Lebanese Minister Ghassan Salamé:

If the Israelis have been unable to produce a complete disarmament of Hamas in Gaza in more than two years… how do you expect a much smaller, much weaker army to do it in Lebanon?

The members of that armed group are not foreigners. They are part of the population.

You are not fighting against a foreign enemy.

Lebanese Minister Ghassan Salamé:

I was appalled by seeing Netanyahu parading on Lebanese territory.

It’s my territory. It’s not his.

They flatten out whole villages.

I would advise our neighbors to the south some more humility.

Francesca Albanese describes her life now as completely transformed and unstable, saying it feels like a “rollercoaster.”

After speaking out on Gaza, she began receiving death threats, including threats against her children, and had to seek protection.

The pressure has extended to her family, with her husband’s career affected and her daughter also caught up in the situation.

Sanctions imposed by Trump’s administration have made everyday life difficult—her property was seized, she can’t use credit cards, and often relies on cash or help from friends.

Source: The Guardian

Trump on Péter Magyar:

I think the new man’s going to do a good job — he’s a good man.

I think he’s going to be good.

Source: ABC News

Senator Graham:

I’m actually okay with the way Trump is talking to a bunch of terrorists. I could care less what words he uses. I want outcomes.

Delaying the negotiations or extending the ceasefire — that could be a mistake.

We’ll comply with the law of war, but all hell’s about to break loose on this regime.

He’s offering them the ability to exist as a nation — not as a state sponsor of terrorism.

No moratorium on enrichment. I will not support that. Enrichment has to be none.

I don’t trust Iran when it comes to enrichment.

The 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium needs to be in our control.

Zelensky:

There is currently such a shortage of Patriot systems in Ukraine that it couldn’t get any worse.

Marjorie Taylor Greene:

We have to truly question the mental stability of any president that threatens to wipe out an entire civilization of people.

That would include all the innocent people in that country that have nothing to do with the war.

Marjorie Taylor Greene:

The current center right and left coalition in America has put us $40 trillion in debt.

They’ve funded foreign war after foreign war after foreign war, and now they’re funding another one, with no idea how long it will last.

It’s gotten to the point where Americans can’t afford life.

Zelensky:

The Strait of Hormuz is blocked, and we want to unblock it.

We already have experience from the blockade of the Black Sea.

America has not asked us yet.

Source: ZDF

Zelensky:

Americans are constantly in contact with Iran and have no time for Ukraine.

If the war lasts longer, there will be fewer weapons for Ukraine.

Türkiye's ROKETSAN shows successful test firings of its KARAOK short-range anti-tank missile in four scenarios, all direct hits.

The tests demonstrated fire-and-forget guidance and armor-piercing tandem warhead performance.

KARAOK has similar role as systems like US Javelin or Russian Kornet.

Max effective range: ~2,500 meters.

Effective from very close range (~76 m) to near maximum.

A BBC undercover investigation revealed that staff at a government hospital in Taunsa, Pakistan, reused syringes on children, likely causing a major HIV outbreak.

Between November 2024 and October 2025, at least 331 children tested positive for HIV, with more than half the cases linked to contaminated needles.

Spain approved a plan to grant legal status to about 500,000 undocumented migrants, offering them a one-year renewable residence permit.

To qualify, applicants must have lived in Spain for at least five months and have no criminal record.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called it an “act of justice” and said the move is needed to support Spain’s ageing economy.

Source: BBC

British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves:

I feel very frustrated and angry that the U.S. went into this war without a clear exit plan.

This is a war that we did not start. It was a war that we did not want. Without a clear idea of what they were trying to achieve.

As a result, the Strait of Hormuz is now blocked.

Source: The Mirror

NEW: The U.S. is deploying about 10,000 additional troops and multiple warships to the Middle East to increase pressure on Iran.

This includes aircraft carriers and Marine units, adding to roughly 50,000 U.S. personnel already in the region.

Officials say the military buildup gives the U.S. more options if talks fail, including possible strikes or even ground operations.

Source: WaPo

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Zelensky:

I feel that from the very beginning, Trump said he would remain in the middle.

This shows that he is not on my side, neither mine nor Russia’s side.

His signals are more positive towards Russia than towards Ukraine.

Turkish President Erdogan:

The Israeli government, which is known to be dissatisfied with the ceasefire, should not be allowed to sabotage the process.

Turkish President Erdogan:

If there is to be peace in our region, it will be achieved despite this Zionist regime. If stability is to be established in our region, it will again be achieved despite the Israeli government acting with the delusion of the promised lands.

If peace is to come to our blood-soaked geography, it will likewise come despite Israel, which ties its own security to the insecurity of others. Because whenever even the slightest hope for peace emerges, Israel will try every way to sabotage it, as it has done many times before.

As the front of humanity strives to extinguish the fire in our region, the network of massacre will carry more wood to the flames. Of course, while doing this, they will continue to brazenly target countries that raise the voice of peace, especially Türkiye and Spain.

With their hired pens, their media, and the pawns they use as instruments, they will try to silence people of conscience.

But no matter what they do, they will not be able to silence brave hearts, nor will they be able to shackle the hearts that defend truth and justice.

Turkish President Erdogan:

I sincerely congratulate my dear friend Sánchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, for showing a firm stance in the face of the threats of Netanyahu, the butcher of Gaza.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We will continue to call the oppressor an oppressor, the bandit a bandit, and the murderer a murderer.