SERPIHAN bom buatan Amerika Syarikat didakwa ditemui di tapak pengeboman pengebumian YAMAN . . .

ADtv @JamaliahYusofYacob - Foto dan video telah muncul dalam talian daripada apa yang didakwa sebagai serpihan bom buatan Amerika Syarikat dijumpai di tempat kejadian serangan maut ke atas sebuah dewan berkabung di ibu negara Yaman Saana. Arab Saudi sebelum ini telah menafikan bertanggungjawab terhadap serangan itu.

Satu gambar, yang peguam Saana yang menonjol yang disiarkan di laman Facebook beliau, menunjukkan apa yang didakwa sebagai serpihan bom ketepatan Mk-82 yang dihasilkan oleh Raytheon, salah satu kontraktor pertahanan utama Amerika Syarikat. Gambar itu didakwa diambil di tempat kejadian pengeboman, dan mempunyai nombor siri dan kata-kata dalam bahasa Inggeris merujuk kepada model bom ditulis di atasnya.

Gambar lain yang diambil oleh wartawan ITV News di tempat kejadian menunjukkan serpihan apa yang jenis yang sama bom, menurut seorang pakar senjata tempatan ia berunding.

Fragments of US-made bomb allegedly found 

at Yemen funeral bombing site . . .

Photos and video have emerged online of what is claimed to be fragments of a US-made bomb found at the scene of a deadly strike on a mourning hall in the Yemeni capital Saana. Saudi Arabia had earlier denied responsibility for the attack.

One photo, which a prominent Saana lawyer posted on his Facebook page, shows what is claimed to be a fragment of an Mk-82 precision bomb produced by Raytheon, one of the main US defense contractors. The photo was allegedly taken at the scene of the bombing, and has a serial number and words in English referring to the bomb model written on it.

Another photo taken by an ITV News correspondent on the scene shows fragments of what is the same type of bomb, according to a local munitions expert he consulted.

paul tyson @Tyson585

Bom serpihan dari pembunuhan beramai-ramai dewan pengebumian di #yemen #sanaa. pakar kelengkapan Yaman berkata ia adalah satu Mark 82 buatan Amerika Syarikat. (Bomb fragment from funeral hall massacre in #sanaa #yemen. Yemeni ordnance expert said it's a US-made Mark 82).

9:10 PM - 9 Oct 2016

Video muncul di talian untuk apa yang didakwa menjadi beberapa serpihan senjata yang digunakan untuk menyerang pengebumian di Sanaa, termasuk serpihan dari gambar pertama.

Keaslian foto dan video tidak dapat disahkan secara bebas.

Dewan berkabung pengeboman satu kerugian yang tunggal terbesar orang awam dalam tempoh 18 bulan campur tangan pakatan Arab yang diterajui di Yaman. Ter 'ketik 2 kali' serangan dilaporkan pada dewan, di mana pengeboman kedua diikuti serangan pertama dan memukul balas pertama, meragut sekurang-kurangnya 140 nyawa dan menyebabkan lebih 500 orang cedera. Antara mangsa adalah gabenor Saana ini.

Menurut PBB, serangan udara Saudi bertanggungjawab bagi majoriti kematian orang awam dalam konflik Yaman, di mana lebih 4,000 orang awam terbunuh. Amerika Syarikat telah membekalkan senjata serta menyediakan mengisi minyak dan sokongan logistik untuk gabungan itu yang dipimpin Arab Saudi, yang telah meningkat kebimbangan Washington terhadap mungkin bersubahat dalam kekejaman.

A video emerged online of what is claimed to be several fragments of the weapon used to strike the funeral in Sanaa, including the fragment from the first photo.

The authenticity of the photos and video could not be independently verified.

The mourning hall bombing was the biggest single loss of civilians in the 18 months of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen. The reported ‘double-tap’ strike on the hall, in which a second bombing followed the initial attack and hit first responders, claimed at least 140 lives and left more than 500 people injured. Among the casualties was Saana’s governor.

