Germany signals shift in defense policy by stationing troops in Lithuania
German soldiers march at a formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO’s eastern flank in Vilnius, Lithuania, May 22, 2025.
Germany is deploying 5,000 troops to Lithuania, marking the first such permanent deployment to another country since the end of World War II. Also, immigration lawyers are sounding alarms over what they say is an escalating immigration crackdown along the northern US border in Maine. And, Iran and Russia ratify a new agreement to strengthen economic ties, with more cooperation in banking and arms trade. Plus, an 11-year-old boy in the UK teaches himself to master the piano in only six months.
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