Trump crashes Chelsea’s trophy lift after Club World Cup win

US president Donald Trump astoundingly crashed Chelsea’s trophy celebrations following their stunning Club World Cup final victory over PSG.

Trump, who watched the game at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium alongside Fifa president Gianni Infantino, made his way down to the pitch to present Blues captain Reece James with the trophy.

But instead of following Infantino out of shot, Trump locked his feet in position and stayed front and centre as James held the trophy aloft, with his Chelsea teammates left with no option but to celebrate around the president.

It was a bizarre decision from the leader of the free world, who went against the usual protocol of letting the team enjoy the moment with each other and instead opted to remain the centre of attention.

Chelsea’s players looked largely unbothered by Trump’s involvement but a handful expressed their confusion, with James and Palmer among those looking bewildered.

“It’s a big thing [competition], Gianni’s a friend of mine. But it’s great to watch,” Trump told DAZN. “This is a little bit of an upset we’re watching today. [Fifa has done] fantastically well, it’s a growing sport, it’s a great sport.”

The Blues battled against all the odds to stun European champions PSG in the final, dispatching Luis Enrique’s side in an incredible 3-0 victory.

Cole Palmer stole the show, netting the opening two goals with identical finishes before setting up Blues new boy Joao Pedro, who made it three goals in as many appearances with a cheeky dink past Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Chelsea ended the game with a further numerical advantage as PSG midfielder Joao Neves was sent off for pulling Marc Cucurella’s hair.

Enzo Maresca’s side have now gone down in history as the first team to win the revamped Club World Cup, lifting the unique trophy aloft in front of a giant inflatable replica.

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German backpacker speaks out after found alive in Australian outback

A 26-year-old German backpacker found alive in Western Australia‘s remote outback has revealed that a car crash and head injury left her disoriented and lost for 11 days.

Carolina Wilga trekked through one of the most sparsely populated and remote places in the world after her van became bogged in the Karroun Hill Nature Reserve.

Against the odds, Ms Wilga stumbled upon an unsealed access road, where a chance encounter with farmer Tania Henley led to her rescue.

“Some people might wonder why I even left my car, even though I had water, food, and clothing there,” Ms Wilga said in her first public comments since being found on Friday afternoon.

“The answer is: I lost control of the car and rolled down a slope. In the crash, I hit my head significantly. As a result of the accident, I left my car in a state of confusion and got lost.”

During those 11 nights, police said Ms Wilga survived on minimal food and sourced water from rain and puddles.

She also found shelter wherever she could, including in a cave, as she faced extreme weather.

The nights got extremely cold, police said, and without her vehicle she was totally exposed to the elements. It also rained heavily for a couple of days.

Ms Wilga’s vehicle was found first, a day before she was spotted on the road just 15 miles from her abandoned van.

She thanked her supporters and everyone who helped search for her.

“I am certain that I survived only thanks to this incredible outpouring of support,” Ms Wilga said in the statement, released by the Western Australian Police Force.

“The thought of all the people who believed in me, searched for me, and kept hoping for me gave me the strength to carry on during my darkest moments.”

Receiving treatment for her minor injuries, including many mosquito bites, as well as emotional support, Ms Wilga remains in hospital and has been in contact with her family in Germany.

Rescuers had held grave fears for Ms Wilga after so long in the wilderness. The German backpacker is the second person to have gone missing in the area in the last 12 months.

Ncuti Gatwa makes striking claim about his Eurovision withdrawal

Ncuti Gatwa has claimed he decided not to be a part of this year’s Eurovision “long before it was announced”.

The former Doctor Who actor, who sensationally left the BBC sci-fi series earlier this year, was set to reveal the scores at the 2025 song contest on 17 May but, just one day before, it was revealed he had pulled out.

“Unforeseen circumstances” were cited as the reason for the change, which coincided with rising controversy around the event, but Gatwa, 32, has told BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg that his decision stemmed from being “very busy”.

Gatwa was probed about the mystery surrounding his withdrawal from Eurovision on politics show Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on 13 July, telling the host: “That one was all handled very interestingly.

