🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "We are working hard with the British government, but with other European countries things may be more difficult," - JD Vance, US Vice-President, in an interview with British outlet 'UnHerd'.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "It's ridiculous for Zelensky to tell an administration that funds his government and war efforts that they support Russia," - JD Vance, US Vice-President, in an interview with British outlet 'UnHerd'.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "I love European people. I’ve said repeatedly that I think that you can’t separate American culture from European culture," - JD Vance, US Vice-President, in an interview with British outlet 'UnHerd'.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "The reality is, it’s blunt to say it, but it’s also true, that Europe’s entire security infrastructure, for my entire life, has been subsidized by the United States of America. As recently as a quarter-century ago, you could say that Europe had many vibrant militaries, at least militaries that could defend their own homelands," - JD Vance, US Vice-President, in an interview with British outlet 'UnHerd'.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "Fast forward to today, most European nations don’t have militaries that can provide for their reasonable defense. The British are an obvious exception, the French are an obvious exception, the Poles are an obvious exception," - JD Vance, US Vice-President, in an interview with British outlet 'UnHerd'.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "I don’t think that Europe being more independent is bad for the United States — it’s good for the United States. Just going back through history, I think, quite frankly, the British and the French were certainly right in their disagreements with Eisenhower about the Suez Canal," - JD Vance, US Vice-President, in an interview with British outlet 'UnHerd'.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "My message to the Europeans in that of Charles de Gaulle at the height of the Cold War, when the French President said he 'loved the United States of America', but he recognized what I certainly recognize, that it’s not in Europe’s interest, and it’s not in America’s interest, for Europe to be a permanent security vassal of the United States," - JD Vance, US Vice-President, in an interview with British outlet 'UnHerd'.

🇱🇧🇵🇸⚡- Saudi outlet, al-Hadath, says the Lebanese intelligence forces have arrested Hamas members in several camps in the south of Lebanon.

Reports are unconfirmed.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia has asked the United States to allow frozen Russian assets to be used to purchase Boeing aircrafts after a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Trump personally ordered the cancellation of a Pentagon briefing that was to reveal Washington's secret plans in the event of a conflict with China, because Elon Musk was in attendance.

"What the hell is Musk doing here? Make sure he doesn't show up," source quotes Trump saying, indicating that the President personally ordered his staff to cancel the meeting," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- "We deny the accuracy of media reports regarding the reduction of our forces in Syria," - The Pentagon.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- While Iran has claimed the next round of 'indirect' talks will be relocated back to being held in Muscat, Oman, after it was revealed JD Vance will be in Rome for Easter.

Axios has now reported that the April 19 US-Iran talks will still happen in Rome, Italy.

🇺🇸🇲🇦⚡- US approves sales of Stinger missiles to Morocco worth $825 million.

🇹🇳⚡- Large protests have erupted across Tunisia after three students died, and two others seriously injured, when a school wall collapsed in the city of al-Mezzouna.

Protests over the past hour have turned violent.

🇹🇳⚡- Several black SUVs pour into al-Mezzouna, Tunisia, believed to be carrying security forces.

🇹🇳⚡- Scenes from al-Mezzouna, Tunisia.

🇨🇦⚡️- Poll released before the debate tonight shows the Liberals maintaining the lead with a small NDP and Bloc comeback.

🇨🇦⚡️- Green Party has been removed from both the French and English language debate's due to lack of qualified candidates running.

🇺🇸🇪🇸🇲🇦 - The Trump administration is considering closing one of its key naval bases in Europe, located in Rota, Spain, and establishing a large facility in Morocco.

🇸🇸⚡- Violent clashes between the South Sudanese armed forces and the 'White Army' in the Pigi County, northern SPLM-IO controlled South Sudan.