Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov:

If Macron wants a real conversation, he should just call Putin; he will always answer the phone and listen to any proposal.

The United States, Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement to exchange 314 prisoners during trilateral negotiations held in Abu Dhabi, marking the first such deal in five months.

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Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel:

Cuba is willing to engage in a dialogue with the United States.

Under what conditions? Without pressure; dialogue is impossible under pressure.

A recent European wargame suggests NATO could be dangerously slow and divided if Russia launched a limited incursion against Lithuania, especially using “gray-zone” tactics like humanitarian pretexts rather than a full invasion.

In the scenario, U.S. hesitation, German indecision, and allied caution allowed Russia to seize key terrain within days using relatively small forces.

Source: WSJ

The U.S. Justice Department’s criminal civil rights unit that investigates police misconduct has lost about two-thirds of its prosecutors and has scaled back excessive-force investigations.

Under Trump’s administration, lawyers were told to pursue cases only in egregious circumstances, such as deaths in custody.

Source: Reuters

Hillary Clinton says she wants a public hearing—not just a closed-door deposition—in the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, accusing Republicans of turning the probe into a political distraction.

Sira Rego, Spanish Youth Minister:

The next battle should be oriented towards limiting, and surely prohibiting, Twitter.

Why? Because it is a space in which we are seeing flagrant violations of fundamental rights.

Trump endorses Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Iran's Fars:

Iran has deployed its advanced Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missile to newly unveiled underground missile bases of the IRGC Aerospace Force.

With a 2,000 km range, a 1,500 kg warhead, and ~30 m accuracy, the missile is a key element of Iran’s active deterrence.

It reaches up to Mach 16 outside the atmosphere and Mach 8 inside, sharply reducing enemy air-defense reaction time.

Zelensky:

Several meetings are planned in the near future. Most likely in the United States.

Trump:

I have had very productive discussions with Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the Island of Diego Garcia.

I understand that the deal Prime Minister Starmer has made, according to many, the best he could make.

However, if the lease deal, sometime in the future, ever falls apart, or anyone threatens or endangers U.S. operations and forces at our Base, I retain the right to Militarily secure and reinforce the American presence in Diego Garcia.

Let it be known that I will never allow our presence on a Base as important as this to ever be undermined or threatened by fake claims or environmental nonsense.

Trump endorses Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán.

The U.S. ambassador to Poland cut off contact with parliament speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty after he criticised Donald Trump and rejected backing him for a 2026 Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

Czarzasty called Trump’s policies destabilising, prompting Ambassador Tom Rose to say Washington would have no further dealings with him.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

We have seen the Iranian leadership wiring money out of the country like crazy.

The rats are leaving the ship.

That is a good sign that they know the end may be near.

Trump:

Rather than extend “NEW START” (A badly negotiated deal by the United States that, aside from everything else, is being grossly violated), we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved, and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future.

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White House:

Cuba should be wise in their statements directed towards Trump.

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel:

What right does any nation have to prevent fuel from reaching another country? This is not only an action against Cuba and the Cuban people.

How many countries are being prevented from maintaining normal trade relations with Cuba because of this? How many companies and institutions are being harmed?

Does this not violate international law and the Charter of the United Nations? Does this not contradict the principles of free trade that capitalism and imperialism claim to defend?

And beyond that, who do they think they are to impose this on us? Is there any trace of humanism, decency, sensitivity, or dignity in acting this way?

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Iran:

We created a dollar shortage in the country. It came to a swift conclusion.

I would say the culmination came in December, when one of the largest banks in Iran went under after a bank run. The central bank had to print money.

The Iranian currency went into free fall, inflation exploded, and as a result, we’ve seen the Iranian people out on the streets.

Hegseth:

America was founded as a Christian nation. It remains a Christian nation in our DNA, if we can keep it.

And as public officials, we have a sacred duty, 250 years on, to glorify Him.

Cuba's President Díaz-Canel gets emotional:

Cuba is not a terrorist country, nor is it a threat to the security of the United States.

Cuba has never carried out, nor proposed, nor organized any aggressive action that puts at risk the territorial integrity, the security, or the stability of the government of the United States.

We do not protect terrorists, and there are no military forces in Cuba from other nations or from other groups.

In Cuba, there is indeed a military base—an illegal military base—and it is an illegal United States military base on Cuban soil, in the province of Guantánamo, against the will of the Cuban people.

Canada's Carney:

90% of Canada’s finished vehicles and 60% of our auto parts are exported to the United States.

But that trade relationship, which once was a great strength, has now become a serious vulnerability.