White House touts imminent layoffs | First Thing

Democrats reject ‘Republican lies’ as both parties try to pin the shutdown blame on each other. Plus, Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotillaGood morning.The vice-president, JD Vance, used false claims to blame Democrats for the government shutdown as the White House warned that work...

02/10/2025 11:35 The Guardian
Trump signs order promising measures, including military, to defend Qatar

Text appears meant to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leadersDonald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including US military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar – though it remains unclear just what wei...

02/10/2025 01:35 The Guardian
Pete Hegseth, Trump and an Era of Military Impunity

Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law....

01/10/2025 19:28 New York Times
Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training

Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn president for suggesting cities be used as military training groundsA leading Democrat has compared Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the US president told military leaders on Tuesday that the armed forces should use US cities as ...

01/10/2025 18:12 The Guardian
French military detain two after boarding Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones

Tanker, named on list of ‘shadow fleet’ vessels, may have been launchpad for drones that closed Denmark airportsFrench military personnel have boarded an oil tanker named on a list of Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels and suspected of being a launchpad for mystery drone flights that forced t...

01/10/2025 17:13 The Guardian
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