The State of It

The Times has uncovered plans by Donald Trump to remove every transgender military service person, possibly with an executive order signed on the first day of his second term. How costly could it be, both in financial and military terms? The Times' Washington Correspondent, Alistair Dawber, analyses the story.

ALSO: As a cargo plane crashes over Lithuania, does a recent trend suggest Russia is to blame, and is it part of a plot to attack a transatlantic flight? The Times' Berlin correspondent, Oliver Moody, unpacks what we do and don't yet know.

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In this extended Frontline conversation, James Hanson speaks to Major General Rupert Jones, who jointly led coalition forces against ISIS in Iraq. They discuss 1,000 days of the war in Ukraine, Russia's threat of escalation, and the provision of western supplied long-range missiles to Kyiv.

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In this extended Frontline conversation, the former UK Ambassador to Ukraine, Leigh Turner, discusses the provision of western-supplied long-range missiles to Ukraine, the risk of retaliation by Russia, and the temporary closure of the US Embassy in Kyiv.

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A fortnight after becoming the US President-elect, the global security challenges for Donald Trump have already changed. With Ukraine-Russia escalating, Iran warned over its enriching of uranium, and China setting its so-called "red lines" for the US, how will he be reassessing his foreign policies? Former US Ambassador the UN, Mark Wallace, analyses Trump's planning.

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Ukraine has claimed that Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, the type that can carry nuclear weapons, at the city of Dnipro. Philip Ingram, a former military intelligence officer and NATO planner, provides his analysis.

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After US missiles were fired into Russian territory for the first time, it appears UK Storm Shadow missiles have now been used too. Also the US has confirmed it will supply Ukraine with anti-personnel land mines.

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The prospect of the Ukraine war becoming a nuclear conflict has appeared to increase. Russia says Ukraine has now fired US missiles into the country. Hours after that attack, Russia confirmed a change to its nuclear doctrine - lowering the threshold at which it would consider a nuclear strike.

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Allies of Donald Trump have joined Moscow in accusing the current US president of escalating the Ukraine war by allowing Kyiv’s forces to use American ATACMS missiles. The Times correspondent Maxim Tucker and assistant US editor David Charter unpack what’s behind this reversal and what might happen next.

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In this extended Frontline conversation, Ukraine-based global affairs analyst, Michael Bociurkiw discusses why there might be a peace summit over Ukraine, involving Vladimir Putin, BEFORE Donald Trump is inaugurated.

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In this extended Frontline conversation, former fighter pilot and military analyst, Sean Bell, discusses how with the right pitch, Donald Trump could be persuaded to arm Ukraine to such a degree that it'd have "phenomenal military capability" - simply by appealing to his ego.

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