🇫🇷🇻🇦⚡️- French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Pope Leo XIV today. Officials have confirmed the situation in the Middle East will be the main topic of conversation.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rocket alerts in northern Israel.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "The IDF is in a state of war, we are not in a ceasefire. We continue to fight here in this sector, this is our primary combat zone,"

"In Iran, we are in a ceasefire, and we can return to fighting there at any moment, and in a very powerful way," - IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.

🇮🇷🇺🇦⚡️- "We sent our military experts to the Middle East, including specialists in interceptor drones and electronic warfare. We demonstrated to some countries how to work with interceptors. Did we destroy Iranian “shaheds?” Yes, we did. Did we do it in just one country? No, in several. And in my view, this is a success.

We also shot down drones with jet engines. This is a very good signal, I think. We showed that this works. Now it is only a matter of time before we begin mass production of interceptors that will destroy drones with jet engines." - Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡️- “The historical trend that compatriots of both sides of the strait will get closer and get together will not change, this is a certainty of history, and we are fully confident [in this trend].” - Xi Jinping in the beginning of his meeting with Taiwan's opposition leader Cheng Li-Wun.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡️- “We should seek a systemic solution to prevent and avoid war, making the Taiwan Strait a model for peaceful conflict resolution worldwide. Both sides should further plan and build a sustainable dialogue and cooperation mechanism to make the peace of cross-strait relations irreversible and fundamentally eliminate all causes of conflict. Opposing" - Taiwan's oppostion leader Cheng Li-Wun in her meeting with Xi Jinping.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡️- During her meeting with Xi Jinping, Chairwoman Cheng Li-Wun officially reaffirmed her support of the 1992 "One China" Consensus and ensured opposing independence was the path to avoid war.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "We reiterate that, within the framework of its terrorist activities, Hezbollah is making extensive military use of ambulances.

Based on this, we warn once again that the military use of medical facilities and ambulances must be stopped immediately, and we emphasize that if this conduct is not halted, Israel will act in accordance with international law against any military activity carried out by the terrorist Hezbollah using those facilities and ambulances." - Israeli Defence Force.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rocket alerts in northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rocket launches to northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- More Hezbollah rocket launches into northern Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰⚡️- There is still no confirmation that the Iranian delegation has left for Islamabad, and it all hinges on Lebanon, sources tell ITV.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media report power outages in Metula and Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel due to power lines being damaged by Hezbollah rockets.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rockets are again being launched at northern Israel.

🇧🇪⚡️- Antwerp's maritime activity is partially halted at the port following an oil leak.

🇧🇪⚡️- The leak is "currently contained" but oil has managed to enter the Deurganckdok, the Scheldt estuary and multiple areas of the Antwerp port.

Some local outlets report that no ship is currently cleared to leave or enter the Deurganckdok within the port.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 — According to a Walla and Maariv poll released yesterday in Israel, 46% of Israelis believe the U.S. and Israel did not achieve victory, while 22% believe victory was achieved; the remaining polled Israelis did not see a clear victory for either side. 63% of polled Israelis were dissatisfied with the outcome of the war and 43% expressed dissatisfaction with Donald Trump's actions during the conflict.

A YouGov poll in the U.S. showed different results: 34% of Americans believe the U.S. won the war, compared to 14% who favored Iran as the winning side. 34% responded that no side clearly won, and 16% were unsure.

By comparison, in another Western country, 58% of French people estimate that Iran won the war in the Middle East, according to an Odoxa-Backbone poll for Le Figaro.

🇫🇷🇸🇦⚡️- TotalEnergies announced the Saudi Satorp refinery will be indefinitely shut down following recent strikes.

🇨🇳🇰🇵⚡️- In an official statement relayed by state medias, China wishes for an "increased coordination" with North Korea.

🇺🇸🇬🇷⚡️- A USAF KC-135R Stratotanker is squawking the 7700 general emergency code in the Aegean Sea, north of Crete.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡️- BREAKING: Two Taiwanese security officials told Reuters that China has deployed nearly 100 ​naval and coast guard vessels in and around the South and East China Seas this week.