“I pulled out of it a long time before it was announced and it was announced when it was announced, I don’t know why. But I was just very busy. I had a lot of work schedules, a lot of press around [new comedy film] The Roses, around Doctor Who. Yeah, it was just a lot of press.”

When Kuenssberg asked if Gatwa had pulled out due to the involvement of Israeli contestant Yuval Raphael, the actor, who has openly expressed pro-Palestine views, replied: “No, I was just very busy.”

Gatwa, after being asked if he watched Eurovision, said: “I didn’t. I was busy.”

It’s unknown whether Gatwa was suggesting the original news, which occurred three weeks earlier, had been announced incorrectly or whether his decision to step down was shared belatedly. The Independent has contacted the actor for comment.

Gatwa had been announced as the UK’s official Eurovision spokesperson three weeks before the event, in a move that formed part of a Doctor Who crossover timed for a Eurovision-theme episode. The BBC has declined to comment.

A BBC statement about Gatwa’s departure from the coverage said: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately, Ncuti Gatwa is no longer able to participate as Spokesperson during the Grand Final this weekend. However, we are delighted to confirm that BBC Radio 2’s very own Friday night Kitchen Disco Diva Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be presenting the Jury result live from the UK.”

Gatwa’s exit from Doctor Who, which was aired on 31 May, was rumoured for months, but viewers were left complaining about the abrupt way he was written off.

The actor told Kuenssberg that he quit the show as the role was taking a toll on his body, both mentally and physically.

“I’m getting old, and my body was tired – and I’ve now just started doing some ballet, so I’m making really great decisions,” he quipped.

“It’s the most amazing job in the world, a job that any actor would dream of and – because it’s so good – it’s strenuous. It takes a lot out of you, physically, emotionally, mentally, and so it was time.”

Gatwa will next be seen in West End play Born with Teeth alongside Edward Bluemel. The production re-imagines the relationship between rival playwrights Christopher Marlowe (Gatwa) and William Shakespeare (Bluemel).

Also in August, Gatwa will feature in comedy film The Roses, a remake of 1989 film The War of the Roses, starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Man decapitated girlfriend before texting her mother pretending to be her

A man who murdered and decapitated his girlfriend before texting her mother pretending to be her and searching for internet pornography has been jailed.

Ewan Methven was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years behind bars on Monday after admitting murdering his 21-year-old girlfriend Phoenix Spencer-Horn.

Methven murdered her in the home they shared in East Kilbride on 16 November 2024.

He also admitted decapitating her body and texting her mother, pretending to be her.

Methven, who is now 27, killed Ms Spencer-Horn after the couple ordered a takeaway.

Earlier that day, he had complained to his girlfriend that her waitress shifts made him “lonely”.

The High Court in Glasgow was told that Methven attacked Miss Spencer-Horn, stabbing her 20 times, including 10 times in the face, before mutilating her body and severing her head.

Methven had also strangled her, searched for internet pornography 170 times and made repeated attempts to buy cocaine, before spending the weekend driving around in Miss Spencer-Horn’s red Corsa, and texting her mother pretending she was still alive, according to prosecutors.

He texted: “Hey sorry I’ve just woken up xxx” before searching for pornography, the court heard.

On 18 November, at about midday, he dialled 999 and told a call-handler: “I had a psychotic break and killed my wife.”

He said: “We were messing about, I take steroids and was taking cocaine and alcohol, I think there was something else in it … it was f****** horrible.”

He was transferred to a senior police officer, and said: “I just want to go to jail”, and added: “I have been out my face, I can’t remember what happened. I have been driving about all weekend.”

Police officers discovered Miss Spencer-Horn’s mutilated body hidden under a towel. Methven admitted attempting to remove the limbs and torso from her body with a knife or other instrument.

Defending, Tony Graham KC, said, in 2024, Methven realised he had an addiction problem, and had written a letter to the judge saying “in relation to the harm that could cause, it could only be harm to himself”, regarding cocaine, steroids and other drugs.

Mr Graham read from the letter, which said: “I know how loved Phoenix was and how she made her family complete. I can’t believe I’ve taken her from them.”

He told the court: “Mr Methven is in a position where he can offer no explanation as to why the course of events which led to Phoenix’s death took place, other than his own self-administration of drugs.”

