🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "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.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- A CBS reporter asks Thomas Massie about his opponent’s donors and questions whether Massie is antisemitic based on Massie’s list of his opponent's donors all being Jewish, disillusionment with Israeli claims concerning Iran, mutual US-Israeli defense, and Israeli abortion policy.

🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️- Vladimir Putin has landed in Beijing and will meet Xi Jinping shortly.

🇫🇷⚡️- The French National Assembly approved a 36B€ budget increase for French armies. This increase is entirely focusing on rearmament.

🇫🇷⚡️- Edouard Philippe (center), former French Prime Minister and likely political heir to Macron, is being investigated by the French justice for embezzling of public funds.

Currently, Edouard Philippe is the only polled candidate capable of beating M. Le Pen or J. Bardella in the 2027 French presidential election.

🇫🇷⚡️- "An investigating judge will investigate the mayor of Le Havre [E. Philippe] for alleged acts of misappropriation of public funds, favoritism, illegal taking of interest, and extortion." - French National Financial Prosecutor's Office.

🇺🇸🇪🇺⚡- NATO's Supreme Allied European Commander, Alexus Grynkewich, says the US will withdraw 5,000 troops from the European continent.

🇦🇪🇮🇶⚡- UAE's investigation reveals the drones that struck a power generator near the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant came from Iraq.

Additionally, the Emirati State claims to have intercepted an additional six drones over the past 48 hours.

🇺🇲🇮🇱⚡️- "The most consequential Republican primary for Israel is happening in Kentucky." - Title of the Israeli outlet Haaretz' article published today covering the Massie - Gallrein GOP primary.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump has endorsed Ken Paxton in a long, winding Truth Social post.

Senate Republicans are reportedly livid at Trump’s decision to endorse Paxton, with Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski claiming Texas “is all but lost to the Democrats now,” according to journalist Andrew Desiderio.

🇺🇸⚡- Incumbent Senator Cornyn’s response to Trump’s endorsement of his opponent Ken Paxton.