Alliance

De Israëlische premier stelt dat hij ‘volledige coördinatie’ heeft met de Amerikaanse president, te midden van berichten dat Washington hem niet langer raadpleegt.

• Aartsrivaal partijen DMK en AIADMK onderhandelen over een alliantie na de verkiezingen, volgend op de resultaten van de hung assembly in Tamil Nadu, om TVK te verhinderen de regering te vormen. • Bronnen bevestigen dat de gesprekken onlangs zijn gestart ondanks de historische rivaliteit, waarbij sommige partijleden aanvankelijk bedenkingen hadden over de coalitie. • De zetelverdeling is onzeker; de stap is bedoeld om hun zetels te consolideren, aangezien TVK met steun van Congress op 112 zetels staat, nog zes zetels tekort voor de meerderheidsgrens van 118.

• De Congrespartij beraadt haar politieke allianties in Tamil Nadu na de recente staatverkiezingen, met berichten over gesprekken na de verkiezingen met de TVK-partij van acteur Vijay. • De DMK heeft het Congres publiekelijk bekritiseerd vanwege deze onderhandelingen en uitte zorgen over potentiële verschuivingen in de dynamiek van de INDIA-bloccoalitie in de staat. • Het Congres heeft haar afdeling in Tamil Nadu (TNCC) opdracht gegeven om de definitieve beslissing te nemen over de steunregelingen voor de regeringsvorming.

Liberal frontbencher says the country’s ‘sovereign capabilities’ have been eroded. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCyber criminals have hacked into the Sri Lankan finance ministry’s computer system and siphoned off US$2.5 million, Agence France Presse reports.It is the most amount of cash ever stolen by hackers from a state institution in the debt-saddled country, which is recovering from a crippling economic crisis in 2022 after Colombo defaulted on its US$46 billion external debt.To put it bluntly, if ANZUS is going to continue for another 75 years, we need to invest in our industrial base and our defence force. Continue reading...

• U.S. lawmakers and foreign policy analysts have reached bipartisan consensus that Russia and Iran have formed a "transformational" military alliance that extends far beyond diplomatic convenience, fundamentally reshaping conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. • The alliance involves weapons transfers, intelligence sharing, and sanctions-evasion tactics, with experts describing the relationship's trajectory as shifting "from turbulent to transactional to transformational" following Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. • Senator Tom Tillis emphasized the lethal implications for American personnel, stating that intelligence and satellite data sharing between Moscow and Tehran directly endangers U.S. service members deployed globally.

• The US and Japan signed an upgraded defense agreement Friday expanding joint military operations, technology sharing, and coordinated response protocols to counter Chinese military activities in the Indo-Pacific region. • The agreement authorizes increased US military presence in Japan, including enhanced surveillance capabilities and expedited weapons deployments, representing the most significant defense treaty expansion since 2015. • Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the alliance upgrade as destabilizing and counterproductive to regional peace, while Taiwan and South Korea welcomed the commitment to deterring further territorial aggression.

Trump has upped the stridency and threatening nature of his complaints, but the US and Europe need each otherCollateral damage is a universally acknowledged hazard of war – more commonly known for its impact on truth and non-combatant civilians.Its consequences are much less frequently visited on military alliances. Continue reading...