🇦🇺⚡️- Brian Nugent’s father, Rod Nugent, released a statement in which he revealed that Helen Haines had been a close friend of the family for over 20 years.

Brian Nugent is a 43-year-old environmental campaigner and has been noted as becoming increasingly erratic over the past few months, as police were dispatched three times to his house during this time, one of his neighbors described him as “an absolute nutjob,” per The Age.

🇺🇸⚡️- PlaqueBoyMax's response to Trump using his music in a TikTok edit.

🇺🇸🇵🇭🇨🇳⚡- China says U.S. littoral combat ship USS Charleston “illegally intruded” near Sabina Shoal, South China Sea, without "Beijing's permission".

The reality: Sabina lies about 75 nautical miles off Palawan, western Philippines, inside the Philippines’ EEZ. Under UNCLOS, every ship has freedom of navigation there, and a 2016 international tribunal ruled China’s sweeping claims have no legal basis.

🇮🇷🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir visits Tehran today in a bid to help revive stalled US-Iran peace talks.

🇫🇷⚡️- The French police arrested a member of a far-left group this morning as part of their investigation into the fire that ravaged the city hall of Limoges.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡️- Cygames have announced they had to cancel their Umamusume 7th Event concerts in Los Angeles as they failed to obtain visas for their singers. Despite correctly following guidelines, the USCIS backlog provoked a significant delay which forced the cancellation of the events.

Cygames indicated they could not manage to get a hold of any U.S. official to streamline the visa process. This happened despite Cygames becoming a major partner of three U.S. racecourse events this year, including the prestigious Breeders' Cup, and reviving the American youth's interest in horse racing.

🇧🇬🇨🇳⚡️- Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev met the Chinese Foreign Minister. Rumen Radev reaffirmed Bulgaria's respect of the one-China principle and indicated that the Bulgarian economy was open to increased Chinese investments.

🇫🇷⚡️- According to Le Populaire du Centre, French police forces have arrested 34-year-old Hodei Docampo Ciarra as the main suspect in the investigation into the arson that ravaged the city hall of Limoges. He was already known to the police forces and was registered as a far-left extremist by internal intelligence services.

🇫🇷⚡️- French Interior Minister announces military elements from Operation Sentinel will be deployed to secure key sites in France this Saturday.

🇫🇷⚡️- French police officers attempted and failed to arrest LFI parliamentary member Raphael Arnault as part of an investigation into the riots. The far-left figure has fled the police and is now reportedly hiding in the French National Assembly.

Note: Raphael Arnault was likely directly involved in the murder of French student Quentin Deranque in February 2026.

🇫🇷⚡️- Far-left French parliament member Raphael Arnault is confirmed to be hiding within the National Assembly while his party negotiates on his behalf. He is reportedly "nervous".

Photo by Jean Bexon.

🇺🇸🇫🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Internal documents at the U.S. State Department obtained by Fox News indicate that antifascist groups are planning to descend on Le Pen's party congress in Orléans this weekend which could spark "a potentially more confrontational protest" than the riots.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇳⚡️- Some right wing influencers including Dinesh D'Souza and Daily Wire employee Michael Knowles are claiming that Acton is lying about her life story because her step father never served jail time.

The reason for this is because Acton's step father skipped bail and fled the state after pleading not guilty in 1978 when a grand jury indicted him on rape charges.

Active arrest warrants were issued however he was never brought to trial due to him fleeing, he died in 2004.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- The National Review has obtained legal documents confirming Acton's story that her mom allowed sexual abuse to happen.

The mother was also arrested in the 90s for theft by deception and pled guilty to animal abuse in 2021.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡- A Qatari delegation has arrived in Tehran as well. Meanwhile, the Pakistani team has left.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡- The Qatari delegation lasted less than 30 minutes and is now heading back to Doha.