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NATO is the "bulwark of international peace and security" but its European members "must pay what they owe" US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday alongside the political head of the military alliance. SOUNDBITE
The United States are joining the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace, an international initative that aims to make the internet more secure, US Vice President Kamala Harris announces at the Paris Peace Forum. SOUNDBITE
Last week, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said the US would reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 down to 2,500 by year's end. O'Brien added that the drawdown would take place, regardless of the conditions on the ground. But on Sunday, America's most senior general publicly pushed back at O'Brien's remarks, calling them 'speculation.' Robert O'Brien, or anyone else, can speculate as they see fit, I am not going to engage in speculation, I'm going to engage in the rigorous analysis of the situation based on the conditions and the plans that I'm aware of in my conversations with the President. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley The mixed messages from the Pentagon and the White House come as the Taliban launched a major military offensive against the Afghan government. The attack prompted US military aircraft to carry out a series of airstrikes against Taliban fighters in recent days.
"NATO cannot be an alliance a la carte," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says after Donald Trump downplayed his commitment to the bloc's security umbrella in Europe should he become US president again. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden urges the United Nations to authorize a multinational "security support mission" led by Kenya to deal with gangs in strife-torn Haiti. "I call on the Security Council to authorize this mission now. The people of Haiti cannot wait much longer," Biden tells the UN General Assembly in New York. SOUNDBITE
Images of police forces and a blocked street nearby the E. Barrett Prettyman US Courthouse in Washington where Donald Trump is expected to appear later in the afternoon to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee. IMAGES
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