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US News
- Joe Biden appoints hawk as foreign policy advisor. [Link]
- The House passes an anti-BDS bill. [Link]
- Paramount Pictures give the Department of Defense the ability to put talking points into the new Top Gun movie script. In exchange Paramount was able to use military equipment. [Link]
- The Air Force has withheld $360 million in payments to Boeing for the KC-46 tanker. The plane has flaws in the refueling system. [Link]
UK
- Boris Johnson because the UK prime minister. [Link]
Asia
- North Korea seized a Russian fishing ship on July 17th. Russia said the ship was not in North Korean waters. [Link]
- The US sails a warship through the Taiwan Strait. China has threatened military intervention if Taiwan moves towards independence. [Link]
Afghanistan
- Afghan police withdraw from hundreds of isolated outposts. [Link]
- A Crotian soldier was killed in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber. [Link]
Middle East
- Sweden is holding talks between the UK and Iran about the seized tankers. [Link]
- Turkey says it is running out of patience with the US on establishing safe zones in Syria. [Link] The US Envoy to Syria says the US and Turkey are committed to an accelerated process in northern Syria. [Link]
- Trump vetoes three bill that would block Trump’s emergency arm sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. [Link]
Africa