Marco Rubio:

The Department of State is designating four Antifa groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

NEW: Trump told Saudi Crown Prince MBS he expects Riyadh to move toward normalizing relations with Israel now that the Gaza war is ending.

Washington says it has met key Saudi demands — including a U.S. security pledge and language in Trump’s Gaza plan suggesting a path toward Palestinian statehood.

But Riyadh still wants stronger, more concrete commitments on Palestinian statehood before agreeing to normalization.

Source: Axios

Following the crash of the Turkish Armed Forces’ C-130 cargo aircraft, the official account of the Hellenic Air Force shared a post featuring C-130 aircraft:

“Photos of the day!”

A Turkish AT802 firefighting plane crashed near Senj, Croatia during a maintenance flight, the pilot lost his life.

Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, says Israel opposes selling F-35s to Türkiye.

He notes Türkiye’s importance as a key NATO partner but argues that current tensions and Erdogan’s sharper rhetoric make such a transfer “not constructive at this moment.”

Source: The Jerusalem Post

New DNA analysis from material stained with Hitler’s blood suggests he likely had Kallmann Syndrome, a genetic condition that disrupts puberty and can cause undescended testicles and a micropenis.

The study also refutes claims that Hitler had Jewish ancestry.

The post was taken down after efforts by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Sudan: El-Bera bin Malik Brigade said 123 RSF militia vehicles were destroyed and over 43 of their mercenaries killed in the border triangle.

Trump is expected to attend the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos.

Source: Bloomberg

Trump ends executive order signing ceremony without taking questions from the press.

After removing the earlier C-130 post, the Hellenic Air Force shared the condolence letter from the Greek Chief of Air Force Staff to his Turkish counterpart.

USDA staff were told to search grants for terms like “diversity,” “equity,” “socially vulnerable,” “climate modeling,” and “carbon pricing” to flag them for cancellation under Trump’s anti-DEI and anti-climate directives.

About 600 grants worth $3B were ultimately canceled.

Source: Reuters

NEW: The BBC apologised to Trump for a misleading Panorama edit but flatly refused his demand for $1bn in compensation.

Pete Hegseth announced Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR.

Russia attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles overnight.

WATCH: Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, damaging a ship, several apartments, and an oil depot.

The US announced preliminary trade deals with Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, and El Salvador to lower consumer costs.

Tariffs will stay on most goods, but the US will remove them on select imports.

NEW: France has publicly shown its upgraded ASMPA-R nuclear cruise missile for the first time, marking its official entry into French Navy Rafale M service.

The Hellenic Air Force has made its X account private.

JD Vance on Trump:

He has better instincts about human beings than anybody I have ever met.

It is almost a supernatural ability.

JD Vance:

I am a Grok guy. It is the least woke.