🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- Somalia announced the expulsion of Ethiopia's ambassador, Mukhtar Mohamed.

Somalia has severed all diplomatic relations with Ethiopia too, with tensions escalating.

This comes after Ethiopia signed an agreement with the disputed region of Somaliland to establish an Ethiopian seaport on the territory. – Somalia's Prime Minister's Office.

🇮🇱⚡- Israel has begun evacuating some of its embassies from at risk regions, fearing an Iranian response.

🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini and other officials performing a dead prayer for those killed by the Israeli airstrike in Damascus

🇻🇦 ❌️ 🇺🇦 Concerns about mobilizing clergy - Zelensky meets with Bishops of the country’s Latin-Rite Catholic churches

🔶️ For their part, the Catholic bishops explained the challenges faced by chaplains in their ministry, and highlighed concerns about the possibility of mobilizing clergy to serve as soldiers. “We emphasised that if parish priests or those responsible for the humanitarian sector, including Caritas and all its units, are mobilised, there will be big problems,” said Bishop Vitaliy Kryvytskyy, the head of the Commission of Church-State Relations for the country’s Latin-Rite Bishops.

🔶️ The bishops also raised issues concerning ecclesial properties owned by the state and leased to the Church for religious purposes; a recent law requires the Churches to pay market rates on those properties.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2024-04/ukraine-s-president-meets-with-roman-catholic-protestant-leader.html

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ - Biden asks Netanyahu for immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

🇺🇸 🇮🇱⚡ - Biden: future US supports for the war depends on new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Russian forces have entered the city of Chasov Yar, west of Artemovsk. The battle for the city will likely take months, but will undoubtedly be a vast strategic victory for the Russians.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Secretary of State Antony Blinken affirmed Biden's call for a ceasefire in Gaza, stating "If we don't see from Israel the changes we need to see - there will be changes in our policy."

— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Senior Israeli officials say that Israel has obtained intelligence indicating that Iran may attack Israel from its territory using long-range ballistic missiles, drones and cruise missiles

The officials say that Israel has notified the United States that they would respond forcefully to any Iranian attack on Israeli territory. The attack is expected to come tonight or tomorrow night – Walla News

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🇺🇦🇫🇷⚡- "I really want the whole Euro-Atlantic area to listen to President Emmanuel Macron and take his words seriously," – Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

🇮🇱⚡- Schools in Jerusalem and certain other areas have been told by the Israeli Ministry of Education to prepare for 'Virtual Learning'.

🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡️- The United Arab Emirates has suspended diplomatic ties with Israel after the targeting of 7 aid workers in Gaza.

The suspension is temporary, and in large part is meaningless.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Major drone strikes right now against Kursk Region of Russia – Russian media reports.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡ - Israel has fired a top army commander, reopens the Erez Crossing following US, Iran anger.

🇮🇷 - For reference, Khuzestan is in the red part.

It is probably unrelated to current events. Some sources say it is a meteorite.

🇮🇷⚡ - Iranian channels posting videos of missiles flying in the skies from multiple cities in Iran's skies.

— 🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Videos from the Iraqi side of the border report on an unknown luminous object entering Iraq from Iran

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🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- Israeli PM Netanyahu told Biden that Israel will "directly respond" if Iran strikes Israeli territory