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VIENTIANE, Laos — Women and racial diversity are vital to the strength of U.S. armed forces, outgoing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an exclusive interview with NBC News as he prepares to shortly exit the top military post after four years. “I would tell you that, you know, our women are the finest troops in the world. Our military is going to remain a diverse military," Austin said. Austin did not weigh in on what he thinks about Trump's choice of Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense. Austin, a four-star general who was previously commander of U.S. Central Command, was appointed as Secretary of Defense by President Joe Biden and was sworn in on Jan. 22, 2021.

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☆ First ATACMS, now Storm Shadows: long-range Western missiles are raining down on Russia for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementUkraine has long been restricted from using Western missiles to strike inside Russia. Kyiv has since used both ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles to hit targets on Russian soil. Ukraine is finally using its powerful, longer-range Western missiles to strike targets inside Russia after waiting over a year for permission. AdvertisementUkraine fired a volley of at least 10 Storm Shadow missiles into Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Ukrainian and Western officials. Ukraine long pressed its Western partners to allow it to fire Storm Shadow missiles across the border into Russia.

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☆ North Korea appears to be sending its powerful howitzers to the Ukraine war, where artillery has been king
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementNorth Korea appears to have transferred different types of artillery systems to Russia. The development comes as North Korean troops are fighting against Ukraine on behalf of Russia. North Korea appears to have sent its big guns to Russia, furthering its support of Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine, a conflict in which artillery has been a dominant player. AdvertisementImages began to surface on social media last week showing what were identified as North Korean "Koksan" 170mm self-propelled howitzers traveling by rail across Russia. North Korea now shipping artillery systems to Russia — this in addition to shells, men, and missiles it is already sending.

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CNN —Ukraine launched the British-French-made Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time on Wednesday, according to a Russian military blog and Reuters, a day after Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia. When Umerov was asked if Ukraine used the Storm Shadow missiles to hit a target inside Russia, he replied, “we are using all the means to defend our country, so we’ll not go into detail. A weapons expert who reviewed the video for CNN said there are no indications the explosions are from a different type of munition, but it’s not possible to definitively say they are from Storm Shadow missiles. The UK and France have previously supplied the long-range Storm Shadow missiles for Ukraine to use inside its own borders. Ukraine used eight long-range US missiles to successfully hit an ammunition depot deep inside Russia, according to two US defense officials.

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☆ Ukraine Fires Long-Range Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Helene Cooper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine fired a number of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia’s Kursk region on Wednesday, a day after firing American long-range missiles into the country, according to Pentagon and Ukrainian officials. But President Biden last week authorized the first use of the American Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, deep inside Russia. American officials say the pivot was in response to Moscow’s surprise decision to bring North Korean troops into the fight. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain quickly followed suit, authorizing Ukraine to use the Storm Shadows, officials said. Britain had previously allowed Ukraine to use the missiles against Russian positions within Ukrainian territory.

Persons: Biden, Keir Starmer Organizations: British Storm, Pentagon, American Army Tactical Missile Systems Locations: Ukraine, Kursk, Moscow, United States, Britain, Russia

Members of the EU Parliament applaud at the end of a videoconference speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday. Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty ImagesUkraine is hoping to make 2025 “the year of peace,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address to the European Parliament held to mark the 1,000th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Ukraine deserves to make the next year the year of peace,” Zelensky said in a video call to lawmakers in Strasbourg, France. “Ukrainian people have endured 1,000 days of this war,” he said in a later post on social media. We must do everything to end this war fairly and justly,” he said.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Nicolas Tucat, ” Zelensky, ”, Zelensky, Donald Trump, Trump, Putin, “ Organizations: EU, Getty, “, White, Ukraine Locations: Brussels, Belgium, AFP, Ukraine, “ Ukraine, Strasbourg, France, Europe, Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country's use of nuclear weapons Tuesday, days after the United States allowed Ukraine to strike inside Russia using American missiles. The Kremlin announced that Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine — a document that governs how Russia uses its nuclear arsenal — including the declaration that Moscow could unleash a nuclear strike if subject to an attack by a non-nuclear country that has the support of a nuclear state. “The nuclear doctrine update was required to bring the document in line with the current political situation,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the TASS state news agency in comments published early Tuesday. Still, the use of nuclear weapons would be a “last resort measure,” he added. Putin had signaled the update to his country’s policy earlier this year as he sought to warn the West against loosening restrictions on Kyiv's use of long-range weapons to strike deep inside Russia.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Biden Organizations: Kremlin, TASS, Russian Federation, NATO, NBC News Locations: United States, Ukraine, Russia, American, Moscow, Belarus, U.S, Russia's Kursk, Washington