According to the UN, Saudi airstrikes are responsible for the majority of civilian deaths in the Yemen conflict, in which over 4,000 civilians have been killed. The US has been supplying arms as well as providing refueling and logistic support for the Saudi-led coalition, which has increased Washington’s concerns of possible complicity in the atrocities.

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Amerika Syarikat bimbang penglibatan jenayah perang Yaman, senarai isu-isu no-bom ke Arab Saudi - Laporan  (US concerned over Yemen war crimes complicity, issues no-bomb lists to Saudis – report) http://on.rt.com/7rjl 

3:40 AM - 11 Oct 2016

Pada bulan November, Amerika Syarikat mengumumkan $ 1.29 bilion penjualan senjata bertujuan untuk menambah stok Arab digunakan dalam kempen Yemen. Kontrak itu termasuk bom baru lebih daripada 8000 Mk-82.

Riyadh menafikan penglibatan dalam kejadian itu, tetapi secara peribadi mengesahkan bahawa salah satu daripada pesawatnya menyampaikan serangan udara, BBC melaporkan pada hari Ahad, memetik sumbernya. Arab Saudi bersetuju bahwa Britain akan menjadi sebahagian daripada siasatan pengeboman, kata penyiar British.

In November, the US announced a $1.29 billion sale of weapons meant to replenish Saudi stocks used in the Yemen campaign. The contract includes more than 8,000 new Mk-82 bombs.

Riyadh denied involvement in the incident, but privately confirmed that one of its planes delivered the airstrikes, the BBC reported on Sunday, citing its source. Saudi Arabia agreed that Britain would be part of the investigation into the bombing, the British broadcaster said.

BACA lebih lanjut: 'Zero akauntabiliti': bos hak asasi manusia PBB mengulangi panggilan untuk siasatan ke dalam jenayah perang Yaman READ MORE: ‘Zero accountability’: UN human rights boss repeats call for investigation into Yemen war crimes

UK adalah satu lagi penjual utama senjata ke Arab Saudi, tetapi tol berat kempen Saudi telah diambil ke atas orang awam telah menyebabkan ramai ahli-ahli politik dan aktivis British untuk memanggil untuk menghentikan aliran senjata.

The UK is another major seller of weapons to Saudi Arabia, but the heavy toll the Saudi campaign has taken on civilians has led many British politicians and activists to call for stopping the flow of arms.

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READ MORE: Pentagon mengancam tindakan balas ke atas serangan peluru berpandu di kapal Yaman (Pentagon threatens reprisal over missile attack on ship off Yemen) http://on.rt.com/7rne

'TIDAK menentu & agresif': Pentagon protes pemintasan Rusia pesawat pengintip Amerika Syarikat . . .

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ADtv @JamaliahYusofYacob - Sebuah jet Rusia telah memintas sebuah pesawat peninjau Amerika Syarikat di Laut Baltik, Pentagon telah berkata hanya beberapa hari selepas ia diputuskan Moscow untuk pesawat tentera meriah pemusnah Amerika Syarikat di kawasan yang sama.

Yang dikatakan "pemintasan" berlaku pada hari Khamis, Danny Hernandez, jurucakap Perintah Eropah memberitahu CNN. Beliau berkata Rusia Su-27 "dilakukan gerakan tidak menentu dan agresif," hanya 50 kaki (15 meter) dari dari pesawat Amerika Syarikat.

Pesawat Amerika Syarikat Boeing RC-135 adalah "dipintas oleh Rusia SU-27 dengan cara yang tidak selamat dan tidak profesional," Hernandez berkata, menekankan bahawa jet Amerika Syarikat tidak pernah memasuki ruang udara Rusia.

"Tindakan yang tidak selamat dan tidak profesional daripada seorang juruterbang mempunyai potensi untuk tidak perlu meningkat ketegangan antara negara," katanya.

‘Erratic & aggressive’: Pentagon protests Russian interception of US spy plane . . .

A Russian jet has intercepted a US reconnaissance plane in the Baltic Sea, the Pentagon has said only a few days after it decried Moscow for its military aircraft buzzing a US destroyer in the same area.

