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August 27th, 2024: Israel-Hezbollah Conflict, Belarusian Troops at the Border, & Chinese Jets in Japan
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We start in the Middle East, where after a weekend of the most intense strikes since the beginning of the Gaza war, Israel and Hezbollah appear to have avoided escalating into a full-scale conflict. We’ll bring you the latest updates. Later in the brief, the Ukrainian government is on high alert as Belarusian troops mass at the border, allegedly for exercises — a scenario eerily similar to the lead-up to Russia's 2022 invasion. Plus, Japan’s defense ministry scrambled jets on Monday after the Chinese military made an unprecedented incursion into…
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