Over $5B in U.S. weapons sales to NATO allies and Ukraine are delayed because the government shutdown has furloughed key staff who process arms exports.

Source: Axios

Trump:

A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.

Israel says Turkish troops will not be part of any multinational force planned to take over security in Gaza, with a spokesperson stating there will be “no Turkish boots on the ground.”

Netanyahu's Office:

There will be no Turkish boots on the ground — in the present, in the past, in the future — specifically in the international stabilization force.

Russian FM Lavrov:

Russia’s allies are the Army, the Navy, and the Aerospace Forces.

Trump:

Stop terrorizing the American People. Stop pushing failed policies!

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Israeli Defense Minister Katz has barred senior IDF officers from briefing journalists without his personal approval, requiring details on who is meeting, which officer is speaking, and what topics will be discussed.

Source: Haaretz

BREAKING: BBC Director General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech from Trump.

Greece has submitted a request to the U.S. to obtain retired weapons through the EDA program, paying only for upgrades and transport.

The list reportedly includes M109A5/A6 Paladin artillery, M1A1/A2 Abrams tanks, Bradley IFVs, Humvees, Apache and Black Hawk helicopters, and drones.

Source: Pentapostagma

According to Nigerian officials cited by the Wall Street Journal, a U.S. official privately advised Nigeria to “go quiet and wait for the President’s attention to shift.”

A Bundeswehr report warns Germany’s medical system is not ready for war.

Up to 1,000 wounded soldiers per day could overwhelm hospitals.

Supplies like medicines, blood, and bandages would run short, and hospitals could be targeted.

Source: BILD

Trump named negotiator John Coale as Special Envoy to Belarus to push for more prisoner releases after Minsk freed dozens this year.

Zelensky: Everyone is afraid of Trump — everyone in the world.

Luke Harding: Are you afraid of Trump?

Zelensky: No […] Enemies should be afraid; we are not enemies.

Zelensky:

Europe fears the word ‘escalation.’ They believe any response is escalation — but Russia sees non-forceful, intellectual responses as weakness.

During Zelensky’s interview with The Guardian at the Mariinskyi Palace, the electricity went out.

Luke Harding: How do you keep going?

Zelensky: I just love Ukraine, I want to help as much as I can.

Notably, the electricity failed twice during the interview at the Mariinskyi Palace.

Zelensky:

Putin is in a dead-end situation on the battlefield.

We are at home defending our country. Our society defends it, our military defends it. The body of the state defends itself.

He promised his society results but has not achieved them — now he must show achievements.

Trump:

The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught “doctoring” my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th.

Thank you to The Telegraph for exposing these Corrupt “Journalists.”

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits the IMF.