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🔮 A sale would mark a significant policy shift from the US, potentially altering the balance of military power in the Middle East and testing Washington's definition of maintaining its ally Israel's "qualitative military edge."
Saudi Arabia made a direct appeal for the jets in early 2025 to US President Donald Trump and has long been interested in Lockheed Martin's fighter.
The estimated $24.3 billion sale would include 48 of the military aircraft and 49 Pratt & Whitney engines along with communications equipment, spare parts and other support items, the State Department said.
🔮 The Ukrainian government will seek an additional US$53 billion (S$67 billion) in foreign aid in 2027, including from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, it said.
🔮 "If this happens, the location will be announced very soon.
🔮 Russia and China then vetoed on Sept 17 a resolution that would have extended the mandate for the independent monitoring of sanctions.
🔮 Crosetto said he and Italy's chief of defence staff had agreed to mobilise the navy to prepare "whatever is necessary" to guarantee the secure transit of Italian vessels, arguing that delays in responding to mounting maritime risks could have direct consequences for the economy and consumers.
🔮 The 30-second ad, recorded in front of the White House in English and Spanish, is a sign that one of the issues that helped return Trump to the White House may be working against his Republican Party as it tries to retain control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections.
🔮 Diana's brother Charles Spencer said the then-Prince Charles was "giddily elated" in the immediate aftermath of Diana's death in 1997, possibly because he felt it meant he was freer to marry again, according to passages in the Daily Mail.
Charles on Wednesday took the unusual step of responding to criticism after the first extracts of Spencer's book were published in the Daily Mail, saying via a spokesperson that grief could impact reason, judgment and memory.
🔮 "We are expecting these types of attacks to continue and will expand in the very near future," he said.
🔮 Without mentioning the AfD by name, he added that he would like to “reclaim the flag.”
🔮 It is not clear whether Saudi Arabia will get the deal without normalizing relations with Israel.
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