🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- The US Department of the Treasury has added 9 individuals and the Directorate of Intelligence of Cuba Sanctioned Cuban parties.

- Mayra Arevich Marín, Minister of Communications.
- Vicente de la O Levy, Minister of Energy and Mines.
- Rosabel Gamon Verde, Minister of Justice.
- José Miguel Gómez del Vallín, Head of Military Counterintelligence (MINFAR).
- Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People's Power.
- Joaquín Quintas Solá, Deputy Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
- Eugenio Armando Rabilero Aguilera, Chief of the Eastern Army.
- Raúl Villar Kessell, Chief of the Central Army.
- Roberto Tomás Morales Ojeda, Former Vice President; secretary of organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡- After months of economic pressure, the US is considering military action against the Cuban regime to force reforms on Havana, Politico reports.

🇨🇩⚡️- Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ministry of Health reports there are now 131 deaths, from 513 cases of Ebola.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- The US Department of the Treasury has extended the sanctions waiver for Russian origin crude and petroleum products until June 17. The waiver only includes oil products that have already been loaded onto a ship before April 17, and does not include new shipments.

🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testimony has been shortened by several hours again today for "security-political reasons"

🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡- Aircraft M‑ABGG, designated for use by senior Israeli officials, has arrived in Abu Dhabi following its departure from Tel Aviv.

The aircraft has been used on numerous occasions by the Mossad.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "URGENT WARNING TO RESIDENTS OF LEBANON LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND VILLAGES: Toura, Al-Nabatieh Al-Tahta, Houbbous, Al-Bazouriyeh, Tayr Debba, Kafr Huna, Ain Qana, Labaya, Jibshit, Al-Shahabiya (Tayr Zibine), Burj Al-Shamali (Tyre), Houmein Al-Fouqa

- In light of the terrorist Hezbollah party violating the ceasefire agreement, the Defense Army is compelled to act against it forcefully. The Defense Army does not intend to harm you.

- To ensure your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and stay away from the villages and towns for a distance of no less than 1000 meters to open areas.

- Anyone present near Hezbollah elements, their facilities, and combat means endangers their life!"- Israeli Defence Force.

🇱🇻🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- The Latvian Military has published a notice for a drone threat in Latvian airspace, stating that NATO air policing fighters have been deployed, and for residents to seek shelter until the all clear is given.

The notice applies to the region of Krāslava, Preiļi, Ludza, and Rēzekne, which cover Latvia's south eastern border with Belarus.

🇷🇺🇧🇾⚡️- The Russian Ministry of Defence has also published its own statement on the exercise, aimed at the use and preparation of Nuclear forces in combination with Belarus. Russia says 64,000 troops, involving 7,800 pieces of military equipment, involving over 200 missile launchers, more than 140 aircraft, 73 surface ships, and 13 submarines, will take part in the 2-day exercises.

🇪🇪⚡️- Estonian Defense Minister, Hanno Pevkur, told the media that NATO's Baltic air policing aircraft shot down a drone over southern Estonia. “This is the first time we have shot down a drone ourselves,” Pevkur said.

Pevkur said the drone was likely to be a Ukrainian drone.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian News outlet Mehr reports explosions were heard on Qeshm Island, with the source unknown.

Mehr also reported that at 10:30pm local time, air defences on Qeshm island were activated in response to hostile drones.

🇬🇧🇮🇱⚡️- British Airways has announced the extension of flight suspensions to Israel, with the restrictions now lasting until August 1st, 2026.

🇺🇸🇦🇪🇮🇷⚡- "UAE Presidential Advisor Anwar Gargash seems to direct veiled criticism at Saudi Arabia and Qatar, without naming them, over their ongoing contacts with Iran, raising the possibility that Abu Dhabi was dragged into asking Trump to refrain from resuming military operations against Iran," - i24.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "The IDF continues to act to remove threats to Israeli civilians and IDF forces in southern Lebanon.

During the last 24 hours, the IDF attacked more than 25 infrastructures of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in several areas in southern Lebanon.

Among the infrastructures attacked: weapons warehouses, command centers, and additional infrastructures from which the organization's terrorists operated to advance terror routes against IDF forces and the State of Israel." - Israeli Defence Force.

🇮🇷⚡️- The explosions heard were controlled explosions to remove unexploded ordnance from the war.

🇸🇾⚡️- A loud explosion heard in Damascus, Syria.

🇸🇾⚡- Syria's health department reports 12 casualties which includes military and civilian. One confirmed death so far.

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- Reuters, citing European intelligence, says China secretly trained 200 Russians troops last year, with some later returning to fight in Ukraine.

The agreement will also see Chinese troops undergoing training in Russia in the future.