🇨🇩⚡- The opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo released a joint statement calling for the 'immediate resignation' of Felix Tshisekedi as President if he 'has any honor or dignity left'.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "As I told you, we are a small country, we are a poor country, but when it comes to the right to live, make no mistake. I do not beg, I will not beg anyone," - Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, at the African Union Summit 2025.

🇺🇳🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "There is no military solution [to eastern DR Congo]," - Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, at the African Union Summit 2025. Guterres refrains from mentioning Rwanda even once for supporting the M23.

🇦🇿⚡️- Azerbaijan becomes the first majority Muslim country to define antisemitism in school textbooks.

🇱🇧🇮🇷⚡- Violent clashes between pro-Iranian protestors and the Lebanese military, with reports of gunfights too.

The protests have been ongoing for three nights in a row.

🇺🇬🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "We are on the way to Bunia [Ituri region capital, eastern DR Congo], the people are welcoming us as liberators. They should lay down their arms otherwise we will kill them all," - Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's Chief of Staff.

🇺🇬🇨🇩🇷🇼 - There are no verified reports as of yet confirming a Ugandan advance towards Bunia, Ituri region, eastern DR Congo.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Rwanda-DR Congo border in Bukavu, eastern DR Congo, falls to the M23 (AFC).

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- BREAKING: The entire of Bukavu city, eastern DR Congo, falls to M23.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- Marco Rubio is now meeting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel.

🇺🇦⚡️- Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that presidential elections will be held in Ukraine on October 26th, 2025.

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡️-PM Keir Starmer has said he is ready to station British troops in the Ukraine after a ceasefire with Russia. Stating it was “essential if we are to deter Putin from further aggression in the future".

🇵🇸⚡- Hamas has said that it is ready to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇸🇦⚡- "Saudi Arabia wants to become a mediator between the US and Iran on a new nuclear deal," - CNN.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is taking steps to derail the second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal. Netanyahu is deliberately delaying the process and not initiating discussions on the next phase of the agreement," - The Times of Israel.

🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- European leaders to hold an emergency summit on Ukraine in Paris, France, today. The foreign ministers of the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, the EU, and others will be present.

🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡- Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, to visit Saudi Arabia today.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡- Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, arrives in Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦⚡️- "US and Russia to discuss restoration of ties in Saudi Arabia talks tomorrow." - The Kremlin.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - One year ago today Russian forces captured the strategic city of Avdeevka, Donetsk region.