Exclusive: Ukraine sees path to getting Japanese arms after Tokyo eases export rules – Reuters

  1. Exclusive: Ukraine sees path to getting Japanese arms after Tokyo eases export rules  Reuters
  2. Why Japan is now opening its door to lethal weapons exports  dw.com
  3. Japan's prime minister launches a panel to review her country's defense policies as threats escalate  AP News
  4. Japan loosens the reins on defence exports  The International Institute for Strategic Studies
  5. Uncle Sam may be pulling out from the Indo-Pacific—can a post-pacifist Japan could help fill the vacuum?  Mint
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Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine – NBC News

  1. Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine  NBC News
  2. Hezbollah Using Fiber-Optic Drones Against Israeli Targets  The New York Times
  3. Sgt. Liem Ben Hamo, 19, killed by Hezbollah drone in south Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  4. How Hezbollah’s fibre optic drones test Israel’s sophisticated radar system  Al Jazeera
  5. Israel Now Using Netting To Protect Combat Vehicles Against Scourge Of Hezbollah Drones  The War Zone
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Trump again criticizes Germany’s Merz, tells him to stop interfering over Iran – Reuters

  1. Trump again criticizes Germany's Merz, tells him to stop interfering over Iran  Reuters
  2. Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon  Politico
  3. Trump threatens to pull some US troops from Germany, Italy and Spain amid spat over Iran war  CNN
  4. Trump news at a glance: president doubles down on rift with Germany’s chancellor  The Guardian
  5. Trump slams Germany’s Merz again as rift over Iran war widens  Al Jazeera
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Brazil’s congress approves bill reducing prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro – The Guardian

  1. Brazil’s congress approves bill reducing prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro  The Guardian
  2. Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto on bill cutting Bolsonaro coup sentence  Reuters
  3. Jair Bolsonaro’s prison time likely to be reduced as Brazilian lawmakers block Lula veto  Financial Times
  4. Brazil’s Congress overrides Lula’s veto of a bill to reduce Bolsonaro’s sentence  AP News
  5. Brazil Congress Shortens Bolsonaro Sentence in Defeat for Lula  Bloomberg
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US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold – Ars Technica

  1. US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold  Ars Technica
  2. US falls to ‘historic low’ in press freedom tracker: RSF  Al Jazeera
  3. Japan overtakes U.S. in global press freedom index  The Japan Times
  4. Opinion | U.S. falls to its lowest ever World Press Freedom Index ranking  Poynter
  5. World press freedom hits new low as authoritarianism rises  dw.com
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U.S. Navy Destroyer Suffers Serious Fire in the Indo-Pacific – The Maritime Executive

  1. U.S. Navy Destroyer Suffers Serious Fire in the Indo-Pacific  The Maritime Executive
  2. US Navy warship lost power and propulsion for hours, defense official says  CNN
  3. Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say  CBS News
  4. US Navy warship loses power and propulsion after ‘electrical malfunction’  The Hill
  5. ‘Engineering casualty’ knocks out electricity and propulsion on USS Higgins  Military Times
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Brazil’s congress approves bill reducing prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro

President Lula’s veto of the bill was overturned by Brazil’s congress and senate, meaning it now awaits confirmation by supreme court

Brazil’s largely conservative congress has approved a bill reducing the prison sentence of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last year of attempting a coup.

The bill had initially been passed by congress in December, but President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed it in January in a symbolic move marking three years since Bolsonaro supporters ransacked the capital, Brasília.

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