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US president says Chinese leader didn’t notify him of the large-scale military drills, which continued with live missile launches into the Taiwan StraitDonald Trump has said he is not worried by China’s live-fire military drills surrounding Taiwan and that he has a great relationship with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who “hasn’t told me anything about it”.The US president made the comments one day into the surprise attack simulation launched by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday, and which continued into Tuesday with live missile launches into the Taiwan Strait. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/trump-not-worried-china-military-live-fire-drills-taiwan Author : Helen

Two men killed in Hegseth-led attack on boat suspected of carrying drugs in international waters, Pentagon saysThe US military announced the killing of another two men in “a lethal kinetic strike”on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday.The Pentagon released video of the strike, which brings the total number of known naval attacks on suspected drug smugglers to 30 since September, and raises the death toll to at least 107 people, according to US military figures. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/military-deaths-boat-strike-pacific Author : Robert Mackey and agencies Publish date :

Israeli prime minister said he will award Trump with Israel prize, highest civilian honor, while visiting Mar-a-LagoUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has warned that Hamas will have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm while offering full-throated support to Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the Israeli prime minister in Florida.In a bravura display of mutual admiration, Netanyahu announced that the US president would be awarded the Israel prize, the country’s highest civilian honour, which since its inception in the 1950s has never before been given to a non-Israeli person. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/gaza-ceasefire-hinges-return-last-israeli-hostage-netanyahu-trump Author

Gaza not covered in announcement and will be handled on separate track, says US state department officialThe United States on Monday pledged $2bn in assistance to tens of millions of people facing hunger and disease in more than a dozen countries next year, part of what it said was a new mechanism for the delivery of life-saving assistance following major foreign aid cuts by the Trump administration.The US slashed its aid spending this year, and leading western donors such as Germany also pared back assistance as they pivoted to increased defense spending, triggering a severe funding crunch for the UN.