💬 🇺🇸 Jesse Watters: Who was Epstein spying for?

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche: I don’t know that he was spying for anybody. Nobody’s ever said that.

#️⃣ 🇰🇼 Kuwait says one of its power and water desalination plants was attacked earlier today, causing material damage.

💬 🇫🇷 French President Macron:

Our objective is not to be the vassals of two dominant powers.

We don’t want to depend on the dominance of China, and we don’t want to be too much exposed to the unpredictability of the US.

💬 🇫🇷 French President Macron:

There is room, a space, to build new cooperation between Korea and France, in order to have such an agenda shared by Korea and France, and bringing with us other Europeans, Canada, Japan, India, Brazil, and Australia.

You start having a sort of third way — those who don’t want to be dependent on China or aligned by definition with the US.

💬 🇫🇷 French President Macron:

Iran is a very bad regime — no discussion about that. I disagree with them on a lot of topics.

But I don’t believe that we will fix the situation just by bombings or by military operations.

Look at what happened with this type of operation in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Libya — we never delivered. Never. Even after 20 years.

So you have to respect the sovereignty of people. If people want to change a regime, they want to react, step up, they can do so.

💬 🇫🇷 French President Macron:

We do not consider climate change a crazy idea; it is based on science, it does exist, and it needs to be fixed.

💡 🇮🇷 Iran's Tasnim claims a U.S. pilot ejected after F-15E jet was downed in Iran and may have been captured by Iranian forces, though details remain unconfirmed.

💬 🇺🇦 Zelensky:

If we are involved in unblocking the Strait of Hormuz, we will consider the proposal and help.

We have important experience from reopening the Black Sea corridor.

It’s not just about unblocking, but maintaining security and clear rules.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Armed tribesmen and villagers in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad are searching for possible U.S. forces after reports of a rescue attempt, patrolling mountains and rural areas.

😭 🇯🇵 A Japanese LNG tanker has safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz.

It is the first Japanese vessel to do so since the war began.

#️⃣ 🇦🇪 ABU DHABI HAS SUSPENDED OPERATIONS AT ITS LARGEST GAS PROCESSING COMPLEX AFTER DEBRIS FROM AN IRANIAN MISSILE FELL ON IT.

The Habshan gas complex has now halted operations for the second time since the escalation of the Middle East conflict.

The facility processes gas for domestic use in the UAE and also serves as the starting point of an oil pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz.

#️⃣ 🇺🇦🇺🇸 THE U.S. DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2027 PREPARED BY THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR MILITARY, FINANCIAL, OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.

#️⃣ 🇮🇱 Israeli Channel 12 claims that one of the crew members of the U.S. F-15E jet downed in Iran has been successfully rescued.

#️⃣ 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Israel is not involved in U.S. rescue operations for pilots in Iran.

One of the two crew members of the U.S. F-15E shot down over Iran has been rescued, while the search for the second continues.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇱🇧 U.S. urges its citizens to depart Lebanon “while commercial flight options remain available.”

#️⃣ 🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷 Efforts led by Pakistan to broker a U.S.–Iran cease-fire have stalled, with Iran refusing talks in Islamabad and rejecting U.S. demands.

Türkiye and Egypt are exploring new venues like Doha or Istanbul and proposing fresh ideas to revive negotiations.

- WSJ

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter may have also been hit over Iran while conducting rescue operations to locate the second F-15E crew member.

The Black Hawk was seen trailing smoke as it crossed into southern Iraq from Iran today.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump has been briefed on the U.S. F-15E fighter jet that was downed over Iran earlier today, CBS News reports.

#️⃣ 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Israel cancelled planned strikes in Iran to avoid harming or interfering in the ongoing U.S. search-and-rescue efforts following the downing of a U.S. F-15E fighter jet, according to Axios, citing an Israeli official.

😵‍💫 🇺🇸 A second U.S. combat aircraft, an A-10 Warthog, crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.

The pilot was safely rescued.

At roughly the same time, an F-15E was shot down over Iran.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. proposed a 48-hour ceasefire via a third country.

Iran rejected it indirectly by continuing heavy attacks instead of giving a written response.

- Fars