🇬🇧⚡️- Two more pro Gaza independent candidates have beaten Labour in Dewsbury Batley as well as Blackburn.

This makes a total of 4 Gaza independents winning.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Peaceful people [civilians] are still sitting in Krasnogorovka, even after the disaster the city went through. Most enter dialogue with the Russians and aid them." – Ukrainian 79th Brigade, 'Cyborgs', which defends the Krasnogorovka–Ugledar direction.

🇮🇷⚡️- As of 4 hours ago, the second round of Iran's presidential election has started. It's currently down to two candidates:

Dr. Saeed Jalili, Principalists
Masoud Pezeshkian, Reformists

🇮🇷 - Admin predicts a victory for Saeed Jalili. We will see in the coming hours.

🇬🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli newspaper "Israel Hayom" reports that Israel is preparing for a "deterioration in relations with Britain" after the victory of Labour.

🇷🇺🇭🇺⚡️- Hungarian Prime Minister Orban has arrived in Moscow to meet Russian President Putin.

🇬🇧⚡️- Keir Starmer has been officially appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, replacing Rishi Sunak.

🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, plans to invite Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, on a historic visit to Turkey.

The visit is seen as part of the process of normalisation of relations between the two countries, laid out by Turkey. Erdogan is hopeful Russian President, Vladimir Putin, can meditate between the two parties.

🇺🇲🇪🇺🇭🇺⚡- "Orban does not represent NATO's position," – Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Multiple red alerts in northern Israel

— 🇮🇷 The election, based on the expected turnout, will be EXTREMELY close.

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🇺🇸🦁⚡️- President Trump has disavowed Project 2025.

🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah officials reportedly told Reuters that a Gaza ceasefire means a Hezbollah ceasefire, "from hour one."

🇭🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has been added to the Ukrainian Myrotvorets "Kill List" after meeting with Russian President Putin.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Voter turnout has surpassed 51% – exceeding the turnout of the 2021 Presidential election – with half an hour left

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🇺🇸⚡️- Joe Biden tweeted today that he intends to stay in the 2024 presidential race.

🇮🇷⚡- Reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, leads in the second round of the presidential elections – Reuters.

🇮🇷⚡- Masoud Pezeshkian is expected to win Iran's presidential election with nearly 16 million votes – Raja News, a pro-Jalili news outlet.

🇮🇷⚡- Raja News estimate 13 million have so far voted for Saeed Jalili.

Note, these are not official figures.

🇮🇷⚡- The first official count:
Masoud Pezeshkian: 1,263,874 votes
Saeed Jalili: 1,244,640 votes