🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Putin responds to Zelensky's open letter refusing to meet in person, saying currently he sees "no point" in such a meeting.

🇷🇺🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Vladimir Putin, at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, said that Russia did not supply weapons to Iran during the US-Iran war and that Tehran had not requested any.

He added that there is no evidence Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, while acknowledging Israel’s concerns on the matter.

The Russian President stated that Moscow had urged Tehran to avoid striking neighbouring Arabian Gulf countries. However, he noted that Iranian officials would respond bluntly, arguing they have come under attack first and felt compelled to retaliate.

🇷🇼🇨🇩🇧🇮⚡- Large convoys of military trucks have begun crossing from Burundi into South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, while additional government columns from western DRC are moving towards the Bukavu direction, M23-controlled South Kivu region. This build-up follows a major Wazalendo counteroffensive over the past two months.

In the last 24 hours alone, around 12 trucks reportedly entered the DRC from Burundi, allegedly carrying Burundian troops along with so-called “White” mercenaries (Russian, European, or possibly US- or Israeli-backed fighters).

Government forces, FARDC, haven't yet begun ground operations against M23 as it would be seen as a violation of the ceasefire, despite a relentless aerial campaign during the past two months. However, that could possibly change now, after Wazalendo pushed M23 back to Kamanyola, and therefore almost at Bukavu's southern entrance.

🇺🇸⚡️- “A group of U.S. ​states including California and New York are preparing a lawsuit ‌to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

Shares of Warner Bros fell ​after Reuters first reported the news, and were down 3.6% on Friday afternoon. Paramount ‌shares ⁠added to losses and were down 6.7%.” - Reuters.

🇮🇷⚡- Reports of explosions / air defense activity on Kharg Island, home to Iran's main oil port terminal.

🇮🇷- Mehr News denies reports of military activity on Kharg Island.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Iran launched one-way drones at the Strait of Hormuz with the U.S. shooting down four of them, a U.S. official tells CNN.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Several explosions can be heard on Sirik island, according to Iranian locals.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Moments ago, CENTCOM forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz. The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic. U.S. forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks.

American forces remain vigilant and postured to respond to unjustified Iranian aggression in self-defense," - CENTCOM.

🇮🇩🇯🇵⚡- Japan has entered talks with Indonesia over a possible sale of the Asagiri-class destroyers, marking a further step in Tokyo’s gradual loosening of restrictions on lethal arms exports, a trend pushed by the new Takaichi government.

The move is unlikely to sit well with Beijing, with Chinese President Xi Jinping having recently reiterated his very strong opposition to Japan’s militarisation in talks with Donald Trump, and casts doubt over the Beijing-Jakarta relationship.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Jewish community leaders in Spain, France, Britain, and Canada are in contact with State Department officials to explore the possibility of Jews migrating to the US under refugee or other protected status due to the nonstop rise of antisemitism across the West because of the Gaza war, and mass migration of Arabs and Africans into Europe and Canada (that the vast majority of jews supported).

The State Department has yet to indicate any actual program but confirmed these talks are happening.

Rabbi Yehuda Kaplum, the State Departments special envoy to monitor antisemitism, stated when asked by i24NEWS, "It is the government’s responsibility in those countries to make certain that the Jewish community has safety, security and the ability to practice their religion free from any type of harm. The U.S. government demands it.”

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- Candace Owens, who is still in Russia, attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, where Vladimir Putin personally spoke.

Owens also made comments to the press.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️ - BREAKING: Kuwait's Army says air defenses are currently "confronting hostile missile and drone attacks."

🇺🇸🗳⚡️- As California continues to "count" ballots it looks increasingly likely that Spencer Pratt will not advance to the November runoff as each ballot dump brings leftist Nuthya Raman closer and closer to 2nd place.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- Sirens are sounding again in Kuwait.

🇮🇷🇧🇭🇰🇼⚡️- BREAKING: SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS IN BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT SIMULTANEOUSLY, LOCALS TELL RERUM NOVARUM.

🇮🇷🇰🇼🇧🇭⚡️- The strikes have ended in Kuwait and Bahrain.

Iran launched a large attack, likely the biggest since the start of the ceasefire.

🇺🇸⚡️- White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is reportedly “on her way out” after the midterms, after disagreements with President Trump over Bill Pulte and resentment towards Wiles for “telling [Trump] what to do”, according to the Daily Mail.

The elevation of Pulte was seen as a direct insult to Wiles after she was said to have 'vehemently' opposed his appointment as DNI Director. In addition, it was reportedly Pulte’s idea for Trump to post the image of him depicted as Jesus Christ in April.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "Following the aggression of the child-killing and terrorist US army against Sirik and Qeshm Island, enemy bases in the region were hit by aerospace missiles." - IRGC Public Relations.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "The Pentagon is increasingly concerned about Israel ramping up its spying on the U.S., recently raising the counterintelligence threat level from America’s top ally in the Middle East to the highest level, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official.

The designation stems from concerns within the Pentagon that Israel is making a particular effort to surveil top U.S. officials to get information on the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and decision-making on the conflicts in the Middle East, the officials said." - NBC News.