🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iran's parliament has passed two articles associated with SEPAND, Iran's advanced weapons research entity, responsible for the development of nuclear weapons. Two articles passed by the parliament approved the establishment of SEPAND and its placement as an "independent weapons research entity" under the Ministry of Defense.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - This means that Iran is likely preparing to go nuclear.

— 🇮🇱 NEW: Israel's Minister of National Security, Ben Gvir, was involved in a car crash, and was injured as a result

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🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- Iraqi sources reporting an explosion due to a loitering munition at the Khor Mor gas facility in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced an emergency $6 billion aid package for Ukraine

🇺🇸⚡️- A black man out of Canton, Ohio, Frank Tyson, died in police custody after violently resisting arrest and shouting "I can't breathe" before dying.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- Unconfirmed reports that Ukraine has abandoned Berdychi (Avdiivka direction).

🇦🇲🇦🇿⚡️- Armenian soldiers have arrived at the border with Azerbaijan, where the Pashinyan government has agreed to transfer 4 border villages to Azerbaijan.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ - Missile strikes in Kharkov as the whole country is under air alert

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ - Reports that the Burshtynska Thermal Power Plant in western Ukraine was hit

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- Russian forces have begun forward operations in the Kharkov region, over the past 12 hours.

Ukrainian media confirms Russian forces have captured Kislivka (Kupyansk-Kharkov direction).

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- Ukraine confirms evacuation of forces from Berdychi, Russian troops expected to enter soon.

🇺🇸💵⚡️- First Republic Bank has been seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Several explosions reported across Ukraine

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- X-101 strikes in Ukrainian territory

🇺🇲⚡- Tornado does damage to hundreds of homes in Nebraska.

— 🇮🇱/🇸🇦 NEW: An Israeli government-linked plane, which was previously used by Mossad officials flying to Qatar and Cairo, has landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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