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United States ends sensitive defense exports to Hong Kong; China restricts visas

| Jun 30, 2020, 02:42:27 PM | TOI.in
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The United States on Monday ended sensitive defense exports to Hong Kong, further ramping up pressure in a row over the financial capital's autonomy from China. The US announced the decision hours after China said it would curb visas to some Americans heading to Hong Kong, itself a response to a US move. The United States has been leading a global uproar over a national security law which Hong Kong activists say will destroy the city's freedoms. "We can no longer distinguish between the export of controlled items to Hong Kong or to mainland China," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. "We cannot risk these items falling into the hands of the People's Liberation Army, whose primary purpose is to uphold the dictatorship of the CCP by any means necessary," he said, referring to the Chinese Communist Party.

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In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.

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