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NATO is the "bulwark of international peace and security" but its European members "must pay what they owe" US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday alongside the political head of the military alliance. SOUNDBITE
The United States are joining the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace, an international initative that aims to make the internet more secure, US Vice President Kamala Harris announces at the Paris Peace Forum. SOUNDBITE
Security forces - secret services, state and local policemen - are seen outside the stadium where the Republican convention center is due to open on Monday, where Trump will be formally anointed as presidential candidate. IMAGES
Police and media stand by a roadside in Butler, Pennsylvania, close to the where Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally a day earlier. The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood streaked across his face after the shooting, while the shooter and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured. IMAGES
New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says an upcoming NATO summit in Washington is an opportunity for him "to make clear our unshakeable support" for the alliance and to "reiterate" Britain's backing of Ukraine. Speaking after his Labour Party secured a landslide election win, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, Starmer says "the first duty of my government is security and defence." SOUNDBITE
US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin rejects Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands that Ukraine withdraw its troops from territory claimed by Moscow to end the Kremlin's invasion. Speaking in Brussels at a meeting of NATO defence ministers, Austin says "Putin has occupied, illegally occupied, sovereign Ukrainian territory. He is not in any position to dictate to Ukraine what they must do to bring about peace." SOUNDBITE
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