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The United States says it stands firmly behind Lithuania and NATO commitments to defend it after Russia warned the EU member country over restrictions on rail transit. "We stand by our NATO allies and we stand by Lithuania," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The US has a "sacred commitment" to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's collective defence and the military alliance's article 5, US President Joe Biden tells his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda during a visit to Warsaw. SOUNDBITE
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Ellen M. Lord, confirms that Turkey will no longer be permitted to join in NATO's F-35 fighter program after it purchased a Russian missile defense system. SOUNDBITE
The U.S. has an "ironclad" commitment to NATO, the White House said Thursday after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump raised questions about whether he would defend NATO allies if they were attacked. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets soldiers stationed in Poland accompanied by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, with the UK leader on a diplomatic visit to Warsaw for talks that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. Sunak's visit to Eastern Europe accompanied by defence minister Grant Shapps comes as Kyiv pleads with allies to ramp up supplies of ammunition and air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. IMAGES