Hegseth:

Lord, here I am. Send me. Send me to fight the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me.

Hegseth:

Lethality is your calling card, and victory your only acceptable end state.

South Korea’s spy agency says Kim Jong Un weighs more than 140 kg (310 pounds) and is at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

However, it said he shows no difficulty with physical activity and there are currently no signs of serious health problems, citing close monitoring by his medical team.

Source: AFP

Flydubai suspends flights to Israel “while the investigation is ongoing.”

Trump on Iran:

We lost 18 people against Iran. If you look at Iraq, we lost 4,500 people.

Trump:

Prices will double if the Democrats come along.

You will end up in a depression, recession, something very bad.

They have the worst policy.

Trump says an Israeli plumber who had never flown a plane saved the Flydubai plane earlier today by “lifting up a stick.”

Trump:

I told the head of the Congo, he's a good guy, actually. I said, "You sent us a lot of your people from prisons," and they did. They emptied their prisons.

Q: Andy Burnham said Iran was involved with the RAF Fairford incident.

Trump: We're studying it right now. We're studying it very hard. Iran's got a lot of problems right now.

Trump on Iran:

Iran's leaders are fighting for control very strongly, but control of what?

Q: You describe the Iranians as crazy. How do you get a deal done with crazy people?

Trump: Maybe you blow them up. We have to make that decision. We blow them up or make a deal. The time is coming. It's gonna end very soon.

Trump:

The king of Saudi Arabia said to me, “Sir, during the Biden administration, you were dead country.”

Trump:

We have the best economy anywhere in the world. There’s no economy like this economy. The only thing we don’t have is good public relations. We don’t seem to be able to get the word across.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

PM Burnham says the UK Government "can confirm our belief that we believe Iran to have played a part" in the RAF Fairford incident.

I can confirm Iran's belief that releasing supposed terrorists working for foreign states really says it all.

You're barking up the wrong tree.

Trump on AI:

Super intelligence—we’ve changed the name officially, by the way. I signed the document.

We don’t call it artificial intelligence. Because it’s not artificial. It’s real.

It’s a terrible word. It’s amazing it lived on so long, actually.

Q: Have you decided to ban diesel exports?

Trump: I’m thinking about it.

Trump on Iran:

We’re literally running the Strait of Hormuz. We have total control. I guess that’s always subject to change, you know, if they drop one mine…

Trump on Russia:

Diesel is really hurt much more, not by the Middle East, but by what’s going on in Russia.

Those diesel refineries are being knocked out at a pretty alarming rate.

If that didn’t happen, we wouldn’t have a diesel problem.

Brazilian intelligence officials briefed French and German officials in September on alleged U.S. and Russian interference ahead of Brazil’s presidential election.

According to a meeting report seen by Reuters, Brazil’s Abin spy agency alleged U.S. interference ranging from “lawfare” to openly acknowledged political involvement, but provided no details about alleged Russian activity.

The U.S. has denied trying to interfere, while Russia has previously denied meddling in foreign elections.

Source: Reuters

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has received a federal security clearance after a nine-month wait, allowing him to participate in classified briefings on security threats and emergencies.

The Trump administration approved the clearance this week.

Officials did not explain the delay, though federal security clearances have faced broader processing backlogs.

Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken:

Russia is Belgium's biggest threat.