☆ Ukraine fires US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Christian Edwards | Kostyantyn Gak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Ukraine has fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia’s Bryansk region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, in a major escalation on the 1,000th day of war. The attack comes just two days after the Biden administration gave Kyiv the green light to use the longer-range American weapons against targets inside Russia. The attack marks the first time Ukraine has used the longer-range American weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia, and show that Kyiv has wasted little time in making use of its newly-granted powers. ET) Tuesday, Ukraine fired six ballistic missiles at a facility in Bryansk, the ministry said. On Sunday, US President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use longer-range American missiles inside Russia, ending a months-long prohibition aiming to help Ukraine defend itself while not drastically escalating the conflict.

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☆ Putin paying for 100,000 North Korean troops helps him delay a second mobilization: ISW
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementNorth Korean troops in Russia help Putin beyond sheer manpower needs — they help him at home, too. "The deployment of roughly 100,000 North Korean personnel would only replace Russian losses for less than three months," the think-tank wrote. In total, that could mean 100,000 North Korean troops cycling in and out of combat within a year, he said. The North Korean troops in Russia are believed to be special forces, which South Korean intelligence estimates say consist of about 200,000 members in total. AdvertisementSeoul also says that Russia is paying about $2,000 a month for each North Korean soldier.

Persons: Putin, ISW, Vladimir Putin, Kim, Russia's, Dmytro, Kim Jong Un Organizations: Putin, Kremlin, Institute for, Korean, Bloomberg, North Locations: Russia, The Washington, Moscow, Ukraine, Pyongyang, Kursk, Kyiv, North Korea, South Korea, America, Seoul, Korean, South

☆ Biden administration approves sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine in another major policy shift
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Biden administration has approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time in another major policy shift, according to two US officials. But until now, the Biden administration had not provided Ukraine with anti-personnel mines over concerns about the enduring danger they may pose. In June 2022 – four months after the start of the war in Ukraine – the Biden administration pledged to limit the use of anti-personnel mines. Kostya Liberov/Libkos/Getty ImagesThe announcement of anti-personnel mines for Ukraine, especially with only weeks left in the Biden administration, is a sudden change on what had been a long-standing policy. Russia has deployed anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines since the earliest days of the war.

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☆ Kremlin brings up nuclear doctrine day after Biden's arms decision on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine have been drawn up and will be formalized as necessary, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, signaling again Moscow's concern over the latest U.S. decision on missile strikes from Ukraine. The Kremlin called on Monday the reported decision by President Joe Biden's administration to allow Ukraine to fire American missiles deep into Russia reckless and it warned that Moscow will respond. Russia calls its war in Ukraine a special military operation, while Kyiv and its Western allies call it an unprovoked, imperialistic land grab. Western analysts have called the changes an escalation in Moscow's attempts to dissuade the West from expanding its military aid to Ukraine. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow's relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Joe Biden's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Putin, Peskov Organizations: Security, Kremlin, TASS, NATO, Reuters, Cuban Missile, Washington Locations: Constantine, Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, United States, The U.S, Korean, Washington, Kyiv

☆ LGBTQ Afghans say they face abuse in detention as Taliban crackdown intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“He grabbed me from behind, tore my clothes apart and raped me,” Sohrab – whose name has been changed for security reasons – told CNN in October. Transgender and gender non-conforming people are being “consistently” targeted at Taliban checkpoints due to their choice of clothing, human rights groups said. “I will never forget when the Taliban came to our house,” Samiar Nazari, a 22-year-old transgender man, told CNN. Other human rights groups have documented instances of extrajudicial detention, conducted out of the public eye. With little sign that the Taliban will improve their record on human rights, many in the country feel abandoned by the international community.

