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  2. Sarah Smith is doing an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic.

  3. Nomia Iqbal is talking to a camera about the Signal messages at Capitol Hill.

  4. A photo illustration made by BBC. It features messages from the leaked Signal chat and a picture of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz

  5. German Army servicemen take part in a training phase of Exercise Griffin Storm at the General Silvestras Zukauskas Training Area, in Pabrade

  6. Parts of a kit than can be easily assembled into a gun displayed on a desk

  7. Pete Hegseth and JD Vance are pictured with a screenshot of messages by Waltz and Vance overlaid. The message from Vance says "Excellent" and from Waltz it's three emojis - fist bumb, USA flag and a fire

  8. Brent Bozell in a blue-stripped jacket and printed tie

  9. JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz sit on a yellow sofa wearing suits laughing.

  10. JD Vance, wearing a suit with a red tie, and his wife Usha in a pink outfit arriving at St John's Episcopal Church in Washington DC on Monday, 20 January

  11. Mike Waltz appears on Fox News wearing a blue suit, maroon tie and white striped shirt.

  12. Sarah Smith on the left, using a laptop. And Jeffrey Goldberg on the right, speaking on Zoom

  13. A composite image of US President Donald Trump and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on 25 March 2025

  14. FKA twigs pictured in Paris in June 2024. Her head is almost entirely shaved, except for a long pony tail at the back of her head. She wears large earrings, a black dress and make-up featuring dozens of black crystals dotted across her face, neck and shoulders.

  15. Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch speaking to the members of advocacy group US-India Business Council in April 2024. Lynch, in black suit, is seen addressing the members standing around him.

  16. Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe at the hearing on Capitol Hill

  17. Two people are looking into the camera after doing an interview with a reporter.

  18. A treated image of a white pawn chess piece with the shadow of a king piece against the backdrop of a world map.

  19. A blue, red and white sign tells people to vote, with an arrow pointing to a polling station

  20. US President Donald Trump, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice-President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, all seated, at a news conference in the White House Oval Office.

  21. Sirajuddin Haqqani addresses the audience from a podium covwered in white and red flowers.

  22. Jeffrey Goldberg is doing a virtual interview with PBS News Hour, sitting at a desk with frames behind him.

  23. US President Donald Trump (CR) and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (CL) with US Vice President JD Vance (3R) and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (2R) during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 13 March 2025.

  24. Mike Waltz stands in front of a wall that has a floral design. He is wearing a dark suit and a green tie.