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your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. And we'll start things off with a warning out of Germany, where the country's foreign intelligence chief is raising the alarm over Russia's plans to test NATO's resolve in the Baltics, which could include the deployment of Moscow's shadowy little green men, which makes them sound far more adorable than they actually are.

We'll have the details. Later in the show, a third Chinese national is now facing charges

for allegedly smuggling biological materials into the U.S. Plus, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog

says North Korea is likely building a new uranium enrichment plant.

That's signaling Kim Jong-un's apparent intent to expand his nuclear arsenal.

And in today's back of the brief, a first in the conflict between Israel and the Houthis,

as the Israeli Navy strikes the Yemeni port city of Haudida.

But first, today's PDB spotlight.

It appears Russia's Vladimir Putin has an appetite for a wider confrontation with Europe,

as he reportedly looks to further test the resolve of the NATO alliance.

It's already apparent that Putin has little interest in a

peaceful settlement to his war in Ukraine, and now it appears that Kremlin's territorial ambitions

could extend beyond Ukraine's borders to the Baltic states. That's according to Germany's

Foreign Intelligence Chief, who warned Monday that Russia is gearing up for a broader clash with

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