In an intelligence briefing, the UK’s Ministry of Defence noted Russian forces were suffering “particularly heavy casualties” in fighting around Avdiivka, one of three areas seeing heavy ground fighting. Despite the heavy fighting, the MoD said neither side was making significant progress. There are two IPA transcriptions of the letter names, from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN). Both authorities indicate that a non-rhotic pronunciation is standard. That of the ICAO, first published in 1950 and reprinted many times without correction (vd. the error in 'golf'), uses a large number of vowels. For instance, it has six low/central vowels: [ æ a aː ɑ ɑː ə]. The DIN consolidated all six into the single low-central vowel [a]. The DIN vowels are partly predictable, with [ ɪ ɛ ɔ] in closed syllables and [ i e/ ei̯ o] in open syllables apart from echo and sierra, which have [ɛ] as in English, German and Italian. The DIN also reduced the number of stressed syllables in bravo and x-ray, consistent with the ICAO English respellings of those words and with the NATO change of spelling of x-ray to xray so that people would know to pronounce it as a single word. Have a similar spelling in at least English, French, and Spanish, and the initial letter must be the letter the word identifies.

The Russell case is the first full trial to test a new public interest defence in defamation suits, which came into force in July 2021 and relates to publications concerning “an issue of public interest” where the defendant “reasonably believed that the publication of the matter was in the public interest”. The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has called on the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to take the first step towards a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. A spelling alphabet is used to spell parts of a message containing letters and numbers to avoid confusion, because many letters sound similar, for instance "n" and "m" or "f" and "s"; the potential for confusion increases if static or other interference is present. For instance the message "proceed to map grid DH98" could be transmitted as "proceed to map grid Delta-Hotel-Niner-Ait". Using "Delta" instead of "D" avoids confusion between "DH98" and "BH98" or "TH98". The unusual pronunciation of certain numbers was designed to reduce confusion as well. General Radiocommunication Regulations and Additional Radiocommunication Regulations (Cairo, 1938) [39]

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The ITU and IMO, however, specify a different set of code words. These are compounds of the ICAO words with a Latinesque prefix. [16] Typically, radio messages will feature at least one of these Prowords. These four are particularly important because they determine the nature of the message. Roger and Negative establish agreement or disagreement at the beginning of a message. Likewise, Break and Over will determine whether a particular transmission is a complete message or not. Use Outside the Military a b c The ICAO specifically mentions that all syllables in these words are to be equally stressed (§5.2.1.4.3 note) In 1957, the U.S. armed forces and NATO adopted a common alphabet known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (IRSA) or the NATO Phonetic Alphabet for short. The ICAO (International Civil Aviation Authority) developed this system after years of careful research and testing. Critically, the ICAO tested each code word in many common dialects. As a result, the IRSA has stood the test of time as an international standard.

His actions are consistent with someone who has not suffered significant hurt but rather embraced the public controversy,” Lee said. The daily struggle of words, Adam doubts his ability to read. He has given up trying, but with the support of the people who care, he is capable of overcoming his biggest obstacle. When I read this, I found myself feeling bad for Adam at first, because he did not know why he was not learning the same as the other kids in his class. As the story progresses it filled me with hope knowing how much support he had and how he ended up learning to read in the end.

This same phonetic alphabet is the same as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet and Western Union alphabet, which also consists of 26 code words. Outside the Sydney court Russell welcomed the verdict and said the ABC had “finally been exposed for its false allegations against our Australian veterans”. The NATO phonetic alphabet – Alfa, Bravo, Charlie..." NATO. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022 . Retrieved 1 January 2023.