🇲🇱⚡- Pro-junta sources confirm a JNIM blockade is in place in the north and southeast areas of Mali's capital Bamako.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump rejected the Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the U.S. blockade of the Strait will continue until Iran agrees to a nuclear deal, according to Axios.

🇺🇸🛢⚡️- BREAKING: Oil prices have risen by over 7%, with Brent crude surpassing $119 per barrel and WTI climbing above $107.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- President Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone earlier today.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier is departing the Middle East and returning home after a 10-month deployment, significantly downgrading American firepower potentially needed for the Iran war. - The Washington Post.

🇲🇱⚡- Gourma Rharous, Timbactou direction, south of River Niger, has fallen to the FLA+JNIM control. Malian and Russian troops have withdrawn to the three fortified FAMa positions located just southwest of the town.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- The Department of Justice charged the Mexican Governor of Sinaloa Rubén Rocha Moya and 9 other current and former Mexican officials with allegedly conspiring with leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel to import massive amounts of narcotics into the U.S.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Democratic House Rep. Josh Gottheimer and Republican Mike Lawler have introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning Hasan Piker and Candace Owens for “antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories.”

The resolution also calls on social media platforms to censor antisemitism and anti Israel rhetoric.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Israel informed the US administration that the current situation is leading to the erosion of Israel's deterrence power." - Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf mocks the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and says oil will reach $140 after breaking $120 earlier today.

🇲🇱🇷🇺 - Situation in northern and central Mali.

The FLA has asked Russia to withdraw from the country permanently.

Map key:
Purple: FLA+JNIM,
Orange + Green: Malian military, FAMa, and pro-FAMa,
Grey: Islamic State of the Sahel region areas of operations.

Note, unmarked territory indicates JNIM areas of operations / influence, and weak FAMa presence.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Gas prices have spiked by $0.70-$0.90 in multiple states, including Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin, according to GasBuddy.

Prices have risen to as high as $5 per gallon in a single day.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "I told Netanyahu he has got to do it more surgically. Not knock down buildings. He can't do it. It is too terrible and makes Israel look bad." - President Trump to Axios on Israel's attacks on Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇩🇪⚡️- "The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with a determination to be made over the next short period of time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"- President Trump on Truth Social.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- U.S. CENTCOM has asked to send the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, according to Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The Trump Administration is asking countries to join a "Maritime Freedom Construct" that would see countries involved share information, coordinate diplomatically, and enforce sanctions to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The MFC would be a joint effort between the U.S. State Department and CENTCOM.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: U.S. nationwide gas prices have reached an average of $4.30 per gallon, the highest since July 2022, according to GasBuddy live data.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- Iranian-linked oil tankers are spoofing and disguising themselves as Iraqi ships to bypass the U.S. blockade. - Fox News.