🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have entered Shevchenko, Komar direction.

The town is home to Ukraine's largest lithium deposit. US-Ukraine will need another round of negotiations to update their mineral deal.

🇲🇱🇩🇿⚡- BREAKING: Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have recalled their ambassadors from Algeria.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The correspondence between Iranian officials and Hamas leaders published by the Israeli Foreign Minister is false," - A senior Hamas Official told al-Arabiya.

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- International Crisis Group, a Belgium Think Tank, says the US is wrong to believe that airstrikes alone can force the Houthis to back down.

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- "Regional diplomatic sources, as well as analysts, say that ultimately only a ground offensive can dislodge the Houthis," - CNN.

🇾🇪🇮🇱⚡- "Yemen's Houthis continue to challenge Israel's air defense system. The Houthis launched a drone on a new route across the Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, with the aim of entering Israel from the Dead Sea low-lying area," - Ma'ariv.

🇲🇱🇩🇿⚡- Mali summons the Algerian ambassador after acknowledging its UAV was shot down by Algeria.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Bill Ackman comes out strong against the tariff regime saying the US will enter a "economic nuclear winter".

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, says Iran and the US have not yet held talks.

🇺🇸⚡️- Market futures continue to collapse with the S&P falling 4%, the Nasdaq 5%, and oil prices crashing.

🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 The Lebanese army has confiscated or destroyed 197 of Hezbollah's 260 warehouses south of the Litani River since the ceasefire was declared, but this has been done with extreme secrecy to prevent the army from clashing with Hezbollah supporters. This is Lebanon's position when asked by the Americans why this has not been made public.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump on Truth Social, unfazed by the markets, doubles down on his tariff plan.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡️- Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei 225, has halted trading.

🇺🇸⚡️- House Speaker Mike Johnson said today on a conference call that people should "trust Trump" however as almost enough GOP Senators voice support for stripping tariffs away its possible the House Democrats with GOP support could pass the law without GOP House leadership.

🇦🇺⚡- Australia's stock market falls 6.4%.

🇰🇷⚡- South Korea's stock market down -4.3%.

🇰🇷⚡- South Korea's market in free-fall, at -5% now.

🇯🇵🇰🇷🇦🇺⚡- Brent and WTI Crude Oil crashing as Asian markets open.

🇯🇵⚡- Japan's markets are down 10%!

🇺🇳⚡- Global stocks have erased well over $20 trillion since February 19th.

🇬🇧🇩🇪⚡- The UK stock futures down 4.1%, while Germany futures -5%.