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Italy, Japan and UK to merge projects for new fighter jet by 2035

Plan announced amid the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising geopolitical tensions in the Asia Pacific.

Al Jazeera

Japan, Britain, Italy to jointly develop next-generation fighter jet

TOKYO: Japan, Britain and Italy announced on Friday they will jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet by 2035, Tokyo's first such defence cooperation with countries other than the United States, a key security ally.

Bangkok Post

Japan, Britain and Italy join forces on new combat jet

Japan, Britain and Italy are merging their next-generation jet fighter projects in a bridge between Europe and Asia that marks Japan's first major industrial defence collaboration beyond the United States since World War Two.

Reuters

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 289 of the invasion

Brittney Griner freed in prison swap; Putin vows to continue attacking energy systems

The Guardian - AU

Blinken confident in Finland, Sweden accession to NATO

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is confident that Finland and Sweden will be approved soon for membership in NATO despite ratification delays in allies Turkey and Hungary

The Independent UK

Blinken: U.S. will be able to call Sweden, Finland NATO allies soon

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said he is convinced the United States will be able to call Sweden and Finland NATO allies soon and said Turkey's concerns about the two nations joining the alliance are being addressed.

Reuters

Finnish foreign minister says missing clear date on NATO ratification by Turkey

Finland's foreign minister said on Thursday that many issues over Turkey's concerns over terrorism set out in a memorandum to allow Finland and Sweden to join NATO had been clarified though a date for ratification by Ankara remained missing.

Reuters

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Finland hopes for Turkish support for NATO bid soon, considers arms exports

Finland's defence minister Antti Kaikkonen said the sooner Turkey ratifies its NATO membership bid the better and it would consider granting arms export permits to Turkey on a case by case basis.

Reuters

Turkey remains concerned by alleged PKK activity in Finland

Turkey's defense minister says Turkey remains concerned by alleged activities of Kurdish militant groups in Finland and expects Helsinki to take “concrete steps” before Ankara can approve its NATO membership

The Independent UK

Finland to consider arms exports to Turkey as it seeks Ankara support for NATO bid

Finland would consider granting arms export permits to Turkey on a case by case basis, Finland's Defence Minister said while visiting Ankara on Thursday, in an effort to bring Turkey round to supporting Finland's and Sweden's NATO membership bids.

Reuters

Analysis-Macron's mixed messages on Ukraine unnerve some Western allies

When NATO's 30 foreign ministers met in Bucharest in November to map out further aid plans for Ukraine and regional players under pressure from Russia, there was a notable ministerial absence: France.

Reuters

2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe

This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched

The Independent UK

Analysis: Germany's government looks inward as challenges mount, allies fret

In its first year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government has driven the biggest overhaul of German policy since World War Two. The next year could be even tougher, further absorbing Berlin's bandwidth to Europe's detriment.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm and Kyiv government both claim Russia is using the site as a de facto weapons depot

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The Conversation

The forgotten war: what Russia could win from the reignited conflict in Syria

Largely overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, Syria remains a deeply divided and violent country, where military conflict has recently reignited.

Daily Mirror

Britain orders thousands of anti-tank missiles to replace stock given to Ukraine

The UK wound down its cache of Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons by sending vital equipment to Kyiv to help defence forces repel Russian invaders who waged war on February 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lynn Schmidt: Hawley behaves increasingly like a vice presidential candidate in waiting

Put aside all the funny memes of Sen. Josh Hawley running. Could it be that the soon-to-be senior senator from Missouri is vying to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate? The current list of potential vice presidential picks swirling around does not seem to include Hawley, but that doesn’t…

The Independent UK

US secretly tweaked missile launchers given to Ukraine to keep them from attacking inside Russia, report says

Russia has warned US not to give Ukraine long-range missiles

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The Independent UK

Poland reverses course, accepts German air defense system

Poland’s defense minister says his country will accept a Patriot missile defense system which Germany offered to Poland last month

Reuters

Finland must lift arms embargo on Turkey, Ankara says

Finland must lift an arms embargo on Ankara as a condition to securing support from Turkey for its NATO membership bid, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Here’s how to even out the ‘burden-sharing’ for Ukraine

Vladimir Putin must be, to say the least, disappointed — and not merely because, nine months on, Russia remains mired in a war against Ukraine that he had expected to win rapidly. Contrary to his hopes, divergent national interests haven’t split the 30-country trans-Atlantic alliance that has been supporting Kyiv.…

The Conversation

What legacy will Vladimir Putin leave Russia?

“Nobody listened to Russia,” Vladimir Putin intoned in 2018, as he unveiled the poisonous fruit of Russia’s military modernisation project: a nuclear-powered cruise missile; a hypersonic glider; and a nuclear warhead atop a drone submarine, designed to flood coastal cities with tsunamis. “Well, listen up now.”

Radio France Internationale

Defendant slams security conditions on first day of Brussels terror attacks trial

The largest trial in Belgian history got underway on Monday with 10 men accused of involvement in Islamist suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016 that killed 32 people and injured over 300. It began with an outburst from Mohamed Abrini, a key defendant, who threatened to remain silent if security…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin will struggle to deploy 87% of Russia's nuclear weapons, insiders claim

There have been fears Russia President Vladimir Putin will unleash a devastating nuclear attack on Ukraine or even NATO countries for helping the war-torn country defend itself from invasion

WEKU

Week in Ukraine war: new Russian strikes, oil price cap, no Biden-Putin talks (Dec. 5)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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