⚡️🇺🇸🇸🇦 – The U.S. State Department approved the possible sale of 48 F-35 'Lightning' II strike fighters to Saudi Arabia, valued at around $24.3 billion dollars.

The sale also includes 49 'Pratt & Whitney' ‌engines, communications equipment, spare parts and more.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇵🇱 – Trump said on Truth Social that a U.S. Army base could be established in Poland, with a location likely to be announced very soon.

GREAT NEWS! Thanks to the bold leadership of my friend, Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, major progress is being made toward establishing a U.S. Army base in Poland. If this happens, the location will be announced very soon. This will be a historic step for our Great U.S./Polish Alliance. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 – U.S. officials confirmed an Iranian delegation will be allowed to attend next week's United Nations General Assembly, following reports that the President of the Palestinian Aasembly, Mahmoud Abbas, didn't have the same luck.

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🇮🇱📞🇰🇼 — Israel's ambassador to UAE claims that Kuwait is possibly joining the Abraham Accords and is holding talks with Israel over the Iranian attacks, Israeli Kaan channel reported.

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⚡️🇺🇸 – It appears the aircraft that crashed in Blair County is indeed an F-16, and the preliminary cause of the crash was identified as a bird strike.

The pilot is reportedly conscious and alert following the incident.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇴🇲 – UKMTO reported a "security incident" against a vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz. It's likely Iranian projectiles targeted the vessel but missed or where shot down. No damage to the vessel or crew was reported.

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🇾🇪⚡️🇸🇦🇾🇪 - Over the past day Ansarullah has begun conducting pincer movements in an attempt to encircle the PLC held agglomeration southwest of Taizz.

➡️ As a result of this new offensive Ansarullah forces have captured the villages of Adinah, Al-Zawai, Al- Shariq (North), and Al Ashruh (South).

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 – Russia claims to have shot down a whopping 629 Ukrainian drones overnight.

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🇯🇵📈 – The Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.25%, a 31-year high.

The BoJ warned the rates could surge even higher to combat inflation caused by high energy prices and a weak yen. The latest decision was not unanimous, but had a 7-2 majority.

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❗️🇸🇦 - The damage caused by the Houthis strikes to the Saudi East-West pipeline was found to be much greater than previous estimates.

Three pumping stations were damaged and recovery could take up to 6 weeks.

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❗️🇺🇸🛢 - Exxon Mobil has shut down one of the largest diesel refineries in the Midwest U.S., which produces ~11 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel per day, due to outage issues.

This comes as diesel prices have already surged nearly 90% this year and the US has entered peak diesel demand season.

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