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            <title><![CDATA[Russia may be planning drone sabotage attacks in Spain, Italy and France, report says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russia is preparing drone attacks against Spain, Italy or France, a source close to Lithuania's Defense Ministry said, according to El Mundo.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:07:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zelenskyy says US informed Ukraine about CIA chief's Moscow meetings]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine was informed by the United States about the CIA’s recent visit to Moscow.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Patriot missile stockpiles in Europe run low, sources say]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US military’s stockpile of advanced air defense missiles in Europe is severely depleted, two military sources warn. One reason is the U.S. war with Iran.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:39:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sources: CIA chief warned Russia not to attack NATO]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a high-profile visit to Russia earlier this week. Now, several media outlets are reporting that the purpose of the trip was to warn Russia against attacking NATO.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 03:22:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kremlin Confirms CIA Director John Ratcliffe Visited Moscow, Says He Did Not Meet Putin]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Kremlin confirms that the head of the CIA has visited Moscow, but there is no word on whether he met with Vladimir Putin. According to some reports, talks were held about a possible prisoner exchange.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CIA chief John Ratcliffe aboard US military plane to Moscow, CBS reports]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A US military transport plane has flown to Moscow, where it is now parked, flight data shows. According to CBS News, CIA Director John Ratcliffe was aboard.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Plans to Cut Over 1,000 CIA Services, Sources Say]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump plans to cut thousands of jobs at the intelligence agency CIA and other spy agencies, sources tell the Washington Post.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 23:58:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia-US Prisoner Swap: Ballet Dancer Ksenia Karelina Freed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russia and the USA have exchanged prisoners in the United Arab Emirates, reports The Wall Street Journal. Ksenia Karelina and Arthur Petrov can now come home.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Atlantic Reveals More of Trump Aides' Chat on Yemen Attack]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The USA's leadership is trying to downplay the significance of the noted group chat where top government officials discussed an imminent attack on Yemen. The Atlantic then chooses to publish additional parts to clearly show what the magazine's editor-in-chief got to follow in real-time.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:50:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leaked US War Plans on Signal Raise Security Concerns in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Goals, weapon types and attack sequences. In a chat group on the messaging app Signal, American ministers discussed the US's attack plans against the Houthis in Yemen - and included an American journalist by mistake. A security breach of great magnitude, notes intelligence expert Jörgen Holmlund.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Dismisses Military Chat Leak as Minor Blunder]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A journalist ended up in a chat group where the US government discussed imminent military attacks. Frustrated tones are heard from the White House, but President Trump downplays the whole thing as a minor blunder.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/defense-minister-hegseth-denies-war-plans-leak-after-white-house-confirms</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:54:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump: Stop of Intelligence Sharing Close to Being Lifted]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The President of the USA, Donald Trump, says that the USA is very close to lifting the ban on military intelligence to Ukraine.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 01:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US-Ukraine Military Intel Pause: Temporary or Strategic Shift?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The USA stops sharing military information with Ukraine, claims CIA chief John Ratcliffe. But the signals are mixed. President Trump's security adviser says that the previously discontinued arms support may soon be resumed, and sources in Kyiv say that intelligence is still coming from the USA.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:07:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump's Controversial Candidate Questioned]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former TV anchor Pete Hegseth, who Donald Trump wants to see as the US Defense Minister, has been questioned in a senate committee. He was both praised and booed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is Team Trump: Hardline Loyalists]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The appointments are coming at a rapid pace – and some of them are sparking anger. The USA's incoming president Donald Trump is putting together his government. Among the more questioned names are the nominated health, justice, and defense ministers, as well as the intelligence chief.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:42:47 GMT</pubDate>
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