The alleged “interception” occurred on Thursday, Danny Hernandez, a spokesman for European Command told CNN. He said the Russian Su-27 "performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers," only 50 feet (15 meters) away from the US aircraft.

The US Boeing RC-135 aircraft was "intercepted by a Russian SU-27 in an unsafe and unprofessional manner," Hernandez said, stressing that the US jet never entered Russian airspace.

"The unsafe and unprofessional actions of a single pilot have the potential to unnecessarily escalated tensions between countries," he said.

Baca lebih lanjut: jet pejuang Rusia memintas pesawat recon Amerika Syarikat ke atas Laut Hitam 'di manner'- Tentera Laut tidak selamat (Read more): Russian fighter jet intercepts US recon aircraft over Black Sea ‘in unsafe manner’– Navy

Pentagon kemudian mengesahkan aduan kepada TASS.

"Kami membantah kejadian itu dengan kerajaan Rusia," kata seorang pegawai Pentagon memberitahu agensi berita.

Satu kejadian yang sama yang melibatkan seorang perisik pesawat US RC-135 dan pemintas Rusia telah dilaporkan pada bulan Januari di Laut Hitam. Pada masa itu, Pentagon juga mengadu bahawa jet Rusia bertindak dalam "cara yang tidak selamat dan tidak profesional."

Pada 14 April, Washington berkata sebuah SU-24 Rusia dan Ka-27 Helix helikopter terbang ke atas USS Donald Cook, pemusnah Tentera Laut yang telah menjalankan latihan dengan sekutu NATO Poland di Laut Baltik. Amerika Syarikat dipanggil pertemuan "manuver penerbangan agresif ... terletak berdekatan dengan kapal."

Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat John Kerry digelar kelakuan Su-24 juruterbang sebagai "melulu" dan "provokatif," mengatakan bahawa Amerika Syarikat mempunyai hak untuk menembak jatuh pesawat.

Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia berkata bahawa pesawat itu terbang di atas perairan neutral dan semua peraturan-peraturan antarabangsa mengenai penggunaan ruang udara neutral telah dipenuhi.

"Walaupun yang berdekatan operasi untuk pangkalan tentera laut Rusia Armada Baltik, prinsip kebebasan pelayaran pemusnah AS tidak menafikan prinsip kebebasan aeronautik pesawat Rusia," kata jurucakap Federation Kementerian Pertahanan Mejar Jeneral Igor Konashenkov pada khamis, seperti yang dipetik oleh TASS.

The Pentagon later confirmed the complaints to TASS.

“We are protesting the incident with the Russian government,” a Pentagon official told the news agency.

A similar incident involving a US RC-135 spy plane and a Russian interceptor was reported in January over the Black Sea. At that time the Pentagon also complained that the Russian jet acted in an “unsafe and unprofessional manner.”

On April 14, Washington said that a Russian SU-24 and a Ka-27 Helix helicopter flew over the USS Donald Cook, a Navy destroyer that was conducting exercises with its NATO ally Poland in the Baltic Sea. The US called the encounter “aggressive flight maneuvers ...within close proximity of the ship.”

US Secretary of State John Kerry dubbed the behavior of the Su-24 pilots as “reckless” and “provocative,” saying that the US had every right to shoot down the plane.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the plane was flying over neutral waters and all the international regulations on the use of the neutral airspace had been met.

“While in operational proximity to the Russian naval base of the Baltic Fleet, the principle of freedom of navigation of the US destroyer does not negate the principle of freedom of aeronautics of the Russian aircraft,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday, as cited by TASS.

BACA LAGI: Pentagon mengadu 'manuver tidak selamat' oleh jet Cina membayangi pesawat pengintip Amerika Syarikat READ MORE: Pentagon complains of 'unsafe maneuver' by Chinese jet shadowing US spy plane

Satu lagi negara asing Pentagon kerap dipersalahkan kerana bertindak tidak profesional manakala memintas pesawat perang Amerika dan kapal perang dikerahkan dalam misi berhampiran dengan wilayahnya ialah China.

Another foreign nation the Pentagon regularly blames for acting unprofessionally while intercepting American warplanes and warships deployed on missions close to its territory is China.

