🇷🇺🇪🇺⚡️- "Citizens of EU countries, You should realize your authorities have unilaterally entered into a war with Russia. So be vigilant and don't be surprised by anything. The peaceful sleep is over. But you know who to ask why!" - Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chair of the Security Council of Russia.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Lebanese outlet al-Modon revealed photos of Israeli Merkava tanks in a village in southern Lebanon.

Rerum Novarum have geolocated the IDF tanks to:

Tank one, being pointed at in the media: 33.3220792, 35.4781312.
Tank two, south of the two residential buildings: 33.3215421, 35.4779914.

Which confirms Netanyahu's statement that Israeli forces have crossed the Litani River and are operating well north of it.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli ground forces are currently advancing along from Yahmor towards Arnoun, north of the Litani River, Nabatieh direction.

🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- Initial reports of Ansarullah shooting down a U.S. MQ-9 over the Marib region, central Yemen.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “1- We seize concessions not through dialogue, but with missiles; in negotiations, we merely make them understand.

2- We have no trust in guarantees or words—only actions are the measure. No action will be taken before the other side acts.

3- The winner of any agreement is the one who is better prepared for war from the day after.” - Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- Negotiations between the Iraqi government and Iraqi militias over disarmament have reached a complete deadlock. The groups have reportedly suggested that the Prime Minister delay his plan until late 2027. Reports indicate that this shift in position came after orders from Iran's Quds Force.

The United States and Iran are effectively engaged in a political struggle for influence over Iraq.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump announces the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade and says that Iran needs to open the Strait of Hormuz and allow for the dilution of its stockpile of enriched uranium.

He says he is making a final determination in the Situation Room right now.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: "The most important part of the agreement is the immediate payment of $12 billion of Iran's frozen assets and a complete ceasefire in Lebanon, which Trump has bypassed. Iran emphasizes that until this amount is paid, it will not enter the next stage of negotiations." - Fars News Agency.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "Informed sources reject Trump's newest claims." - Fars News Agency.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian state media reporting the activation of air defenses on Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.

Initial reports of a US drone being shot down, but this has yet to be confirmed.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan met with senior leaders from the Cuban military today at the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

SOUTHCOM says the two sides had "a brief exchange on operational security matters."

🇺🇸⚡️- After appearing to fix a loophole in U.S. immigration law last week, the Department of Homeland Security walked-back an announcement that immigrants seeking permanent residency in the U.S. would have to return to their home countries to wait for their green cards. The new policy faced major criticism from abroad when it was announced last week, specifically from India.

In a statement today, DHS said that the new policy was not a blanket change. Instead, only some immigrants will have to return home for their green cards, with immigration officers deciding whether applicants return home on a case-by-case basis.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Matthew Petracca, the lead federal prosecutor in the James Comey seashells Instagram case, has resigned from the indictment.

🇺🇸⚡️- The FBI raided and arrested Nicholas Scelfo, who threatened to kill ICE agents and their families outside of an ICE facility in New Jersey.

Video credit: Nick Sortor.