Turkish President Erdogan welcomes NATO leaders to the NATO summit dinner, greeting them at the entrance with a Mehter band.

WATCH: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is welcomed in Ankara by the Mehter band performing "Ceddin Deden" ahead of the NATO summit dinner.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators plans to urge Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the NATO summit in Ankara to back stalled Russia sanctions legislation.

The bill would allow the president to impose new sanctions and tariffs on countries that continue buying Russian oil, gas, or uranium.

Although the bill has broad bipartisan support, it has stalled because the White House wants greater flexibility to negotiate with Moscow over ending the war in Ukraine.

Source: WSJ

Turkish President Erdogan welcomes President Trump to the NATO summit dinner in Ankara as the Mehter band performs "Ceddin Deden."

French President Macron tried to kiss Turkish First Lady Emine Erdoğan’s hand but failed.

Kremlin:

Russia is prepared to use nuclear weapons only if its very existence is threatened.

Kremlin:

Russia will never start World War III, but will take whatever measures are necessary to ensure its own security.

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📸 NATO leaders convene in Ankara.

Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni was the last to arrive at the NATO summit dinner in Ankara, where she was welcomed by Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz.

Senior U.S. military commanders reportedly approved strikes in Iran despite internal warnings that some target intelligence was more than a decade old and needed to be revalidated.

Those warnings were overridden to speed up target selection at the start of the war.

One of the strikes hit the Shajareh Tayyiba primary school in Minab, killing 168 children and 14 teachers.

U.S. officials determined within days that outdated intelligence had caused the mistake, but the Pentagon's investigation has not yet been made public.

Officials also faced intense pressure to produce targets quickly, while cuts to civilian casualty prevention teams under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reduced oversight.

Source: CNN

Netanyahu on Iran:

If the deal achieves its goals, then yes, Iran will get sanctions relief, and that would help the regime resuscitate itself.

But I don't see that happening yet.

Source: CNN

Netanyahu claims Zohran Mamdani supports Hamas and says Hamas "burned babies alive."

Source: CNN

Bash: Congresswoman Haley Stevens said, "Benjamin Netanyahu has made us less safe. He has frankly put Jews in an uncomfortable position across the country." Have you?

Netanyahu: Well, it's made her uncomfortable because she can't stand up for the truth. She's trying to probably excuse antisemitism.

Bash: She's somebody who supports Israel. She supports funding Israel, which is diminishing big time among Democrats and even some Republicans in the United States Congress.

Source: CNN

Netanyahu attacks TikTok and social media again:

You see the decline in support for Israel began several years before the Gaza war.

The one correlation you see is the penetration of TikTok and other social media in the United States.

As that penetration increases, support for Israel decreases.

Netanyahu:

Several countries and organizations have penetrated social media.

They have abused it by putting in bot farms and other things, especially directed at young Americans, not only to hate Israel, but also to hate America.

Source: CNN

Marine Le Pen says she'll run for France's 2027 presidency despite an embezzlement conviction.

She must wear an electronic ankle tag for a year but is still eligible to run, and she plans to appeal the verdict to France's highest court.

The U.S. government ended a temporary permission that had allowed certain dealings involving Iranian oil and petrochemical products.

BREAKING: U.S. official to Reuters:

The U.S. Treasury Department is revoking the general license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil.

Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz were wholly unacceptable to the United States and will be met with consequences.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:

One week before October 7, I said: "Let's carry out targeted killings in Gaza."

They told me I was crazy.

Meanwhile, Keir Starmer and his Norwegian counterpart, Jonas Gahr Støre, posed together wearing England and Norway football jerseys ahead of their countries' FIFA World Cup quarterfinal clash.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara.