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Co-DeeK slash Special Offer. It's Wednesday, January 10th.

It's Wednesday, January 10th.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed. First up, the U.S. and allies are condemning Russia's increasingly interdependent military relationship

with the North Korean regime as Putin continues to rein ballistic missiles down on Ukraine.

Also Iraq is requesting a negotiated exit of US-led military forces from their country,

describing their presence as destabilizing amid regional instability and turmoil from the Gaza War.

But first, our afternoon spotlight.

We begin today with the troubling ties between Russia and North Korea

and the Putin regime's recent use of North Korean-made ballistic missiles

in their ongoing aerial bombardment of Ukraine.

The United States and its international partners issued a joint statement on Tuesday

condemning the weapons transfer between the two regimes.

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