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• Senator Ron Johnson dan Robert F. Kennedy Jr. melabeli penanganan federal terhadap asal-usul COVID dan kematian akibat vaksin sebagai 'skandal besar' dengan dugaan penutupan fakta. • Mereka mengutip bukti baru yang mengarah pada kebocoran laboratorium dan peristiwa efek samping yang tidak dilaporkan. • Klaim tersebut memicu tuntutan investigasi seiring dengan terkikisnya kepercayaan publik terhadap lembaga kesehatan.

• Kepala Royal Navy menyatakan bahwa pasukan angkatan laut terpadu akan menghalau ancaman Rusia di masa depan dari 'perbatasan laut terbuka' di utara • Britania telah setuju untuk membentuk pasukan angkatan laut terpadu dengan sembilan negara Eropa untuk menghalau ancaman Rusia di masa depan dari "perbatasan laut terbuka" di utara, demikian pengumuman kepala Royal Navy. • Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins menegaskan bahwa meskipun krisis sedang berlangsung di Timur Tengah, di mana selat Hormuz tetap tertutup setelah perang AS-Israel di Iran, "Rusia tetap menjadi ancaman paling serius bagi keamanan kami".

Remarks marking 250th anniversary of American independence tell US lawmakers: ‘The actions of this great nation matter’King Charles has extolled the importance of Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States in a speech to US Congress that made pointed reference to the importance of Nato, the defence of Ukraine and the climate crisis.In a speech that will be read as a veiled plea to Donald Trump to return to the United States’ traditional European alliances and restore his country’s role as a defender of liberal values, Charles said: “America’s words carry weight and meaning, as they have since independence. The actions of this great nation matter even more.” Continue reading...

TPOR poll of 1,018 likely voters puts Talarico ahead of John Cornyn by three percentage points and Ken Paxton by fiveUS politics live – latest updatesDemocrats’ hopes of winning control of the US Senate in November’s midterm elections have been boosted by a poll showing James Talarico, the party’s candidate in Texas, leading in a head-to-head matchup against two potential Republican opponents.The Texas public opinion research (TPOR) survey has Talarico, a Democratic state legislator, ahead of the GOP incumbent senator, John Cornyn, and his internal party challenger, Ken Paxton, in one-on-one contests. Continue reading...

Images in Helen Polley’s post included a marching band, people laying wreaths and ex-serving members giving speeches set to a track by US rapper ChingyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA federal Labor senator has deleted a social media video which mistakenly included audio of an explicit rap song over a carousel of photos of Anzac Day commemorations.Senator Helen Polley, a former shadow minister and current chair of parliament’s committee on law enforcement, posted a video compilation of images paying respect to Australia’s defence forces. Continue reading...

• NATO announced Friday the deployment of 5,000 additional personnel to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, citing concerns over Russian military buildups near the Ukraine border and increased reconnaissance flights in NATO airspace. • The alliance activated contingency protocols allowing individual member states to request reinforcements without full consensus; Poland alone will receive 2,500 troops, primarily from the United States and Germany. • Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned the deployment as "provocative" and pledged countermeasures, while NATO Secretary-General stated the move was "defensive and proportional" to regional security threats.

Overnight incident in Romania did not lead to hostilities as potential target stayed within Ukrainian airspaceTwo RAF Typhoons have been scrambled from a Romanian air base to engage Russian drones close to Nato air space although did not fire or shoot any down.British defence sources said the fighter jets did not enter Ukrainian airspace, contradicting reports that Russian drones had been shot down by the RAF there, an event which would have represented a major escalation in hostilities between the western alliance and Moscow. Continue reading...