Reporter: As you know, my son Joe is a college baseball player…

Trump: How would I know that? He said “as you know” — I don’t even know who the guy is.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei:

Right now you have an army of human soldiers, and there are norms about serving in the military.

You're supposed to follow orders, but if something crazy enough happened, soldiers would say, “I'm not going to do that.”

You basically have a set of norms about how soldiers serve, what they see their duties to be.

What if you have an army of 10 million drones instead of 10 million human soldiers?

What are the norms of the AI-driven drones?

I think if we handle this wrongly, you could have a situation where there's a very small number of people — or even one person — who has their hand on the button and controls those 10 million drones.

John Bolton:

There isn’t going to be an unconditional surrender from this regime. They’re just not going to do it.

It isn’t going to happen anyway, so I don’t think there’s much point in trying to define what he meant.

Lockheed Martin:

We have agreed to quadruple critical munitions production.

IRGC:

We targeted three sites belonging to separatist groups in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq at dawn today.

Iran Analyst Dr. Trita Parsi:

If the death of Khamenei was going to lead to crisis, the window for that was probably within the first 24 hours.

They're moving forward with the secession. But they're also not rushing it to signal they are in control.

It seems the regime is in control. No major protest. None of the actors outside have a ground game inside. The opposition is very weak.

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Saudi Arabia says it intercepted and destroyed 16 drones heading toward the Shaybah oil field, one of the kingdom’s largest energy sites producing about 1 million barrels per day. The defense ministry did not say where the drones came from.

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Israel launched a new wave of broad-scale airstrikes on Tehran, hitting Mehrabad Airport and Iranian military sites, while US Central Command said more than 3,000 targets have been struck over the past week, intensifying the Middle East conflict.

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BREAKING: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Yesterday, the Temporary Leadership Council approved that there should be no more attacks on neighboring countries and no missile launches, unless an attack against Iran originates from those countries.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

They will take their dream to the grave if they think we will surrender unconditionally.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

I apologize to neighboring countries.

We have no intention of aggression against other countries.

The U.S. conflict with Iran is rapidly consuming Patriot interceptor missiles, reducing supplies Ukraine relies on to defend against Russian attacks.

Production limits already left Ukraine short of interceptors, and the new demand from the Middle East is worsening the shortage.

As Ukraine’s air defenses weaken, Russia is able to strike infrastructure and cities more easily. At the same time, higher oil prices from the conflict are boosting Russia’s economy, giving Moscow an additional advantage.

With Patriot production slow and stockpiles stretched across multiple regions, Ukraine may struggle to keep up with Russia’s growing missile attacks.

Source: WSJ

WATCH: An Iranian drone hits Dubai Airport.

White House official Jarrod Agen:

Ultimately, we're not going to have to worry about these issues in the Strait of Hormuz — because we're going to get all of the oil out of the hands of terrorists.

Nighttime protests have erupted in Havana, Cuba.

Demonstrations against the government are being reported in several neighborhoods across the capital.

JNIM Attack Kills 15 Soldiers in Benin Military Camp

The attack on a military camp in Kofouno, northern Benin is part of growing violence along the Niger-Benin-Nigeria borderlands where JNIM militants & bandits are expanding operations.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that Iran will halt missile attacks on neighboring countries unless provoked, following temporary leadership council approval.

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