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The drone attack in Jordan 

Iraqi militia leader killed by US drone  

 

The US has killed a commander in the Iran-backed Iraqi militia group Kataib Hezbollah, the US military says, according to AFP.  

 

A source within the group, who confirms the attack, tells the news agency that the commander in question was named Abu Bakr al-Saadi. He and another member of the group are said to have been killed when an American drone fired at the car they were traveling in in Baghdad.  

 

It comes a week after the US struck 85 targets linked to Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.  The revenge attacks are a response to the attack on a military base in Jordan  

 

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Military helicopter over in USA – five on board  

 

A US Navy helicopter has disappeared during a flight between Nevada and California with five people on board, AP reports.  

 

The alarm was raised when the helicopter did not arrive at the air base, and a search operation has been launched. It was last seen in a mountainous area about three miles east of San Diego. Storms are said to have occurred in the area during the night, local time, when the helicopter flew.  

 

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Trump's USATrump's future  

Source: EU prepares trade fight against Trump  

 

The EU is preparing for a possible second term of office with Donald Trump in the United States - and what trade barriers this may entail, writes Bloomberg with reference to a source with insight. 

 

A major concern is higher tariffs on goods exported from Europe — something Trump's staff is already sketching in the form of a broad 10 percent tariff, according to the news agency. 

 

Some countries – such as Germany – are already on a charm offensive with the Republicans to lubricate relations ahead of a Republican win, writes Bloomberg further.  

 

According to Politico, Trump's advisers are toying with the idea of increasing tariffs to a level not seen in decades.

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The media cuts  

SR: "Has a strong coverage even without Kinapodd"  

 

SR's coverage of China will continue to be strong despite the popular Kinapodden being shut down when Radiohuset has to save 225 million. That's what Ekot's head Klas Wolf-Watz and SR's program director Sofia Wadensjö Karén write on SvD's debate page. 

 

The radio will keep its correspondent in Beijing and will highlight news about and from China in, among others, Ekot, Studio Ett and P1 Morgon.  

 

"That the coverage of China is important for Sveriges Radio also in the future is indisputable," write Wadensjö Karén and Wolf-Watz.

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