🇵🇸🇮🇱 - "Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Commander of the al-Qassam Brigades, was martyred in an Israeli raid on Gaza City yesterday evening," - A Hamas source tells al-Jazeera.

🇺🇸🇳🇬⚡️- "Last night's operation targeted a significant presence of ISIS fighters in Northeastern Nigeria eliminating multiple high value individuals including Abu-Bilal al-Minuki." - U.S. Africa Command.

🇺🇸🇳🇬 - Note, in February AbuBakr Mainok was promoted to the Chief of Islamic State General Directorate of Provinces, a position previously held by the Somali Abdul Qadir Mumin.

Mainok was therefore not only a senior ISWAP figure, but the second in command of the entire Islamic State, right after its Caliph Abu Hafs al-Hashimi.

Mainok spent much of his time operating in the Lake Chad and surrounding areas, including the Sambisa Forest.

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu confirms the death of Abu Mainok. Tinubu had claimed to have killed Mainok twice in the past, the last was in a military operation in February 2024.

🇷🇼🇨🇩⚡- A vessel carrying up to 500 military personnel docked in Bukavu, in M23‑controlled South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The boat is believed to have departed from Rwanda.

Meanwhile, DRC‑backed Wazalendo militias are conducting counter‑attacks against M23 positions amid a large‑scale Congolese aerial campaign across South Kivu. M23 forces have withdrawn from Sange and Luvungi, regrouping towards Kamanyola. At the same time, the DR Congolese Air Force has carried out sustained airstrikes in the Minembwe highlands over the past several days.

🇮🇱⚡️- Visual confirmation of a huge explosion in Beit Shemesh, Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡- "Trump administration officials are encouraging the United Arab Emirates to get more heavily involved in the Iran war and seize one of Tehran’s crucial Gulf islands–the Lavan Island," - The Telegraph.

Note, the United Arab Emirates maintains longstanding claims to three islands currently administered by Iran: Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb.

🇬🇧⚡️- GB News is claiming that PM Starmer is preparing a resignation timeline.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump bashes Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and says he will withdraw his endorsement of her because of her support for Thomas Massie.

🇮🇱⚡- This week, over $1.5 million from Jewish-funded superpacs has been dumped into the anti-Thomas Massie campaign, with a notable donation from the Republican Jewish Coalition amounting to $470k.

🇨🇩⚡️- “The World Health ​Organisation on ‌Sunday declared an Ebola ​outbreak ​caused by the ⁠Bundibugyo virus ​in the ​Democratic Republic of Congo and ​Uganda ​a public health emergency ‌of ⁠international concern.

The WHO said the ​outbreak ​does ⁠not meet ​the criteria ​of ⁠pandemic emergency.” - Reuters.

🇺🇸⚡️- A critical, unpatched Windows 11 BitLocker zero-day named "YellowKey" has been leaked online. It is believed to be an NSA/TAO backdoor.

Released by researcher Nightmare-Eclipse, the exploit allows anyone with physical access to bypass default TPM-only encryption via a USB drive. By targeting an obscure "FsTx" framework hidden inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), attackers gain full read/write drive access. Microsoft has no patch yet. Defenders should immediately run reagentc /disable in CMD to kill WinRE.

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🇬🇧⚡️- Current betting odds on who the next James Bond actor will be has Dua Lipa's fiancé Callum Turner at the top spot. Amazon-MGM have officially announced that casting is underway.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- The 30-day sanctions waiver issued by the US that allowed countries to import Russian oil has not been renewed.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Venezuela has announced they have deported close Maduro ally and former Venezuelan Minister of Industry and National Production, Alex Saab, to the United States to face criminal investigations.

Alex Saab is a Colombian businessman who made his wealth through government contracts awarded to him by the Maduro government, although after Maduro's capture, Saab quickly fell out of favour with the new government led by Delcy Rodríguez and was removed from his position.

Saab was arrested in February this year during a joint operation between the FBI and Venezuelan authorities. This marked the first US–Venezuela law-enforcement cooperation since Maduro's capture.

Alex Saab has previously been arrested by American law enforcement when he stopped in Cape Verde for a fuel stop while flying to Iran before being extradited. In 2023, then-President Joe Biden released and pardoned Alex Saab in exchange for 10 U.S. citizens who were imprisoned in Venezuela.

🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡- The International Criminal Court has issued five secret arrest warrants for three Israeli politicians and two Israeli military officials.