He said that Methven “insists he has taken the life of a person he loved, and appreciates he has caused an enormous void in that family”, and “struggles to reconcile how he could have caused that destruction”, the court heard.

Mr Graham said that Methven had been “taken into family home of Phoenix’s family and appreciates in that that two-year period he was adopted into that family”, and described the murder as “a betrayal”, the court heard.

However, he said Methven could not explain why it happened, and added: “He has flashbacks but no real memory as to how things progressed to this destruction of human life.”

Imposing a life sentence, Judge Lord Matthews said Methven had admitted a “truly dreadful crime”.

Lord Matthews said: “At 21 years old, she was standing at the threshold of what should have been a long and fulfilling life. You were a trusted member of her family but betrayed that trust.

“For reasons no one will ever understand you strangled her and stabbed her 20 times, including 10 in the face. You robbed her of all dignity in death by decapitating her and trying to dismember her.

“For two days after, you indulged in drug abuse and watching pornography, contacting her mother and pretending to be her.”

He added: “The way you treated this innocent young woman after her death meant her family did not have the comfort of saying goodbye to her.”

The judge told Methven: “The letter by you answers none of the questions which must be plaguing the family. You blame the effect of substances but that is no excuse.”

Excavation begins at Irish mother and baby home where 796 infants found in septic tank

The bodies of hundreds of infants who died in an Irish mother and baby home are to be recovered from a septic tank where they lay hidden in an unmarked grave for decades.

It is hoped some of the remains will be identified before they are given a proper burial as excavation work starts at the mass grave for 796 babies.

The painstaking process, expected to last two years, comes more than ten years after amateur historian Catherine Corless first uncovered the shocking secrets of St Mary’s mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.

In 2014, she found there were no burial records for hundreds of infants and young children who died between 1925 and 1961 at the home for unmarried mothers run by the Bon Secours Sisters, a religious order of Catholic nuns.

When she visited the site, now a housing estate, she learned how two boys had lifted a broken concrete slab near a children’s playground in the 1970s and seen bones inside.

Mary Moriarty, who lived in a house near the site, told the BBC before her death that she had gone to see what they found and “fell in a hole”.

Inside, she saw hundreds of “little bundles”, wrapped in cloths that had gone black from rot and damp, and were “packed one after the other, in rows up to the ceiling”.

The authorities believed the remains were from Irish Famine in the 1840s, when the site was a workhouse where many people died, and the spot was covered back up.

However, Ms Corless’s suspicions about the missing dead children were officially confirmed in 2017 when an Irish government investigation found “significant quantities of human remains” in a test excavation of the site. The bones were not from the famine and were children aged from about 35 foetal weeks to two or three years.

A baby had died at Tuam every two weeks on average. They were buried, without coffins, one on top of the other in the 9ft-deep chambers of the underground septic tank.

On Monday, after a decade of tireless campaigning for the infants, digging will finally begin to give them a proper burial.

“There was no will to do anything for those babies except leave them there and put a monument over them,” Ms Corless said as families and survivors visited the site last week.

“But this was a sewer system and I couldn’t give up on them. They were all baptised, they deserve to be in consecrated ground.”

A major commission prompted by Ms Corless’ work found that 9,000 children died in similar homes across Ireland in the 20th century.

In 2021, Irish premier Micheal Martin apologised, saying: “The most striking thing is the shame felt by women who became pregnant outside of marriage and the stigma that was so cruelly attached to their children.

“I apologise for the profound generational wrong visited upon Irish mothers and their children who ended up in a mother and baby home or a county home. As the commission says plainly, ‘They should not have been there.’”

The Bon Secours Sisters also offered a “profound apology” after acknowledging the order had “failed to protect the inherent dignity” of women and children in the Tuam home.

Anna Corrigan, 68, who discovered that she had two older brothers who were born while her mother was a resident at the Tuam home, was among those to visit the site before excavation begins.

“These children were denied every human right in their lifetime, as were their mothers,” she said.

“They were denied dignity – and they were denied dignity and respect in death.

“So I’m hoping that today maybe will be the start of hearing them because I think they’ve been crying for an awful long time to be heard.”

After researching her family history she found her mother gave birth to two sons at the home; John Desmond Dolan in February 1946, and William Joseph Dolan in May 1950.

