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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments, deepening his drive to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The order, first previewed by the White House on March 10, calls for a review of all infrastructure, continuity, and preparedness and response…
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Russian-installed officials in Ukraine say that Moscow’s forces have destroyed a US-supplied Abrams tank on the battlefield for the first time. “From the very beginning, our soldiers said that these tanks would burn just like others,” state news agency RIA quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. Mr Peskov was referring to previous instances where…
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Democrats are seeing a special counsel’s report portraying President Joe Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” as a disaster that could hinder his chances of reelection even more than criminal charges over his handling of classified documents would have done. “It’s a nightmare,” one House Democrat, who asked to speak…
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US and UK strikes were carried out after ‘repeated warnings’ to the Houthis The US and UK strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen were carried out after “repeated warnings”, Lord David Cameron has said. The UK’s foreign secretary said the Houthi attacks on international shipping were “threatening innocent lives” and “must stop”. The Conservative peer…
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‘Too soon to say’ if strikes will impact US – Iraq relations, says American official A US official has said that it is “too soon to say” whether or not the recent airstrikes will impact relations between Washington and Baghdad. The US is currently in negotiations with Iraqi officials to withdraw some troops from Iraq.…
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Shipping group CMA CGM has become the latest to suspend transit of its vessels through the Red Sea due to security concerns, according to a source quoted by news agency Reuters. Crossings by its vessels of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait in and out of the Red Sea will be halted until further notice, the source familiar…
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Rhetoric from Western nations promising to stand with Ukraine must be backed up with action, says a security and defense analyst. Deborah Haynes (a Sky News editor) has spoken to a number of soldiers and officials on the ground in Ukraine, who are growing increasingly concerned that they are falling behind in terms of access…
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EARLIER, Rishi Sunak said the UK would not hesitate to launch further airstrikes against the Houthis if attacks on shipping continued. It came after the UK and US launched a second round of strikes on the group. Media professional Dominic Waghorn says there are a “number of problems here for the British and Americans. The first…
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MEZIESBLOG has heard from Rishi Sunak today as he defended the joint US-UK airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen overnight, saying Britain “cannot stand by” in the face of the group’s actions. This line of thinking was disputed by journalist and filmmaker Dr Myriam Francois during The World with Yalda Hakim, a new foreign affairs show…
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We’ve been reporting over the last few days on the UK and US launching airstrikes in Yemen targeting the Houthis. The strikes were in response to repeated Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. But an analyst has warned periodic bombing by the West “cannot be sustained and won’t bring stability to a vital…
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The United States and Taiwan are exploring ways to expand Taiwan’s participation in the United Nations system and other international forums, as well as addressing a range of global challenges, including public health, aviation safety and climate change. The most recent routine consultation between the U.S. and Taiwan took place Wednesday, days after the Chinese…
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US language around the Israel-Hamas war is “becoming increasingly tense and increasingly concerned”, military analyst Sean Bell has said. Taking a look at the US position followings its veto at the UN Security Council, Bell said “you do not often see the US stood alone”. He said there were many members in the UN and the group…
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We have been reporting today on Lord Cameron’s visit to Washington DC to meet US secretary of state Antony Blinken. Ahead of his meeting, Lord Cameron had said there was a strong argument for seizing frozen Russian assets and spending them on rebuilding Ukraine. Now, we can bring you what the foreign secretary said during a…
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In the last few moments, the US vice president has been speaking to reporters. During the short briefing, Kamala Harris said Israel has a legitimate military objective against Hamas, but that it must do more to protect civilians. “Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering, and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating,” Ms…
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US accuses Iran of directing attacks against American toops Late last night we brought you news that US forces had struck a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups. The White House has provided an update, saying the strikes aimed to deter Iranian-backed separatists from…
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A senior official for Hamas said the United States’ enemies with interests in the Middle East — including Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran — are joining forces and soon “America will be a thing of the past.” “The United States was established by Britain and global Freemasonry, and it will collapse like the USSR…
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