Kremlin denies the report.

Qatar’s GDP is expected to contract by about 9% in 2026 after Iran’s attacks.

The damage to Ras Laffan has taken roughly 17% of export capacity offline, meaning less production, fewer exports, and a sharp drop in foreign income.

Source: Reuters

The U.S. military is actively preparing plans for the possibility of sending ground troops into Iran, but no final decision has been made.

Source: CBS News

A senior FEMA official, Gregg Phillips, is facing scrutiny over past comments and behavior.

Recently appointed to lead disaster response, Phillips previously promoted conspiracy theories, used violent rhetoric, and claimed on podcasts that he experienced “teleportation,” including to a Waffle House miles away.

Source: CNN

The UK has approved US use of British bases to strike Iranian sites threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz, expanding earlier permission limited to defensive actions.

Source: BBC

Trump on Iran:

They executed 3 young people for protesting.

Trump:

We don’t use the Strait of Hormuz; we don’t need it.

Europe, Korea, Japan, and China need it; they will have to get involved a little bit.

Reporter: Do you think Israel will be ready to end the war when you are ready?

Trump: I think so, yes... we want similar things; we want victory.

Trump on Iran:

I think we’ve won.

Trump:

The Strait of Hormuz will open itself at a certain point.

Trump wants China to get involved in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump on Iran:

I don't want to do a ceasefire. You don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side.

Trump on troop deployments in Iran:

I seem to have great support. CNN came out with a poll today that I'm at 100%.

They said they have never seen a poll like that.

Trump on Senator Graham:

Lindsey Graham was the big NATO guy for a while; now he is not.

Trump on reopening the Strait of Hormuz:

It's a simple military maneuver; it's relatively safe, but you need a lot of help in the sense that you need ships, you need volume.

NATO could help us, but they so far haven't had the courage to do so.

Trump on gas prices:

I thought that oil prices would go much higher when I did this.

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum:

From the time that we've spent working with those folks in Eastern Europe, the closer they are to Russia, the more aligned they are with President Trump, and the more aligned they are on energy policy.

NASA FIRMS data indicates a fire at Israel’s Ben Ami military base following an Iranian ballistic missile strike.

The base hosts the IDF’s 6920th Transport Battalion and is a major storage facility.

Source: EGYOSINT (at X)

German Chancellor Merz on Trump:

He’s not exactly on very good terms with me at the moment.

German Chancellor Merz on MAGA:

The MAGA movement is not our movement. What they are doing with culture and media, how they deal with each other, is not our understanding of democracy.

We have a different understanding.

German Chancellor Merz on climate:

Of course we agree on the goal. But on the way to get there — do you really want to deindustrialize Germany?