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Hegseth indicates US backing for Taiwan – but it is transactional Trump who has the final word

Defence secretary’s trip to Asia shows the Trump administration is engaged with the region, but analysts warn Taipei to tread carefully On Tuesday China’s military launched joint drills around Taiwan, sending ships, planes and some bizarre propaganda videos across the strait to both warn and pun...

02/04/2025 00:02 The Guardian
Tuesday briefing: How Le Pen’s conviction could reshape National Rally – and French politics

In today’s newsletter: Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction bans her for five years from public office. More on the charges, the sentence and what happens nextGood morning. Marine Le Pen appeared to have been expecting a guilty verdict in her trial for embezzling millions in European parliament fund...

01/04/2025 05:56 The Guardian
China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan

Taiwan says it has detected nearly 20 vessels off its coast as Beijing orders large scale sea and air exercises and calls leaders in Taipei ‘parasites’China has launched large-scale military drills around Taiwan, accusing its leaders of being “separatists” and “parasites” who were pushin...

01/04/2025 04:46 The Guardian
Myanmar Quake Death Toll Tops 2,000 as Help is Slow for War-Torn Sagaing

As deaths mount, some volunteers complained of being blocked by Myanmar’s military from reaching a rebel stronghold that was badly hit....

31/03/2025 23:01 New York Times
New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missingVideos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Suppor...

31/03/2025 10:00 The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: Israel orders Rafah evacuation

Sweeping order from military covers most of city in southern GazaEven before this morning’s evacuation order in Rafah, the normally festive Eid al-Fitr holiday was a subdued affair in Gaza with no end in sight to the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel in which at least an estimated 50,000 Palest...

31/03/2025 08:16 The Guardian
Myanmar earthquake: desperate search for survivors continues as WHO issues appeal for humanitarian aid – live

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsIn today’s First Edition newsletter, my colleague Archie Bland looks at how Myanmar is the victim of a devastating natural disaster – but also how a set of interlocking political and milit...

31/03/2025 06:58 The Guardian
Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah

Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency saysIsrael’s military admitted on Saturday it had fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas condemning it as a war crime that killed at...

29/03/2025 16:40 The Guardian
Myanmar earthquake: race to find survivors as junta confirms huge rise in death toll

Military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how rescuers will reach affected areasFull report: Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to almost 700 as search for survivors continuesChina and Russia are the largest suppliers of weapons to Myanmar’s...

29/03/2025 06:59 The Guardian
Ukraine Stages New Push Into Russia, Officials and Experts Say

The small incursion targets the Belgorod region, according to Ukrainian officials, analysts of open-source intelligence and Russian military bloggers. The advance comes as cease-fire talks continue....

28/03/2025 09:37 New York Times
Judge at centre of row with Trump over Venezuela deportations will hear Signal lawsuit

US president had previously called for the impeachment of James Boasberg after the judge blocked his deportation flightsThe US judge set to hear a new lawsuit over the Signal fiasco is the same judge whom Donald Trump has argued should be impeached for blocking him from using wartime powers to depor...

27/03/2025 00:55 The Guardian
Sudan’s Military Drives Rival Fighters Out of Khartoum, a Major Shift in Civil War

In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan’s military is driving fighters of its rival, the Rapid Support Forces, out of Khartoum....

26/03/2025 20:57 New York Times
Four US soldiers killed in Lithuania, Nato secretary general says

Military officials say soldiers had been conducting scheduled tactical training outside VilniusFour US army soldiers have been killed in Lithuania during training, the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, said while visiting Warsaw on Wednesday.“Whilst I was speaking the news came out about four Am...

26/03/2025 19:18 The Guardian
Netanyahu repeats threat to seize territory in Gaza as anti-Hamas protests continue

Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and ‘other measures’ if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostagesBenjamin Netanyahu has repeated Israeli threats to seize territory in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release the remaining Israeli hostages, as, for the second consecutive day, hundreds of Pal...

26/03/2025 18:54 The Guardian
Now is not the time for the US or Europe to go it alone, warns Nato chief

Mark Rutte says US wants reassurance European allies will ‘step up’ while Europe needs to know ‘Uncle Sam still has our back’Nato’s secretary general has told the US and Europe it is “not the time to go it alone” amid reports that Washington and some European leaders want to weaken the...

