🇬🇧⚡️- Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Zultana are launching a new socialist political party in Britain with other independent MPs.

The party plans on fielding candidates as early as next year although the party name has not been announced yet.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- Sirens at the US Consulate in Erbil, Iraq.

🇮🇶⚡- Explosion visible near the Erbil International Airport, Iraq.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- Drones operating over the US Consulate in Erbil, Iraq.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- Iraqi security forces have closed the road to the US Consulate in Erbil.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- One of the drones allegedly struck an outpost belonging to the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces near Erbil International Airport.

🇮🇶 - The moment of impact of one of the drones in Erbil.

🇪🇺🇨🇳⚡- China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told EU's Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas that Beijing fears a Russian defeat in Ukraine, as that could shift full US focus onto China.

Yi also denied China is aiding Russia's war efforts in Ukraine, claiming if that was the case the "conflict would have ended long ago."

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We had a call, it was a pretty long call. We talked about a lot of things, including Iran.

And we also talked about the war in Ukraine. I'm not happy about that. I didn't make any progress with him [Putin] today at all..." - President Donald Trump on his phone call with Putin earlier today.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "We haven't [paused weapons to Ukraine]. We're giving weapons. But we've given so many weapons, we are giving weapons, we're working with them [Ukraine] to try to help them. But we haven't [paused weapon supplies to Ukraine].

Biden emptied out our whole country giving them weapons. We have to make sure we have enough for ourselves," President Donald Trump.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Hezbollah must surrender its weapons so that Lebanon can control its own destiny," - Yair Lapid, Israeli Knesset Opposition Leader, to Sky News.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "If it is necessary for me to meet with the Iranian side, I will do so," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡- "I want to see the people of Gaza safe, they've been through hell," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Witkoff is in contact with the Iranians, and they want to talk to us. We don't want to hurt them. The Iranians have been hurt and are very exhausted," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Trump intends to announce a ceasefire agreement in Gaza on Monday," - Yediot Ahronot.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman 'secretly' met with President Trump in the White House yesterday to discuss the possibility of normalization with Israel.

Fox News says bin Salman also raised the Iranian and Palestinian issues during the meeting.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Large fires and smoke cover Kiev, Ukraine after 3.5 hours of sustained Russian drone and missile strikes. Reportedly, 18 ballistic missiles and 50+ drones hit the city.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Kiev this morning.

16 Iskander ballistic missiles, 2 Kinzhal hypersonics, and 50+ drones were used by Russia against the city overnight.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is preparing to formulate air and military enforcement against Iranian attempts to restore its nuclear and missile programs," - Israel Katz, Defense Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "If we did not act against Iran, we would pay an incomparably heavy price in the future," - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The first operation in Iran is over - but the campaign is not over yet," - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff.