🇺🇸📊 Republicans in Virginia are surging, putting the state’s gerrymander plans at risk for Democrats.

✅ Virginia HD-98 special election: Republican Andrew Rice is currently +29, in a district that Sears won +7 in November — a 22-point swing to the GOP.

🇺🇸 𝕏 will soon let users restrict both posts and replies by region or country.

🇺🇸 Declassified CIA files reveal that, under President Lyndon B. Johnson, the military sprayed chemicals from planes, also known as SAIs (stratospheric aerosol injections) to modify the weather, per Daily Mail.

🇺🇸🇨🇺 Rubio described The New York Times' article, which accuses the US of forcing the Cuban president to resign, as 'a fantasy'.

Throughout the last week, President Trump has been attacking The New York Times for publishing what he refers to as 'lies and fake news'.

Nevertheless, the Cuban leader admitted that the United States is applying much pressure to make Cuba obey. Specifically, President Diaz-Canel refused to resign, saying that he will not tolerate violation of the nation's constitutional order.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Iran executed an Israeli national, accusing him of working for Mossad.

🇮🇷🇸🇪 - Iran executed a Swedish national.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 - USAID auditors claim that at the very least USD 26 billion were sent to Ukraine without any oversight.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump called Iran 'NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR', clearly showing no signs of interest towards negotiations.

Earlier, Trump's head of the counter-terrorism centre resigned, saying that the Iran war wasn't necessary, because Iran didn't represent immediate threat. Vance and Gabbard, who met with the dissatisfied official shortly before his resignation, are said to share the view.

🇪🇺 Heads of diplomacy of Germany and France: It is time for EU enlargement. The Western Balkan countries have been waiting for a long time, the United Kingdom is considering a return, and maybe one day Canada will also join.

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, called for all mosques in Jerusalem to close for Eid prayers so worshippers gather as close as possible to Al-Aqsa.

The call comes as Al-Aqsa has remained closed for more than two weeks.

🇹🇷 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Israel is led by a network that sees itself as superior to others and is deliberately dragging the region toward catastrophe.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 According to Politico, the US government finally determined that they will seek closer ties with Russia in order to counter China.

The strategy has been discussed for years, however, the Washington hawks opposed it due to the Russia's hostile attitude to the West, the Ukraine war, and opposition from the European leaders.

With the US increasingly cutting ties with the EU, and Trump distancing from Ukraine, this turn became more likely. Trump's newly discovered bond with Rubio helps convince the mainstream foreign policy hawks in DC.

However, Trump is scheduled to make state visit to China in the beginning of April and hold important trade negotiations with Chairman Xi. In this context, leaks about Trump's plans to align with Russia against China might be bluff to inflict additional pressure.

🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Israel killed Iran's surveillance minister. Iran confirmed.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Pakistan pauses military operation against Afghanistan for 5 days because of a Muslim holiday.

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Crude oil prices jumped after Israel attacked Iranian gas facilities in South Pars, $110 per barrel and the trend will likely continue.

🇸🇦 🇦🇪 🇶🇦 🇮🇷 All petrochemical plants that received warnings from Iran are currently in the evacuation phase.

🇬🇪 - Georgia holds state funeral for the deceased Patriarch of their Orthodox Church.

🇷🇺 - In the Moscow region, police found a travel bag with body of a woman cut in pieces inside.

Once the suspect was identified, police departed to arrest him, however, the man committed suicide shortly prior to their arrival.

🇦🇫🇵🇰 - Taliban temporarily suspends military operations against Pakistan, citing requests from Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia as the reason.

🇮🇷 Iranian President reportedly plans to resign and quit politics, according to Israeli Channel 14.