The Trump administration covertly sent about 6,000 Starlink satellite-internet terminals into Iran after Tehran crushed nationwide protests and cut internet access.

Source: WSJ

Trump:

Relations between Venezuela and the United States have been, to put it mildly, extraordinary! We are dealing very well with President Delcy Rodriguez, and her Representatives.

Oil is starting to flow, and large amounts of money, unseen for many years, will soon be greatly helping the people of Venezuela.

Marco Rubio, and all of our Representatives, are doing a fantastic job, but we speak only for ourselves, and don’t want there to be any confusion or misrepresentation.

There is a story about a man named Harry Sargeant III in The Wall Street Journal. He has no authority, in any way, shape, or form, to act on behalf of the United States of America, nor does anyone else that is not approved by the State Department.

Without this approval, no one is authorized to represent our Country.

Trump:

AG Pam Bondi, under intense fire from the Trump Deranged Radical Left Lunatics, was fantastic at yesterday’s Hearing on the never ending saga of Jeffrey Epstein, where the one thing that has been proven conclusively, much to their chagrin, was that President Donald J. Trump has been 100% exonerated of their ridiculous Russia, Russia, Russia type charges.

Netanyahu:

I have just concluded a short but important visit in Washington, in a conversation with our great friend, Trump.

The President believes that the Iranians have already learned who they are dealing with.

I believe that the conditions he is creating, combined with the fact that they certainly understand they made a mistake the last time by not reaching an agreement, may create the conditions for achieving a good agreement.

He wanted to hear my opinion. I will not hide from you that I expressed general skepticism regarding the quality of any agreement with Iran.

But I said that if an agreement is indeed reached, it must include the elements that are very important to us — from Israel’s perspective — and in my view, not only Israel’s.

It is not just the nuclear issue; it is also the ballistic missiles and the Iranian proxies.

That essentially concluded the discussion, I would say, although it of course also touched on Gaza, the entire region, and other general matters.

WATCH: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Acting Venezuela President Delcy Rodríguez tour a Chevron-PDVSA joint upstream facility.

General Amadou Ibro, high-ranking military officer in Niger's ruling junta:

This mobilization is done, it is decreed so that we prepare for war with France.

Know that we are going to enter into war with France.

We were not at war, it's now that we are going to war with France.

The CIA released a new Mandarin-language recruitment video, targeting disillusioned members of China’s military and officials with access to sensitive information:

Do you have information about high-ranking Chinese leaders?

Please contact us.

France and Germany are exploring a proposed land-based ballistic missile system from ArianeGroup, the Franco-German aerospace firm behind Ariane rockets and France’s M51 missiles.

The concept would give Europe long-range “deep strike” capability (1,000–3,000 km), potentially including hypersonic options.

France is close to quitting the €7.1 billion Eurodrone program, calling it too big, too expensive, and poorly suited for high-intensity warfare.

Paris is negotiating its exit with Germany, Italy, and Spain, who want to continue, but without France, the remaining partners estimate it would cost them over €700 million extra to proceed.

Source: Challenges

Germany is moving to shield its defense industry from dependence on China — and even the US — as it ramps up military spending.

Officials are probing supply chains over fears firms are too reliant on China for “gunpowder and electrical components,” and are even reassessing US ties in areas like fighter jet support.

China’s rare earth export restrictions exposed vulnerabilities, with “95% of the country’s firms” sourcing rare earths from China.

Germany is now considering debt-rule changes, raw material stockpiling, tax incentives, and new partnerships to diversify supply chains.

As one industry leader put it:

“Those who produce security in times of global tension must not allow any ambiguity regarding the origin and availability of their inputs.”

Source: Bloomberg

UK Defence Secretary John Healey:

Together, we pledged a total of 35 billion dollars’ worth of new military aid for Ukraine today.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius:

Germany has given away five of its twelve Patriot systems—more than a third to Ukraine.

We are consistently delivering IRIS-T systems, guided missiles, and ammunition of various kinds.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius:

FCAS fighter jet programme has not failed yet, and even if it did, it would not be the end of France-German cooperation.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius:

Germany is going to deliver five additional interceptor missiles called PAC-3 to Ukraine if other supporter countries donate a total of 30 PAC-3s.

30 plus 5, and I am very grateful for that.

French President Macron:

It would be a strategic error to say that competitiveness requires abandoning the climate.

That would be totally false.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

15,000 megawatts of solar power plants will come online by summer so that no power outages occur anywhere next year.

Trump on Iran:

We have to make a deal, otherwise it is going to be very traumatic.

Trump on Iran:

If the deal we make is not very fair and very good, then it is going to be a very difficult time for Iran.

Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov:

Russia launches up to 20 ballistic missiles in one attack; these are dozens of missiles.

I think that no system in the world is ready to counter such a number of ballistic missiles.

Reporter: Is there a timeline for an Iran deal?

Trump: I guess over the next month, something like that.

It should happen very quickly.

Trump on Iran:

I will talk to the Iranians as long as I like.

If we can't get a deal with them, we will go to phase two.

Phase two will be very tough for them.

I am not looking for that.