U.S. intelligence has flagged the risk of Chinese technology theft tied to the proposed sale of F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia. Internal assessments, including one from the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, warn Beijing could obtain the aircraft's technology through espionage or through its cooperation with Riyadh.

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Overnight, 17 out of 19 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels, and 2 official ships crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ.

Source: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense

No breakthrough was announced after Lebanon's ambassador to Washington, Nada Hamada Moawad, met Israeli Ambassador Leiter at the U.S. State Department. The two hour session covered implementation of the framework agreement signed by both countries, IDF activity and withdrawal in southern Lebanon, and possible expansion of the pilot areas. Findings were passed up to the political level ahead of the next negotiating round early next month, per Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese paper aligned with Hezbollah.

Three conditions were passed from Hezbollah to European Union representatives, per the Hezbollah-aligned Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.

Any military or security presence in southern Lebanon is rejected unless it is identified with the United Nations and implements Resolution 1701. The November 27, 2024 ceasefire agreement is the sole basis Hezbollah accepts for any discussion on the south, including the deployment of international forces. The U.S.-sponsored Israel-Lebanon framework agreement is rejected as a source of authority for such a force.

Bypass works are underway around Saudi Arabia's damaged pumping stations to get oil moving again to the Yanbu terminal on the Red Sea. Satellite imagery shows the East-West pipeline repairs moving fast.

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18 injured in overnight Russian air strikes on Kyiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia.

Trump on Venezuela:

We're taking out millions of barrels of oil. When they say, "To the victor belong the spoils," that's one of the greatest cases anyone's ever seen in history.

Marine Le Pen on Russia-Ukraine war:

Either NATO enters this war and it will be the Third World War, or we will witness a Hundred Years’ War.

This war has already lasted longer than the First World War, and nobody is talking about it.

There are 2 million victims. This is a real slaughter. It is terrible.

Lebanon's president has landed at the Elysee for a meeting with France's president.

NATO Secretary General Rutte:

'NATO will not be intimidated by Russia’s campaign of hostile actions. Their actions will only lead us to do more for Ukraine We will keep Ukraine strong, so peace can prevail'

Israel's policy of targeted killings of Hamas operatives will not dismantle the terrorist organization, a source close to the Board of Peace told the Jerusalem Post.

"The Board of Peace wants the complete dismantling and elimination of Hamas. Israel is eliminating individual Hamas members, but not Hamas itself."

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, addressing Ukraine:

"After the victory, Ukraine will be a huge exporter of military technology and we will be learning about how to conduct a modern war from your militaries."

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski on Poland's military strength:

"We have more tanks and more brigades than Germany, France and Britain combined that we could deploy."

Yemen: On the Kahboub front near Bab al-Mandab, two vehicles belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis were destroyed by the pro-government Giants forces. Clashes on the front are ongoing.

Patriot interceptors are the priority as Saudi Arabia runs low on air defenses against the Houthis. Riyadh has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt for help.

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Hezbollah member who lost his eyes in the pager operation speaks out about his pride for being injured for Gaza

President Trump has warned the European Union it could face "very serious tariffs" or a halt in trade with the United States if it proceeds with a proposal to make Canada its first associate member. Trump called the idea "laughable."

The IDF eliminated two Hamas Nukhba operatives in strikes in the northern Gaza Strip this week. One of them, Shariff Shadi Ibrahim Labed, took part in the raid on the Erez Crossing during the October 7 massacre. The second, Yosef Saad Aladin Rashed Zaim, served as a Nukhba commander in Hamas' military wing. Both were advancing plots against Israeli forces and civilians and working to rebuild Hamas' capabilities in violation of the ceasefire, according to the IDF.

Zelensky on China:

"It's a pity that China is not on our side in this war, politically, even it's not about weapons.

It's about the political will, and it's a pity because this war can be started and stopped immediately by strong leaders, including China."

Kremlin: US sanctions bill makes peace settlement harder.

Canadian PM Mark Carney wants Canada and Europe to build strategic autonomy together: critical minerals, defense industry, AI and compute, energy, space.

He also wants youth free to work, study and live on either side of the Atlantic.