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☆ Israel issues more than 1,000 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox draft avoiders
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Tamar Michaelis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Israel’s military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service. The move is likely to fuel the discontent that has roiled the country since a Supreme Court ruling in June that ultra-Orthodox Jews could not be exempt from military service, as they have been since the founding of Israel. ‘Death rather than draft’Anger had been simmering among the ultra-Orthodox community even before the news of the arrest warrants. For many Haredis, the idea that they would be pulled from studying scripture and drafted into Israel’s military is simply out of the question. However, the community has since grown exponentially, allowing tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men to now avoid the draft.

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KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian capital was blanketed by darkness Monday, even as residents were bolstered by a sense that their American allies had — finally — seen the light. "It is excellent news for us and a significant move," Kyiv resident Maryna Vlasenko, 39, told NBC News. She also bemoaned the lengthy process and the continued limits on Ukraine's use of the long-range weapons, however. A charred vehicle sits outside a residential building in Sumy, Ukraine, after a Russian missile strike Sunday. “Ukrainians don’t have the luxury of waiting while Russia continues killing civilians in Mykolaiv, Sumy, and pushing on the eastern front,” he added.

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☆ Pope Francis suggests international study into possible genocide in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Last December South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice for allegedly violating the Genocide Convention. The court has not yet ruled on the core of the case — whether genocide has occurred in Gaza. Israel says accusations of genocide in its Gaza campaign are baseless and that it is solely hunting down Hamas and other armed groups. Francis, leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church, is usually careful not to take sides in international conflicts, and to stress de-escalation. Francis has not previously described the situation in Gaza as a genocide in public.

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☆ North Korea's Kim Jong Un urges improved military capabilities for war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the country’s military to improve capabilities for fighting a war in a speech last week, state media KCNA said on Monday, after Pyongyang dispatched thousands of troops to Russia. The report came amid international criticism over rapidly developing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Washington, Seoul and Kyiv have said there are more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia to support its war against Ukraine, and some of them have engaged in combat in Kursk, near the Ukraine border. Biden’s administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, sources told NBC News, marking a significant policy reversal and a response to Russia’s deployment of North Korean ground troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that North Korean troops had suffered casualties in combat with his country’s forces, and the first battles between them "open a new page in instability.”

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The idea is to help Ukraine hold on to Kursk for as long as possible, the official said. : Biden’s decision comes at one of the most perilous moments for Ukraine in a war that has raged for nearly 1,000 days. Thousands of North Korean troops have been deployed to support Moscow’s effort in Kursk, while Russian troops are making significant gains on the eastern frontlines in Ukraine. The shift in policy also comes as Biden prepares to make way for President-elect Donald Trump. Trump has said he could settle the war in one day, without saying how he would do so.

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☆ Oil prices edge higher after Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Oil prices edged up on Monday after fighting between Russia and Ukraine intensified over the weekend, although concerns about fuel demand in China, the world's second-largest consumer, and forecasts of a global oil surplus weighed on markets. Russia unleashed its largest air strike on Ukraine in almost three months on Sunday, causing severe damage to Ukraine's power system. Investors also fretted over the pace and extent of interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve that has created uncertainty in global financial markets. In the U.S., the number of operating oil rigs fell by one to 478 last week, the lowest since the week to July 19, Baker Hughes data showed.

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☆ Russia is dropping millions on pay for up to 100,000 North Korean soldiers. They're unlikely to see much of it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia is pouring cash into the deployment of up to 100,000 North Korean soldiers to help its war efforts — but the soldiers themselves are unlikely to receive any of it, according to North Korea experts. AdvertisementUkraine claims that up to 11,000 North Korean troops have been sent to help push back its forces in Kursk, and those numbers could rise. This could mean about 100,000 North Korean soldiers serving alongside Russia within a year, he said. North Korean soldiers onscreen in South Korea. Ukraine's allies have repeatedly said that North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine will become "cannon fodder" on the battlefield.

