🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- The 280 'foreign mercenaries,' of which most were Romanian, which were captured by M23 in eastern Goma city, eastern DR Congo, are now being transported to Rwanda.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- M23 claims they hold over 500 foreign mercenaries, mostly European, that were captured in Goma, eastern DR Congo.

🇰🇪🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Felix Tshisekedi, President of DR Congo, has refused to participate in the Kenyan-led emergency crisis meeting on Goma, after his press office initially said he would be attending.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- "Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa asked Moscow to hand over the ousted President Bashar al-Assad," - Reuters.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- M23 were seen at the Great Lakes University early morning, in the south of Goma (-1.65887, 29.18294), which means M23 is now in control of almost the entire Lake Kivu coastline in the city.

Overnight, clashes were reported in the Wakibaba area, northwest of Goma, eastern DR Congo. The city has essentially fallen, with small pockets of resistance in the southwest, which are supported by the DR Congo base in Kashero.

🇸🇸⚡- A plane with 21 passengers and crew members on board, crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in South Sudan, killing 18 people and injuring 3 others.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- M23 have captured Sake, Goma direction, eastern DR Congo.

The situation in the Lake Kivu region has become critical for the DR Congo armed forces.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Uspenovka, and most of Novoaleksandrovka - Pokrovsk direction. From Novoaleksandrovka, Russian troops are now less than 3.5km from the Dnepr region border.

Russian forces have also captured the train station in the southwest of Udachnoe.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel has stated that it will not withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon until the Lebanese army demonstrates its ability to control the territory. The Israeli military has stressed that it does not trust the Lebanese forces to ensure security on the border and will continue military operations in the region for the next three weeks, as stipulated by the extended truce," - Ynet.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- "Syria demands Russia take into account past mistakes and respect the will of the Syrian people. Russia must focus on restoring trust on the part of the Syrian people through specific measures such as compensation, restoration and rehabilitation," - Asharq al-Awsat, Saudi outlet.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman, refused to answer questions from the Syrian outlet, SANA. The outlet asked whether Russia will hand Bashar al-Assad over to Syria, as the Syrian government demands, and if Russia will pay compensation to Syria, as Syria requests.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Ukraine has launched Storm Shadow missiles at Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been closed. Missile alerts raised in Crimea, Rostov, Krasnodar, Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine's Storm Shadows enter the Lugansk region airspace.

🇮🇳🇰🇪⚡- India and Kenya are preparing to withdraw from the World Health Organization, WHO.

🇦🇺 ⚡️- Police in Sydney have found a van filled with explosives on a public street with notes including the address of a synagogue. The incident took place on Jan 19, but was only revealed after it was leaked to the media.

🇸🇩⚡- Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, capture two major districts in northern Khartoum, Sudan - al-Khatmiya and al-Waburat.

Rapid Support Forces, RSF, now hold only the Industrial Center and Kafouri districts in northern Khartoum.

SAF also advanced along Nile Street in Khartoum Central (3), capturing Sudan's Central Bank. The advance puts RSF on Tuti Island at risk of complete encirclement, as the SAF are now less than 850 meters from the Tuti Bridge.