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Commentary: Biden was right to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan

The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 was the lowest point of Joe Biden’s presidency. The optics, including chaotic scenes at the barricaded Kabul International Airport and desperate Afghans clinging to U.S. transport planes, were grim. The entire withdrawal process was aired live on cable news networks, with…

Chicago Tribune

Is the world unraveling? Not for Joe

Biden pays a nostalgic visit to Ireland while Trump keeps melting down. This just might lead to a good outcome

Salon

Access, printouts and glue: Tracing the source of leaked US secrets

A probe into the leak of secret U.S. documents likely will require investigators to examine those who had access and scrutinize details like objects captured in photos of the materials, former U.S. officials told Reuters, as pressure grows to find the person or group responsible.

Reuters

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Egypt denies leak about supplying Russia with 40,000 rockets

A senior Egyptian official denied The Washington Post’s report, saying it ‘has no basis in truth’.

Al Jazeera

Biden to help mark decades of relative peace in N Ireland

President Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland to participate in marking the 25th anniversary of an agreement that helped the country achieve peace

The Independent UK

Biden arrives in Belfast on trip to commemorate Good Friday Agreement

President Joe Biden arrived Tuesday in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on a trip that will also take him to the Republic of Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and visit his ancestral homeland.

Tribune News Service

Joe Biden to meet Rishi Sunak ahead of university keynote speech in Belfast

The US President says his top priority is to ‘keep the peace’

Evening Standard

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Biden heads to Belfast to commemorate Good Friday Agreement

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden departed Tuesday for a trip to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and to visit his ancestral homeland.

Tribune News Service

Biden calls family of reporter detained as spy in Russia

President Joe Biden has spoken to the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the Moscow-based journalist detained in Russia and charged with espionage

The Independent UK

Biden in Belfast to commemorate Good Friday Agreement - Roll Call

Biden will highlight agreement that largely ended Catholic-Protestant violence, and endorse a trade agreement that followed Brexit.

Roll Call

Controversy continues on both sides of the Atlantic over Macron's remarks about US, China

Following his call for Europe to maintain diplomatic distance from both the US and China, French President Emmanuel Macron begins a state visit to the Netherlands on Tuesday. He will address the Dutch Nexus institute in The Hague on the topic of European security and economic sovereignty.

Radio France Internationale

Biden says keeping Good Friday and Windsor agreements in place are main priority as he flies to Belfast – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden helicopter could be grounded for visit amid Met Éireann weather warning

The US President will touch down in Air Force One in Belfast later on Tuesday

Irish Mirror

US Pentagon Says Classified Document Leak 'Serious Risk to National Security'

The leak of highly sensitive US documents – many of them related to the Ukraine conflict – presents a "very serious" risk to US national security, the Pentagon said Monday. The breach is being investigated by the Justice Department and appears to include secret information on the war in Ukraine…

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Windows Central

Minecraft oddly finds itself in the middle of a US national security issue

Minecraft, the world's most popular game, played an unlikely role in the reported leak of classified US documents.

ABC News

White House officials say leaked intelligence documents present a ‘very serious’ security risk as investigation continues

Senior leaders are quickly taking steps to mitigate the damage caused by the documents being leaked online, a top Pentagon spokesman says.

Al Jazeera

Pentagon documents leak sparks US national security fears

White House national security spokesman says it remains unknown if document leak has been contained as probe continues.

France 24

'Europeans must wake up': Macron’s comments on Taiwan spark concern among allies

Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron over Europe’s priorities on Taiwan have raised questions over the EU’s relationship with both the U.S. and China, on the eve of his planned speech on the bloc’s sovereignty in The Netherlands.

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The Independent UK

Biden set to revisit Irish roots after marking Good Friday Agreement anniversary

The 46th US president – a proud Irish-American – will visit Belfast to celebrate a quarter-century of peace under the Good Friday Agreement before travelling to Ireland, Andrew Feinberg writes

The Independent UK

Joe Biden ‘very excited’ about Ireland trip, White House says

US President Joe Biden will deliver a speech at a cathedral to which his ancestors sold bricks.

Al Jazeera

Republicans furious at Biden’s Afghanistan review, Democrats mum

A review released by the White House largely blamed former President Trump for chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Trump forced to admit he is one inch shorter than he claims on arraignment paperwork

Trump identifies his profession as ‘business person’ during arraignment at a Manhattan courthouse

ABC News

Biden administration reviews chaotic US withdrawal from Afghan, blaming predecessor Donald Trump

President Joe Biden's administration lays blame on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Mr Biden's presidency.

The Independent UK

John Kirby has heated exchange with Fox’s Peter Doocy over whether Biden is ‘proud’ of Afghan withdrawal

“Proud of the fact that new how have about 100,000 Afghans, our former allies and partners, living in this country and working toward citizenship?” Mr Kirby said. “You bet.”

Al Jazeera

Biden administration defends Afghanistan withdrawal, blames Trump

White House says while Joe Biden wanted to end war, lack of planning by Donald Trump ‘severely constrained’ options.

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