WATCH: Ursula von der Leyen is in New Delhi as chief guest for India’s Republic Day parade today, alongside EU Council President António Costa, ahead of an EU-India summit expected to finalize a major trade and strategic partnership deal.

WATCH: India's Republic Day parade with motorcycle stunts.

Israeli state commission concluded that the procurement of German-made submarines and corvettes suffered from serious systemic failures in decision-making and oversight.

It said the process was poorly managed even though it involved strategically sensitive, multibillion-shekel arms deals.

Israel currently operates five German-built Dolphin-class submarines and is due to receive a sixth.

In 2022, Israel and Germany also agreed on a new multibillion-euro deal for three next-generation “Dakar” submarines from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), with delivery expected within about nine years.

These submarines are controversial because experts believe they could potentially be equipped with nuclear weapons.

The commission also criticized Israel’s handling of Germany’s submarine sales to Egypt, calling it chaotic and potentially harmful to Israel’s national security.

Netanyahu was criticized for approving the Egypt sales without full security consultation, though he is not charged.

Several of his close associates are on trial for corruption linked to the submarine deals.

Source: Welt

EU's Kaja Kallas privately calls von der Leyen “a dictator”.

Source: Politico

Gregory Bovino, Trump’s Border Patrol Chief:

When politicians, community leaders, and some journalists engage in heated rhetoric and vilify law enforcement, calling them names like Gestapo or using the term kidnapping, that is a choice that is made.

Germany has continued supplying Israel with weapons and security cooperation despite public claims of halting arms exports for Gaza, using legal loopholes and “defensive” classifications.

Source: +972 Magazine

Trump backtracked and praised British troops after King Charles raised concerns over his remarks that UK forces “stayed back” in Afghanistan.

Following criticism from veterans and a call from Keir Starmer, Trump said British soldiers were “among the greatest of all warriors” and fought with “tremendous heart and soul.”

The King’s concern about the hurt caused by Trump’s comments was passed to the White House through private channels.

Source: The Sun

Former UK PM Rishi Sunak:

You know, we’re in this new world order. It’s less rules-based. It’s more power-oriented.

Pax Americana is gone. The US role in the world is changing.

You’ve got the rise of multipolarity. States like India and the Gulf with their own views.

Hybrid activity in Europe was up four times last year. Sabotage activity from Russia.

You’ve got more state-based conflict than I think at any point since World War II. Right? So this is the new geopolitical environment. It’s very dangerous.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

The US has made much bigger sacrifices than the Europeans have.

We have put 25% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Guess what happened last week? The Europeans signed a trade deal with India.

The Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products.

They are financing the war against themselves.

Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Musa Kulaklıkaya:

We will reject any attempt to carve out a part of Syria and establish a local or independent administration.

We in Türkiye object to this approach and will not accept it.

Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Musa Kulaklıkaya on Syria:

Since the beginning, we have been dealing with the Syrian government, whether in terms of sharing information or providing them with intelligence data.

Our cooperation is very strong and ongoing, with parallel coordination as well.

We are very interested in seeing Syria return to the ranks of productive countries with a strong economy, and we will continue our support for them.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Trump’s NATO comments:

I have great respect for the achievements of the American nation and of the United States as an ally over the past decades. But respect must be mutual. Respect has to be earned.

To speak about the fallen soldiers of our allies like that is simply indecent and disrespectful. We all made that very clear.

And one should also remember: so far, this was the first and only time NATO’s Article 5 was invoked — after September 11 by the United States.

Everyone stood by the USA. To claim something different today is simply not true.

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German Defense Minister Pistorius on Zelensky’s Davos speech:

Zelensky is speaking out of desperation as the leader of a country in extreme distress. I share his view that Europeans could and should do more to support Ukraine.

But to say that Europe is not capable of defending itself is wrong. Conventionally, we are capable of doing so — and we are becoming stronger.

And we still have an alliance with the Americans; that has not been canceled.

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BREAKING: Russian forces withdrawing from Qamishli airport in Syria, with fighter jets, helicopters, and military equipment being loaded onto transport aircraft.

Source: K24

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on the Bundeswehr:

We cannot work miracles. You cannot make up for thirty years of neglect overnight. But we are making progress.

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France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot will visit Türkiye tomorrow to discuss bilateral ties, trade, defense cooperation, EU relations, Ukraine, Gaza, and Syria with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hits back at Pam Bondi making several demands:

There are 2 million documents in the Epstein files we’re still waiting on, start with those.

French far-right politician and leader of the Reconquête party, Éric Zemmour:

For thirty years, we were led to believe the world was governed by law and trade. In reality, it was governed by American power.

That era is over. China is now the United States’ main rival. Russia has returned to the international stage. The BRICS are asserting their independence.

French far-right politician and leader of the Reconquête party, Éric Zemmour, on Greenland:

The United States have a tradition of buying territories. They bought Louisiana from Napoleon and Alaska from Russia.

When they cannot buy, they have also conquered them by force — Mexico remembers this, having lost Texas and California.