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🔴 Live: Biden backs F-16 fighter jets, pilot training for Ukraine

US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that Washington will support providing advanced warplanes including F-16s to Ukraine and will back efforts to train Kyiv's pilots, senior White House officials said on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is set to attend the G7 summit in Japan, hailed the move…

France 24

Pentagon says accounting error over-estimated Ukraine military aid by $3 billion

The error may lead to more weapons being sent to Ukraine as Ukrainian troops prepare to launch a major counteroffensive.

Axios

Accounting error means Pentagon can send an additional $3 billion in weapons to Ukraine

The Pentagon has overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by at least $3 billion

The Independent UK

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Pentagon accounting error could give Ukraine extra $3bn in US weapons

The accounting error could give the Biden administration more time before it has to ask Congress to approve additional aid packages for Kyiv

The Independent UK

Pentagon accounting error overvalued Ukraine weapons aid by $3 billion -sources

The Pentagon overestimated the value of the ammunition, missiles and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by around $3 billion, a Senate aide and a defense official said on Thursday, an error that may lead the way for more weapons being sent to Kyiv for its defense against Russian forces.

Reuters

Pentagon’s ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup budget falls ‘dramatically’ short

Ballooning cost of cleaning up toxic PFAS contamination at military sites places service members and civilians at risk

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Japan PM prepares push for nuclear weapons pledge in Hiroshima

Ukraine war and China’s Taiwan ambitions are expected to dominate G7 discussions, but Fumio Kishida will have a powerful backdrop. Plus, the rise and fall of Rudy Giuliani

The Guardian - UK

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US China hawks to press UK minister for tougher line on Beijing

Republican-led group expected to lobby Ben Wallace at informal lunch meeting during Westminster visit

The Guardian - UK

Iran-Russia's lethal pact could have 'dire consequences' for US - and nuclear deal

A security expert has spoken exclusively to The Mirror over the potential consequences Iran and Russia's military relationship will have on the US after the White House revealed Iran is supplying hundreds of drones to Moscow

Daily Mirror

US military to bolster defensive posture in Gulf after Iran seizes tankers

The U.S. military will work to bolster the defensive posture in the Gulf region following Iran's seizure and harassment of commercial shipping vessels in recent months, U.S. officials said on Friday.

Reuters

Friday briefing: What will Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive look like?

In today’s newsletter: After a long winter froze combat for months, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s next move could be crucial to his country’s future

The Guardian - UK

Sen. Tommy Tuberville criticized for remarks on white nationalists: ‘I call them Americans’

The Alabama Republican said that his comments had been misrepresented and that he was expressing skepticism that there were white nationalists in the military.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pentagon withholding evidence in Russia war crimes case: Senators

Defence chief grilled on not cooperating with International Criminal Court prosecution, cites wariness of ‘reciprocity’.

Al Jazeera

US State Department approves potential sale of Chinook helicopters to Germany, Pentagon says

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of CH-47F Chinook helicopters and related equipment to Germany for as much as $8.5 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Reuters

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US senators accuse Pentagon of hindering war crimes prosecution of Russia

Lawmakers accused the Pentagon on Thursday of effectively undermining war crimes prosecution of Russia by blocking the sharing of U.S. military intelligence with the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

The Independent UK

Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning

The Army's training hub in Georgia is now officially called Fort Moore

The Guardian - US

Schumer decries Republican senator’s ‘revolting’ remarks on white nationalists

Senate majority leader speaks after Tommy Tuberville of Alabama appeared to defend white nationalists in US military

The Conversation

'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum

In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to…

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The Independent UK

McConnell opposes Alabama Republican's blockade of military nominees over Pentagon abortion policy

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t support a fellow GOP senator’s blockade of military nominees, backing Democrats and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who have said that the holdup is harming national security

The Independent UK

Senators push overhaul of classification rules after Trump, Biden cases

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation that would require the National Archives to screen documents leaving the White House for classified material

Reuters

US defense secretary cites security concerns as senator holds promotions over abortion

U.S. Senate Democrats released a letter from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday saying a Republican's decision to hold military nominations harms national security, intensifying a dispute over the military's abortion policy.

Salon

Private soldiers fight in America's name

While Putin embraces private contractors, the US seldom acknowledges its own version of the privatization of war

The Independent UK

First 550 US active duty troops arriving at southern border

U.S. defense officials say about 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border, in the first group of new military support ahead of an expected increase migrants

Salon

Experts: New Pentagon stats "stunning"

Military-industrial complex uses unprecedented influence to corrupt D.C. and starve funding for everything else

The Independent UK

Biden said to pick Air Force general as Joint Chiefs chair

President Joe Biden is expected to announce Air Force Gen. C

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