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.

Hezbollah released footage showing an FPV drone carrying out a nighttime strike on IDF troops for the first time.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, says Israel is approaching “the end” of its existence.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:

The nations and lands of the region will no longer serve as shields for American bases.

Not only will America no longer have a safe haven for aggression and the establishment of military bases in the region, but it is also moving farther away from its former position day by day.

Iran's President Pezeshkian:

The enemy was caught off guard by the offensive capabilities of Iran’s armed forces.

IRGC says it shot down a US MQ-9 drone and forced an RQ-4 drone and an F-35 fighter jet to leave Iranian airspace.

It warned the US against violating the ceasefire and said it reserves the right to retaliate.

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Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir:

We need to cut the electricity in Lebanon.

Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir:

If the Lebanese government does not control Hezbollah, then the territory south of the Litani — and even south of the Zahrani — must become a ‘security zone’ for the State of Israel.

We need to cut the electricity, destroy the infrastructure, and make clear to them: if there is terrorism, you will suffer.

Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir:

In light of the reactions around the world, you can understand one thing: Israel has stopped being the punching bag of the Middle East — and I’m proud of that.

The policy I lead is not a policy of giving them sandwiches and flowers. That doesn’t help. It doesn’t help. They come again and again and again. They mock us. They call us suckers when we behave the way they expect us to.

You saw that even the Europeans apparently learned something — surprisingly, it works. The message gets through.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says the Israeli government will not let Trump sign a “bad deal” with Iran.

A second battle-damaged KC-135 tanker has been spotted at RAF Mildenhall in the UK.

The aircraft, tail number 63-8028 from the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing, arrived from Tel Aviv with extensive shrapnel repair patches on the tail, vertical stabilizer, flaps, and spoilers, and is missing its refueling boom entirely.

At least five KC-135s were damaged in the March 2026 Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

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Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir on Hezbollah attacks:

I call on Prime Minister Netanyahu: call Trump, go to him, bang on the table in front of him, and make clear that the State of Israel is not willing — not willing to accept this, not willing to tolerate this.

Netanyahu was admitted to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on Monday evening "for a dental procedure."

His office said the visit was routine.

Netanyahu received radiation therapy earlier in 2026 for an early-stage prostate tumor and had a pacemaker implanted in 2023.

Armenia's PM Pashinyan:

Since Armenia's independence, Armenia has been led by the slogan 'death or freedom.'

We have replaced that slogan with 'a state of life' — not death.

We must not choose between dying or being free. We must live AND be free.

Prof. John Mearsheimer on Iran War:

The United States has lost this war.

It can't figure out how to solve this war.

This is what happens when you go around the world slaying monsters.

Russian State Duma Defense Committee chairman Andrei Kartapolov says striking the Zelensky presidential office and the Verkhovna Rada makes no sense because neither is a real decision-making center:

Zelensky doesn't appear there. He sits in a bunker.

The office has two guards and five cleaners. Is there any point in wasting expensive munitions on essentially an empty place?

Russian official Vyacheslav Volodin said Russia could use weapons that would “leave no trace of anyone” if “attacks on civilians continue.”

Trump posts about the “deep state.”

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich on Lebanon:

The most effective way to stop Hezbollah is simply to announce that for every drone, 10 buildings in Beirut will be destroyed.

If there were seven drones, then 70 buildings. If there were 15, then 150.

And if the buildings in Beirut run out, then we move on to Tyre, Sidon, and the Beqaa Valley.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

We are changing the Middle East. Iran is far weaker today, even if it has not yet collapsed — and that too is a goal we will achieve, with God’s help.

Look at what Gaza looks like. Look at what Lebanon looks like.

We are completely changing the equations.