🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Defense Minister Gallant: "Hezbollah started the war and its our duty to change the situation."

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- US envoy Amos Hochstein has announced the following after his trip to Israel to mediate between Israel and Hezbollah: "The attempts to settle an agreement in the north have failed."

🇷🇺🇰🇵🇰🇷⚡- "We warn the authorities in Moscow that negotiations with the North [North Korea] should not be conducted in a way that undermines peace and stability on the Korean peninsula," – Cho Tae-yul, South Korea’s Foreign Minister.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- More than 30 very powerful explosions reported in Belgorod region, Russia.

🇺🇦🇪🇪⚡- "This is not a red line for us. Estonia is ready to talk about sending Estonian troops to Ukraine," – Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Scenes from the Chinese-Philippines confrontation on the outskirts of Second Thomas shoal - 18th July.

🇨🇦🇮🇷⚡️- Canada has designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

🇺🇸✝️⚡️- Louisiana has legally mandated the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms.

🇸🇩🇦🇪⚡- The Sudanese representative at the United Nations Security Council accuses the UAE of supporting the Rapid Support Forces.

🇨🇾⚡- Cypriot media claims a sharp increase in hotel cancellations.

🇷🇺🇻🇳⚡️- After visiting North Korea, Russian President Putin has now arrived in Vietnam.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- China deploys CCG5901 'The Monster', the world's largest coast guard ship, to the Sabina shoal.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- China is preparing to blockade Scarborough shoal – Philippines state-media. Philippines believes China is preparing a third front in Scarborough, after China took control of Sabina and Second Thomas shoals.

🇬🇧⚡️- UK Conservative Party leadership is preparing to tell many candidates that their seats will be deemed "unwinnable" and divert resources to a much smaller collection of safe seats as the party fights for survival.

🇬🇧⚡️- Nigel Farage is set to win Clacton with the biggest swing in modern electoral history, winning 42% of the vote, according to a Survation poll.

🇺🇲🇮🇱⚡- Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to influence the US elections and move against Biden – Haaretz.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- IDF burning an apartment block in Rafah.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media reporting large explosions in Haifa

🇬🇧⚡️- The Gambling Commission is investigating even more Tory candidates today for placing bets with insider knowledge about the date of the election, the party has yet to suspend any candidates from running who are under scrutiny.

The Tories have also adopted new campaign language signaling that they have no delusions about winning a majority promising to hold the Labour majority "accountable".

🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️ - China has restarted processing payments from Russian banks.