The policy goes further than the trans military ban that President Donald Trump instituted during his first term, which allowed some trans troops to continue serving.

Transgender troops will be removed from U.S. military service unless they obtain a waiver, according to the Pentagon's memo.

U.S. service members with gender dysphoria will be separated from the military unless they receive an exemption, according to a Pentagon memo filed in court on Wednesday. (Reporting by Idrees Ali and Ismail Shakil) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

Unlike the Israeli military, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not launched a comprehensive commission to review the failures of Oct. 7, 2023.

The Israeli military drastically underestimated the capabilities of Hamas before its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, and "failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians", a summary of an Israeli military investigation published on Thursday said.

The report is the Israeli military's first official account of mistakes that preceded the 2023 attack, which launched Israel's subsequent war against Hamas in Gaza that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to raise with President Trump the possibility of a limited military role for the U.S. as part of an agreement to halt the Ukraine-Russia war, U.K. officials said.

Donald Trump has not declared military support for Ukraine, pointing to a resources agreement as a guarantee of security. In a conversation with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he commented on relations with Putin.

Donald Trump has not declared military support for Ukraine, highlighting a resources agreement as a security guarantee. However, he did comment on relations with Putin in a conversation with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.