🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- The US government condemns the 'unsafe and irresponsible actions' by China over the Scarborough Shoal, saying Chinese behavior is a 'threat to navigation' in the area.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Hamas releases four Israeli hostages that were killed in captivity. Their coffins were allegedly locked with keys that do not open them, therefore Israel had to deploy engineer teams to unlock them.

Israeli media reports that Israel is upset that the Palestinians 'humiliated' the four by playing music in the crowd and with people cheering.

Note, 5 days ago Israel dressed over 100 Palestinian prisoners of all ages in all white with the Star of David and the phrase 'We will not forget and we will not forgive', which was not seen as humiliating.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The coffins of the dead hostages are being examined by the engineering corps for fear that they may be booby-trapped," - Channel 12.

🇺🇬🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Uganda's military enters front-line city of Lubero, North Kivu direction, eastern DR Congo.

Fighting in the North Kivu direction has been fierce, with M23 recently capturing Kitsambiro, just 11km south of Lubero. Uganda and the DRC both claim that the Ugandan military is working jointly with the FARDC in the Ituri region to combat extremist groups. However, that wouldn't explain their presence so close to the front-line in the North Kivu region.

The M23 are likely to reach Lubero before the end of the week and will come into contact with Uganda's military, and only then will Uganda's military operation and its purposes become clear.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russia's 810th Brigade have in fact crossed into the Sumy region, Ukraine, from Kursk as Putin claimed.

Russian forces completely bypassed Novyenko, and have captured half of Basovka - south of Sverdlikovo. The Sumy-Sudzha supply route is less than 3km away.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡ - BREAKING: The Trump Administration considers "limiting" the amount of sanctions placed on the Russian Federation.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "There will be no second phase, Gaza will be opened up and liberated with unprecedented fire," - Channel 14.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "US President Trump told his consultants in his reaction to seeing the humiliating return of the bodies of Israeli hostages: I want to see Gaza destroyed, and I do not want to see even one existing building," - Channel 14.

🇬🇧🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We will not accept British forces on Ukrainian territory," - Russia's embassy in London.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "There will be no second phase of the exchange deal and we will try to extend the first phase for two weeks to recover the largest number of prisoners," - Channel 14.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have reached the southern outskirts Novyenko, Sumy region. Ukraine is bringing heavy reinforcements into the area.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Turkish airstrikes against south of Ain al-Arab, SDF-controlled northern Syria.

🇺🇸🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- US Treasury sanctions James Kabarebe, Rwanda's Minister of State, and Lawrence Kanyuka, M23 Spokesman.

🇺🇸⚡️- Senator Mitch McConnell announces his retirement from the United States Senate- he will not be seeking re-election next year.

🇷🇺🇬🇪⚡- Georgia withdraws from the '3+3 Format', with the ruling party, Georgian Dream, saying they will 'not sit at any negotiating table' as long as 'Russia occupies their lands'.

The '3+3 Format' is a Caucasian regional cooperation platform which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran and Russia.

🇦🇿⚡- Azerbaijan's Presidential Office tells BBC-Azerbaijan to cease its operations in the country.

🇺🇸⚡️- US Senate to vote on the confirmation of Kash Patel as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in approximately 1 hour. At this time, it seems Patel will be confirmed by the Senate, possibly requiring a tiebreaker from Vice President J.D. Vance.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡ - The United States has ceased the sale of weapons to Ukraine, according to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada's Defense Committee.

🇺🇸⚡️- Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Two buses exploded in Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, Israel. No casualties reported.

🇮🇱⚡- A third explosion in Bat Yam, Israel.