Lindsey Graham tributes from Israel and Ukraine point to complicated, often bloody legacy

Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham has died at the age of seventy-one, The Guardian reports, following what his office described as a sudden illness. He died on Saturday. A close ally of Donald Trump who helped shape his worldview, Graham drew tributes from abroad that reflected his global reach: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him a great friend of Israel, while Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described him as a true defender of freedom. The Guardian notes that his foreign policy legacy was a complicated and often bloody one.

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