Five takeaways from leaked US top military chat group

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  Trump Downplays Signal Leak, Backing Waltz and Pointing Finger at Journalist

  Democrats denounced the country’s top intelligence officials for “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” for discussing secret military plans in a group chat.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
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  'It shouldn't happen again' - Americans react to Signal group chat leak

  The White House has confirmed a journalist was inadvertently added to a chat where national security officials discussed a military strike.
  
  BBC News - 1d
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  Top US officials added journalist to group chat on Yemen strike plans

  A National Security Council spokesman said in a statement the reported chat "appears to be authentic"
  
  BBC News - 2d
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  Hegseth says ‘nobody was texting war plans’ after chat emerges

  Top officials reportedly discussed secret U.S. military plans in a group chat with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic who was inadvertently added. Secretary of State Pete Hegseth says ...
  
  NBC News - 1d
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  Trump downplays group chat where military plans were discussed

  President Donald Trump is downplaying the Signal group chat where secret American airstrikes were discussed for days by top officials in the presence of The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey ...
  
  NBC News - 16h
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  Trump adviser Mike Waltz takes 'full responsibility' for Signal group chat leak

  But the US national security adviser said he could not explain how a journalist was added to a chat discussing air strikes in Yemen.
  
  BBC News - 15h
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  White House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalist

  In extraordinary blunder top Trump cabinet members added Atlantic editor to chat discussing strikes on Houthis. Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge ...
  
  The Guardian - 1d
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  Trump administration faces group chat fallout: From the Politics Desk

  The Trump administration is dealing with the fallout over a journalist appearing to have been accidentally added to a group chat among about U.S. plans to strike Houthis in Yemen
  
  NBC News - 2d
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  Washington grapples with growing group chat fallout: From the Politics Desk

  The fallout from a group chat in which Trump administration officials discussed sensitive military plans that inadvertently included a journalist continued to dominate Washington.
  
  NBC News - 5h

More from BBC News

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  Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports to US

  The US President says the tariffs on cars will come into effect on 2 April and car parts a month later.
  
  BBC News - 1h
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  Reeves squeezes benefits as 2025 growth forecast halved

  The chancellor unveils defence spending boost and welfare changes in Spring Statement.
  
  BBC News - 4h
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  Zelensky hopes US will 'stand strong' in face of Russian demands

  The Ukrainian president was answering questions from a panel of European journalists in Paris.
  
  BBC News - 5h
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  'They invited me - now they're attacking me': Signal chat journalist speaks to BBC

  Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor in chief, was mistakenly added to a chat of senior Trump officials. Now he's a political target.
  
  BBC News - 32m
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  Whisky barrel scam cons victims out of life savings

  Investors were duped into ploughing millions of pounds into casks that were overpriced or did not exist.
  
  BBC News - 3h

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  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed tests of newly developed reconnaissance and attack drones this week and called for their increased production, state media said Thursday.
  
  NBC News - 28m
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  'They invited me - now they're attacking me': Signal chat journalist speaks to BBC

  Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor in chief, was mistakenly added to a chat of senior Trump officials. Now he's a political target.
  
  BBC News - 32m

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  CBS News - 33m

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  CBS News - 42m

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  CBS News - 49m