🇬🇧⚡- "Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday," - BBC.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- After the US attack on the Bonji desalination plant in Jask County, al-Mayadeen, citing Middle East Spectator, states all "all power generation plants and desalination plants in Kuwait are now within our range of targets."

🇮🇷🇯🇴 - Confirmation of a direct impact at Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Airbase in the latest attack 90 minutes ago.

It would be the third impact at the base in just the past 24 hours.

🇮🇷🇯🇴⚡- Heavy movement of Jordanian jets in the east of its country, indicating possible Iranian projectiles approaching the country's airspace.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Israel’s defence and finance ministers announced plans for three illegal settlements in Gaza and more than $400m (£300m) in funding to expand construction in the occupied West Bank, as Israel’s military commander for the region celebrated violent outposts as his “security partners”.

The defence minister, Israel Katz, said he intended to set up three “Nahal” outposts in northern Gaza, a type of military community that for decades has paved the way for Israeli civilian settlements." - The Guardian.

🇮🇷🇯🇴 - NASA's FIRMS shows the fire expanding at Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Airbase. The location of the base struck is the billeting quarters housing U.S. military personnel.

🇺🇸🇧🇭🇮🇷⚡️- Alerts were sent in Bahrain.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡️- The College Democrats of America have announced Twitch streamer and left-wing influencer Hasan Piker as a surprise speaker at today's Summer Convention in Washington DC.

🇬🇷🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡️- "Greece, which objected to the terms of a sanctions package against Russia this week, warned the EU that ​a ban on transferring Russian gas to third countries could ‌result in a loss of market share to non-EU rivals, two Greek government officials said on Friday.

European Union envoys failed on Wednesday to agree ​on a 21st package of sanctions against Russia for its ​war on Ukraine, as a group of countries including ⁠Greece and Austria objected to the package, for different reasons, ​according to two sources.

“Europe should not end up surrendering entire sectors of economic activity or market share to ​non-EU players as ​an unintended consequence ⁠of its own sanctions policy. Sanctions should erode Russia's economic capacity — not create strategic windfalls for ​others at Europe's expense,” the official said." - Reuters.

🇹🇼🇨🇳⚡️- "Taiwan has decided to award contracts for dozens of sea drones for its Coast Guard, a high-ranking official close to the matter told Nikkei Asia, tapping U.S. technology as it races to strengthen defense and counter China's expanding maritime operations in the region.

The government is set to procure 25 uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for the Coast Guard Administration from the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), the official said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. The government-backed institute will work with U.S. company Maritime Tactical Systems, known as MARTAC, according to the official." - Nikkei Asia.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- "U.S. Coast Guard ships previously deployed in the Middle East are now operating out of Singapore and the Philippines to help challenge China’s assertion of power in the Pacific.

The six 154-foot fast-response cutters are part of the Coast Guard’s reimagined “expeditionary cutter squadron,” which can be sent anywhere in the world. Their first deployment is the western Pacific, where tensions have run high for years as China escalated what is called a gray-zone campaign to project control around Taiwan and the disputed waters of the South China Sea." - The Wall Street Journal.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡- An Iranian security official has told Fars News that the UAE should immediately evacuate its four major international airports—Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, and al-Maktoum—if Iranian infrastructure comes under attack again tonight.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Iran has officially suspended the Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S., announced by Tehran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi.