the arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in South Korea the nuclear powered aircraft carrier reaching Port just days after Russian President Putin’s warning about arming North Korea ABC’s Brit Clinton is in Hong Kong with more on this good morning Brit good morning Rihanna yeah the USS Roosevelt arrived in Busan for pre-planned drills with South Korea and Japan the countries really appearing to ramp up military training in the face of growing threats from North Korea now Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting uh Kim Jong in Pyongyang agreeing that they would help each other out in the event of aggression uh now the Roosevelt scheduled stop in ban comes seven months after a similar Port call by another us carrier the American Military exercises with South Korea and Japan called Freedom Edge now they’ve been long in the making but this is really another marker of the growing cooperation between these countries SE and Tokyo increasingly willing to put their differences aside to counter threats in the region including an assertive China and North Korea’s growing military Arsenal South Korea’s military said the arrival of the Roosevelt it demonstrates the strong defense posture of these allies and a Stern willingness to respond to advancing threats from North Korea Soul also summoned the Russian ambassador to protest that defense agreement with North Korea also South Korea warning it may consider sending weapons to Ukraine to help defend it against Russia’s Invasion now during Putin lavish North Korean trip Kim Jong-un declared his full backing and solidarity for Russia’s war in Ukraine while Putin thanked Kim for his unwavering support Gio Rising tensions indeed all right Brit thank you so much
Glad you’re streaming with us while we’re following breaking news in the war in Ukraine the Biden Administration just announcing moments ago a new $300 million military aid package will be headed to Ukraine our Patrick reval is following this out of our London Bureau what more do we know Patrick hi Kira
Yeah I mean just in the last half hour National Security director Jake Sullivan announced that the Biden Administration is providing a new Security package worth $300 million to Ukraine this comes as a bit of a surprise because obviously more Aid to Ukraine remains deadlocked in Congress and it is still deadlocked
But basically the White House is saying that has found this extra money um through savings from previous Congressional authorizations basically most aid from the US to Ukraine is put back into contracts with us defense companies which produce weapons to replace the weapons that the US is sending to Ukraine and basically
Sullivan said that the money has been found it’s been found that while negotiating these contracts they came in under costs and they found this extra $300 million that will go to air defense and artillery ammunition mainly but as he also noted this is really just a drop
In the bucket because the because the Biden Administration right now is trying to get $60 billion worth of Aid passed through Congress this is only 300 million and so we of course called on Congress to still pass um that bill and saying that this does not make up for
That he also said that it will pass if it’s brought to the floor if the Republicans allow it Kira all right Patrick revil thanks so much for the late breaking news there we appreciate it hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you’d like to
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Mr Trump and Joe Biden pretty much cleaned up in super Tuesday’s State primaries in caucuses making a rerun of the 2020 election of virtual certainty Sarah Smith has that story Donald Trump was taking a Victory lap before he had quite secured his party’s nomination but he knew it was
Now in the bag they call it super Tuesday for a reason this is a big one and they tell me the pundits and otherwise that there’s never been one like this there’s never been anything so conclusive when he launched this campaign in the same room 16 months ago
He was not the favorite to win in order to make America great and glorious again I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States four criminal indictments and his claims of politically motivated persecution turbocharged that campaign his mugshot becoming an electoral asset last night’s results confirmed he is
Unstoppable with only one exception leafy Vermont the biggest primary night of the year and some fascinating results let’s take a look at Vermont because it looks like Nikki Haley squeaking ahead one surprise victory was not enough to keep Nikki Haley in a race that she could not win pulling out she quoted
Margaret Thatcher and did not quite endorse Donald Trump it is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those our party and Beyond it who did not support him and I hope he does that her departure is a disappointment for all those Republicans who would
Rather not vote for Donald Trump what he could learn from her is’s a portion of the Republican party that U uh right now would prefer someone other than him then he probably needs to do something to earn their vote I usually vote Democrat but you know I seen something different
In her and I was like it might make me change they’re not going to give a woman a chance I don’t think they ever will give a woman a chance to you know to get in the White House most voters say they don’t want to rematch with the same old
Candidates as the last election but that’s the choice they’re going to be stuck with in this contest that nobody wanted we’ve got two elderly gentlemen who each think the other is uniquely flawed and therefore bitable Joe Biden is convinced when voters see and hear more of Donald Trump they’ll reject him
Mr Trump thinks that Joe Biden’s age and his record in office make him unelectable of course only one of them will prove correct Sarah Smith BBC News Washington
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From destroying drones fired by iran-backed militants in the Red Sea to promising support for Ukraine against Russia for as long as it takes Britain enjoys a legacy leadership role on the world stage but it’s one that’s looking increasingly shaky with a damning report by MPS calling into doubt the UK’s Readiness for
War across 72 Pages it lay be shortages in weapons ammunition and people even as threats from Russia China and Iran grow the MP said the UK armed forces have deployed above their capacity in response to the worsening security situation but all have capability shortfalls and stockpile shortages and
Are losing Personnel faster than they can recruit them it is all about choice though that’s why defense is in such a crisis successive governments since the end of the Cold War chose to cut the size of the military to invest in other areas but given the renewed threats to Global
Security the UK faces another big decision increase the priority placed on defense maintaining the country’s status as a nuclear power and military leader or stop talking so tough and agreeing to do so much without the means to back it up the head of the committee of MPS that
Wrote the report said Russia’s war in Ukraine raised the Spectre of allout conflict returning once more to Europe the risk profile has increased we’re living in a more dangerous world and we as a country need to uh uh we need to RSE up to that and ensure that we meet
The challenge and continue to deter a Ministry of Defense spokesperson said we’re spending more than 50 billion pounds on defense this year alone and have significantly increased our spending on defense equipment to 288.2 billion pound over the next decade yet in the latest sign of strain a plan
For the UK’s Flagship to lead a major NATO exercise has been paused after the aircraft carrier developed a fault the Royal Navy said HMS Queen Elizabeth will be replaced by its other carrier as soon as possible Deborah Hayne Sky News