6 d. ago How Poland stopped 98 per cent of illegal migrant crossings with 'big and beautiful' 116

The border fence was completed in June 2022 and spans a 116-mile-long stretch of the Polish-Belarusian border. It was subsequently upgraded with a variety of surveillance equipment

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7 d. ago King Charles appears in high spirits during military parade at Palace of Holyroodhouse

The ceremony took place on Tuesday morning, shortly after the King and Queen had arrived at the palace in Scotland via a claret liveried helicopter.

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1 week ago Army report reveals minimal damage done to DC streets during Trump’s military parade

Pentagon also reveals attendance figures were a long way short of total claimed by White House

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1 week ago Army reveals scale of damage done to DC streets following Trump’s military parade

Pentagon also reveals attendance figures were a long way short of total claimed by White House

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2 w. ago China plans to show off new equipment at parade marking 80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

China plans to hold a military parade in September marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender

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2 w. ago Trump’s war with Iran signals perilous shift from showman to strongman

The emergence of Hawk Trump dismayed some of his Maga base but students of US adventurism were unsurprisedSo the military parade that brought tanks to the streets of Washington on Donald Trump’s birthday was more than just an authoritarian ego trip. It was a show of strength and statement of intent.Exactly a week later, sporting a “Make America great again” (Maga) cap in the situation room, the American president ordered the biggest US military intervention in decades as more than 125 aircraft and 75 weapons – including 14 bunker-busting bombs – struck three Iranian nuclear sites. Trump called it a “spectacular military success” – but it remains unclear how much damage had actually been inflicted. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump raged at Hegseth over birthday parade where military had too much fun: ‘He’s p***ed off at the soldiers’

Soldiers ‘were enjoying themselves and showing a convivial face rather than a military face,’ writer Michael Wolff says

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3 w. ago Jon Stewart tears into Fox News host for saying Trump’s ‘military parade/quinceañera’ should scare Iranian leaders

‘Does the ayatollah know the Americans have obtained [...] jazz hands? Surrender or dance!” he leered.

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3 w. ago Trump’s military parade will take ‘many days’ to clean up, says D.C. mayor

Mayor Muriel Bowser said the parade did not appear to have damaged the city’s roads or infrastructure

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3 w. ago How unpopular is Trump? Even some people who attended his military parade don’t like him

While plenty of people donned MAGA hats to see the show, some said they did not like Trump’s ‘over the top’ style as president, as Eric Garcia reports.

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3 w. ago Telling moment at Trump's military parade that gave away the state of his and Melania's marriage

President Donald Trump gave some rare insight into his marriage with Melania at the US Army's 250th birthday parade on Saturday.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump branded 'inconsolable' at birthday parade amid 'wasteful' celebrations

Donald Trump appeared 'inconsolable' as he attended a U.S. Army military parade in Washington DC on Saturday (June 14), which also coincided with his 79th birthday

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3 w. ago No kings, few fans: USA’s year of World Cups gets off to a flat start

Fifa’s much-hyped Club World Cup and Concacaf’s Gold Cup opened to crowds far short of what organizers might have hopedSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereThat the two events should coincide was so perfect as to almost feel heavy-handed. Donald Trump’s comically underattended military parade lurched through Washington DC at the exact same time on Saturday as the overwrought opening ceremony unspooled for Fifa’s beleaguered Club World Cup, in a definitely-not-full Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.Trump’s jingoistic birthday bust contrasted painfully with the multimillion-strong turnout at the “No Kings” anti-Trump rallies that gathered all over the country. The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, meanwhile – or “Johnny”, as Trump pronounces the name of one of his favorite allies in the sports world – had promised the opening match of the swollen tournament he forced down the soccer world’s throat would be sold out. Instead, attendance between Inter Miami and Al Ahly, a fitting 0-0 st...

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3 w. ago Fox & Friends gush over ‘fantastic’ producer of Trump’s military parade — who once worked on their show

The Fox & Friends crew also attempted to draw a contrast between the massive ‘No Kings’ protests and the president’s sparsely attended parade, claiming it was a ‘tale of two parties’

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3 w. ago Trump’s parade isn’t what he was hoping for. It was a disappointing, sad affair | Moira Donegan

The uniformed soldiers marched irregularly, slightly off beat; the turnout was small and the crowd seemed defeated, low-energy and wiltedIn one version of the story, you can blame the French. Evidently it was in France, watching the 2017 Bastille Day military parade alongside Emmanuel Macron at the outset of his first term, that Trump initially got the idea to stage an armed spectacle in Washington DC in honor of himself. Back then, the military said no. In a now-famous anecdote, Gen Paul Selva, who grew up in Portugal under its integralist regime, told Trump that such parades are “what dictators do”. James Mattis, his then-secretary of defense, reportedly revolted against the idea, saying he would “rather swallow acid”. Trump never got his parade.Until now. Restored to power after an interregnum in which all American institutions failed to hold him accountable for his crimes and abuses, Trump has now set about a second term in which he is pursuing vengeance against his perceived en...

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3 w. ago Violence is coming to define American political life | Stephen Marche

Spectacular violence like Trump’s military parade and real violence like Melissa Hortman’s assassination are part of a growing trendAmerica reached its apex of self-parody shortly after 7pm on 14 June 2025. In that moment, the background band at Donald Trump’s military parade segued from Jump by Van Halen to Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival, just after the announcer explained that M777 howitzers are made out of titanium.Nobody, apparently, had considered the lyrics: “Some folks are born, made to wave the flag, they’re red, white and blue, and when the band plays Hail to the Chief, they point the cannon at you.” If this was some kind of surreptitious protest by the musicians, I salute them, but given the time and the place, sheer obliviousness is a better explanation. The crowd, pretty thin, did their best imitation of a cheer. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s team claims 250,000 supporters watched his military parade. ‘No Kings’ protests drew at least 4 million, experts say

‘No Kings’ protests were estimated to have drawn more than one percent of U.S. population

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3 w. ago ‘No Kings’ protests recap: Millions rallied against Trump, organizers say

While the protests remained largely peaceful, there were several violent outbursts, including in Salt Lake City, where a gunman opened fire and left one person in “life-threatening condition.”

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3 w. ago Trump coveted a military spectacle but his parade proved underwhelming: ‘Just kind of lame’

Trump’s army parade was neither the totalitarian North Korean spectacle that critics had grimly predicted, nor the triumph of Maga nationalism fans cravedOn Saturday, as a crowd of thousands of people near the Washington Monument listened, a loudspeaker dramatically announced the names of the US secretary of defense, vice-president and president. The final name received a modest roar that surely flushed the watching commander-in-chief with validation. With that, and with the boom of a 21-gun salute, the military parade that Donald Trump had coveted for years finally began.A protester, Nicky Sundt, kept a lonely and mostly silent vigil at the side of the road. She held a sign depicting a cartoon Trump brushing back his comb-over to reveal a swastika emblazoned on his forehead. The placard said “Save our democracy”. Standing near her – as a “counterprotest to the counterprotest to the protest, or something,” as one of them put it – a group of pro-Trump men held court. One was draped i...

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3 w. ago JD Vance’s wedding anniversary takes backseat to Trump birthday and military parade

JD Vance mentioned that it was his wedding anniversary at the end of his speech during Donald Trump’s military parade that coincided with the president’s 79th birthday on Saturday, 15 June.

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