🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Chinese vessels continue to circle the Philippine vessel in the shoal, ongoing for 11 days.

🇵🇭⚡- "The whole world are stakeholders in the peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific region," – Philippines President, Bongbong Marcos, at the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue, SLD, in Singapore.

China has sent a delegation to SLD and for the first time since 2022 both the US and China would be present at the same time.

🇵🇭⚡- "If a Filipino citizen was killed by a willful act, that is very close to what we define as an act of war. And we will respond accordingly." – Philippines President, Bongbong Marcos, responding to Chinese behaviour in the contested shoals.

🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- "The People's Liberation Army is ready, together with the Russian army, to defend justice in the world," – Wu Qian, Chinese Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NOTE: The American proposal includes a 'permanent cessation of hostilities', NOT a permanent ceasefire

According to sources on the internet, a cessation of hostilities is non-binding, and is usually applied when negotiations are still ongoing.

This means that Israel could announce a cessation of hostilities to get back the hostages, and then continue the war nevertheless. Language is EXTREMELY important in these types of deals.

Never trust America.

@Middle_East_Spectator

🇱🇹🇺🇦🇧🇾⚡- Lithuania gives Ukraine the right to strike Belarus with Lithuanian weapons.

🇫🇷⚡- 18 year old Chechen arrested in France, who was planning attacks at soccer games, ahead of the Olympics.

🇹🇷🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- "We support the continued assistance to Ukraine and Ukraine’s ability to provide deterrence, but we do not want NATO to take part in this war," – Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan.

🇺🇲🇻🇪⚡- "We could teach the US on how to hold free elections," – Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Yvan Gil.

🇺🇸⚡️- The Texas Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the state's pro-life laws.

🇺🇸🦁⚡️- Elon Musk will hold a town hall on X with Donald Trump.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1796579097633763586

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🇺🇲🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine used HIMARS on Russian territory, Belgorod, for the first time, after they were given permission to strike Russian territory.

🇺🇲⚡- Former commander of the US Navy in Europe and Africa, Admiral Robert Burke, was arrested under charges of bribery – US Department of Justice.

🇮🇷⚡- General Wajihollah Moradi has been confirmed dead. Moradi was Qassem Soleimani's personal assistant and right-hand man.

Iranian media claims he passed away due to health problems. It is also alleged he may have been killed in the recent joint US-UK strikes on Yemen's AnsarAllah.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- An Israeli Hermes 900 was shot down by Hezbollah over southern Lebanon by a Burkan surface-to-air missile.

🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, has arrived in Singapore for Shangri-La Dialogue, SLD, 2024, a summit typically for Asian Defense Ministries.

🇨🇳⚡- China has accused the US of "building Asia-Pacific NATO", at SLD 2024.

🇵🇭⚡- "There is no such thing as a ‘regional issue’ anymore, freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is a ‘world issue’ now," – Philippines President, Bongbong Marcos, at SLD 2024.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "'Taiwan independence' means war," – Chinese Army Lieutenant General, Jing Jianfeng, at SLD 2024.

🇮🇷⚡- Alireza Zakani, current Mayor of Tehran, has placed himself in for the Presidential elections, in Iran.