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.

The U.S. has approved a $330 million sale of aircraft parts to Taiwan, the first arms-related transaction under President Trump.

The sale is meant to keep Taiwan’s F-16 fleet operational amid growing Chinese military pressure.

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Ivory Coast Tightens Border Amid Malian Refugee Surge

Ivory Coast reinforced its northern frontier after “unusual” refugee flows from southern Mali, where JNIM attacks and a fuel blockade have pushed hundreds to flee toward the border.

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CNN: What is your message to the people of the United States?

Maduro: No more endless wars, no more unjust wars, no more Libya, no more Afghanistan.

CNN: Do you have a message for Trump?

Maduro: My message is yes, peace. Yes, peace.

Zelensky:

About 430 drones and 18 missiles, including ballistic and aeroballistic, were launched by the Russians at Ukraine overnight.

There are 4 dead and dozens wounded, including children.

In Kyiv, debris from an Iskander missile also damaged the Embassy of Azerbaijan.

A ceremony was held in Ankara at Mürted Air Base for the 20 soldiers who lost their lives when a C-130 military cargo aircraft crashed near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border.

China warned Japan it would face a “crushing defeat” if it intervenes militarily over Taiwan, after Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi suggested a Chinese attack on Taiwan could threaten Japan’s survival.

US officials are worried that selling F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia could let China gain access to the jet’s advanced technology because of growing Saudi-China security ties.

Source: NYT

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani:

We are getting close to opening the Syrian embassy in Türkiye.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani:

Israel saved no effort to fight the new Syrian government through air strikes, ground intrusion and occupying some territories in Syria.

We are trying to sort that out through diplomacy and dialogue.

Syria represents the interest of the Syrian people and we don't want to be on the side of any agenda or be a messenger for other agendas.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani:

Israel says it feels threat by this government, but the 11 months prove them wrong.

We have seen who attacks the other, who is provoking the other, who is conducting air strike, and who is occupying the lands of the others.

We didn’t shoot a single bullet against Israel throughout this period.