At his birth, John was recorded as weighing 8lb 9oz and healthy. When he died at just 14 months old, the cause of death was given as measles, with his notes also claiming he was a “congenital idiot” and “emaciated”. John is listed as one of the 796 babies uncovered by Ms Corless’s research.

William lacks even a death certificate — merely a note in the nun’s files from the time which reads: “Dead 3rd February 1951”.

“I just want truth or answers or closure, if they are in that pit at least I can tool on my mother’s headstones, ‘pre-deceased by her two sons John and William’, it’s truth, closure, finality, answers,” Ms Corrigan told The Sunday Times.

PJ Haverty, 73, who was separated from his birth mother aged one and raised at the home until he was seven, described it as a “prison”.

He said those linked to the home were shunned and treated like “dirt”.

“We had to go 10 minutes late and leave 10 minutes early, because they didn’t want us talking to the other kids,” he recalled.

“Even at break-time in the school, we weren’t allowed to play with them – we were cordoned off. You were dirt from the street.”

The work at the burial site, which is being undertaken by the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention Tuam (ODAIT), will involve exhumation, analysis, identification if possible and re-interment of the remains at the site.

ODAIT leader Daniel MacSweeney said the excavation will work to international best practices when it came to forensic standards.

The work will involve a long, complex process of recovering all the remains within the site and then separating the “mixed up” skeletal specimens by sorting them by age and using processes to assess sex.

It is hoped that identification of some of those buried can take place with the assistance of DNA provided by families as well as other records. The team will also attempt to establish cause of death where possible.

Are we all just working for Zuckerberg?

Musicians have always been the ones to speak truth to power. To challenge the status quo. To start the rebellion. They have always been the ones brave enough to stand up and say: “Stop.  You cannot control my voice. You cannot control me”.

But when it comes to social media platforms, that power of freedom is just an illusion. The truth is: they just controlled us. They divided us. They strangled the reach of our voices through their algorithms, and made us work for them for free.

This always amazes me with much loved pop icon Taylor Swift, who has worked to build her instagram audience to 280 million followers – “Follow me on Instagram” she lovingly advocates to her audience – and yet, she only has an average of 1.5% of her audience tap the like button on her posts. She has to turn off comments because of the hate and she cannot direct people back to her website – not because they don’t love her, but because Zuck is controlling her reach.

And if the biggest pop icon of our time is being controlled by Meta’s algorithms, what hope does any other artist and musician have?

The reality is that if Swift could actually reach her audience with a post, and 280 million people actually saw it, she would be double the size of NBC in the US and one of the biggest media channels in the world. And when hateful comments are eliminated, she could turn on comments and have personal engagement from real people. And when she can link people back to her website from posts, she will have hundreds of millions of people back to her own website.

This is possible! This is the new world of social media that we have built at WeAre8. This is true creative and economic freedom. We unlock the algorithms so people’s followers actually see them, we have built AI to eliminate abusive comments, we encourage people to link from the platform back to artists’ websites. In the world of 8, Swift won’t just be singing half time at the Super Bowl, she will be buying the rights to host the superbowl on Taylorswift.com.

Today she is working for Mark Zuckerberg. And so are 2 billion other people. But the future at 8 brings real transformation and hope. When you unlock the algorithms, when you elevate the voices of artists, when you eliminate the controls and share the economics, everything changes.

Musicians can get discovered, they can be elevated and reach their audiences. They can get much bigger brand deals and they can release music independently. And most importantly, they can create the music they want to bring to the world – not just create sounds that they think an algorithm would like.  In the world of 8, every artist wins.

‘We the people’ are the largest unpaid workforce in human history. And every artist on the planet is controlled by Meta algorithms. Because let’s be honest, are we really imagining anymore? Or are we just optimising?

We live in a world where your song, your art, your wild idea about space-funk cello solos can’t even reach your own damn audience unless it performs well on the algorithm. The art of rebellion, the beauty of raw expression now has to come with captions like “Wait for it…” and “This will blow your mind 🤯.” Otherwise? It dies.

