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All decisions have intended consequences and unintended consequences.The intended consequence of President Biden's threat to stop sending some weapons to Israel is straightforward: to stop the Israeli military from going into Rafah without a clear, deliverable plan for the civilian population. But there are so many unintended consequences. In Tel Aviv and on Capitol Hill they are beginning to play out already.Both geopolitically and domestically for Mr Biden this decision […]

The ground actually shuddered as the intercontinental ballistic missile launchers thundered past.They were the final flourish of a 61-strong line-up of military hardware, and seeing the colossal Yars system up close was unnerving to say the least. And that's the point. This was a demonstration of military might and menace.But those watching on in the Red Square lapped it up. Perhaps it's no surprise they have been immersed in a […]

Russia only had one tank on display during its Victory Day parade this year.Every year, Moscow wraps itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Today marks the 79th anniversary and Mr Putin addressed the parade in the Red Square, trying to talk up his country's military capabilities in a speech aimed as much at the foreign audience […]

President Joe Biden has warned Israel in his toughest public comments so far that the US would stop supplying it with some weapons if Israel invades the southern Gaza city of Rafah.If Israeli forces launch an all-out assault on the city, the last major Hamas stronghold in the besieged enclave, the US president said "we're not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells used, that have been used". In […]

Independent US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has revealed that a worm ate part of his brain. It has emerged the 70-year-old made the claim during a 2012 interview, known as a deposition, in his divorce proceedings from his second wife Mary Richardson Kennedy. At the time, he said his earning power had been diminished by cognitive issues.He said he had been having memory loss and mental fogginess in […]

French air traffic controllers have been granted the right to turn up to work three hours late and leave three hours early. Under a new agreement between the National Union of Air Traffic Controllers, reported by French media, the country's government made a practice called "clearances" a legal right for controllers. Clearances, where air traffic staff leave work during quiet periods, are believed to be a common practice in France. Image: […]

A trophy won by Diego Maradona for his performances at the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced after it was missing for decades - and is now going up for auction.Maradona received the Golden Ball trophy after leading Argentina to victory at the tournament in Mexico, where he scored his controversial "hand of God" goal against England in the quarter-finals. In the same game, he also scored what FIFA later declared […]

There are moments, more than others, that scream the humiliation of it all.Take this, before Tuesday's proceedings got underway. "No descriptions of genitalia or anything but it's important to elicit that she had sex with him." It was the prosecution's assurance prior to questioning Stormy Daniels after Donald Trump's lawyers had objected, in advance, to her testifying to the details of sexual acts.It would be that kind of day in […]

TikTok is suing the US government over a law that seeks to force the app's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell it within nine months or ban its use in America.The popular video-sharing platform is trying to block the recently passed bill, arguing it violates the US constitution, including the first amendment which protects free speech. The bill, officially known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, was […]