Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi:

Some of you may have heard the term "new militarism," but nothing could be further from the truth.

Think about it. There is a country that has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons and strategic bombers. Japan has neither of such weapons.

And yet Japan is labeled "new militarism." Isn't it strange?

Lukashenko:

The Ukrainian military doesn't want any war with Belarus.

I know this for sure because they understand that it's another 1,000 kilometers of front, a border.

And it's not an easy border, the one between Belarus and Ukraine. Do they need that? No.

Netanyahu:

I instructed the IDF to expand the maneuver in Lebanon. Our forces crossed powerful obstacles. They seized commanding terrain and captured the Beaufort Ridge.

And now my instruction is to deepen and expand our hold on areas that were under Hezbollah's control.

We are initiating action, we are operating on all fronts—in Syria, in Gaza, and in Lebanon.

It will take time, but we will complete the mission.

Lukashenko:

God forbid that a military attack on the territory of Belarus be carried out from any territory — the war in Ukraine will take on a completely different character.

I will not elaborate.

Trump:

I am pleased to announce that United States Ambassador to Türkiye, Tom Barrack, who has done an outstanding job, will be named Special Presidential Envoy to Syria and Iraq, as we advance our strategic cooperation with both Governments.

Tom will remain Ambassador to Türkiye, with the full backing of the State Department.

BIG: Britain's Tempest fighter jet, developed jointly with Japan and Italy, faces years of delay, with the RAF now unlikely to receive the new aircraft until the late 2030s or 2040s.

Critics blame Labour for failing to release funding.

Source: Telegraph

A Hezbollah drone hit an IDF base in Beit Hillel, injuring several soldiers.

Trump:

The DronePort at the White House Ballroom will be, perhaps, the most sophisticated anywhere in the World! It will safeguard our Nation’s Capital, Washington, D.C., long into the future.

With the advent of highly sophisticated, and powerful, modern day weaponry, we can no longer defend Washington, D.C., with rifles and pistols, alone.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

The talks and exchange of messages are ongoing, and until a specific result is reached, it is not possible to make a judgment about them.

Anything being said right now is speculation and should not be given importance.

Bessent:

A big mistake that the Iranians made was attacking their GCC neighbors, their neighbors in the Gulf, because we had many very good allies who maybe weren't completely transparent with us on the money, Iranian money that was in their banking systems, all of a sudden became very compliant in terms of being willing to turn over accounts or help us freeze accounts.

Syrian President al-Sharaa and his wife at a restaurant in Bloudan, near Damascus.

Reza Pahlavi:

The people of Iran are the boots on the ground. You don't need to deploy your troops, but for the boots on the ground to have a chance to return to the streets, they need minimal protection.

Reza Pahlavi:

They're trying to impose Sharia law not in Damascus or Tehran, but on the streets of Belgium, on the streets of Paris, on the streets of London.

How far are you going to allow this radicalism to continue to exist? It's a direct threat to the stability and the demographics of Europe!

Reza Pahlavi:

Unlike this regime that wants to wipe Israel off the map of the world, we see them as genuine strategic partners.

We welcome our Israeli friends to help us with many challenges that Iran faces.

We have no quarrels with Israel.

Zelensky:

Today at night or tomorrow at night, we think that we will have a big attack from the Russian side using drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.

Zelensky:

The Russians proposed us to exchange children with soldiers. Can you imagine how we can exchange our children? We can't.

First of all, it's out of the law. We can't exchange civilians. You can give back civilians. And how you can exchange?

Yes, it's important to get back our warriors, war prisoners. But we can't exchange them on the children.

But the fact that Russia proposed to exchange children, this is the answer that they stolen children.

Zelensky:

We don't see enough missiles in production of the United States.

We need to increase the production. I know all the companies in the United States, huge companies, great companies, but only United States can produce such number — 60, 65 missiles per month. For today's challenges it's nothing.

Russia knows it. It's not secret information.

We need to do production wider.

I asked previous administration, I am asking today's administration: give Ukraine licenses.

We will increase the production of Patriot missiles. It will be very helpful for us. It will be very helpful for Middle East, for everybody whom United States will decide to help.