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Estonia has requested a consultation with other Nato members after Russian warplanes violated its airspace on Friday. Estonia's foreign ministry condemned the incursion as "brazen". It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the Estonian skies "without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes" over the Gulf of Finland. A Nato spokesperson said the military alliance "responded immediately and intercepted the Russian aircraft", calling it "yet another example of reckless Russian behaviour and Nato's ability to respond". Italian jets responded to the incursion under Nato's mission to bolster its eastern flank, while Finland and Sweden also scrambled...

Amid increasingly belligerent Russian rhetoric against NATO, tiny Estonia has assumed the role of David standing up to Goliath. In recent months, Tallinn has intensified its signaling that in the case of an imminent Russian invasion, it would not hesitate to strike first. The world is now seeing the country’s logic. In a September 2024 interview with the Estonian public broadcaster ERR, Estonian General Vahur Karus stated that if Moscow showed signs of preparing for an attack, Estonia would strike the Russians first: “Our capability to neutralize the enemy on its own territory is crucial.” In the subsequent months, Estonia...

Susan Wild is a Democrat ex-congresswoman from Pennsylvania who was defeated for re-election in November. She has every reason to be bitter about the Republican victories. So naturally, she fits perfectly on CNN. In today's episode of CNN This Morning, Wild was asked for comment on Trump's press conference where David Sanger of The New York Times pressed him to reassure people wouldn't use the military in Greenland or at the Panama Canal. Trump wouldn't commit to that. CNN host Kasie Hunt actually said "God bless David Sanger for being there to ask these questions of Donald Trump. What is...

President Joe Biden's support among moderates has plummeted by 20 points in New Hampshire after his poor debate performance last week, according to a new poll. The Saint Anselm College survey found that 38 percent of moderate voters said they would vote for Biden if the election were held today—down from the 58 percent who said the same in December.