26/03/2025 17:51 The Guardian
Latest Signal leak revelations expose US officials’ lies about what was shared

Trump officials had claimed nothing classified or risking harm to members of the military was shared in the chatSignal leak live – latest updatesThe disclosure by the Atlantic of further devastating messages from the Signal chat group used by the Trump administration’s most senior security offic...

26/03/2025 14:47 The Guardian
Europe Talks Tough on Military Spending, but Unity Is Fracturing

European leaders are struggling to find the money and the political will to replace the bulk of the U.S. contribution to Ukraine and to their own defense....

26/03/2025 13:54 New York Times
What to Know About the Only US Military Base in Greenland

Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies....

26/03/2025 12:36 New York Times
Wednesday briefing: Just how bad was the White House accidentally leaking military plans over Signal?

In today’s newsletter: After a blunder exposes top officials sharing war plans on a private group chat, questions are being asked about secrecy, protocol … and sheer incompetenceGood morning. Look, it could happen to anyone: I well remember, for example, the time I added my mum to a thread with...

26/03/2025 06:51 The Guardian
Trump Downplayed the Leak of Military Plans

Also, Ukraine and Russia agreed to stop fighting in the Black Sea. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday....

25/03/2025 21:52 New York Times
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney

Signal blunder likely to put strain on Five Eyes as it weighs how Trump administration handles classified informationCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the inadvertent leak of classified military plans by senior US officials means that allied nations must increasingly “look out for o...

25/03/2025 21:33 The Guardian
Pentagon warned staffers against using Signal before White House chat leak

Bulletin sent on 18 March said Russian hackers could access messages as Trump officials now downplay blunderUS politics live – latest updatesThe Pentagon recently warned its employees against using Signal, the encrypted messaging app, due to a technical vulnerability, an NPR report reveals.The rep...

25/03/2025 19:19 The Guardian
Leaked War Plans, and the Trouble with Off-channel Messaging

Revelations that President Trump’s inner circle discussed sensitive military details on Signal has jolted Washington. What comes next could also be closely watched by Wall Street....

25/03/2025 11:52 New York Times
Fury at ‘stunning’ security failure by top Trump officials after war plans accidentally shared with journalist – US politics live

Widespread condemnation after extraordinary breach of military intelligence Signal leak reveals depths of Trump administration’s loathing of EuropeWhile Signal is regarded as a secure encrypted chat service, its weakness is that phones on which it is installed can themselves be vulnerable.Among th...

25/03/2025 11:16 The Guardian
First Thing: White House texts secret Yemen airstrike plans to reporter

Major security leak sparks calls for investigations. Plus, Tesla’s European sales drop 44%Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.A major security leak is triggering bipartisan outrage after the Atlantic revealed that senior Trump administration officials accidental...

25/03/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Tuesday briefing: Why every candidate in Canada’s snap election is running against Donald Trump

In today’s newsletter: With elbows up on both sides, two very different political operators – Mark Carney and the Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre – attempt to fend off threats from the southGood morning. When Justin Trudeau announced he would be resigning as Canada’s prime ministe...

25/03/2025 06:57 The Guardian
White House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalist

In extraordinary blunder top Trump cabinet members added Atlantic editor to chat discussing strikes on HouthisOutrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw-up’Senior members of Donald Trump’s cabinet have been involved in a serious security breach while discuss...

25/03/2025 06:08 The Guardian
Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw-up’

Security leak triggers bipartisan anger after Atlantic reveals officials inadvertently broadcast highly sensitive military plansWhite House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalistA catastrophic security leak is triggering bipartisan outrage after the Atlantic revealed that seni...

25/03/2025 00:52 The Guardian
Sudan’s Military Sweeps Across Capital, Hoping to Turn the War

A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two years ago. The scale of how much has been lost was inescapable....

24/03/2025 02:21 New York Times
‘The only thing still working’: Russia and UK agreement to tend war graves transcends bitter international relations

Private understanding ensures tending of British military graves in Russia and Crimea, and Soviet graves in UKIn graves at Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok, in Russia, lie the bodies of 663 British military personnel. Most of the dead lost their lives in the period just after the first world wa...

23/03/2025 12:00 The Guardian
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