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US charges airman over documents leak as Biden orders clampdown on secrets

The U.S. charged an Air National Guardsman over a massive disclosure of intelligence secrets, an embarrassment that prompted President Joe Biden to clamp down on the spread of classified material and led investigators to probe whether foreign adversaries played any role in the leak.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine secures another $5 billion in funding after meetings, prime minister says

Ukraine secured promises of $5 billion in additional funding to support its ongoing fight against Russia amid "fruitful meetings" in Washington this week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told reporters on Friday.

Reuters

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US arrests Jack Teixeira, suspect behind leak of Pentagon documents; fears Ukraine’s drone supremacy may soon be over

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UN chief raises concerns with Russia about Ukraine grain deal

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to Russia, Ukraine and Turkey to raise concerns about the implementation of a deal that allows the safe wartime export of grain from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.

Reuters

In first, Iran's president addresses Palestinians in Gaza

Iran’s president has delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian rally in the Gaza Strip — a rare display of Iran’s importance to the Hamas militant group that rules the enclave

The Independent UK

US charges 21-year-old for taking, leaking classified documents

The U.S. charged an Air National Guardsman with unauthorized transmission and retention of classified material in connection with a massive leak that exposed a variety of intelligence secrets, including maps, intelligence updates and an assessment of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Eleven killed in Russian strike, Ukraine rescue teams sift through wreckage

Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete.

Reuters

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Vladimir Putin orders Pacific Fleet to test readiness for precision nuclear strikes

Russia's Pacific Fleet will have to repel massive missile and air strikes during the drills as well as performing torpedo and artillery firing and launching missiles

Daily Mirror

Russian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in Bakhmut

Analysts and Russian officials say the battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is heating up again

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak in talks to boost military support for Ukraine as Russia 'beheads soldier'

The PM and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke after gruesome footage emerged apparently showing a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded by a Russian serviceman

Daily Mirror

Russia uses horror incendiary thermite shells with lethal combustion at 2,700C

Vladimir Putin's army used incendiary thermite shells overnight as the Kremlin leader 'demands Bakhmut is taken by end of month' in his ongoing invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'has cancer and receiving chemotherapy' claims leaked US documents

A series of top secret files were leaked last week which detailed within them that Putin has cancer and there are plans to 'throw' the war in the Ukraine while he is being treated.

Daily Record

Guardsman accused in records leak to appear in court

A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman arrested in the leak of highly classified military documents is expected in federal court as the Justice Department prepares to outline the criminal case against him

The Independent UK

Arab nations discuss Syria return to Arab League in Saudi Arabia

Discussions among regional foreign ministers in Jeddah will include Syria’s suspension from the Arab League.

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Los Angeles Times

Drones sold at Walmart help keep Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — The Russian infantrymen slinked back and forth in twos and threes to a house in one of this embattled city's devastated neighborhoods, ferrying ammunition, an automatic grenade launcher and a heavy machine gun ahead of a planned attack.

The Independent UK

Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians

Tens of thousands of Iranians have demonstrated in support of Palestians, marking the annual anti-Israel “Quds Day.”

The Independent UK

Moldovan oligarch sentenced to 15 years in $1B bank theft

A fugitive Moldovan oligarch and opposition party leader has been sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail for his role in a one-billion-dollar bank theft case

Reuters

West still has time to solve grain deal issues - Russian diplomat

The West still has time to remove "obstacles" hindering the implementation of the Black Sea grain deal before a deadline on May 18, senior Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov said on Friday.

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The Guardian - UK

Alexei Navalny in ‘critical’ situation after possible poisoning, says ally

Russian opposition leader said to have had severe stomach pains, with ambulance being called to penal colony

Reuters

Eight dead in Sloviansk strike as Ukrainians said to pull back in Bakhmut

A Russian missile strike killed eight people in eastern Ukraine on Friday as a British assessment said Ukrainian troops had been forced to withdraw from parts of the city of Bakhmut, the focus of Moscow's slow advance through the region.

The Week

Jack Teixeira: how 21-year-old airman became alleged Pentagon leaker

A 21-year-old US airman is due to appear in court today in connection with the leak of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other national security issues.

The Week

Will Vladimir Putin be put on trial for Ukraine’s stolen children crisis?

As the war in Ukraine rages on, the International Criminal Court (ICC) last month issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Biden was right to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan

The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 was the lowest point of Joe Biden’s presidency. The optics, including chaotic scenes at the barricaded Kabul International Airport and desperate Afghans clinging to U.S. transport planes, were grim. The entire withdrawal process was aired live on cable news networks, with…

The Independent UK

Russia's Pacific Fleet put on high alert for snap drills

The entire Russian Pacific Fleet has been put on high alert for snap drills that will involve practice missile launches

Al Jazeera

Pentagon leaks: Russian special forces decimated by Ukraine war

Leaked documents also reveal China’s plans to send ‘lethal aid’ to Russian military disguised as civilian items.

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