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IANYA Rasmi: Berapa banyak kah Putin & menteri-menterinya dapat PENDAPATAN . . .

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ADtv @JamaliahYusofYacob - Dengan pengisytiharan pendapatan dan harta pegawai tertinggi Rusia diterbitkan pada hari Jumaat, semua orang boleh mengintip ke dalam dompet mereka. Lihat jika anda boleh meneka berapa banyak presiden yang diperolehi pada tahun 2015, dan orang yang membuat lebih 50 kali lebih daripada dia!

It's Official: How much Putin & his ministers earn

With the declarations of income and property of Russian top officials published on Friday, everyone can have a peek into their wallets. See if you can guess how much the president earned in 2015, and who made over 50 times more than him!

1 - Vladimir Putin, President

8,891,777 rubles ($133,793) 1 land plot, 1 apartment, 1 garage. 3 cars: 2 retro Volgas, 1 Niva; 1 auto trailer

2  - Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister

8,767,882 rubles ($132,269) 1 apartment. 2 retro Volga cars

3 - Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister

7,621,267 rubles ($114,716) 1 land plot, 1 residential house, 1 apartment, 2 garages. 0 cars

4 - Sergey Shoigu, Defense Minister

10,401,932 rubles ($156,895) 2 land plots, 1 residential house, 1 apartment. 0 cars

5 - Anton Siluanov, Finance Minister

34,396,570 rubles ($518,813) 3 land plots, 2 residential houses, 2 apartments, 1 garage 3 cars: 2 Soviet, 1 BMW; 2 motorcycles: Harley Davidson, BMW

6 - Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade

144,728,253 ($2,178,199) 1 land plot, 1 apartment, 4 parking spots, 2 guest houses, 2 outbuildings 3 cars: 1 Land Rover, 1 Lada, 1 Soviet Moskvich

7 - Mikhail Abyzov, Minister for Open Government

BINGO! 455,579,586 rubles ($6,856,805) 1 apartment, 1Mercedes S500; 2 auto trailers; 4 motocycles; 1 Robinson helicopter; 1 Yamaha snowmobile

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BRICS bergabung kuasa pada IMF pembaharuan formula kuota . . .

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ADtv @JamaliahYusofYacob - Brazil, Rusia, India, China dan Afrika Selatan telah bersetuju untuk mengambil pendirian yang bersatu di Tabung Kewangan Antarabangsa (IMF) semakan sistem kuota.

"Kita perlu mengambil kedudukan yang bersatu mengenai kajian semula kuota. Ulasan tersebut perlu di tempat pertama adalah berdasarkan kepada angka-angka KDNK, dikira dengan pariti kuasa beli (PPP) ... Semua orang telah bersetuju untuk ini," kata Menteri Kewangan Rusia Anton Siluanov pada hari Khamis selepas mengadakan pertemuan dengan menteri-menteri kewangan BRICS.

BRICS join forces on IMF quota formula reform

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have agreed to take a unified stance on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota system revisions.

"We need to take a united position on the quota reviews. Such reviews should in the first place be based on GDP figures, calculated by purchasing power parity (PPP)... Everyone has agreed to this,” said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on Thursday after a meeting with BRICS finance ministers.

Read more: BRICS gets greater say in IMF (Baca lebih lanjut: BRICS mendapat hak bersuara dalam IMF)

Formula kuota semasa adalah purata wajaran daripada KDNK (berat 50 % peratus), keterbukaan (30 % peratus), kepelbagaian ekonomi (15%  peratus), dan rizab antarabangsa (5 % peratus). KDNK diukur melalui campuran daripada KDNK berasaskan pada kadar pertukaran pasaran (berat 60 % peratus) - dan pada kadar pertukaran PPP (40 % peratus).

Menurut Menteri Kewangan Rusia, KDNK adalah salah satu petunjuk utama, dan berat badan yang lebih besar dalam formula akan mengambil kira kepentingan negara-negara membangun, yang kini kurang diwakili dalam IMF, kerana ekonomi mereka sedang membangunkan dinamik.

