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.

Trump:

The new Prime Minister of Japan was a very close ally of Abe.

You know, he was one of my favorites — a great man.

Trump on possibly meeting with Putin:

We're going to have to know that we're going to make a deal.

I'm not going to be wasting my time.

Trump:

Hamas is going to have to start returning the bodies of the deceased hostages, including two Americans, quickly, or the other Countries involved in this GREAT PEACE will take action.

Some of the bodies are hard to reach, but others they can return now and, for some reason, they are not. Perhaps it has to do with their disarming, but when I said, “Both sides would be treated fairly,” that only applies if they comply with their obligations.

Let’s see what they do over the next 48 hours. I am watching this very closely.

Trump:

I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now.

BIG: China has reportedly used UAE-sourced technology to upgrade two key air-to-air missiles—the PL-15 (long-range) and PL-10 (short-range)—boosting their range, guidance, and resistance to countermeasures by about 20–30%.

The tech transfer likely came from the UAE’s experience with Western missile systems like France’s Mica and the UK’s ASRAAM.

U.S. intelligence uncovered the collaboration through satellite and signals data, sparking concern in Washington over UAE-China defense ties and potential leakage of Western tech.

Source: FT

WATCH: Disturbing video shows Israeli soldiers and "settlers" brutally assaulting a Palestinian man in front of his wife while the couple harvested olives on their land near Bethlehem.

Indians joyfully throwing cow dung at each other to mark the end of Diwali.