{"id":611941,"date":"2026-05-30T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611941\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:30:08","slug":"allies-guilty-of-freeloading-will-be-penalised-says-us-war-secretary-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611941\/","title":{"rendered":"Allies guilty of \u2018freeloading\u2019 will be penalised, says US war secretary &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFBSTFZFWjNYTmx5WVBXN0t5V3dNV0ZOYmdiR1hzVFRERXBaRkFvaFh6enIzMzBuNEdCTXdxaTJ3OF9hWGJYZl9DaXdMZHhVOUVPbm81UlJlOE9SMXhsa2RWbDNOX0l1RThPdlZIYndpNDl4M016ZllOZVFnNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Allies guilty of \u2018freeloading\u2019 will be penalised, says US war secretary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE13U1poUFRyRXI1SkZSV18zVEdlMGxQbHpYNjFIcUZSa2locWYzUGh4VlU5MDlHRzlrSlRlRXQ1X1NZMmhrTVNPU0d2VWs3a1BWR1czQWJjRUNUMXZf?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US not &#8216;turning back&#8217; on Asia allies, but expects them to boost defence &#8211; Hegseth<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNQ1NwemxGLXZTaFFUOU9WdzN1emlRNFVFRTlaRHFUakh1YlRtT0Jxc0VKR2NVSXVoQVd6MVFLeXF4eHhXWWNNYkt3VW03VS1HV1ZZTzJmeWRiZjV2QnFGZkdrTTBuVU5xM3d0bktfQ2xuSVFwQmN4c0dqZkFSOXE4VW90MGN3NFYwV045SFgyOGZhdGJTRWYtTEViQm9SUVNGZXfSAacBQVVfeXFMTWIzX0wxQlZOc2F5MTNvTFhwMlY1c3VIcHhnMDFod3puYjFmLTRsVjM4aC1INUNhVjk4YUY4NTZrMV9tX0Rfdm5wOFBwb1FNUm16WllGaXZKb2ZHdkVSOWZqQ1dmZkxvc05TN3NuU0pGeGdVYUdhMHp3eWVISWtCaVJXN2M0ZUxyVzBhLU9VOUNlOThLN2hENnV2clJvZlltZ3NHTDYxZHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hegseth praises Asian allies for &#8216;burden-sharing,&#8217; calls out China&#8217;s role in the region<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNWEhBX2lMYlRGNFRaUmJZTWYxbngyWHBqZFA4Q21ZNlplVHRud1NvdERIZFJkTmZSWmtUeU1wQ21hOVBEbjlUOUVFRXNhcXlHRmgyOVBxUGZBMlhveVMtNUpTaWNFc3ExWG9OeHhsRW8xUWtZaHFQMng0OWpJX2xqZVdIQzZzVzJBaHNGTWVqMnR3bkpaR25zY2c5ajFfM1pNQTR5M3hxb1ZFNUNBM3VqczJiNmhuV3RieGF5RkNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pentagon chief sounds &#8216;alarm&#8217; over China&#8217;s buildup, urges allies to boost defence spend<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOZ1NxTG9CbnRiTTZrQU5jNFd4emM2XzdSSkoySXRhbE16ajJ3aFBVWWVfSm1vci1XUnozaHAtemwyOWU5TE43eVpXcjJYSy1FamNiQmd1MVBjNGlOSlNSU29MSDFwV0NPWTlqMXRTT3N3VnNtMTRIRHp3NkM0a3dqVl85ZHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pete Hegseth lauds better US ties with China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allies guilty of \u2018freeloading\u2019 will be penalised, says US war secretary&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesUS not &#8216;turning back&#8217; on Asia allies,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-611941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}