⚽️🇪🇺⚡️- The European Union published a statement condemning the FIFA's decision.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Four deaths in southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike.

🇺🇸🇱🇧⚡️- Al-Arabiya reports that US CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper will visit Beirut, Lebanon this week.

🇺🇸🇵🇱⚡️- Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Polish Defence Minister, announced that the US troop rotation (approximately 4,000 troops) that was canceled several weeks ago by the Pentagon will return.

“I was delighted to receive the news from Ms. Stephanie Holmes, the U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Poland, and from the U.S. military attaché in Poland, that the rotation—which had been suspended a few weeks ago—is resuming. It will continue, and the rotation of U.S. troops in Poland will be completed in the coming weeks,” - Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Polish Defence Minister.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Russian media report that Gazprom, a state-owned oil and gas company and the largest company in Russia by market cap, has reached an agreement with the Russian Ministry of Defence to create anti-drone mobile fire groups to protect Gazprom's oil and gas supply facilities.

Contractors who volunteer would reportedly sign a 3-year contract with Russia's mobilization reserve and would receive employment payments from Gazprom, as well as payments from the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Mobile fire groups are small light infantry teams typically operating from pickup trucks, with small arms or light machine guns mounted on the vehicle, designed to be quick and maneuverable to counter long-range drone attacks.

🇲🇱⚡️- Mali's junta has increased efforts to recapture Anéfis and free the encircled FAMa / Africa Corps garrison in the locality's camp. FLA outlets have reported attempts to send relief convoys to Anéfis from Gao over the past 36 hours. Air strikes and drone strikes from the junta's forces have been increasingly reported around Anéfis.

🇲🇱⚡️- Malian journalists, citing FAMa sources, have confirmed the convoy sent to relieve the junta's forces in Anéfis from Gao was intercepted and forced to turn back. Heavy losses were reported.

Helicopters sent to evacuate wounded personnel have been shot at consistently and could not land. At least 2 helicopters receiving severe damage, with another being shot down.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli ground unit is advancing north of the Haddatha Cemetery towards the town of Haris, Tebnine direction, southern Lebanon.

While Israel has previously violated the U.S.-mediated Lebanon–Israel framework agreement through aerial operations, this would mark the first reported instance of a violation involving IDF ground forces.

🇨🇫🇸🇩🇷🇺 - Visual confirmation of Russia's African Corps (formerly the Wagner Group) participating in the recapture of Am Dafok, Birao direction, Central African Republic.

Russia's involvement in the fighting against FRPC, which remains ongoing in the area, supports to Rerum Novarum's earlier assessment that Moscow continues to view its relationship with the Rapid Support Forces as strategically important and is unwilling to allow key supply corridors supporting the group to be severed.

🇾🇪⚡- Overnight, Ansarullah forces launched one of their largest assaults on the southern al-Hodeidah front in years, attempting to capture Jebel (Mt.) Dabbas, a strategically important ridgeline held by the pro-Hadi Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF).

The battle lasted nearly 12 hours and marked the second major clash between pro al-Houthi forces and NRF in the area within a matter of weeks. Supported by artillery and mortar fire, al-Houthi backed forces launched repeated attacks in an effort to seize the high ground but were ultimately repelled after suffering heavy losses. Jebel Dabbas remains under NRF control. The fighting comes amid rising tensions across Yemen, as large-scale mobilization is seen on both sides of the line of contact.

Note, unmarked territory on the map indicates no control / grey (kill) zones.

🇾🇪⚡- Yemeni forces across the line of contact have raised their level of alertness to the highest in preparation for possible Ansarullah escalation.

🇺🇸🎂⚡️- President George W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday today.

🇺🇸⚡️- Rumors are circulating that more damaging news stories about DSA aligned Senate candidate Graham Platner are going to be dropped this week by Democrat Party operatives who want Platner to drop out of the race in favor of a non-DSA candidate.

Platner has unexpectedly cancelled some campaign events today as well.

🇺🇸⚡️- GOP Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna says that the House Oversight Committee will investigate Patriot Front following the July 4th march, claiming the Biden Admin never went after the group.

The Biden Admin and various states have in fact investigated and charged Patriot front in recent years via civil litigation.

Patriot Front was forced to settle lawsuits on various occasions. In 2024 alone the group settled suits including an incident in Richmond Virginia where they were threatened with the KKK Act of 1871 for vandalizing a civil rights mural which they had to pay $470,000.

Patriot Front also settled a major suit in Boston where they had to hand over $2.75 million to a black musician that was allegedly harmed by a rally, again using the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.

🇺🇸⚡️- Microsoft lays off 2.1% of its global workforce, about 4800 workers. The largest department hit is Xbox, with around 1600 layoffs.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡️- Pokémon Go launched 10 years ago today in the US causing a 2nd "Pokemania" craze similar to the franchises initial launch in the late 90s.

Just 1 week later on July 14th, Hillary Clinton would drop the infamous "Pokemon Go to the polls" quip at a campaign rally.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡️- A bit lost to history overshadowed by the Clinton line, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign posted this response video the same day on Facebook.

🇨🇺⚡- The failed regime of Cuba's national electric grid has completely collapsed, leaving 10+ million without power.

State-run operators, UNE, says it's investigating the cause of the blackout.