Trump’s Department of Justice is investigating debunked claims that Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election, despite courts and major media settlements having already established the allegations as false.

Source: The Guardian

In Türkiye’s Adiyaman, folk singer Aydin Aydin climbed Mount Nemrut and, warning that artificial intelligence is threatening jobs and harming the music industry, broke his saz in protest.

Aydin said:

Things are not heading in a good direction. Humanity needs to take action as soon as possible.

I want to speak to the whole world:

Artificial intelligence plays now, it sings, it dances, it even shoots music videos. So what’s going to happen to us?

Are we all going to disappear?

Source: gdh

Ukrainian MP Ivchenko, National Security Committee member:

We have more than 500,000 dead soldiers and just as many wounded.

That’s figurative. I believe these numbers may be even higher.

Reporter: Is this your final offer to Ukraine?

Trump: No.

Trump on Bolsonaro's arrest:

I don't know anything about that. That happened?

Too bad.

Reporter: Do you still plan to deploy the National Guard to NYC?

Trump: If they need it, right now other places need it more.

Reporter: Are you willing to forgive MTG?

Trump: Forgive for what? I just disagreed with her philosophy. I think she's a nice person.

Trump:

I get along with everybody.

Reporter: What happens if Zelensky doesn't agree to your peace plan?

Trump: Then he can continue to fight his little heart out.

NEW: The Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Switzerland for negotiations.

Somalia: Puntland forces captured a Moroccan militant near Bari.

Senator Lindsey Graham:

Trump will ensure that Ukraine will be a free, sovereign nation with a strong ability to defend itself from future aggression.

Too much has been sacrificed for any negotiation to lead to any other conclusion.

The White House is weighing a plan for U.S. military planes to drop leaflets over Caracas on Nicolás Maduro’s birthday, aiming to rattle him and boost opposition.

Source: WaPo

The U.S. is preparing a new phase of operations targeting Venezuela’s Maduro government, likely beginning with covert actions.

Options under consideration include attempts to overthrow Maduro, whom Washington accuses of leading a drug-trafficking terror group — a designation expected Monday.

Source: Reuters

Trump:

THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW.

U.S. officials who met with Rustem Umerov say President Zelensky may be open to compromise on several key issues in a potential peace agreement with Russia.

Ukraine may be willing to consider giving up parts of the Donetsk region in exchange for a settlement.

Kyiv has indicated it might accept a cap of 600,000 troops, though U.S. officials say this limit could be revised or removed.

Source: WaPo, David Ignatius

As an alternative to stronger security guarantees, the United States is weighing the option of providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles if a deal is reached.

Source: WaPo, David Ignatius

Several major international airlines — including Gol, Avianca, TAP Air Portugal, Iberia, and Latam — canceled flights from Caracas after the U.S. FAA warned of hazardous conditions in Venezuelan airspace due to worsening security and increased military activity.

Trump's Ukraine envoy Kellogg:

Trump's peace plan is a good plan.

We’re almost there; when Zelensky comes to the US, he will be able to say that it’s a good plan.