📸 Trump and Zelensky looked very happy during the NATO summit in Ankara.

Ukrainian naval drones hit 13 Russian shadow fleet boats near Crimea overnight, bringing the total to 48 vessels struck in the past five days.

The U.S. and Iran are expected to hold another round of talks next week, likely in Switzerland.

Source: Axios

Israeli PM Netanyahu's Son Quietly Changes His Name

Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, has legally changed his name to Yonatan Hun, becoming the second Netanyahu son to do so in an effort to obscure his public profile.

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Devon and Cornwall Police have launched a murder investigation following the suspicious death of former MP Ann Widdecombe, who died aged 78.

Officers were called to her home in Haytor, Dartmoor, on 9 July, where she was found dead with serious injuries.

Source: BBC

Ten U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors have redeployed from Ovda Air Base in Israel to RAF Fairford in the UK after participating in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. campaign against Iran.

The move is part of a broader drawdown of U.S. forces from the Middle East.

Source: TWZ

Iran denies reports that new Iran–U.S. negotiations are planned for next week, calling them false and saying any updates will only come through official channels.

Source: Fars

Zelensky:

During the NATO Summit in Ankara, the President of the United States and I reached political agreements on licensing the production of Patriot systems in Ukraine.

The Trump administration is considering installing permanent security fencing along part of Pennsylvania Avenue and around Lafayette Square near the White House.

The goal is to improve security while eliminating the repeated cost and effort of setting up temporary barriers for special events.

The proposal is still under review and requires President Trump's approval.

Source: CBS News

Iran's Ghalibaf:

In my view, only those who are prepared for war can negotiate with the United States.

Before the recent war, the United States, the Zionist regime, and NATO believed they could force Iran to surrender within just a few days.

However, they soon realized they would not achieve their objectives.

Senator Graham:

We’ve reached agreement with the White House on a version of the Russian sanctions bill that they will support. It means it’s going to become law.

I’m going to go with Senator Blumenthal to the Republican and the Democratic leaders, see if we can find time to move this Russian sanctions package that would give tools to President Trump to help end this war.

The EU wants Meta to make autoplay, infinite scroll, and engagement-driven recommendations less aggressive by default, plus add screen-time limits that actually work.

If Meta doesn’t comply, it could face fines of up to 6% of its yearly global revenue under the EU’s Digital Services Act. Meta disputes the findings and says its Teen Accounts already protect younger users.

Source: Politico

JD Vance:

My life is, dude, totally transformed. I don't go to the grocery store anymore. People go to the grocery store for me.

Most of my meals—like when I cook a meal, I love to cook actually. I'm a big baker. I like to cook for my kids as a special occasion, but I don't have to cook anymore because I've got an army of people who are willing to cook my food.

My life is so weird. I fly around on a 757. No more TSA lines for me and the kids. It's so weird.

But it can become the sort of thing that, if you internalize it, you start to be an entitled asshole.

Source: The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

JD Vance:

I was traveling—actually Elon Musk was in my motorcade at one point.

I think we were in Florida, maybe during the transition. They had completely shut down traffic from the airport to, I think, Mar-a-Lago.

And Elon's like, "You know, I can buy a lot, but I can't buy that."

Source: The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Hunter Biden on Trump:

How does Trump not understand that he is not going to have a legacy?

His only legacy will be remembered as the most corrupt person in the history of the United States of America by far—with the most corrupt family.

Source: The Jim Acosta Show

Hunter Biden on Trump:

How does Trump get away with it?

Why is it that none of your former colleagues turned to him and said, "Go f*ck yourself, Mr. President"?

Sorry... my dad literally says, "Stop cussing, Hunter."

Source: The Jim Acosta Show

Hunter Biden on Trump:

Trump is literally sleeping. It's not once. It's not twice.

It's over and over and over again now.

Obviously, he has a serious medical condition. And I suspect that it obviously has to do with his heart.

Source: The Jim Acosta Show

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

There will be no problem for Türkiye to get the F-35 that we had paid for long before, five or six years ago.

We paid for those F-35s. They've been sitting in a hangar to be picked up by us.

Source: The National News

Q: Would we potentially see the S-400s going to the UAE, for example?

Turkish FM Fidan: This is an ongoing process, and there have been discussions and talks within the government. There has to be a healthy discussion with the Russians as well, because I cannot name any country, process, or type of solution at this moment.

As I said, there is a political will between the two presidents.

Russia should be part of the discussions as well because this is where the S-400 was bought from.

Source: The National News

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Iran:

When we heard President Trump, it was our understanding that he doesn't really mean that the ceasefire is over.

I think he was basically referring that there is a retaliation actually to what was happening between Iran and the United States.

I think there was a lack of communication and misunderstanding between both sides in terms of how to implement the passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

They need to have better communication and better deconflicting mechanisms.

Source: The National News

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Syria:

There is one risk for Syria—the policies of Israel.

We are not sure if Israel wants to see a stable, good, powerful, evolving, developed Syria.

Israel is trying to destabilize Syria. This is something that we don't want to see.

This is something that we want to communicate to the Israelis together with the regional governments. Look, stop a strategy that sees your security should come from someone else's insecurity and division.

Let's change this. You know, when other countries in the region become stable and secure, that might also work well for you.

Source: The National News