Pembaharuan IMF telah diterima pakai pada tahun 2010, tetapi telah ditangguhkan sehingga Disember 2015 kerana kedudukan Kongres Amerika Syarikat, apabila ia mengesahkan apa yang dipanggil 14 Kuota Kajian Besar.

Di bawah peraturan baru, kuota China telah mencapai 6.4 % peratus; Rusia dan India kini mempunyai 2.7 % peratus masing-masing dengan Brazil dan Afrika Selatan masing-masing mempunyai 2.3 % dan 0.6 % peratus. Ini memberikan sejumlah 14.7 % peratus berbanding 11.5 % peratus sebelum ini. Amerika Syarikat adalah ahli terbesar daripada IMF dan adalah satu-satunya untuk mempunyai kuasa veto, kerana 15 % peratus adalah bahagian menyekat.

Kini, negara membangun sedang mencari untuk mengubah formula kuota. Sesetengah daripada mereka ragu-ragu bahawa petunjuk seperti keterbukaan dan kepelbagaian ekonomi perlu memainkan apa-apa peranan yang besar dalam formula.

The current quota formula is a weighted average of GDP (weight of 50 percent), openness (30 percent), economic variability (15 percent), and international reserves (5 percent). The GDP is measured through a blend of GDP—based on market exchange rates (weight of 60 percent)—and on PPP exchange rates (40 percent).

According to the Russian Finance Minister, GDP is one of the key indicators, and its greater weight in the formula will take into account the interests of developing countries, which are now under-represented in the IMF, as their economies are developing dynamically.

The reform of IMF was adopted back in 2010, but was delayed until December 2015 due to the position of the US Congress, when it ratified the so-called 14th General Quota Review.

Under the new rules, China’s quota has reached 6.4 percent; Russia and India now have 2.7 percent each with Brazil and South Africa having 2.3 and 0.6 percent, respectively. This gives a total of 14.7 percent against 11.5 percent before. The US is the biggest member of the IMF and is the only one to have a veto, as 15 percent is a blocking share.

Now, the developing economies are looking to alter the formula of the quota. Some of them doubt that such indicators as openness and economic variability should play such a big role in the formula.

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CHINA menyeru diplomat G7 selepas kumpulan2 melahirkan 'kebimbangan' ke atas keadaan di Laut China SELATAN . . .

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ADtv @JamaliahYusofYacob - China telah memanggil wakil-wakil dari Kumpulan 7 (G7) negara untuk menyatakan kemarahan selepas negara berkata mereka "bimbang" mengenai keadaan di Timur dan Laut China Selatan.

"China memanggil utusan diplomatik negara-negara berkenaan," Lu Kang, jurucakap Kementerian Luar China, berkata semasa taklimat media.

Ia datang selepas negara-negara G7 - Amerika Syarikat, Kanada, UK, Perancis, Jerman, Itali, dan Jepun - mengumumkan dalam satu kenyataan bersama: "Kami mengambil berat tentang keadaan di Laut China Timur dan Selatan, dan menekankan kepentingan asasi pengurusan aman dan penyelesaian pertikaian."

China summons G7 diplomats after group expressed 'concern' over situation in South China Sea . . .

China has summoned representatives from the Group of Seven (G7) nations to express anger after the countries said they were “concerned” about the situation in the East and South China Seas.

"China summoned the diplomatic envoys of relevant countries," Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, said during a press briefing.

It comes after the G7 countries – the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan – announced in a joint statement: “We are concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas, and emphasize the fundamental importance of peaceful management and settlement of disputes."

Read more: Philippines, US launch large-scale naval drills ‘without China in mind’ (Baca lebih lanjut: Filipina, US melancarkan latihan tentera laut secara besar-besaran 'tanpa fikir dalam China')

Kenyataan itu dibuat semasa mesyuarat 2 hari di Hiroshima, Jepun.

