Today's Headlines: In a Sharp Reversal, Biden Opens a Path for Ukraine to Get Fighter Jets

Fleeing Sudan, U.S. Diplomats Shredded Passports and Stranded Locals
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In a Sharp Reversal, Biden Opens a Path for Ukraine to Get Fighter Jets

In a Sharp Reversal, Biden Opens a Path for Ukraine to Get Fighter Jets

By David E. Sanger, Jim Tankersley, Michael Crowley and Eric Schmitt

The president told allied leaders that he would allow Ukrainian pilots to be trained on American-made F-16s, and is prepared to approve other countries' transferring the jets to Ukraine.

Fleeing Sudan, U.S. Diplomats Shredded Passports and Stranded Locals

Fleeing Sudan, U.S. Diplomats Shredded Passports and Stranded Locals

By Declan Walsh

Officials destroyed Sudanese passports on security grounds as they evacuated the Khartoum embassy. Now the passport owners are trapped in a war zone.

Greece Says It Doesn't Ditch Migrants at Sea. It Was Caught in the Act.

Greece Says It Doesn't Ditch Migrants at Sea. It Was Caught in the Act.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Sarah Kerr, Kassie Bracken and Nimet Kirac

Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard.

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What's a President to Do When a Nation's Capital Is Sinking? Move It.

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What's a President to Do When a Nation's Capital Is Sinking? Move It.

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Today's Videos

G7 Leaders Lay Wreaths in Memory of Hiroshima Victims

Video Video: G7 Leaders Lay Wreaths in Memory of Hiroshima Victims

By The Associated Press

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, the host of this year's summit, hoped the symbolic opening would highlight efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

University of Khartoum Students Evacuated Amid Sudan Fighting

Video Video: University of Khartoum Students Evacuated Amid Sudan Fighting

By The Associated Press

Footage from the Sudanese Armed Forces shows dozens of students and school personnel being evacuated after they were trapped on the campus for four days.

Sharpton Delivers Impassioned Eulogy at Jordan Neely's Funeral

Video Video: Sharpton Delivers Impassioned Eulogy at Jordan Neely's Funeral

By Reuters

The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke at the funeral of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who was killed on the New York City subway by another passenger.

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