🇸🇾⚡️- Al-Arabiya reports that one of the victims was the Syrian Deputy Minister of Tourism, along with 17 others, including 4 police officers.

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇵🇱⚡️- NATO has launched a new program between the UK, Belgium, Croatia, France, Poland, Spain, and Turkey, The countries will combine and pool their Airbus A400M transport aircraft into a joint fleet, giving allies and NATO access to a larger, more flexible fleet while offsetting the usual time and costs of maintaining a larger fleet.

The countries combined existing fleet totals 78 A400M aircraft, with an additional 38 on order.

The same style of program is currently used for NATO's Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet, where nine countries, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, which joined Today, share access and costs for a fleet of nine Airbus A330 MRTT refueling aircraft. (with 3 more on order)

🇳🇱🇺🇦⚡️- "The Netherlands has no more scope to offer direct military support to Ukraine, Dutch Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said.

Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the summit, Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said she will be calling on other countries to help Ukraine but that the Netherlands has done all it could.

'We don’t have opportunities any more as the Netherlands because we have done so much,' she said. Asked specifically about fresh requests for Patriot missiles, Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said, 'We are at our limit.'" - Bloomberg.

🇫🇷⚡️- Marine Le Pen's hearing has begun at the courthouse. Judges are deliberating. The decision on her ineligibility will be given shortly.

🇫🇷⚡️- The court has retained the embezzlement of EU funds by the National Front, Le Pen's party before its renaming into National Rally.

The court has confirmed that while these funds were not used as they should, they were not used for personal purposes or enrichment.

🇫🇷⚡️- The 10 other accused are receiving their sentences. Le Pen's sentence will be announced in the coming minutes.

🇫🇷⚡️- Ineligibility sentences on the other accused have been drastically reduced since the first ruling months ago. Political analysts estimate she could receive an inelibility sentence that would still allow her to run in April 2027.

🇫🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Marine Le Pen, the main French right-wing candidate and leader of the National Rally, has been sentenced to a year with an ankle monitor and 45 months of ineligibility, 15 of which with reprieve.

🇫🇷⚡️- As she began serving her ineligibility sentence after the first ruling, she could still run for president in April 2027. She had warned she would not run with an ankle monitor. Marine Le Pen will hold an interview at 8PM on TV.

🇬🇧⚡️- "I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2pm." - Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡️- President Trump has arrived in Turkey for the NATO summit, greeted by Turkish President Erdogan.

🇲🇨🇺🇦⚡️- The two Ukrainian men who were arrested in Ukraine in connection with the Monaco Assassination attempt (a current Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine officer and a former law enforcement officer) were arrested on charges of killing Anastasia Berezovskaya, the woman who attempted the assassination of the Ukrainian oligarch in Monaco, and have reportedly confessed to the killing of the assassin.

Ukrainian prosecutors allege they found a 'torture chamber' at the home of one of the two men, which is shown in the video.

🇺🇸🇸🇴🇦🇪⚡- "A report published by the French newspaper Le Monde says satellite image analysis indicates the gradual construction of a military base in the city of Berbera in the self-declared region of Somaliland.

According to the report, the project is being supported by the United Arab Emirates and is intended to serve the interests of the United States and Israel," - Middle East Monitor.

🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Prime Minister Netanyahu recently visited the naval base in Haifa, and the focus of his remarks was directed at Turkey.

The Prime Minister specifically came to the naval base in Haifa today as a message aimed at clarifying that Israel will guarantee the freedom of its maritime routes, in the face of the growing strength of the Turkish navy.

During the tour, the Prime Minister also reiterated his message that he opposes the sale of F-35 aircraft to Turkey," - Israel Hayom.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡- President Trump, during his meeting with Turkey's Erdogan, says he will lift the CAATSA sanctions off Turkey.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡- President Trump tells Turkey's Erdogan he has no problem in selling the F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

🇬🇧⚡️- Nigel Farage has started a live stream to discuss his future. He is currently pushing back on unfair media scrutiny in general and the media doxing where his children live, but primarily over his finances, stating that the country should want politicians who are financially competent and have made their own money, rather than those who only leach of tax payers.

🇬🇧⚡️- "I will resign as a member of parliament, therefore forcing a by-election."- Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK.

🇬🇧⚡️- "I will be putting my name forward to stand in this election; I will fight to win. I will fight to continue this political revolution that reform has started. i will say this to you, the voter of Clacton, if I win, you win. Because if I lose, they win.

We will never, with the 2 parties, get the type of fundamental change that we need to fix broken Britain." - Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK.

🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡️- "UKMTO has received a report of an incident involving a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile and is believed to have structural damage. No casualties or environmental impact reported.

UKMTO continues to investigate. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO. " - United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.

🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡️- UKMTO has posted a notice for a second incident.

"UKMTO has received a report of a further incident involving a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker was struck by an unknown Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and has sustained minorstructural damage. No casualties or environmental impact reported, and vessel is continuing to its next port of call.

UKMTO continues to investigate. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO. " - United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.