Former CIA Director David Petraeus:

We have not remotely learned all the lessons we should have from the war in Ukraine.

That is the future of war right now. Ukraine is using 10,000 drones a day.

Ninety percent of the casualties on the Russian side are caused by drones. Tanks can’t manoeuvre anymore. They can’t survive. Armored vehicles can’t survive.

And by the way, there’s more coming. Within a year or two, we’re going to see unmanned systems that are not remotely piloted.

In the future, we’re going to see autonomous systems — truly autonomous — that do not require a pilot to remotely operate them.

Then you face drone swarms. And that is something for which we really don’t have a solution.

Footage shows HIMARS launches targeting Iran from a Gulf country during the recent U.S.-Iran conflict.

JD Vance is reportedly becoming more isolated within Trump’s administration after Tulsi Gabbard resigned.

His non-interventionist stance on Iran has reportedly put him at odds with Trump, while Marco Rubio has gained influence.

Some reports also suggest Vance could skip a 2028 presidential run to avoid being tied to recent controversies.

Source: Daily Mail

BIG: Qatari mediation has helped the US and Iran reach an understanding over Tehran’s frozen assets.

Source: Al Jazeera

Several explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas and parts of the Persian Gulf, though the source remains unclear.

Source: Fars

US and Israel are working to end Jordan’s custodianship of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and replace it with a new Israeli-controlled “multi-faith” administration.

The proposed plan would allow expanded Jewish prayer access and give Israel influence over mosque leadership and Friday sermons.

Source: MEE

WATCH: Video captured the moment a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile was intercepted directly over a camera operator in Kyiv and fell onto a nearby tennis court.

The missile did not detonate — only its fuel burned.

Iran's President Pezeshkian:

The very same women whom they used to say should be arrested.

Now you take footage of them holding the Supreme Leader's flag, saying 'I am willing to give my life for Iran.'

Whereas, once upon a time, they told us to arrest them, to fine them.

Russian forces attempted to shoot down a real stork with an FPV interceptor drone on the southern front.

The stork narrowly escaped by entering a sharp spin at the last moment to evade the attack.

NEW: US or joint US-Israeli jets struck two IRGC Navy speedboats off Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, killing at least 4 Iranian personnel.

The strike occurred roughly 48 hours before the report surfaced.

Iranian media were under pressure not to publish the story to avoid disrupting ongoing ceasefire negotiations

Trump demanded that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, and Jordan sign the Abraham Accords as part of any Iran ceasefire deal.

Pakistan immediately rejected the proposal, calling the two issues "not interlinked and cannot be made so."

Saudi Arabia's longstanding position requires a roadmap to Palestinian statehood before normalizing with Israel.

Source: Reuters

Trump:

The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed

OR, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event.

Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk's former partner, claims that top MAGA influencers are being paid by foreign governments including Israel, Russia, and Qatar to push specific messaging.

She says funding is hidden through consulting firms and shell companies, making it untraceable.

Reza Pahlavi:

One Member of Parliament even told me they didn't think Iranians were ready for democracy.

Iranians aren't just ready for democracy. 40,000 people just gave their lives for it, and I won't let that be in vain.

Whether or not Europe stands with us, whether or not your journalists do their jobs, whether or not your politicians demonstrate the courage to act, I will fight for my people and my country.

Even if we have to do this alone, we will fight until Iran is free.

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif:

Personally, I don't think we should join any such accord that clashes with our fundamental ideologies.

How will you sit down with those people whose word cannot be trusted even for a single day?

We have a very clear stance that this is not acceptable to us.

And secondly, on our passports, we are the only country whose passports don't even include Israel's name."

Trump:

Marco Rubio:

The straits need to be open — they’re going to be open one way or the other. So they need to be open.

What’s happening there is unlawful, it’s illegal, it’s unsustainable for the world, it’s unacceptable.

I don’t know of any country in the world that’s in favor of a tolling system. The Russians are not in favor of a tolling system, the Chinese are not in favor of a tolling system.

I mean, there’s no country in the world that’s in favor of a tolling system except the regime in Iran. So that’s not acceptable. That cannot happen.

The straits need to be open, unimpeded, without tolls. And obviously that needs to happen immediately, as soon as anything’s agreed to.

Marco Rubio:

Kyiv has been a dangerous place for a number of years. But the danger in all these wars, as they continue and go on, is that they always carry the threat of escalation — of spreading into something new.

So I spoke to Lavrov yesterday about that and a couple of other topics, and obviously Putin had asked him to call me to relay the message directly to the president, which I did.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

I think there’s strong alignment and agreement on what a preliminary draft should look like.

I think, like anything with something like this, it’s going to take a couple days to settle, even down to disagreements over a word or a sentence.

It’s either going to be a good deal or there isn’t going to be one.

DW will shut down about half of its X accounts by the end of 2026 due to budget cuts and rising platform costs.

The broadcaster says X has become more expensive because of paid verification, analytics access and moderation tools.

Editorial concerns also played a role, including disinformation, hate speech and weaker moderation on the platform.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has begun preventive radiation treatment after doctors found and removed an early-stage skin cancer lesion on his scalp last month.

Doctors said the 80-year-old leader will undergo 15 radiotherapy sessions but can continue working normally.