Negara-negara G7 juga menggesa "semua negeri-negeri untuk menahan diri dari tindakan seperti tebusan semula tanah" dan "membina pos-pos . . . untuk tujuan ketenteraan." Beijing telah membina pulau buatan di Laut China Selatan, ada yang dilengkapi dengan landasan 3000 meter panjang. Ia juga telah menggerakkan peralatan ketenteraan ke kawasan ini.

Walaupun komen yang tidak secara khusus menamakan China, Beijing meletakkan tuntutan kepada hampir seluruh Laut China Selatan - dipercayai kaya dengan minyak dan gas - walaupun bercanggah tuntutan daripada Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, dan Filipina. Jepun juga mempunyai pertikaian dengan Beijing alih pemilikan pulau-pulau Senkaku di Laut China Timur.

Selain penyata, Lu berkata, "seorang pegawai kanan salah satu daripada negara-negara G7 menyebut bahawa China perlu mendengar suara [yang] G7." Komen Itu dipercayai bertujuan Jepun.

Kesimpulannya, Lu berkata Beijing percaya G7 tidak harus membuat kenyataan itu, sambil menambah bahawa negara2 "hanya cuba untuk menghiburkan diri mereka dengan mengeluarkan kenyataan seperti itu."

Pemanggilan oleh orang Cina datang sebagai sumber tentera mengumumkan bahawa pegawai-pegawai pertahanan dari Filipina dan Vietnam akan bertemu minggu ini untuk meneroka latihan bersama mungkin dan rondaan tentera laut di Laut China Selatan. Kedua-dua negara bersetuju dengan perkongsian strategik pada bulan November untuk meningkatkan hubungan keselamatan, China terus berkembang kehadirannya di perairan yang dipertikaikan.

Pada hari Selasa, Fox News melaporkan bahawa China telah mengerahkan jet pejuang baru di Pulau Woody Laut China Selatan, memetik imej satelit dari awal bulan ini. Pulau, sebahagian daripada Kepulauan Paracel, sebahagian besarnya dikawal oleh China, walaupun Taiwan dan Vietnam juga telah meletakkan tuntutan ke atasnya.

Awal bulan ini, Amerika Syarikat dan tentera bersekutu berkumpul di Filipina untuk latihan ketenteraan bersama sebagai tanda kekerasan terhadap China. Lebih 5,000 tentera mengambil bahagian dalam latihan tahunan, yang akan berlangsung hingga April 16. Tentera Amerika Syarikat telah menghantar kapal perang Amerika Syarikat untuk mengadakan latihan di rantau ini sebanyak 2 kali sejak musim luruh lalu, kritikan tajam dari Beijing.

The comment was made during a two-day meeting in Hiroshima, Japan.

The G7 nations also urged “all states to refrain from such actions as land reclamations” and “building of outposts...for military purposes.” Beijing has built up artificial islands in the South China Sea, some of which are equipped with runways 3,000 meters long. It has also deployed military equipment to the area.

Although the comments did not specifically name China, Beijing lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea – believed to be rich in oil and gas – despite conflicting claims from Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Japan also has a dispute with Beijing over ownership of the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea.

In addition to the statements, Lu said “a senior official of one of the G7 countries mentioned that China needs to heed the voice of [the] G7.” That comment is believed to be aimed at Japan.

In conclusion, Lu said Beijing believes the G7 shouldn't make such remarks, adding that the countries are “just trying to amuse themselves by issuing such statements.”

The summoning by the Chinese comes as military sources announced that defense officials from the Philippines and Vietnam will meet this week to explore possible joint exercises and naval patrols in the South China Sea. The two nations agreed on a strategic partnership in November to boost security relations, as China continues to expand its presence in the disputed waterway.

On Tuesday, Fox News reported that China had deployed new fighter jets in the South China Sea's Woody Island, citing satellite imagery from earlier this month. The island, part of the Paracel Islands, is largely controlled by China, although Taiwan and Vietnam have also laid claims on it.

Earlier this month, the US and allied forces gathered in the Philippines for joint military exercises as a show of force against China. More than 5,000 troops are taking part in the annual drills, which will run through April 16. The US military has sent US warships to conduct exercises in the region twice since last autumn, drawing sharp criticism from Beijing.

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