Iran's Foreign Ministry Spox. Esmaeil Baghaei:

The cowardly attacks on civilian airports and the deliberate targeting of an Iran Air passenger plane at Bushehr is yet another wicked chapter in the aggressors’ campaign of terror & atrocity against Iranians.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

The Islamic Republic of Iran has always emphasized the preservation and continuation of friendly relations with the governments of the region based on good neighborliness and mutual respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

This does not negate Iran's inherent right to defend itself against military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime.

NEW: The UK has put the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales on higher readiness for a possible Middle East deployment, cutting its mobilisation time to five days.

Crews have been alerted following the US and Israeli war against Iran, though no deployment decision has been made.

The move gives Starmer faster options if needed.

Source: Sky News

African Governments Split on US-Israel Iran War

African governments responded differently to the US-Israel strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation across the Gulf. Horn states condemned Iran, while South Africa & Senegal cited international law & West African countries urged restraint.

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Satellite imagery and verified videos show U.S. and Israeli strikes in Tehran hitting military and state targets, but also damaging nearby hospitals and civilian sites.

Some strikes occurred within hundreds of feet of hospitals and a school, with reports of significant civilian casualties.

Source: CNN

Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naqdi:

We thank God that He has truly opened the field of jihad for us.

And we ask God to keep this field open for us until the final stage, which is the removal of the Zionist regime and the purging of the region of American bases. May they not close this field to us, God willing.

May God Almighty grant us the grace to be able to fulfill our historical mission and the duty we have, which is, God willing, the removal of the Zionist regime as a prelude to the reappearance of Imam Mahdi and the purging of America from the region.

CNN, citing an Iranian official:

We are studying attacking new U.S. sites that have not previously been targeted.

If they attack new targets, we will target new ones as well.

Trump on Iran:

Their communications and telecommunications are gone.

I don’t know how they communicate now, but I guess they’ll figure something out.

Trump on Iran:

I’ll be meeting the families of the heroes who are coming home from Iran—coming home in a different way than they thought they would.

Trump:

We’ve cracked down on drugs coming in through the water—drug trafficking by sea is down 96%.

We’re trying to find out who the other four percent are, because I think they must be the bravest people in the world… or maybe they just don’t watch television.

Trump to Hegseth:

Pete you are fantastic, doing a great job.

We are proud of you.

NEW: Iraqi Kurds are trying to stay neutral in the Iran war, resisting pressure from both Iran and Iranian Kurdish militants who want to launch attacks from Iraqi territory.

Kurdish officials fear they cannot defend against Iranian drones:

“200 Shahed drones could cause a lot of damage here. We have no air defense systems.”
Iraqi Kurds say U.S. goals are unclear, especially on regime change:

“Is it full regime change, or just a change in personnel?”
Kurdish leaders believe regime change without U.S. troops is unlikely:

“There cannot be regime change without boots on the ground.”
Kurdish forces have blocked Iranian Kurdish militias from launching attacks into Iran so far.

Kurdish leaders also fear being abandoned by the U.S. if the war ends.

"We have trust issues from the past and we don't want to get involved. Who is going to defend us if the Iranian regime ends up surviving this?", the source said.

Source: Axios

Trump to Panama's President:

Do you know you made one of the greatest real estate deals in history? He bought the Canal for 1 dollar.

I love that canal.

Trump:

I love giving endorsements to people.

But you know what? They don’t lose when I endorse them.

They spend millions and millions and millions of dollars on a campaign, and they’re losing. Then they beg me for an endorsement, I give them one, and they win by 30 points.

Trump to South American leaders:

Some of you are in danger, hard to believe.

We’ll use missiles if you want us to use a missile. Pew!

They’re extremely accurate — right into the living room. That’s the end of that cartel person.

Trump on cartels:

Many of the cartels have developed sophisticated military operations — highly sophisticated in some cases.

They say they’re more powerful than the military in the country. We can’t have that.

They’re cancer.

Ghana UN Peacekeepers Hit by Missiles in Lebanon

Missile strikes hit the Ghana battalion headquarters in the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon, critically injuring two soldiers. The incident occurred during escalating Israel-Hezbollah fighting.

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Trump to South American leaders:

I am not learning your damn language.

I don’t have time.

Trump on interpreters:

I had an interpreter recently that wasn't good, talking to a very strong person from a different part of the world.

And I could tell, even though I don't speak the language, I could tell the interpreter was not good.

When you go "uh, uh, uh" when I give a long-flowing, beautiful sentence, and in this case it was a woman, and she gave it in about one-fourth the time.

I said, "Well, their language may be efficient, but it's not that efficient."