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‘I’m not sure conflict’ between Russia and Ukraine ‘can be averted‘, says defence select committee chairman
Russia’s foreign minister has rejected as “total disinformation” US claims it is preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine.
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Texas abortion ban: protesters gathering ahead of women’s march
Protesters have been gathering in Washington DC ahead of a women’s march tomorrow against the law passed in Texas that bans abortion after six weeks.
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US military chiefs quizzed over Afghanistan withdrawal and final days of Trump
In Washington, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other top Pentagon officials are testifying at a Senate hearing into the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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‘Trump story not over’, says veteran journalist Bob Woodward
The violent and chaotic scenes in Washington this January, when the Capitol was stormed by Trump supporters seeking to overthrow the Presidential election results, shocked America.
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Mandate wars: Biden’s big bet to fight the Delta variant
With vaccinations hitting a wall and some governors refusing to impose new restrictions, President Biden introduced a vaccine mandate.
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US Capitol security ramped up as right-wing rally takes place
Right-wing demonstrators descended on the US Capitol in Washington DC, as seen earlier this year in January which saw the pro-Trump rally turn deadly as protesters stormed the Capitol building.
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Nancy Pelosi meets counterparts at G7 speaker’s summit in Chorley
When rioters stormed the US Capitol in January, one of their first targets was the office of the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. As demonstrators gather again in Washington, she’s in Lancashire, meeting counterparts from across the G7.
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AUKUS: France recalls ambassadors in Australia and US amid submarine pact row
France’s ambassador to Australia has left Canberra, as it carries out a highly charged response to the AUKUS security agreement.
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Submarine pact ‘manifestation of global Britain’, says former UK national security adviser
We’re joined from Washington by Richard Fontaine, who was foreign policy advisor to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign,
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‘Afghanistan has lost 51 per cent of its human capital’ – former government minister
We spoke to Hosna Jalil, the former deputy interior minister in Afghanistan.
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9/11 anniversary: US marks 20 years since Twin Towers attacks
Families of loved ones have described the ‘unbearable sorrow’ as they remember the terrible day 20 years ago, when almost 3000 lives were lost when hijacked planes smashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, into the Pentagon outside Washington, and a fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
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Does Afghanistan withdrawal mean the end of US nation building?
After imperial Britain and the Soviet Union, Afghanistan has now seen off America, supposedly the world’s mightiest military.
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Afghanistan: Evacuations under intense scrutiny in US
In the US, the evacuation of citizens and Afghan allies is also under intense scrutiny.
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Biden: US troops may stay beyond Afghanistan withdrawal deadline
In Washington, President Biden has said US troops could stay in Afghanistan beyond the end of the month to help evacuate American citizens who are still stranded there.
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Trump and Biden are ‘Tweedledee and Tweedledum’ on Afghanistan withdrawal, says John Bolton
Ambassador John Bolton served as US ambassador to the UN under President George W Bush and as national security adviser to President Donald Trump.