The Royal Navy has been authorized to step up hostile action against the Russian Shadow Fleet in the waters of the United Kingdom, including the English Channel, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer ordering warships, commandos, and law enforcement personnel to stop and board tankers suspected of evading sanctions imposed on Russia since the Invasion of Ukraine, according to Navy Lookout.

The Israel Defense Force has announced that the Air Force carried out targeted strikes earlier against the Khondab Heavy Water Research Reactor (IR-40), part of the Arak Nuclear Complex, a key plutonium production site for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ nuclear weapons program and a significant economic asset that served as a source of income for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Arak was previously struck by Israel during last year’s Twelve-Day War.

According to the Daily Mail, one of the Secret Service Agents assigned to protect First Lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg today while escorting her through Philadelphia Airport.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told G7 Foreign Ministers during a meeting on Friday that the United States was close to holding serious negotiations with Iran, but added that the war will continue for another two to four weeks, three sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.

Satellite imagery appears to show a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker having been destroyed and several others possibly damaged, as a result of an Iranian attack earlier today, utilizing ballistic missiles and drones, against Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have decided to officially join the ongoing war on the side of Iran, with sirens currently sounding across Southern Israel due to the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen.

According to the Israel Defense Force, the ballistic missile launched by the Houthis was successfully intercepted over Southern Israel.

Following Israeli strikes against Iranian steel, power, and nuclear infrastructure, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said that Iran will exact a “heavy price” for Israel’s strikes, saying that the strikes violate U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s extended deadline for dialogue.

The statement by the Houthi armed forces has just released and fell just short of announcing an entrance into the conflict. However, the statement sets a number of thresholds for Houthi involvement, including the U.S. and Israel failing to seek a diplomatic pathway to ending the conflict, increased aggression against both Iran and the Houthis, the use of the Red Sea to target Iran, expanded coalitions with the U.S., and the implementation of past Gaza agreements.

Footage shows impacts from cluster munitions in Tel Aviv, following the launch of a ballistic missile earlier tonight by Iran against Central Israel.

According to the Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. and Saudi officials with knowledge on the matter, several U.S. servicemembers were injured in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

Ten U.S. servicemembers were wounded in the Iranian drone and missile strike Friday against Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, with two considered seriously wounded, according to the Wall Street Journal.

According to CBS News, citing a number of unnamed sources, the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier will be deploying to the Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR), amidst ongoing operations against Iran. U.S. officials, speaking to CBS News on the condition of anonymity, said that the carrier may join in combat operations against Iran once it reaches the CENTCOM AOR.

According to CBS News, citing a person with knowledge on the matter, 14 additional people of unspecified nationality were injured in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

Following the launch of missiles from Yemen the Houthis have announced that they launched a wave of ballistic missiles against Israel.