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Flanked by his Secretaries of State and Defense, Biden officially announces the U.S. will send 31 Abrams tanks, plus requisite parts and equipment, to Ukraine. He thanks European allies - “We remain united and determined as ever in our conviction and our cause”
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White House: spoke this morning with President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, and UK PM Sunak as part of our close coordination on support for Ukraine.
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From Germany's ambassador to the US:
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BREAKING: Leopards are coming.
Germany will initially provide 14 Leopard-2-A6 battle tanks and greenlight Leopard-2s from European partners. The goal is to quickly assemble two battalions.
We've been one of #Ukraine's largest military backers and will be so as long as it takes.
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For months, the U.S. has been insisting the M-1 Abrams, its top-of-the-line tank, was too complex to operate and maintain in Ukraine.
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Poland makes the official request for Germany to allow it to give Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and urges Germany itself to join the coalition. “It’s our common cause, as it’s about the security of the whole of Europe.”
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Niemcy otrzymali już nasz wniosek o wyrażenie zgody na przekazanie czołgów Leopard 2 na Ukrainę. Apeluję także do strony niemieckiej o przyłączenie się do koalicji państw wspierających Ukrainę czołgami Leopard 2. To nasza wspólna sprawa, bo chodzi o bezpieczeństwo całej Europy!
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BREAKING: A former FBI official in New York is accused of working for a Russian oligarch in violation of U.S. sanctions.
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National Security Council's John Kirby says U.S. will designate Wagner Group a transnational criminal organization, paving the way for sanctions. From the podium he shows satellite images of apparent North Korean arms being shuttled to Russian forces by train.
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CIA director William Burns recently traveled to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and senior intelligence officials, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News.
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Our next Finding Your Inspiration Series features role model , Intelligence and National Security Reporter for . Hear from Olivia as she shares her journey & how you can follow in her footsteps. Register today: bit.ly/3Z0WnMW
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More from US intel assessment: “less than a dozen al-Qa’ida core members with historical ties to the group remain in Afghanistan and probably were located there prior to the fall of Kabul; we have no indication that these individuals are involved in external attack plotting.”
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US intel community assessment post killing of Ayman Al Zawahiri says he was “the only key al-Qa’ida figure who attempted to reestablish their presence” in country when his family settled in Kabul in ‘22. IC assesses AQ hasn’t reconstituted since 8/21 US departure from afghanistan
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US intel community assessment post killing of Ayman Al Zawahiri says he was “the only key al-Qa’ida figure who attempted to reestablish their presence” in country when his family settled in Kabul in ‘22. IC assesses AQ hasn’t reconstituted since 8/21 US departure from afghanistan
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National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on the charges: "Should Iran attack any of our citizens, to include those who continue to serve the United States or those who formerly served, Iran will face severe consequences."
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JUST IN: A member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was charged with plotting the murder of former national security adviser John Bolton, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. cbsn.ws/3BUv0Lq
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HAPPENING NOW: Biden signs measure ratifying US support for Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO.
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The Pentagon’s number three official says Russia has suffered between 70,000 and 80,000 casualties since invasion of Ukraine began.
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Negotiators used these days of discussions and proximity talks between the US and Iran to fine tune and address - with technical adjustments - a handful of issues remaining in the text that I have put on the table last July 21, as coordinator of the #JCPOA nuclear deal.
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Taliban denies knowledge of al-Zawahiri's presence in Kabul, with some members blaming its Haqqani faction - CBS News
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US and Russia say they plan to negotiate over Griner and Whelan through a channel that Biden and Putin set up in June 2021 for discussing prisoners and hostages. A court sentenced Griner to 9 years in a Russian penal colony. w/ .
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BREAKING: China halts dialogue with US on climate change, military issues, anti-drug work in retaliation for Pelosi's Taiwan visit. (adds link)
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Kirby says the USS Ronald Reagan will remain in the area "to monitor the situation," but will reschedule an ICBM test, which had been set for this week, for "the near future."
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Kirby: "China has chosen to overreact and use the Speaker's visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait...We expect that these actions will continue and that the Chinese will continue to react" in the coming days.
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Exclusive: Pentagon delays a routine ICBM test as tensions with China soar following Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan w/
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Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison following a guilty verdict.
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China fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets and warships on Thursday as it began its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan, a show of force sparked by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island.
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The US expects Russian officials to falsify evidence and frame the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the July 29 attack on Olenivka Prison that left over 50 dead, per US intelligence. They believe Russia could make it appear that Ukrainian HIMARS (given by the US) caused it.
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Adopted, 95-1 with one Senator voting Present: Adoption of the Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification for (Treaty Doc. 117-3) the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, as amended.
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No advance notification of the Zawahiri strike was given to former commanders in chief (including Bush, Obama, Trump), Kirby says
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Kirby: "A combination of visual evidence and evidence collected through other means that led us to the certainty" that Zawahiri was killed in the strike.
"Things that people on the ground did afterward also helped us come to that conclusion."
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Kirby says the U.S. has "worked hard" since last year to make over-the-horizon capabilities "more robust," noting al Qaeda is "probably going to behave a little differently now"
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Kirby on PRC's response to Pelosi Taiwan visit: "What we've seen thus far - and she just arrived - is consistent with the playbook that we expected them to run, and we'll just keep watching it."
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President Biden "respects the Speaker's decision to travel to Taiwan," Kirby says.
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Kirby: The number of core al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan today is "not very large"
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"I'm not going to telegraph moves and decisions that we might make," Kirby, asked about potential repercussions for the Taliban for harboring Zawahiri, says.
"We're going to maintain" - and improve - this over-the-horizon capability, he says.
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Kirby: There's "no reason" for Beijing to use Pelosi's visit as a "pretext to increase aggressiveness and military activity in or around the Taiwan strait now or beyond her travel."
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NSC'S Kirby on Zawahiri strike: "This action demonstrates that without American forces on the ground in Afghanistan and in harm's way, we still remain able to identify and locate even the world's most wanted terrorist and then take action to remove him from the battlefield."
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First Ukrainian grain shipment reaches the shores of Istanbul. Razoni is carrying corn
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Quite a sight: The iconic Taipei 101 tower right next to the Grand Hyatt where Pelosi will be staying is lit up welcoming her with the words:
"TW hearts US"
"Speaker Pelosi, welcome to TW"
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