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Starting new thread since this is starting to escalate beyond just Iran and Israel. Reports only, please. Again, the occasional one-line comment isn't a big deal, but try to keep the thread as uncluttered as possible.

Thanks in advance.
 
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announces that the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) has established a “Temporary Flight Restriction Airspace” over Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, in preparation for the meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 
The Ilyushin Il-96-300 with the Russian Special Flight Squadron which landed earlier this morning at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, has now departed and appears to be diverting to Elizovo Airport in Russia’s Far East.
It’s possible that sanctions are preventing the Il-96 from remaining in America for an extended period of time, requiring them to fly back to Russia after dropping off forward security personnel and equipment.
 
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WHAT A 🤬 JOKE!

Who would trust the United States and Russia after they screwed Ukraine with the Trilateral Statement and the Budapest Memorandum in January 1994. Both gave Ukraine security assurances. Ukraine should be making its own demands and consessions themselves with Russia (and even then I would not trust the word of Russia).

Trump tells Isreal to hurry up with its war. What nerve after all the wars and military actions the US has been in. Internationally, "The Israeli government's insistence on changing the demographic status of the occupied territories is a flagrant violation of international law," isn't Russia doing the same?

On 17 March 2023, following an investigation of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian commissioner for children's rights, alleging responsibility for war crimes. Putin should be arrested in Alaska but NOooo...the United States does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

Then there is this from NBC..."Trump ramps up his campaign for the Nobel Prize, hoping to cement a legacy as a 'peacemaker'".

The whole thing stinks of 💩

President Trump, fix our own country and our own problems before trying to fix the world! Economic inequality, political polarization, infrastructure needs, healthcare costs, terrorism, immigration, drug trafficking, and diverting resources to foreign affairs is hurting the US. Look at the not-so-great interventions the US has done in Afghanistan and Iraq and how much the US has lost in lives, money, and resources. The United States of America has critical domestic needs that demand your attention instead. Building a strong and prosperous nation at home should be first on every US cititzen's mind. Help ourselves today so we can help others tomorrow.
 
Today is extremely important, as much as discussion around this is necessary, it will just muddy the context and the readability to average users, IMHO we should keep this reporting as much as possible. This is an extremely historical moment that could define the course of Europe for countless years.
 

‘Possibility’ of US security guarantees for Ukraine, ‘but not in the form of NATO’​

Trump says there’s “a possibility” of the United States offering Ukraine security guarantees alongside European powers, “but not in the form of NATO.”

Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to the summit with Putin in Alaska.

He said it will be up to the Ukrainians to decide whether to concede land to Putin as part of a peace deal, but added: “I think they’ll make the proper decision.”

“I’m not here to negotiate for Ukraine,” Trump said. “I’m here to get them at a table.”
 

Pope Leo XIV prays for peace ahead of US-Russia summit​

Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as today’s summit in Alaska.

History’s first American pope didn’t explicitly mention the Trump-Putin meeting, but he has constantly called for dialogue and an end to the conflict, including in conversations with Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

On Friday, Leo recalled that the Aug. 15 feast day dedicated to the Virgin Mary was declared a dogma by Pope Pius XII at the height of World War II.

“He (Pius) hoped that human lives would never again be destroyed by wars,” Leo said. “How relevant are these words today? Unfortunately, even today, we feel powerless in the face of the spread of increasingly deafening violence, insensitive to any movement of humanity.”
 

Several Cabinet members will accompany Trump on Air Force One​


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among the Trump administration officials joining the president for his flight to Alaska.

Trump will also be accompanied on Air Force One by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and top White House aides, including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Monica Crowley, a former Fox News commentator serving as Trump’s chief of protocol, also are making the trip.
 
Hmm... Didn't the US already give security guarantees to Ukraine. How did that work out?
I would take it that this would include something more non-permeable than the Budapest memorandum, I would imagine something like an enforced no fly zone over the part's of Ukraine that Ukraine would still control. Your guess is as good as mine though!
 
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