And if John Lennon was around now, would Imagine even break through the noise? Would he be told by some TikTok growth hacker to add a dance move and remix it with Doja Cat to make it trend? Would the song that once gave us chills… get five seconds of attention before someone swipes up to watch a dog play the piano?

We’ve been told that data is the new oil. But let’s be clear: your creativity, your joy, your mental health, that’s what they’re drilling for. You post, they profit. You create, they control.

It’s no accident that most platforms don’t let your message reach your people unless you pay. They designed it this way. The people with the power to inspire, to challenge, to change the world are throttled unless they play the game, the casino…Zuck’s casino.

This is the moment we flip the script. This is the moment we reclaim our value. And this is the moment that we rediscover our infinite value in the world.

And the funny thing is that evil always destroys itself.  And musicians will rise and speak truth to power again in a way that the world has never seen. Because this time, 8 is here to supercharge their voices, and the 8 technology has been built to elevate, share, and give control to artists – and all people. And this new world is so much more entertaining than the social feeds of the past.

Meta actually means ‘dead’ in Hebrew. I am surprised Zuck didn’t do a quick Google search of that before he renamed a company that now has a market cap of 1.7 Trillion dollars. But like every David and Goliath story that has come before, Meta has an achilles heel. And that is their obsession with power, control and greed: no matter what the cost to people and society.

The winners in the new world of 8? Well, everyone: every artist, every musician, every community, charity, publisher, sports team, brand and person. Everyone standing together and breaking free. Because I speak on behalf of all the artists I know, we’ve had enough of the control, the trolls and of working for you for free.

As the band Queen said: “I want to break free”. And now is the time to do it.

Zoe Kalar is the founder and CEO of the social media platform WeAre8.

WeAre8 has announced 8Fest, a three-day virtual event hailed as the world’s first social media music festival. Running from July 11-13, the algorithm-free festival is dedicated to pure music discovery, with lineups curated by industry insiders and a mission to spotlight fresh talent on a global stage.

Download the WeAre8 app today to follow 8fest and be a part of the future of social media.

No, Gianni – the Club World Cup wasn’t a ‘huge, huge, huge success’

The site of Fifa’s new offices in New York may feel particularly fitting. Trump Tower’s previous residents include one with a track record of declaring his ventures a glorious triumph, regardless of evidence to the contrary, and of proclaiming victory before something is over.

And so it was, before the Club World Cup final and in Trump Tower when, borrowing from his landlord’s playbook, Gianni Infantino said: “We can say definitely that this Fifa Club World Cup has been a huge, huge, huge success.”

Definitely? “The man who thinks he is God”, in FifPro’s words, may have supported their caustic verdict when he and Donald Trump inserted themselves in Chelsea’s celebrations of victory in the final – much to the apparent bafflement of the players. Infantino already had his name on the trophy so perhaps he can make such pronouncements.

But there are reasons to believe that, far from being a huge (huge, huge) success, it was a hubristic failure. They could be seen in the deserted stands. Infantino had predicted there would be “63 Super Bowls in one month”. The NFL would be in crisis if a Super Bowl attracted a crowd of just 3,412, as Ulsan against Mamelodi Sundowns did.

They were two of the lesser attractions but Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Juventus all played in at least one match with more than 30,000 empty seats, Chelsea, and Borussia Dortmund one with almost 50,000 and Atletico Madrid one with more than 60,000. Inter Milan, Champions League finalists, had a knockout tie that was barely a quarter full; as they lost it, they may be grateful their demise was witnessed by 54,837 unoccupied seats.

Fifa hugely overestimated the American public’s willingness to pay premium prices to watch anything. In a world of dynamic pricing, tickets marketed for hundreds of dollars were reduced to a handful in a bid to persuade anyone to come.

Fifa got the choice of venues horribly wrong. Kick-off times, too. Players such as Marc Cucurella and Enzo Fernandez said the heat was dangerous and detracted from the quality of matches. Some seem scheduled to appeal to a European television market; who, in many cases, ignored them anyway.

Fifa claimed the Club World Cup was watched by three billion people. Cumulatively? At the same time? Pick a big number, repeat it enough and some people may believe it but the chances are that the full data – for each country, for each game – will never be released. Viewing figures may be camouflaged or cherry-picked but it feels safe to assume the Club World Cup probably didn’t attract the audience or make the money Fifa intended.

