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.

Zohran Mamdani on Balogun's red card:

I think that Balogun should never have been given that red card.

I thought it was a cruel red card.

Canada's Carney to Norway's PM:

In the next World Cup, if you could share Erling Haaland with us, that would be greatly appreciated.

Video from earlier today shows Trump meeting with Turkish officials in Ankara.

Trump praises the officials and salutes the military officers.

Trump and NATO's Rutte meet in Ankara.

Netanyahu to Newsmax:

We agree with Trump on just about everything, but there are areas of disagreement.

One of them is providing F-35s to Türkiye.

Netanyahu to Newsmax:

If it weren't for the United States, Nazism could have won. Stalinism could have won.

And we would have entered into a dark age for God knows how many hundreds of years.

FIFA will consider lifting its ban on Russian teams after the IOC dropped its recommendation to exclude Russia from international sports.

No decision has been made yet, with FIFA saying it will review the IOC's move before deciding on next steps.

Source: Sky News

Netanyahu to Newsmax:

Iran definitely has chemical weapons.

That is another threat they pose.

Saudi Arabia is delaying or blocking bank transfers from Saudi accounts to recipients in the UAE, particularly in Dubai.

Companies say payments that previously cleared normally have been held for days before being returned without explanation, disrupting trade and forcing some firms to route funds through Bahrain or use more expensive payment methods.

Saudi Arabia's central bank denies imposing country-specific restrictions, saying banks apply standard risk-based compliance measures.

Source: FT

Iran's Press TV reports that several explosions have been heard in the southern Iranian port city of Sirik.

Dan Scavino, Trump’s longtime adviser and White House Deputy Chief of Staff:

Daddy’s in Ankara, Türkiye tonight for the NATO Summit.

CENTCOM says the U.S. launched major strikes on Iran after Iran attacked three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to visit Israel on Wednesday for the first time as defense chief.

Hegseth is expected to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Source: CNN

CENTCOM says the latest US strikes on Iran are over after hitting more than 80 military targets, including air defenses and IRGC boats.

Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya HQ says it will retaliate against recent U.S. strikes.

Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron commander and father of two, was declared dead after disappearing during an emergency helicopter landing in the Arabian Sea.

Despite a massive four-day search, he was never found.

An ICE agent shot and killed a Mexican man during an immigration operation in Houston after DHS says he tried to flee and drive into an agent.

Source: CNN

Iran's Ghalibaf:

The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere. We don’t fold.