🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- China is preparing an armada of ferries to invade Taiwan – Telegraph.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Hebrew media is alleging that one Egyptian soldier was killed in an exchange of fire between Egyptian and Israeli troops.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli newspaper "Walla" reporting the death of two Egyptian troops at the Rafah checkpoint clash today.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- Al Jazeera confirms the death of two Egyptian soldiers at the Rafah checkpoint due to IDF gunfire.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media says no Israeli casualties reported as a result of the clash.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- A spokesperson for the IDF confirms clashes between Egypt and Israel at Rafah, and says that "dialogue is underway with the Egyptian side" regarding the incident.

🇱🇹⚡️- Gitanas Nauseda wins the Lithuanian Presidential Elections, once again becoming the President. Nauseda received 74.4% of the votes.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media says that Egyptian soldiers opened fire first, causing elements of the 401st Brigade to respond.

🇺🇲🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡- Some NATO countries are proposing closing the sky over Ukraine and forming a 'No Fly Zone'. The move was initiated by Poland, backed by the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Great Britain is also ready to send weapons not just to the Polish-Ukrainian border, but closer to the frontline itself.

The US and Germany reject both proposals – Bild.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- In the opinion of admin, this clash at Rafah will likely be memory-holed and forgotten, as Egypt - from the beginning - has been insistent on non-confrontation and minimal escalation.

🇰🇵🇯🇵⚡️- North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile towards Japan, activating Japan's emergency alert system for the whole nation.

🇰🇵🇯🇵⚡️- Residents in Okinawa were advised to seek shelter upon the missile launch.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- A spokesperson for the Egyptian military confirms the death of one Egyptian soldier during clashes in Rafah.

Egypt says it is investigating the incident.

🇰🇵🇯🇵⚡- Japanese media publish a video of the rocket that exploded in the air.

🇬🇧⚡️- Tories say that the Royal Family would not be exempt from the draft.

🇫🇷🇺🇦⚡️- Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Syrski says Ukraine has signed a deal to bring French instructors to Ukraine.

🇬🇧⚡️- Another Tory MP, Lucy Allan, has endorsed her constituency’s Reform UK candidate. She was expelled from the Conservative Party shortly after.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Visual confirmation: Russian forces now control the entirety of the Southern border to the 'Kanal' district of Chasov-Yar (Bakhmut direction) – Russia already has control of the entire Eastern border.

The advance in this direction means Kanal's only supply route "Oleha Koshovoho" is under Russian fire control.