The background is a video from November 2025 in which members of the US military are called on not to follow illegal orders. It was mainly about the internationally controversial US military actions against suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean. US President Donald Trump initially accused the group of Democrats of “insurrectionary behavior” because of the video, but later qualified these statements. The public prosecutor’s office wanted to charge the group with a crime of influencing the morale and discipline of the armed forces, it said.
The USA wants to curb China’s growing influence in South Asia and is offering Western military equipment to the future government in Bangladesh. Washington is concerned about the People’s Republic’s increasing presence in the region, US Ambassador Brent T. Christensen told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday, immediately before the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. The USA is ready to work closely with the new government in Dhaka to make clear the risks of certain cooperation with China. A range of options are offered to meet the country’s military needs. This included US systems and defense equipment from allied partners as alternatives to Chinese equipment.
US President Donald Trump is considering sending another aircraft carrier to the region in the conflict with Iran. “We have a fleet on the way, and another could follow,” the online portal “Axios” quoted from an interview with the Republican. At the same time, Trump confirmed that the USA could conclude an agreement with Iran.
On Friday, representatives from Tehran and Washington began new negotiations in Oman under strict security precautions. The Gulf state is mediating in the conflict. The negotiations follow serious mass protests in Iran, which the state security apparatus brutally suppressed. Trump then threatened the Iranian leadership with military intervention and strengthened the US military presence in the region, including with the aircraft carrier “USS Abraham Lincoln”. At the same time, there is talk of a new agreement with a view to Iran’s nuclear program. The Iranian leadership remains skeptical about negotiations with the USA.
