▶️#BREAKING:

🇺🇸⚡️CNN reports that several people felt ill and were hospitalized after a man opened a suspicious package containing white powder at Andrews Air Force Base, near Washington, D.C.

➡️The building was evacuated and an investigation is underway to determine the substance and the circumstances of the incident.

🇺🇸✈️🚫At least 700 flights have been canceled across major U.S. airports due to the ongoing government shutdown, according to NBC.

➡️The disruption is affecting multiple states and airports, with delays expected to continue as staffing and operational impacts spread across the aviation sector.

🇷🇴🇺🇸Romania’s Deputy Defense Minister Sorin Moldovan said the decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Romania should be reversed.

➡️He told Politico that such a move “is not a good signal for bilateral relations.”

🇷🇺🇺🇦💥Russian security services report that long-range attack drone launch sites of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as a location used by foreign mercenaries, have been destroyed in the Kharkiv region.

-No further operational details were released.

🔗Source: RIA Novosti

🇬🇧🇺🇦❌🇷🇺⁉️The United Kingdom is prepared for direct involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, according to The Guardian.

➡️The report says the British Armed Forces are discussing taking part either in active combat or in a post-war peacekeeping mission alongside allied countries.

➡️Plans under consideration include the potential use of the full British military arsenal, from air power to ground units.

🇹🇷🇺🇳🇸🇾The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the United Nations’ decision to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab.

🇮🇳✈️🚫More than 100 flights were delayed at Delhi Airport due to a malfunction in the air traffic control system, according to the PTI agency.

🇷🇺🇺🇸⚡️Russia does not currently plan to raise the issue of U.S. nuclear testing at the UN Security Council. This was stated to Izvestia by Dmitry Polyansky.

➡️He noted that Moscow first needs to clarify President Trump’s position through bilateral channels regarding his remarks about potentially resuming nuclear tests.

🇺🇸🇺🇿🇰🇿🇹🇯🇰🇬🇹🇲Trump held a historic meeting at the White House with the leaders of Central Asian countries, Bloomberg reports.

➡️The discussions focused on reducing U.S. dependence on China by diversifying the supply of rare-earth metals.

🇺🇸Washington aims to strengthen its strategic influence in the region.

🇺🇿Uzbekistan will invest more than $100 billion in the United States over the next decade.

🇰🇿Kazakhstan has joined the Abraham Accords, marking a significant diplomatic shift.

➡️Additionally, a U.S. company has acquired a stake in the region’s largest tungsten mining operation.

🇻🇪🇺🇸The Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is reportedly willing to resign if the United States guarantees full amnesty, personal security, the removal of the bounty on his capture, and a comfortable exile, according to The Atlantic.

🇪🇺⚡️NATO countries in Europe do not have sufficient air defense capabilities, said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in an interview with Antena 3.

🇷🇺⚡️A helicopter carrying tourists has crashed in Dagestan, according to local media reports.

➡️Seven people were on board.
Four of them have been confirmed dead.

➡️The Ka-226 went down at a recreational base near the city of Izberbash.

🇷🇺⚡️New footage from the helicopter crash site in Dagestan has been released by local media.

➡️Three injured survivors are being urgently transported to the hospital in Izberbash, and their condition is reported as serious.

➡️The helicopter reportedly struck and destroyed a private house on the ground. Authorities say no one was inside the home at the time of the crash.

🇮🇷⚡️Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Tehran will not abandon its nuclear program or its defensive missile development.

🇺🇸⚡️The ongoing government shutdown could inflict long-term damage on the United States and is already causing far more serious economic harm than previously expected, said White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett.