🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- US airstrike on Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇮🇷🇸🇦⚡- Iran's missile attack on eastern Saudi Arabia is over, no impacts reported.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran. Thank you for your attention to this matter," - President Trump on Truth Social.

🇲🇱🇷🇺⚡- The second attempt of the very large convoy consisting of the Malian Armed Forces, FAMa, and Russia's African Corps to reach the city of Gao, northern Mali, has also failed.

Moments ago, the convoy struck a JNIM IED just east of Hombori, Gossi direction, central Mali. Large casualties reported, including over a dozen vehicles. Multiple other vehicles have been abandoned.

Map key:
- Orange: Malian junta control.
- Green: Platforme (pro-Malian junta).
- Purple: FLA + JNIM confirmed control.
- Unmarked: JNIM areas of operations. Neither side controls.
- Grey: Islamic State of the Sahel region areas of operations.

🇺🇸🇧🇬⚡️- The Bulgarian parliament has approved the proposal.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "If the Americans target a bridge or a power plant in Iran, Iran will, in turn, strike infrastructure and bridges in the region, including energy facilities where the United States has interests" - Iranian Military official quoted by Tasnim, Iranian Media.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️- “Earlier today (Wednesday), a number of Israeli citizens arrived in the Hermon area with the intention of attempting to cross the border into Syrian territory. An IDF force operating in the area prevented the citizens from advancing and detained them.

The detained citizens were transferred to the Israel Police for further handling.” - Israeli Defence Force.

🇺🇸🇲🇱⚡- "The Trump administration is weighing military action in the West African country of Mali to target JNIM.

If approved, it would add an eighth nation to the list of countries where President Donald Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term.

There is disagreement, however, among senior U.S. officials over whether to proceed with attacking the militant group. A vocal advocate for using force is the National Security Council’s senior director for counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka," - The Washington Post.

🇬🇧⚡- A suspect by the name of Joshua Kerry has been charged with the murder of former Conservative and Reform MP Anne Widdecombe.

Kerry broke into the 78-year-old Widdecombe's home and proceeded to hit her 21 times in the head with a hammer while she ate her lunch. He then took her wallet and left. It has been determined to be premeditated and likely politically motivated.

🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is considering purchasing specialized aircraft for countering submarines, amid concerns about Turkey," - Walla.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Israel remains on maximum alert after Washington informed it of escalating attacks on Iran in the coming days, which will include bomber runs. Tel Aviv was notified that Iran may respond to the escalation with attacks on Israel, Israeli Channel 11 reports.

🇮🇷⚡- Initial reports of Iranian ballistic missile launches from the Kermanshah region, western Iran.

🇺🇸🫏⚡️- House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is engaging with an unproven conspiracy that a Black high school student, Nolan Wells, was murdered by his White friends after a Fourth of July party on an island in Mississippi, where Wells drowned after staying behind to be with a girl.

The case has been marred by misinformation from the Black community, who have harassed the White teenagers and accused them of murder without any evidence.

The Wells family believes he was murdered and has hired the Black activist lawyer Ben Crump, who has handled cases involving George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others.

🇺🇸⚡- “The Defense Department has selected the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech to host a revamped fellowship program for senior military officers,” after Secretary Hegseth cut ties to the Ivy League.

“The two universities will participate in the new Senior Service College Fellowship, a 10-month professional military education program that serves as an alternative to traditional war colleges. Additional university partners will be announced at a later date, according to the department.” - The Hill.

🇺🇸☪️⚡️- ActBlue, the Democrats' fundraising PAC, shows DSA-aligned candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s receiving 47 donations from an 88-year-old woman by the name of Elizabeth Waffle and over $150,000 from Waffle to ActBlue in its entirety.

Elizabeth Waffle, who lives in rural Michigan, was shocked to hear of this during an interview, as she lives in a trailer after her home burned down, does not own a computer, and lives off a pension. She did say that she had donated to ActBlue and El-Sayed, but absolutely not the amount registered on ActBlue’s official filing.

El-Sayed is largely running a smear campaign against his Democratic opponent, Haley Stevens, for being ‘bought out’ by big and foreign interests and makes a show of refusing corporate PAC money. However, El-Sayed receives money from ActBlue, whose CEO invoked the Fifth Amendment 22 times in a Congressional hearing when pressed on ActBlue’s foreign contributions.

🇾🇪⚡- Ansarullah to release a statement in regards to a recent military operation the group carried out.

🇾🇪⚡- Heavy clashes between Ansarullah and Southern Transitional Council forces has been ongoing in the northern Ad Dali region, southern Yemen, for over an hour.