## Britain ‘may not be fully prepared to fight full-scale war alone’

Authored by telegraph.co.uk

Britain may not be fully prepared to fight a full-scale war on its own, a general has suggested.

Maj Gen James Martin said the Army was trying to get “back on track” after years of focusing on counter-insurgency, which had left it in “in the process of losing the skills” to mount an all-out campaign.

Decades of fighting insurgents during wars Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan meant the Army’s focus was on those campaigns rather than major conflicts between states, he said.

With the war in Ukraine and the threat of Russia to the rest of Europe, the Army has shifted its focus to readiness for war, and this week thousands of British troops were in western Poland as part of Nato’s largest military exercise since the Cold War.

Nearly 2,400 British troops took part in Operation Immediate Response, which culminated in a complex river crossing involving more than 1,000 vehicles including Challenger II tanks, in 24 hours.

It was one of several exercises as part of Nato’s Exercise Steadfast Defender, a war game and the largest deployment to Europe in 40 years, involving over 40,000 personnel including 16,000 from the British Army.

I think we are now very much moving back on track. »

### ‘Delusional’: Trump gets laughs for bragging he’s a ‘better physical specimen’ than Obama

Authored by financerr.online

“They asked him who is a better physical specimen, is it Donald Trump, or is it Obama?”

Democrat Harry Sisson said, “Donald Trump just tried to claim that he’s ‘healthier’ and a ‘better physical specimen’ than President Obama.

It is simply in response to Trump claiming that Ronny Jackson assured Trump that Trump is a better physical specimen than Obama,” the account wrote. »

### How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again?

Authored by newrepublic.com

If elected, he will certainly deploy that power to destroy virtually everything Americans have historically held dear about the nation’s democratic traditions.

The second, less obvious, but no less objective fact is that Joe Biden has been a remarkably good president.

And yet, the danger of a Trump takeover remains as high as ever. »

### Rudy Giuliani served with Arizona fake electors indictment after 80th birthday party

Authored by abcnews.go.com

Rudy Giuliani was served Friday night with notice of his indictment related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona after his 80th birthday party and after boasting on social media that he had avoided being served.

@RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted on X, replying directly to a post from Giuliani earlier Friday night taunting Mayes with a photo from his 80th birthday party for failing to deliver his indictment.

Giuliani, in a since-deleted tweet, wrote, "If Arizona authorities can't find me by tomorrow morning: 1. »

### 3 dead after Amtrak train collides with pickup truck in western New York

Authored by cnn.com

Three people died after an Amtrak train struck a pickup truck in western New York north of Buffalo, fire officials said Saturday.

There were no reported injuries to the 21 passengers and crew members on the train, Amtrak said.

Amtrak train 281 was traveling north from New York to Niagara Falls when it hit the vehicle on the track, Amtrak said in a statement. »

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