Jake Sullivan on Gaza:

Too many innocent people died in Gaza as a result of Israel's military operations.

I woke up every morning and went to sleep every night thinking about what we could do to try to alleviate the suffering.

I have also said that genocide, from my perspective, requires actually an intent to do the destruction — and not to fight a terrorist foe while conducting operations in a way that killed too many civilians.

Should we or could we have done more? I ask myself that question every day.

And the answer must be yes, of course, because too many people died and suffered.

I think about what opportunity here or what chance there or what move there, and I play that back in my head.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Iran:

They've been raping, killing and murdering for 47 years. The Western world allowed proxy wars.

We learned a lesson — we should have gone years ago at the head of the snake.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Iran:

Does the Strait of Hormuz need to reopen almost at any cost?

I think it will eventually be reopened. I don't know.

Military can plan for things like this for 40 years. They have plans.

I don't know what the plans are. I hope it works. I just don't know.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon:

AI is going to cure cancer, reduce workweeks, make things safer and less people die. New drugs.

This is going to be good.

Former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani:

It's not wise policy for the United States to stop the rise of China because China can no longer be stopped.

The only way to stop China is to ask the Chinese government to stop improving the livelihood of its own people.

Former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani:

There was a cat sitting next to me, and suddenly, after 20 minutes, I turn around and notice the cat has become a tiger.

China has become a tiger.

You have to accept that it is the second most powerful country in the world and still rising strongly. We have to learn to live with a much stronger power.

Former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani:

China has rescued 800 million people out of poverty — two and a half to three times the population of the United States. That's an amazing achievement.

When people say the Chinese people are not free, I ask a very simple question:

If the Chinese people are not free, why do over 130 million Chinese people leave China each year and then, using their own two feet, return to China every year?

Germany: The AfD hits 29% in the latest INSA/Bild am Sonntag poll, up another point from last week and now 7 points clear of the CDU/CSU at 22%.

The combined total of SPD, Greens, and FDP equals exactly the AfD's score alone.

Norway canceled Naval Strike Missile system and launcher components sale to Malaysia, citing new restrictions limiting its most sensitive defense exports to allies only.

Malaysia had already paid 95% of the contract and is now exploring legal options.

Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim:

"Contracts are not confetti to be scattered in so capricious a manner."

Tens of thousands marched through central London in a nationalist rally organized by Tommy Robinson.

Protesters carried Union Jacks, St. George's Crosses, and wooden crosses as they marched through the streets.

The main demands: stop small boat crossings, oppose mass immigration, and defend Christian values.

Counter-protests took place the same day.

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier returned to Norfolk after 326 days at sea, the longest carrier deployment since the Vietnam War.

It left in June 2025 for a routine Mediterranean rotation and kept getting extended: Venezuela, the Red Sea, and finally Iran operations.

WATCH: Iranian state TV presenter shot at a UAE flag on live television during a firearms training segment.

NEW: France has formally opened a judicial investigation into the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, targeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A judge from France's crimes against humanity unit has been appointed.

It's the first time a French judge has been formally assigned to probe MBS's alleged role.

Saudi Arabia has not commented.

A protester confronted Antony Blinken and his family at a public event in Virginia, filming the encounter on her phone.

"How does it feel to have the blood of half a million children on your hands?" she asked.

When Blinken's wife said "Please, with the children," the activist turned it around:

"Children? Do you care about children or is it just your children?"

UK's Wes Streeting after stepping down as Health Minister:

Leaving the European Union was a catastrophic mistake.

Britain's future lies with Europe. And one day, one day, back in the European Union.

UK's Wes Streeting after stepping down as Health Minister:

We need a proper contest with the best candidates on the field, and I'll be standing.

Trump aides are urging the UAE to deepen its role in the Iran war — including seizing Iran’s strategic Lavan Island.

Source: The Telegraph

Trump:

IDF announces the killing of a soldier in Lebanon: Captain Maoz Israel Recanati, 24.