POLITICO says its reporter was denied White House access and had his press pass confiscated despite a judge’s order restoring access.

Paradox Gets Review-Bombed After Linking Atatürk to 1915 Events

Hearts of Iron IV’s recent Steam rating fell to Overwhelmingly Negative after Turkish players protested a Discord ban and moderator remarks linking Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to the 1915 events.

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Daniel Levy | Former Israeli Peace Negotiator | US/Middle East Project (USMEP):
 

The new sanctions regime the UK has announced targeting Israeli settlement project crosses the rhetoric threshold.
 
The implications are significant. Not a single Israeli bank exists that doesn't invest on the settlement project.
 
The illegal occupation is a State of Israel project. The perpetrator is the IDF - not a ragtag band of armed settlers.

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MS NOW and CNN reporters also reported being denied access to the White House despite a judge’s order restoring access.

Q: How would you describe yesterday's meeting with President Trump and all the Arab leaders?

Ahmad al-Sharaa: Acceptable.

Q: And the meeting with Zelensky?

Ahmad al-Sharaa: Also good.

Daniel Levy | Former Israeli Peace Negotiator | US/Middle East Project (USMEP):
 

Ursula von der Leyen said Europe "should do more on Israel" - a duplicitous statement from someone who supported Israeli crimes.
 
Germany will do everything to block any shift (against Israel). But the UK could have a knock-on effect in Italy.
 
Despite UK sanctions, Spain's & Norway's arms embargo on Israel, Germany & Greece are buying Israeli weapons.

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OPINION: Beyond Armament: China’s New Security Doctrine and the Transformation of Its Defense Industry

Beijing is rewiring its defense model. By weaponizing industrial scale and civilian tech, China is building an integrated force where cheap autonomous swarms neutralize million-dollar jets.

🖋️ Kadir Temiz | Director of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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Daniel Levy | Former Israeli Peace Negotiator | US/Middle East Project (USMEP):
 

UK has admitted that those who marched over Palestine were right & successful. But they now have to show they mean it.
 
They acknowledged Starmer's approach of being indifferent to Israeli crime is bad politics for a Labour government.
 
It is now up to those who mobilized the protests to keep raising the bar of what is required for more action.

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NATO's Rutte:

No one should ever doubt our resolve. That was true 25 years ago. It is true today.

NATO's Rutte:

I think the Russians have made a calculation that NATO is strong and cannot be defeated.

NATO's Rutte:

Putin planned a big celebration in Moscow for 4–5 days after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That celebration still hasn’t happened.

NATO's Rutte:

If NATO would be at war with Russia, we have other means to make our views known to the Russians, more than Ukraine can do at the moment. So there will be a difference.

NATO's Rutte on Putin:

Putin cannot be happy at the moment because things are not moving in the right direction for him.

So stay calm. Putin knows we are strong.

Netanyahu has arrived in the U.S. for the UN General Assembly.

He will deliver a speech later today in New York.

NATO's Rutte:

If ever there would be an incident in the Indo-Pacific, it will not be only the Indo-Pacific. It will mean that, at the same time, Putin will try to move against NATO territory in Europe.

So these two theaters, the Indo-Pacific and Europe, are closely linked, and that is why we have a close relationship with the Republic of Korea, with Japan, with Australia, with New Zealand.

NOW: Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to the White House.

WATCH: Chinese national anthem is being played at the White House for Xi's visit.

Trump:

President Xi becomes the first ever Chinese leader to make a second formal state visit to America.

Trump:

Since the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship, built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people.

We have spent time together all over the world — from Germany to Argentina, Japan to South Korea, and Beijing to Palm Beach, Florida.

But remarkably, this is our first time meeting together here at the White House.

And as President Xi has already seen, a lot has changed since he was last here.

Trump:

President Xi and I have made tremendous strides on the issues facing our two countries.

During my last visit last May, we created the Board of Trade.

Through that, it's a brand new mechanism, and with something that's been unbelievably successful, our teams have been working to encourage a more balanced trading relationship.

Trump:

During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology, and superintelligence — SI.

The decisions we make in these areas today can promote peace and prosperity for decades and decades to come.