📸 Venezuela’s newly appointed head of Presidential Honor Guard and director of military counterintelligence General Gustavo Enrique González López met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Caracas today.

NEW: The White House announced the creation of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a transitional civilian body intended to oversee governance and reconstruction efforts in Gaza.

The NCAG will be led by Dr. Ali Sha’ath and is tasked with restoring public services and managing day-to-day administration during the transition. The initiative is part of Phase Two of a broader U.S.-backed framework announced by President Trump.

U.S. officials also announced the formation of supporting executive and advisory bodies. Members named to senior leadership and oversight roles include Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Tony Blair, Marc Rowan, Ajay Banga, Robert Gabriel, Nickolay Mladenov, Hakan Fidan, Reem Al-Hashimy, Ali Al-Thawadi, Hassan Rashad, Yakir Gabay, and Sigrid Kaag. Additional appointments are expected in the coming weeks.

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The European Commission is exploring a way for Ukraine to join the EU quickly with limited rights, as part of a potential peace deal with Russia.

Under the idea, Ukraine would become an EU member early on but gain full voting and membership rights only gradually, as it meets EU legal and economic standards.

The proposal aims to give Ukrainians a credible post-war security and stability signal without abandoning the EU’s accession rules.

The plan is still at an early stage and would need approval from all EU governments and national parliaments.

Source: Reuters

Reporter: Is it fair to say that you’re concluding that China is a more predictable and maybe reliable partner to Canada than the United States is today?

Carney: In terms of the way our relationship has progressed in recent months with China, it is more predictable — and you see results coming from that.

Two Danish F-35s and a French tanker completed a planned training mission in southeast Greenland.

Reporter: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?

Trump: I don't talk about that.

Footage from Minneapolis appears to show a Border Patrol agent repeatedly kneeing a restrained man.

Tucker Carlson met with Trump in the Oval Office.

The EU’s aviation safety agency urged European airlines to stay out of Iranian airspace, citing a high risk to civilian flights amid political unrest, U.S. threats of intervention, and heightened Iranian air-defence alertness.

Source: Reuters

María Corina Machado:

I believe I will be elected, when the right time comes, as President of Venezuela.

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over allegations they conspired to impede federal immigration agents.

Source: CBS News

Stephen Miller:

Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland. They cannot control the territory of Greenland.

Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory...

Denmark’s Arctic commander says the military focus in Greenland is on Russia, not the United States, despite recent U.S. comments.

Major General Soren Andersen said Denmark sees no threat from a NATO ally and is preparing instead for increased Russian activity in the Arctic.

Andersen said no Russian or Chinese ships are currently near Greenland, but warned Russian presence is expected to grow.

Source: Reuters

U.S. officials warn Syrian Army may expand military operations against SDF/PKK terror group, risking wider conflict and threatening U.S. interests.

Intelligence suggests President Ahmed al-Sharaa has approved a Turkish-backed, multipronged offensive against the U.S.-allied SDF/PKK that could spread beyond Aleppo, cross the Euphrates, and reach areas where U.S. troops are based.

Washington is scrambling diplomatically—senior envoys and Vice President JD Vance are pressuring Damascus to stand down—while warning that a broader assault could trigger renewed U.S. Caesar Act sanctions.

Source: WSJ

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NEW: Syrian Army forces have begun entering Deir Hafer following the surrender and withdrawal of SDF/PKK terror group.

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WATCH: German soldiers arrive in Greenland for a small, symbolic NATO-linked reconnaissance mission led by Denmark.

Ugandan Opposition Leader Bobi Wine Seized by Army After Uganda Vote

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Trump:

A friend of mine—very smart, very rich, very powerful—but very fat. He took the fat drug. I won’t say which one. It was Ozempic.

The drug doesn’t work on him. I saw him recently—he’s actually fatter than ever.

The Syrian Army says it has taken full control of Deir Hafer.

State media reported troops entered the area early Saturday and began clearing mines.

YPG/SDF terrorists violated the agreement and targeted an army patrol near the city of Maskanah, resulting in the deaths of two soldiers and injuries to others.

Source: SANA

Scenes from the reception by residents of Maskanah in the Aleppo countryside as forces of the Syrian Army entered the city.