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Backstop in debt limit law flips script on spending endgame - Roll Call

Budget scorekeepers flip the previous debt limit plan. Spending cuts now would disproportionately hit nondefense programs.

Roll Call

Pentagon Fails Sixth Audit in a Row

Though federal law has required annual financial reports, the Department of Defense simply did not complete them until 2018. It has since failed each year.

Reason

Pentagon chief Austin tells Zelensky in Kyiv that US support is 'for the long haul'

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday in a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine even as US and international resources are stretched by the new global risks raised by the Israel-Hamas war.

France 24

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US war on terror in Africa: 75,000% rise

The number of terrorist attacks on the continent increased from 9 to 6,756 amid America's Forever Wars

Salon

Joe Biden calls Chinese leader Xi Jingping ‘dictator’ right after carefully-planned summit

China has since said Mr Biden's comments were 'extremely wrong and an irresponsible political manipulation'

Evening Standard

Five takeaways from the Biden-Xi summit at California’s Filoli Estate

US and Chinese leaders make breakthroughs in military communications as well as tackling fentanyl.

Al Jazeera

Stopgap spending bill raises sequester specter at Pentagon - Roll Call

While concerns over a government shutdown are easing, the risk of a cut to the Pentagon's budget are rising.

Roll Call

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Biden and Xi Jinping to meet for first time since China spy balloons scandal

Tensions have been raised between the US and China since February’s spy balloon incident

The Independent UK

Biden aims for improved military relations with China when he meets with Xi

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to agree to restore some military-to-military communications between their armed forces

The Independent UK

Biden to press Xi to restore military talks after months of radio silence between US and China

Tensions have been raised between the US and China since February’s spy balloon incident

The Independent UK

A time of 45 wars

Suffering written in disappearing ink

Salon

US and Iran-backed groups trade fire in Syria. Will it get worse?

Dozens of strikes by Iran-backed groups have targeted US interests in the region as Washington keeps backing Israel.

Al Jazeera

Stopgap funds bill leaves plenty of post-Thanksgiving leftovers - Roll Call

The House stopgap would punt final appropriations decisions, but there would still be a variety of other measures on lawmakers' “to-do” list.

Roll Call

The Pentagon identifies the 5 US troops killed in a military helicopter crash over the Mediterranean

The Pentagon has identified the five Army aviation special operations forces killed when their helicopter crashed in the Eastern Mediterranean over the weekend

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war: Brazil’s president accuses Israel of ‘killing innocent people’ – as it happened

This blog has closed. You can see all our Israel-Hamas war coverage here and see our latest full report on the conflict here

Al Jazeera

US carries out two more strikes on Iran-backed groups in Syria

Pentagon says it targeted training facility and a safe house in response to continued attacks on US forces.

The Independent UK

US conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on US troops

The Pentagon and U.S. officials say the U.S. military conducted airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, hitting a training location and a weapons facility

The Guardian - US

‘Buying influence’: top US nuclear board advisers are tied to arms business

Nine of 12 members of the commission charged with avoiding nuclear conflict have financial ties to defense contractors

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WEKU

A temporary Senate rule change could finally end Tuberville's military blockade

Republican Sen. Tuberville of Alabama has been blocking nearly all military nominations this year in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy. His fellow senators are getting creative with solutions.

WEKU

U.S. launches airstrike in Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias

The U.S. carried out an airstrike on a weapons warehouse in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a number of attacks on U.S. troops in the region.

France 24

Israel agrees to 4-hour daily ‘pauses’ in northern Gaza, says US

Israel has agreed to pause operations in northern Gaza for four hours a day from Thursday, in the first predetermined pauses in fighting of the more than month-long conflict. The pauses would allow people to flee along two humanitarian corridors and will be announced three hours in advance, White House…

The Guardian - AU

Israel to start ‘pauses’ in fighting – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

US forces targeted in broadest Iraq attacks since start of Israel-Hamas war

Armed drones attack two airbases and explosive device targets patrol in most widespread strikes in a single day

The Independent UK

US jets strike weapons storage facility in Syria used by Iran

Pentagon said strike was in retaliation for attacks on US and coalition troops

The Independent UK

US launches airstrike on site in Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias

The Pentagon says the U.S. has launched an airstrike on a site in eastern Syria

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