Earlier today, Libya’s Army chief of staff Muhammed Ali Al-Haddad met senior Turkish military officials in Ankara.

Ankara’s airspace has been temporarily closed.

BREAKING: Turkish Interior Ministry:

Contact was lost at 8:52 PM with a Falcon 50 business jet bearing tail number 9H-DFJ, which had departed Ankara Esenboğa Airport at 8:10 PM this evening en route to Tripoli.

An emergency landing alert was received from the aircraft in the vicinity of Haymana; however, subsequent attempts to re-establish contact with the plane were unsuccessful.

There were five passengers on board, including Libyan Chief of the General Staff, General Mohamed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad.

Further updates will be shared with the public as developments occur.

WATCH: Video reportedly showing the moment the Libyan Chief of Staff’s aircraft crashed in Ankara.

According to initial information, the jet carrying the Libyan General Staff delegation suffered an electrical failure shortly after taking off from Esenboğa Airport. The crew issued a mayday call and began turning back to the airport.

As the aircraft was preparing for an emergency landing, it started dumping fuel. Authorities have not yet determined whether the explosion occurred in midair during the fuel dump or after the aircraft went down.

Search efforts are currently focused on the area.

Source: Gündem 7x24

BREAKING: Turkish authorities have confirmed that the aircraft has crashed and that security forces have reached the wreckage.

Marco Rubio:

For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.

Today, the Department of State will take steps to bar leading figures of the global censorship-industrial complex from entering the United States. We stand ready and willing to expand this list if others do not reverse course.

Türkiye is currently the only country willing to be involved in Gaza “the day after,” and it is believed that President Trump could persuade Netanyahu to ease Israel’s firm opposition to a Turkish presence there.

For Netanyahu, this issue is the central focus of his upcoming meeting with Trump and a key factor in Israel’s next steps in Gaza.

Source: Kan News

A U.S. watchdog found that F-35 jets were ready to fly only 50% of the time in 2024, well below requirements, due to maintenance failures by Lockheed Martin.

Source: Reuters

BREAKING: Libya’s Prime Minister:

We have received news of the death of the Libyan Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad, and his companions while returning from Ankara.

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WATCH: Video showing the moment the jet carrying the Libyan delegation crashed, as captured by security cameras.

Libya confirms the death of the army chief of staff, ground forces chief, military manufacturing head, and the chief of staff’s adviser on aircraft crash in Ankara, Türkiye.

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NEW: Libya’s communications minister told Al Jazeera "all indications point to technical failure as cause of plane crash" in Ankara.

CBS News pulled a 60 Minutes report on abuses at El Salvador’s CECOT in the U.S.

The segment was censored in the U.S, but aired in Canada, then spread online.

CBS said "it needed more reporting."

Poland closed Russia’s last consulate in Gdańsk, leaving only the embassy in Warsaw.

Warsaw cited alleged Russian sabotage; Moscow denies it.

Russia retaliated by closing Poland’s consulate in Irkutsk.

NEW: The Supreme Court temporarily stopped President Trump from deploying the National Guard to Chicago.

NEW: Finland raised the reservist age limit to 65.

The law adds about 125,000 reservists over time, growing the reserve to roughly 1 million by 2031.

U.S. Department of Justice:

The FBI has confirmed this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE. The fake letter was received by the jail, and flagged for the FBI at the time.

US Envoy to the UN Mike Waltz:

The United States does not recognize Nicolás Maduro or his cronies as the legitimate government of Venezuela.

Nicolás Maduro is a fugitive from American justice. Maduro and his regime stole the election.

President Trump has been very clear that he is going to use the full power of the United States to take on and eradicate these drug cartels, which have operated in our hemisphere for far too long.