🇿🇦⚡️- A treated evacuated patient in South Africa was confirmed to carry the Andes hantavirus strain. This strain is the only one with claims of inter-human transmission, which is now a confirmed transmission method of the virus.

Other evacuated patients are treated in Zurich and the Netherlands.

🇪🇸⚡️- Canary Islands' President has refused the docking of the infected MV Hondius cruise ship in one of his ports. He asked for an emergency meeting with Spain's PM to discuss the situation.

🇲🇱🇷🇺⚡️- A Malian journalist reports there was "friction" between the Malian junta and the Africa Corps / Russia. The root cause of it was a lack of cooperation on the ground, which led to the recent losses. Despite this, the junta still wishes to cooperate with Russia. A shipment of military equipment from Russia should arrive shortly to Bamako, per the same journalist.

🇬🇧⚡️- The elections are tomorrow not today, forgive me its 5 AM and our British admin is at work

🇬🇧⚡️- Reform is the main right wing party competing across the country as Restore Britain is only contesting 9 council seats in Norfolk. The Tories are expected to continue their death spiral.

🇰🇵🇰🇷⚡️- North Korea has amended their constitution to remove all mentions of reunification with South Korea.

🇰🇿🇷🇺⚡- In yet another blow to Kazakhstan-Russia relations, Kazakh's Energy Ministry announces it will curb all Russian electricity imports by 2027, with state-owned KEGOC seeking to increase domestic power generation and cut reliance on Moscow.

🇺🇦🇺🇿⚡- 100 of the largest Uzbekistan and Ukrainian companies met jointly to discuss further economic integration between the two countries.

🇲🇱⚡- A convoy of cargo trucks attempted to break JNIM's blockade of Bamako.

The convoy was set on fire as it attempted to enter Bamako from Bougouni along route RN7.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran. If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" - President Trump on Truth Social.

🇷🇺 - 15 hours ago, Alexander Dugin, a so-called Russian 'philosopher', spammed on X calling for the destruction of the entire White people.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran's Fars News reports the downing of a drone overnight near Qeshm Island.

🇦🇺⚡️- Sneako, or Nicolas Balinthazy, has been banned for life in Australia. Australian political influencer Drew Pavlou spearheaded the ban with a petition with over 10,000 signatures.

🇺🇸⚡️- American media magnate Ted Turner, founder of CNN and inventor of the 24-hour news channel format, died at 87.

🇲🇱⚡️- General Elisée Jean Dao has been appointed as Chief of Staff of Malian Armies by the junta as it restructures the command structure.

🇲🇱⚡️- JNIM fighters attempted to breach and seize a detention center in Kéniéroba, 60km south of Bamako. They were pushed back by local forces.

🇲🇱⚡️- The blocus by the JNIM on certain roads leading to Bamako has forced hundreds, if not thousands, of vehicle drivers to wait for days. Moroccan truck drivers report large quantities of food have rotten.