3 d. ago Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

Washington’s former ambassador in Caracas says a US attack once seen as unlikely now looks imminentWhen Donald Trump started sending warships, marines and reaper drones to the Caribbean in August to torment Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, the US’s former ambassador in Caracas, James Story, suspected the deployment was largely for show: a spectacular flexing of military muscle supposed to force the authoritarian leader from power.But in recent days, as the world’s largest aircraft carrier and its strike group powered towards the region and the US president continued to order deadly airstrikes on alleged narco-boats, the diplomat’s thinking has shifted. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Pentagon is shifting weapons purchases to ‘a wartime footing’, Hegseth announces

‘The defense acquisitions system as you know it is dead,’ Hegesth says in a speech to industry leaders, military commanders and officialsAndrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in BudapestViktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago China’s latest aircraft carrier enters service to extend reach into high seas

Experts say hi-tech Fujian will help expand country’s military influence and reach farther beyond its own watersChina’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier officially entered service this week, signalling a new era in Chinese military expansion after a ceremony overseen by the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, state media has confirmed.The Fujian is China’s first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, and the third for China’s rapidly expanding navy, which is already the world’s biggest by ship count. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump’s military pressure on Maduro evokes Latin America’s coup

US forces and CIA actions target Venezuela’s leader, recalling coups and assassinations across the regionThe ghosts of sometimes deadly Latin American coups of the past are being evoked by Donald Trump’s relentless military buildup targeting Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocratic socialist leader, whom Washington has branded a narco-terrorist.Salvador Allende, the democratically elected Marxist president of Chile toppled in a military coup in 1973, and Rafael Trujillo, the longstanding dictator of the Dominican Republic who was assassinated in 1961 in an ambush organized by political opponents, are just two regional leaders whose fates serve as a warning to Maduro. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago National Guard in each state is ordered to create 'quick reaction forces' trained in civil unrest

Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours’ notice

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3 w. ago Zelensky to meet European leaders for talks on military aid for Ukraine

Zelensky to meet European leaders for talks on military aid for Ukraine  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in London over military aid

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in London over military aid  Al Jazeera

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3 w. ago Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets European leaders in London over military aid

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets European leaders in London over military aid  Al Jazeera

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3 w. ago Zelensky to meet European leaders in London for talks on military aid for Ukraine

Zelensky to meet European leaders in London for talks on military aid for Ukraine  The Boston Globe

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3 w. ago Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in London for talks on military aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet European leaders in London on Friday

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3 w. ago Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders

Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressorsInvestment in renewable energy should be counted under defence expenditure, says a group of retired senior military personnel, because the climate crisis represents a threat to national security.They have called for increased spending on low-carbon power as a way of making the UK and other European countries more resilient to threats from Russia and other potential aggressors. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Latest: Hegseth changes policy on how Pentagon officials communicate with Congress

Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week

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3 w. ago Hegseth changes policy on how Pentagon officials communicate with Congress

Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week

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4 w. ago From barracks to palace: Soldiers who led military coups to become state leaders

Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as president of Madagascar after a military coup

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4 w. ago Trump says Nicolás Maduro does not want to ‘fuck around’ with the US

President says Venezuela’s leader ‘offered everything’ to prevent American military pressure

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4 w. ago Madagascar's coup leader is set to be sworn in as president after military takeover

An army colonel who seized power in a military coup is set to be sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him fleeing from the country into hiding

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