Putin’s Envoy Kirill Dmitriev:

People say "Russia has to completely withdraw..."

This cannot happen.

So they set it up to fail. That's a good English expression. I'll use it in the future.

Putin’s Envoy Kirill Dmitriev:

I bet you 99.999% of Americans don't know that President Putin offered to join NATO.

Lara Logan: Twice.

Dmitriev: Even I don't know about twice.

Interviewer:

Do you think um Europe will become completely Muslim?

Putin’s Envoy Kirill Dmitriev:

I think this is where they are going.

Putin’s Envoy Kirill Dmitriev on the cost of the war:

Russian economy grew 4% last year. UK grew less than 1%, EU grew less than 1%.

What is the cost of having security risks to Russia not existing, you know how do we price that?

Putin’s Envoy Kirill Dmitriev on Europe's "suicide":

JD Vance said it's basically suicide of European civilization.

We also see it very similarly.

Putin’s Envoy Kirill Dmitriev:

Well, of course Russia is not targeting kindergartens.

But there is lots of unfortunate things, any casualty is a huge tragedy and this is why we want to finish this conflict as soon as possible.

Nightlife in Iranshahr neighborhood, Tehran.

Mali: JNIM militants attacked a pro-government GATIA militia post in the village of In-Takhaka.

Sudan: Army says air defenses intercepted a drone attack targeting Kenana military base south of Khartoum amid ongoing clashes with RSF.

China is now forcing German firms to hand over sensitive industrial data—including blueprints and supply-chain details—to get approval for rare earth exports.

Berlin has no quick fix, and companies fear losing trade secrets or facing supply squeezes.

Source: Bloomberg

Nigel Farage:

My instinct is I think Putin's a really bad bloke.

(On putting British troops in post-war Ukraine: I'd be very cautious about doing that.

NEW: UAE-backed RSF militias claim to have regained control of the city of Bara in Sudan’s North Kordofan State.

Interviewer: If you were prime minister and... Russian jets entered NATO's airspace, where do you stand on that?

Nigel Farage: Gotta shoot them down.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister:

We see that Afghanistan wants peace, but failure to reach a deal means open war.

RSF militias have released a video showing that they have taken control of the city of Bara.

Madagascar’s military-led government has revoked Andry Rajoelina’s Malagasy nationality. The decree, tied to his 2014 French naturalization, blocks any future run for office.

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Somalia and Nigeria senior military officials met in Kigali and agreed to strengthen cooperation, particularly in counterterrorism.

NEW: The Israeli army says it carried out a strike against the Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

Trump meets with the Emir of Qatar aboard Air Force One.

Kamala Harris tells the BBC that she may run for President again:

"I am not done."

Trump:

China is cutting back very substantially on the purchase of Russian oil.

India is cutting back completely.