UK PM Keir Starmer plans to introduce a mandatory free digital ID card, dubbed the "Brit Card," to prove the right to live and work in Britain as part of efforts to curb illegal immigration.

It would be required for new jobs and rentals, checked via a central database, and could later simplify access to services like driving licences and welfare.

Source: Sky News

Israel activates its propaganda machine in New York.

Indian Air Force officially retired the MiG-21, its first supersonic jet, after six decades of service.

US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack:

Türkiye is the second-largest provider of troops and equipment in NATO.

Yet the EU won’t take them in. Isn’t that frustrating?

It’s disrespectful.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

The news about a "warning" from Europe to Moscow is a fantasy catering to Russophobia.

The US approved a $1.23B sale of up to 400 AIM-120D-3 air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Germany.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas on Ukraine:

Trump was the one who promised to stop the killing. So it can’t be on us.

Source: POLITICO

EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas on Russia:

You are coming in good faith, you are offering all this so that [Russia] would come to the table, but they actually just escalate. … This goodwill is abused by Putin.

Source: POLITICO

Turkish President Erdogan on his meeting with Trump:

We stated that the two-state solution is the formula for lasting peace and that the current situation is unsustainable.

Trump is also aware that things cannot continue this way.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We were very well received by Trump and his team at the White House, and we are leaving satisfied.

Barak Ravid: Now you believe that Trump actually finally wants Ukraine to win?

Zelensky: Yes.

Turkish President Erdogan on his meeting with Trump:

It's certainly impossible to resolve every issue in a single meeting. However, this meeting has led to meaningful progress on many issues.

Barak Ravid: Are there any territorial concessions that you will agree to get a deal that ends the war?

Zelensky: No, we will never recognize these territories which are temporarily occupied. We can't do it.

Zelensky on Russian violations of European airspace:

Very weak reaction. They had to shoot down everything.

If somebody is on your land, killing your people, you have to answer.

If the jets are in your space, you have to block them.

Source: Axios

Zelensky:

Putin lied to Trump. He understands that Putin is playing games with him.

Source: Axios

Barak Ravid: Trump told you that you don't have the cards, what changed?

Zelensky: Trump understood that Putin will not bring him success. American people don't trust Putin. Support of the American people is very important for Trump.

Source: Axios

Barak Ravid: Is JD Vance your biggest enemy in the Trump administration?

Zelensky: No, he is not my best friend but he is not an enemy. He can be a good friend of Ukraine. He has to come to Ukraine.

Barak Ravid: You invited him several times, why is he not coming?

Zelensky: I don't know. I think he would love Ukraine.

Source: Axios

Barak Ravid: Ukraine is not losing the war, but it is also not winning.

Zelensky: Yes. It is true. We don't have enough weapons. Our biggest problem is that we don't have enough air defense.

Source: Axios

Netanyahu’s UNGA speech will be broadcast to Gaza residents.

Source: Israeli Channel 12