🇾🇪⚡- Initial reports, the Houthis are carrying out missile exercises, with the projectiles landing in open waters in the Red Sea.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- BREAKING: "There is no external agent governing Venezuela." - Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez.

🇺🇸🇩🇰🇬🇱⚡- "Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that the aggressive rhetoric by the Trump administration on Greenland is meant to push Denmark into negotiations, not signal a military invasion.

The goal remains buying Greenland, though the White House continues to say military force isn’t off the table," - The Wall Street Journal.

🇮🇷⚡️- Initial reports of major IRGC helicopter and fighter jet movement throughout the western part of Iran, reports of multiple jets flying at low altitude and air defenses active.

🇮🇷⚡️- IRGC helicopters flying over Tehran.

🇮🇷⚡️- Very likely exercises.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- The Trump Admin has warned Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello to cooperate or face potential targeting. - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Trump is avoiding for now putting the opposition in power in Venezuela, because that would imply a massive and prolonged deployment of American troops. Meanwhile, he considers playing with domestic actors willing to collaborate." - ABC journalist David Alandete.

🇺🇸⚡️- Supreme Court will be issuing opinions this Friday, most important of which is its ruling on President Trump's tariff powers. The Court is likely to limit his powers to implement them.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet will meet with oil company chief executives Friday at the White House to discuss plans for them to enter Venezuela and drill, four people familiar with the plans. - POLITICO

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡️- Russia has sent a submarine and other naval assets to escort suspected Iranian shadow tanker BELLA 1 to avoid US seizure. - WSJ.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "The IDF estimates that if it were not for the developments in Iran, the attack plan against Hezbollah - which had already been prepared - would have been carried out. Netanyahu received the green light from Trump, and the army announced preparations are complete." - Ynet.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Since Maduro's capture, the Venezuelan stock exchange IBC Index has surged 74.71% in just 2 trading sessions and is up 156% in the last 30 days.

The Venezuelan IBC index tracks the top 15 most liquid and capitalized stocks in the Caracas Stock Exchange.

🇮🇷⚡️- "Iran considers the escalation of its enemies' rhetoric against it a threat and will not let it continue without a response." - Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami.

🇮🇷⚡️- Massive amounts of GPS jamming in Tehran since late yesterday, likely by the IRGC and Iranian armed forces.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- BREAKING: Senior Southern Transitional Council, STC, officials report communications with Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, Head of the STC, has been lost, and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Al-Zoubaidi was given 24 hours to leave Yemen by Saudi Arabia. The Head of the STC was scheduled to depart for Riyadh yesterday to attend the Yemen summit, but did not attend.

The Saudi-backed Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council has removed Al-Zoubaidi from the council on charges of high treason.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Saudi-backed Coalition Forces have advised civilians in the Southern Transitional Council controlled Ad Dali, Lahij and Aden regions to stay away from public and military sites.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Renewed Saudi airstrikes against the Ad Dali region, Southern Transitional Council controlled Yemen.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- UAE-backed forces in the eastern Lahij are holding discussions to surrender / defect to the Saudi-backed Coalition Forces.

Similar private talks were held in Abyan yesterday, where the entire governorate defected.