— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 NEW: Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, has traveled to Russia today.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇷🇺 NEW: Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and delivered a message from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

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— 🇸🇾 NEW: Four Syrian oil facility guards were killed and nine injured by an explosive earlier today in Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria.

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— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺/🇭🇺 NEW: President Trump claims he will meet with Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: U.S. Representative Seth Moulton says he will be returning donations from the Israeli lobby AIPAC and will no longer accept their support.

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— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: According to the Russian readout of the Trump-Putin phone call, President Trump mentioned repeatedly that the war in Ukraine was more difficult to end than he originally thought

Putin also told Trump that sending Ukraine 'Tomahawk' missiles wouldn't change the battlefield situation but ruin any chance of diplomacy.

Rueters is now reporting that the phone call has cast doubt on whether Trump will agree to supply 'Tomahawk' missiles.

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— 🇺🇸/🇻🇪 NEW: The U.S. military's '160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment' has flown in Caribbean waters less than 90 miles from the coast of Venezuela in recent days, according to the Washington Post

These operations are largely viewed as preparation for an expanded conflict aimed at regime change in Venezuela.

The 'MV Ocean Trader,' a 'Special Warfare Support' vessel, has also recently operated in the Caribbean.

The U.S. recently dispatched several C-17 'Globemaster' transport aircraft to St. Croix. These flights landed while the 'MV Ocean Trader' was in port and originated from various U.S. bases, including 'Fort Campbell' in Kentucky, where the 160th is headquartered.

Yesterday, the New York Times revealed that the Trump administration had authorized the CIA for 'lethal operations' aimed at regime change in Venezuela.

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— 🇮🇱/🇹🇷 NEW: Hebrew media reports that Israel is blocking the entry of a Turkish 'rescue team' with heavy equipment into Gaza.

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— 🇬🇧/🇮🇱 NEW: British football team Aston Villa will not permit fans of the Israeli settler team 'Maccabi Tel Aviv' to attend their UEFA Europa League match in Birmingham next month

Britain's Jewish Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has condemned the decision.

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel has filed an indictment against Ahmad Shahab, a 32-year-old Arab Israeli, on charges of espionage for Iran.

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— 🇮🇱 WATCH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a small hat, says in Hebrew that October 7 was the real genocide, not the systematic murder of Palestinians in Gaza over the past two years.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, has been indicted for his handling of classified documents.

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— ❗️🇺🇸/🇻🇪 NEW: African-American Admiral Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. SOUTHCOM, will step down at the end of this year, two years ahead of schedule

Reuters reports that there were tensions between him and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth regarding American operations in the Caribbean and potential aggression against Venezuela.

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