🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The USS Wasp amphibious assault ship, which is currently being deployed to the Mediterranean, is apparently carrying elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in preparation to be deployed to Israel and Lebanon to prepare an evacuation of American citizens.

🇮🇶⚡- Pro-Hezbollah Iraqi factions have begun training in anticipation of a possible regional war. New weapon systems and equipment are seen arriving from Russia and Iran.

🇺🇲🇹🇼🇨🇳⚡- "US doesn't need China's permission to talk to allies in Taiwan," – Congress approves amendment lifting limits between US and Taiwan.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Turkey arrests their own commander, General Bilal Cokay, who has been convicted of being involved in the Syrian slave trade and organ trafficking, in the Turkish-controlled regions of northern Syria.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, dismisses normalizing relations with Turkey, if Turkey does not completely withdraw from the north of Syria.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- "There is no reason not to establish diplomatic relations with Syria. We have no intention of intervening in Syria's internal affairs. The Syrian people are a brotherly community." – Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.

🇷🇺⚡- "Russia will consider slowing down the speed of YouTube instead of blocking it completely," – Anton Gorelkin, State Duma Deputy.

🇱🇧⚡- The Foreign Ministries of Jordan and Australia have now also warned their citizens not to travel to Lebanon.

🇺🇸⚡️- White House officials: "Biden is committed to running as the Democrat candidate and he is also well committed to participate in the 2nd debate which is scheduled for the 10th of September."

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Pentagon official Sabrina Singh told Al-Mayadeen: "The goal of sending the “WASP” attack ship to the eastern Mediterranean is to reduce tension."

🇧🇾🇺🇦⚡- Belarus is bringing multiple rocket launch systems to the Gomel-Chernigov border with Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian forces are allegedly preparing to withdraw from Krasnogorovka (Mariinka direction). Over the past two days Russian troops advanced greatly in several of the city's districts.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Voting locations are now officially closed, people who got inside before 00:00 will still be allowed to cast their vote

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🇰🇪⚡- Widespread looting happening across Nairobi, Kenya, in the aftermath of the recent anti-Ruto protests.

— ❗️🇮🇷 Still no official vote count yet – but semi-official media now reporting unconfirmed preliminary numbers:

– 42.6% Pezeshkian (Reformist)
– 38.8% Jalili (Hardline)
– 13.8% Ghalibaf (Populist)
– 0.8% Pourmohammadi (Reformist)

With these results, there will be a second round between Jalili and Pezeshkian on July 15th.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Sokol and have already gained a foothold on the eastern outskirts of Evgenovka – Avdiivka direction.

— 🇮🇷 BREAKING: It is now confirmed that Iran's Presidential election will go to a second round within one week, between Dr. Saeed Jalili and Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian

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— ❗️🇮🇷 BREAKING: UPDATED OFFICIAL VOTE COUNT RELEASED (3)

Total votes counted so far: 5,852,805

Pezeshkian: 2,410,760
Jalili: 2,408,079
Qalibaf: 780,202
Pourmohammadi: 40,428

Source: Election Headquarters, Iranian Ministry of Interior – Fars News

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🇧🇾🇺🇦⚡- The Ukrainian Armed Forces are drawing a large number of personnel to the Gomel-Chernigov border with Belarus.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Red alert in Kiryat Shmona

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Additional strikes against Kiryat Shmona