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The hour-long conversation marked the return of diplomacy to the decade-long conflict, even if their talk brought the familiar refrain it was not yet time to talk. One Western official said there was an “overall collective holding of breath” in Western capitals ahead of Trump’s inauguration. “The Germans speaking to Putin – that will have gone down badly” among Ukraine’s allies, the official said. “Giving Putin that positive bounce will have irked the French and others.” French President Emmanuel Macron has been particularly vocal about continuing support for Ukraine. Kremlin critics also warn of its history of using diplomacy as a pause or foil to pursuing its military goals.

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☆ Russia warns U.S. is adding fuel to fire with long-range missile decision
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Local residents walk past destroyed houses in the city, approximately 10 km from the frontline, on November 16, 2024 in Pokrovsk, Ukraine. Libkos | Getty ImagesThe Kremlin has lashed back against a White House decision to now allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made long-range weapons for limited strikes inside Russian territory. "The issue is not about allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. The issue is about making a decision: NATO countries directly participate in the military conflict or not. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses lawmakers as he presents the so-called 'Victory Plan' during a parliament session, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 16, 2024.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Ilnitsky, Putin, Zelenskyy, Andrii Nesterenko Organizations: Libkos, White, NBC, Artillery Rocket Systems, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Reuters, Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, Google, Ria Novosti, NATO, Kremlin, Institute for, Tactical Missile Locations: Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Washington, U.S, Moscow, Russian, Russia, NATO, United States, Kursk Oblast, Kyiv

☆ Biden authorized Ukraine to strike Russia with U.S.-supplied long-range missiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-provided long-range weapons inside Russia for limited strikes, according to two U.S. officials. The easing of longtime restrictions comes as North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to the Kursk region of Russia to support Russian troops fighting Ukrainian forces. The new authority applies to Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, which Ukrainian officials have sought from the Biden administration. Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesBut the change comes after Biden officials have condemned the North Korean deployment as a possible expansion of the war. In May, Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to use American weapons to strike Russia just over the border.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Andrew Harnik, Donald Trump Organizations: Army Tactical Missile Systems, White, Biden, Pentagon, White House, NBC, Russia Locations: Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, Kursk, Ukrainian, The U.S

☆ Scores killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza; suspects arrested for firing flares at Netanyahu's house
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Israeli air strikes overnight and into Sunday have killed scores in Gaza, according to local health officials, as police in Israel arrested three suspects after flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the city of Caesarea. Basal said 60 people were killed after the IDF bombed houses in the city Sunday morning, and that "dozens are under the rubble." Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the incident crossed “all red lines” in a post on X early on Sunday. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,400 people in the country. Hezbollah attacks have killed about 100 civilians and soldiers in northern Israel, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and southern Lebanon over the last year, according to Israel.

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☆ Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The Trump transition team is compiling a list of senior current and former U.S. military officers who were directly involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan and exploring whether they could be court-martialed for their involvement, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the plan. The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Afghan applicants crowd into the Herat Kabul Internet cafe seeking help applying for the Special Immigrant Visas program in 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. It’s not clear the Trump administration would pursue treason charges, and instead could focus on lesser charges that highlight the officer’s involvement. A military transport plane launches while Afghans who cannot get into the airport to evacuate are stranded in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021.

Persons: “, Matt Flynn, Paula Bronstein, Donald Trump, ”, Joe Biden, Biden, Pete Hegseth, ” Hegseth, Marcus Yam, capitulating, It’s, Trump, Howard Lutnick, George Floyd Organizations: Trump, U.S, U.S ., Biden, Fox News, Warriors, Pentagon, Kabul International Airport, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Islamic State, NBC, Democratic Locations: Afghanistan, U.S, Herat Kabul, Kabul, United States, Syria

☆ Xi says he will work with Trump team as he meets Biden in Peru
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to work with the incoming U.S. administration of President-elect Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on key conflicts from cyber crime to trade, Taiwan and Russia. Biden met Xi for about two hours at a hotel where the Chinese leader was staying, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima, Peru, for their first talks in seven months. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is planning to stop in the U.S. state of Hawaii and maybe Guam on a sensitive visit that is sure to anger Beijing in the coming weeks, Reuters reported on Friday. Meanwhile, Taiwan’s former economy minister Lin Hsin-i met Biden at the summit on Friday and invited him to visit Taiwan in the near future. “When Xi meets with Biden part of his audience is not — it’s not solely the White House or the U.S. government.

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