Four people were arrested after projecting images of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle ahead of Trump’s state visit to Britain.

NEW: Iran has executed a man who was "spying for Israel."

Source: AFP

A 71-year-old man, George Zinn, falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk to distract police and help the real gunman escape, authorities say.

Zinn faces obstruction charges and separate child exploitation charges after authorities found explicit images on his devices.

Source: BBC

UN Human Rights Commission Member Chris Sidoti:

The Israeli responses are getting so boring. They are producing the responses by ChatGPT these days.

They spend so much money on propaganda, you would think that they would come up with something original.

They never engage with the evidence.

UN Human Rights Commission Member Chris Sidoti:

Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.

Every country became obliged under the law to take action to prevent genocide.

That obligation was activated on Jan. 24, 2024.

Irish President Michael Higgins has suggested Israel and countries that supply it with weaponry should be excluded from the UN.

Chinese Foreign Ministry:

China strongly opposes the Israeli escalation in Gaza.

German Chancellor Merz:

We need to change our pension system in response to a changing society.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized in Brasília after severe hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure, his son said.

This comes a week after he was sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup following his 2022 election loss.

Two Xpeng Aeroht flying cars collided during rehearsal for China’s Changchun Air Show, causing one to catch fire after landing.

One passenger was injured but not seriously.

Source: Bloomberg

Somalia: Ugandan UPDF troops under AUSSOM killed Osman Hussein Bune Amiir, Al-Shabaab’s overall commander in Lower Shabelle, in an ambush near Buulomareer.

Sudan: Footage shows joint forces in North Kordofan chasing RSF militants around villages near Bara.

Lithuania has opened its first drone school near the Russian border to teach kids (as young as 10) and adults how to fly, build, and program drones.

Source: Reuters

A memorial for Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska was organized outside the US Embassy in Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov:

Peacekeepers in Ukraine will essentially be occupying forces and legitimate targets for Russian military.

On this day in 1939, 86 years ago, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, just over two weeks after Nazi Germany struck from the west.

Acting under the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Red Army claimed to be "protecting" Ukrainians and Belarusians but instead sealed Poland’s fate.

By early October, Poland was split between Nazi Germany and the USSR.

Kremlin:

Russia remains open to negotiations on Ukraine.

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said lab tests on smuggled biological samples confirm he was poisoned in prison before his February 2024 death.

Source: AFP

Israel’s Rising Influence in Africa

- Expands ties through diplomacy, security, defense, and trade.

- Builds counterterrorism, cyber, and maritime cooperation with key states.

- Defense exports and joint projects strengthen military presence.

Mossad deployed over 100 foreign agents in Iran at the start of the June war in its largest-ever operation.

The agents, trained to use smuggled missile systems, destroyed Iranian missile launchers and air defenses.

Source: Israeli Channel 13

NEW: European Commission proposed suspending free-trade benefits for Israeli goods and imposing sanctions on two Israeli ministers, violent "settlers," and Hamas members over the Gaza war.

Source: Reuters