🇮🇷⚡- "Announcing the cause of the incident at Shahid Rajaee Port, Bandar Abbas, will take time.

What has been revealed so far is that containers stored in a corner of the port, which may contain chemicals, exploded," - Fatemeh Mohajerani, Iran's Government Spokeswoman.

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- Starmer and Zelensky have both left the British embassy in Rome, after their meeting ended which lasted over an hour.

🇮🇷⚡️- The death toll at the Shahid Rajaee port explosion in Bandar Abbas has climbed to 20, with at least 600 injuries reported.

🇮🇷⚡- Eskandar Momeni, Iran's Minister of Interior, has arrived at Bandar Abbas, south Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- After lasting almost 5 hours, the third round of US-Iran talks in Muscat, Oman, have ended.

🇮🇷⚡- NASA satellite imagery shows a large number of fires present at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, south Iran.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Trump blasts Putin!

"There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?” Too many people are dying!!!" - Donald Trump, US President.

Trump's comments follow the NYT article, which followed the Trump-Starmer-Macron-Zelensky talks at the Vatican.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Putin is ready to negotiate with Ukraine directly, without preconditions," - The Kremlin.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "Trump called the media reports regarding Ukraine must hand Crimea to stop the killings as ridiculous in his meeting with Zelensky," - Insider, Ukrainian outlet.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "It took one simple meeting at the Vatican [to change Trump's mind]. No Vance, Witkoff, Rubio and here is the result," - Insider, Ukrainian outlet.

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇻🇦⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky now meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Rome, following his talks with Trump, Macron and Starmer.

🇺🇸🇪🇺⚡- President Trump and European Commission President von der Leyen have agreed to meet soon.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "The agreement between Iran and the United States to meet again is a sign of further progress in the negotiations," - Axios.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Ukrainian special services agent Ignat Kuzin, who planted a car bomb that killed Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, has been detained," - FSB.

🇺🇸⚡️- Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, is helping lead the charge against David Hogg in the Democratic Party over his plans to launch primary races against incumbent moderate Democrats. Watts alleges that Hogg is just using the initiative to funnel money into his Leaders We Deserve PAC.

Hogg has responded on Twitter calling this a "smear campaign".

🇨🇳🇻🇳⚡- BREAKING: Chinese forces capture Sandy Cay located in the northwest of the Thitu Reefs, South China Sea.

The Chinese military landed on the cay, raising its flag.

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡️- Three US airstrikes against Sana'a, capital of Ansarullah-controlled Yemen.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Stand-off between the Philippines and China at the Scarborough Shoal.

The Philippine Navy have begun reinforcing its position east of the shoal. With 4 Philippines Coast Guard vessels, BRP Bagacay, BRP Ramon Alcaraz, BRP Gabriela Silang, BRP Suluan having arrived.

However, more importantly, the US combat vessel, USS Savannah is also seen operating south of the shoal. The closest the US has ever been to Scarborough Shoal.

Scarborough Shoal is currently blockaded by at least 11 Chinese vessels.

🇮🇷⚡- Fire continues to rage at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, south Iran.

🇮🇷 - Fire at the Bandar Abbas Port in southern Iran seems to be getting significantly worse, it's now visible on meteosat imagery.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entire port as well as nearby towns and settlements.