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Retake irpin. >> we understand that there will be more attacks on our city. we will defend it courageously. irpin is ukraine. >> now, we are also learning tonight the u.s. navy is sending six jets to germany with electronic jamming capabilities. officials though say they will be used by nato and they will not be flying over ukraine. bret? >> bret: jeff paul in lviv. jeff, thank you. president bidens top diplomat is now trying to smooth over any perceived differences with israel over a possible n...

The service had been a short one. at its end, the queen left, walking with care, escorted once again by the duke of york. nicholas witchell, bbc news. could space one day be the setting for future conflicts? it seems several nations are contemplating that possibility. three years ago, the us created its space force. russia and china have their own agencies dealing with space defence. now australia has unveiled an agency it says is aimed at boosting its military capabilities in space, and counter...

They used to be in the soviet union. forget diplomacy, says latvias prime minister, its a show of force that counts. if putin is not stopped in ukraine, he will not stop. what about a european army, an eu army? goodidea? as long as we keep nato at the centre, the strengthening the europeans military capabilities, this is something that we have been arguing for for years, and it now seems that finally everyone agrees this needs to be done. vladimir putin has brought large—scale death and destru...

Argue a reflection of real trouble on the ground? no, i think its a repositioning of capabilities. i mean, you know, once the war starts, it has its own tempo. you know, its own direction. and so clearly russia is not withdrawing from ukraine and still occupies huge swaths and still maintains ownership of crimea in a stolen fleet out of sevastopol. so just because theyre pulling back from the capital city doesnt really change circumstances that much. theyre still bombarding mariupol. theyre stil...

Hitting either. but in any event, thank you very much. great to talk to you. as putin continues to oversee his bloody war against ukraine, former president trump is calling on putin to release any damaging information he has about the biden family. and a top u.s. general says there could be intelligence gaps that caused the u.s. to overestimate russias capabilities and underestimate ukraine. were going to discuss with the chair of a senate intel committee, next. i dont just play someone brainy...

Bring in additional forces and, once again, restart the offensive. and hes depending very much on western support for -- in terms of military hardware, shoulder-fired weapons like the stinger and javelin and so forth. he needs more offensive capabilities, which is why hes calling for tanks and aviation support. and hes not getting that. he has to work towards a least worst outcome in terms of avoiding essentially the country being divided in two. and i dont think this is ultimately going to work...

The transatlantic partnership felt it had lost its purpose for some. and here we are today, and its kind of regains its position as the key instrument in the worlds response to vladimir putin. that shows the capabilities of it and also the limitations. the capabilities are clear. theyve been able to impose these extraordinarily swift and broad sanctions. you see weapons moving in. you see refugees getting support from around nato. and at the same time you are seeing what they are not willing to ...

Sure they are getting there and getting to the right kinds of people. there are other armed drones we ourselves are sending 100 armed drones for short range distances and more we can do. theres the sense that i get that theres, somehow theres a silver bullet here. if only this would happen the war would be over. well, thats not the case. were going to be fighting a long time and we need to provide the ukrainians with everything possible and i think we are providing them with extraordinary amount...

Of western territory and way of life. we are living in a new reality. we as forces spent 20 years in afghanistan and iraq. now our main focus is here. how do we defend our freedom and our country? and its the same thing happening within europe. latvia and its neighbours say they understand the kremlin more than most. they used to be in the soviet union. forget diplomacy, says latvias prime minister, its a show of force that counts. if putin is not stopped in ukraine, he will not stop. what about...

Capabilities than showing. they will be able to stalemate the mayor rjor russian advances >> "the new york times" suggest russias war in ukraine could be the end of a relatively peaceful global era. german lopez rights and i quote here, after merging from the cold war as the lone super power, bogged down but failed wars in iraq and afghanistan and russia and china evolve into more formidable powers, better positioned to challenge a world shaped by american norms and rules. is the u.s. weaker and...