Active-duty US Air Force Major arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump's impeachment in uniform.

Major Jason Watson, an active-duty USAF logistics officer with 17 years of service, was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol after delivering a speech in uniform calling for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of President Trump and Vice President Vance:

Who I am is immaterial. I'm just a nobody.

What matters far more than who I am is what I have to say and the price I'm willing to pay to say it.

Chinese residential complex goes viral with rooftop misting system that drops temperatures 5–8°C in minutes.

Multiple high-rise towers simultaneously spray fine water mist from rooftop nozzles, enveloping courtyards and buildings in thick clouds.

Trump:

The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit from so doing: U.S. 999 Billion Dollars, United Kingdom, 90.5 Billion Dollars, France, 66.5 Billion Dollars, Italy, 48.8 Billion Dollars, Poland, 44.3 Billion Dollars.

Others, including Germany, are MUCH LOWER. (2014-2025) Ridiculous!

Armenia's PM Pashinyan:

If we succeed in becoming an EU member, that will be a very great achievement.

If, for some reason, the European Union decides it will no longer enlarge — then we will still come out having gained enormously, because we will be a country that fully conforms to EU standards.

And this is not being done for the European Union — this is being done for the citizens of the Republic of Armenia.

BREAKING: Explosion hits café near Damascus, Syria courthouse; casualties reported.

Russian bomb depot footage shows massive stockpiles of OFAB-250-270s in Soviet-era wooden crates.

Flammable wooden crates are a high-value target for Ukrainian long-range strikes or drones.

India's Modi with Japan's Takaichi:

In the field of defense, today we have agreed on India and Japan's first co-development project.

This naval radio antenna UNICORN project will open a new chapter in our defense technology partnership.

We will now jointly develop defense technologies that will strengthen regional peace, maritime security, and the rules-based order.

Portugal has declared a state of alert starting Friday due to extreme heat and the heightened wildfire risk.

The measures include restricting access to certain forest areas, banning controlled burns and agricultural waste burning, and prohibiting the use of machinery in forests unless it is needed for firefighting.

The restrictions will remain in place while the alert is active.

Damascus explosion: 4 dead, 11 wounded on Al-Nasr Street.

World's No. 1 Energy Producer in Trouble

Russia has turned to India for seaborne gasoline imports and secured 50,000 metric tons from Kazakhstan as constant drone strikes paralyzed a third of Russian refining capacity.

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Italy Quietly Distances Itself From Palantir, Halts Expansion of Government Contracts

▪️A biometric anti-terror proposal for police rejected
▪️Minor open-source Defense contract remains active
▪️EU skepticism grows over data sovereignty

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Turkish Conglomerate IC Holding Eyes 20 Small Modular Reactors in US Pact

Turkish infrastructure group IC Holding will deploy up to 20 small modular reactors wtih U.S.-developed ARC Clean Technology across Türkiye and adjacent regions.

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Zelensky:

If our partners had delivered, on time, what they had promised, we could have saved homes and lives today.

This is a major problem.

Zelensky:

Because of Ukraine's successes in Crimea, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Putin to explain the situation to Russian society.

Zelensky says Ukraine will retaliate for Russia's massive attack on Kyiv.

Andy Burnham is expected to end the NHS's £330m contract with US tech firm Palantir if he becomes prime minister later this month.

Burnham did not award Palantir any contracts during his nine years as Greater Manchester mayor and is reviewing the Government's AI strategy.

Labour MPs and unions have long opposed Palantir over its work with the Israeli military and US immigration authorities.

The first break clause in the NHS contract falls due next March, meaning a decision would need to be made by December if the Government intends to terminate the deal.

Source: The Telegraph

Baykar Chairman and CTO Selçuk Bayraktar compares AI-powered combat drones to the computer that defeated Garry Kasparov, arguing that the comparison between human pilots and autonomous aircraft is becoming obsolete.

“There is no human in this aircraft. It can do everything a manned aircraft does — and more,” he says, emphasizing that autonomous systems are cheaper and eliminate the years of training and human risk associated with fighter pilots:

“The human is truly the most expensive element.”