Joe Biden on Trump:

Look, it's not just his deliberate distortion and destruction of NATO and his choosing Putin over American allies, or the fact that he's diminished our standing in the eyes of the world more than any president in history has.

It's not just his vanity projects—tearing down the East Wing of the White House, making room for his ballroom, putting his name on a Kennedy Center, building an arch in his own honor, or even hiring his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool.

Whoa, what a loser.

Joe Biden on Trump:

Trump has made billions of dollars since returning to the White House. It's simply stunning to me. He has no shame, and frankly it's embarrassing for the country.

But Trump couldn't care less. Making money off the presidency is one of the reasons he wants to be president.

Iraqi security forces launched raids in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Sunday, targeting several politicians.

No names or arrests have been officially confirmed. The Green Zone houses government offices, foreign embassies, and the residences of senior officials.

WATCH: IRGC Aerospace and Navy launching missiles and drones this morning following U.S. strikes on Iran.

IDF announces the death of a soldier killed in southern Lebanon: Capt. David Hazutt, 21.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

I believe that, with the new circumstances that have emerged, the security of the Persian Gulf and the security of the region must be reconsidered by all the countries of the region.

We must reach a new framework that includes all the countries of the region and excludes the presence or interference of any country from outside the region.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

The strategic relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq is of great value, and we are determined, God willing, to continue and strengthen this relationship.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

Under the memorandum of understanding, the Strait of Hormuz will return to its pre-war operating capacity within 30 days under the management adopted by Iran and after the obstacles are removed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

These arrangements are currently being implemented, and responsibility for them rests solely with the Islamic Republic of Iran. No other institution or country bears responsibility in this regard.

According to the memorandum of understanding signed between Iran and the United States, any interference in this matter, or any attempt to establish new or separate arrangements from those currently being implemented by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only complicate the situation, delay the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and increase tensions.

As we witnessed over the past two nights, incidents in the Strait of Hormuz have already contributed to rising tensions and confrontations.

I call on all parties not to interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz or in the arrangements being made by the Islamic Republic of Iran for its reopening.

They should abide by the signed memorandum of understanding and not allow it to deviate from its intended course.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

According to Article One of the memorandum of understanding, the war must come to an end on all fronts, including in Lebanon. We regret that the Israeli regime continues its attacks.

It is the responsibility of the United States, in accordance with the commitments it accepted under the memorandum of understanding, to ensure that these attacks by the Israeli regime are brought to an end and to allow the cessation of the war to be fully implemented there as well, including the withdrawal from the occupied territories.

Israeli Minister Eli Cohen says the new right-wing Slovenian government has revoked its recognition of Palestine and will move its embassy to Jerusalem.

Israel's government unanimously voted to recognize the events of 1915 as the so-called Armenian Genocide.

Iranian Army spokesperson:

We have serious plans in two areas: domestic production and the procurement of advanced equipment from friendly countries.

We will certainly be equipped with more advanced systems in the coming days.

Haaretz reports that Israeli defense companies sold advanced military systems to Qatar and Saudi Arabia despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties.

Documents and photos indicate Qatar received Elbit's C-MUSIC aircraft defense systems for VIP aircraft, while both Qatar and Saudi Arabia acquired Israeli-made components, combat helmets, and night-vision systems for their F-15 fighter jets through Boeing contracts.

Source: Haaretz

Guest: Make Lebanon Great Again!

Trump: Yes, I will.

Keir Starmer is reportedly eyeing the role of NATO secretary general after leaving Downing Street, when the position is expected to become vacant in 2028.

Source: The Observer

BIG: A Chinese AI model from Z.ai has caught up with its American counterparts in the field of cybersecurity, according to independent benchmarks.

GLM-5.2, released on June 16 under an MIT license by Z.ai — the Tsinghua University spinout formerly known as Zhipu AI — outperformed Anthropic's Claude Code on Semgrep's IDOR vulnerability detection benchmark, scoring roughly 39 percent F1 against Claude's 32 percent.

It did so at approximately one-sixth the cost per vulnerability identified.

The result is notable because cybersecurity has been viewed as a domain where US labs held a clear lead.

GLM-5.2 is freely downloadable from Hugging Face and runs on standard open inference stacks.

France heatwave: ~1,000 excess deaths in four days.

Santé publique France reports roughly 1,000 excess deaths between June 24 and 27 during the country's most intense heatwave since 2003.

Daily tolls exceeded 1,400 on June 25 and 26, with 85% of deaths among people 65 and older.

Home deaths surged sharply, particularly in Île-de-France.

Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said overall mortality is unlikely to approach 2003 levels (~15,000 excess deaths) thanks to improved alert and response systems.

Source: Le Monde

A Saudi Aramco helicopter crashed at approximately 6:00 AM today in Ras Tanura, the kingdom's main oil export hub in the Eastern Province, killing all 14 people on board.

All victims were Saudi nationals.

An investigation is underway in coordination with the relevant authorities.

No preliminary cause has been released.

Bernie Sanders:

After receiving the largest tax break in history from Trump, some 900 billionaires in our country became $2.2 trillion richer.

One man, Elon Musk, a trillionaire... owns three times more wealth than the bottom 50% of American households.

Eleven people were killed after a skydiving plane crashed shortly after takeoff near Tomblaine in eastern France on Sunday.

The victims included the pilot, five student skydivers, and five instructors.

Bernie Sanders:

Six large media conglomerates control about 90% of what the American people see, hear and read.

Trump's supporters have recently bought up CBS and they will soon own CNN.

You run a good campaign, you know what happens to you?

The billionaires and their super PACs will spend tens of millions of dollars to defeat you. That is not democracy.