It didn’t dominate the sporting summer. There was apathy among some leading broadcasters when Infantino implored them to take the broadcasting rights; there was a similar indifference among some of the footballing public who wouldn’t normally want to miss a major tournament. But then, of course, there was the question if this actually was a major tournament.

The one group of people who couldn’t sit it out were the overworked players, their welfare ignored by the governing body that eschewed its responsibility to look out for their interests by instead prioritising their own greed. FifPro, not invited to Infantino’s meeting about player workload, compared it to Nero’s Rome; the players risked burning in the “unacceptable conditions” of 100-degree temperatures. The weather delays meant that the manager who won the tournament, Enzo Maresca, branded it a “joke” after Chelsea’s match against Benfica ended four hours and 38 minutes after it started. The Club World Cup was always on, and yet sometimes not on.

It is a safe assumption there will be a knock-on effect at some stage in the next year for those who were there. There already is for Bayern Munich. It can be said that Jamal Musiala could have been injured in a friendly or training. But the fact is that he wasn’t; he was injured in the Club World Cup.

In due course, others could be injured because of it, because players cannot be afforded a proper break. Maresca marked victory in the final by saying he was more excited to get three weeks off than lift the trophy. The Club World Cup was somehow part of last season, next season and pre-season at the same time. It was so wrong that it even made Sepp Blatter right; he said there was too much football.

It was the tournament that alienated people with a lifelong love of the game. “The Club World Cup is the worst idea ever implemented in football,” said Jurgen Klopp. The Fifa employee Arsene Wenger disagreed. But then many of the complimentary comments came from those on the payroll, from the footballing legends on various junkets, the vacuous influencers there for no obvious reason, the employees of clubs compelled to take part. Those who were not there missed out on millions in prize money and a chance to build their brand. But, in a sporting sense, they may not have too many regrets about missing out.

Klopp, of course, would not have described the actual World Cup as dismissively. And it is true not everyone was convinced by that in 1930. Yet if ideas can take time to generate a groundswell of support, there is a problem when they are imposed from above, given diktats they are a spectacular success. “The golden era of global club football has started,” claimed Infantino.

Really? The best case for supporting that argument lay in the progress and prowess of the Brazilian clubs and the size of their support; certainly there seemed more of an appetite in South America than Europe for the Club World Cup.

And, inevitably, some of the actual football was good because, well, football is good. Much of it was eminently missable but there was Al-Hilal’s shock win over City, injury time between Real Madrid and Dortmund, PSG’s demolition jobs of both halves of Madrid, Cole Palmer’s star turn in the final. There was a shock at the last as PSG lost.

But as a whole, it was not as compelling as the Champions League. That remained the ultimate prize for PSG, the Club World Cup proving the anticlimactic postscript to their European glory. It was an over-hyped afterthought. There is little doubt that, while Chelsea have the title, PSG are the best team in the world. Which was somehow fitting for a tournament that did not live up to its creator’s grandiose billing.

“What was presented as a global celebration of football was nothing more than a fiction created by Fifa, promoted by its president, without dialogue, sensitivity, and respect for those who sustain the game with their daily efforts,” said FifPro. In Infantino’s logic, someone else’s fiction is his fact. A huge, huge, huge success? Only in Infantino’s world.

Trump prepares ‘aggressive’ weapons plan for Ukraine as his anger at Putin intensifies

Donald Trump will announce an “aggressive” plan to arm Ukraine on Monday, according to a report, as he voices his growing frustration with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

A sharp departure from his earlier stance will see Mr Trump announce the plan to arm Ukraine with offensive weapons, Axios cited two sources as saying.

“Trump is really pissed at Putin. His announcement tomorrow is going to be very aggressive,” Senator Lindsey Graham told the outlet.

It came after the US president said Washington would send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, following weeks of lobbying by Kyiv and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

The US president did not reveal how many missiles he plans to send to Kyiv, but he said the EU would reimburse Washington.

Mr Trump has grown increasingly disenchanted with Mr Putin after he resisted Washington’s attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.

“He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there’s a little bit of a problem there. I don’t like it,” he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington.

“We are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment,” he added.