🇺🇦🇲🇱⚡- Mali has cut all diplomatic relations with Ukraine, labelling the country as a "sponsor of terrorism".

Earlier Burkina Faso and Senegal made similar statements however did not end relations.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Continuous sirens in northern Israel due to drone infiltration.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli media confirms serious injuries as a result of a Hezbollah drone striking a military base in Ayelet Hashahar.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Non-stop sirens in northern Israel for 40 minutes now, at 2am in the morning.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The Israeli military has censored the media from covering the results of drone impacts in northern Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Lockheed Martin, America's largest defense contractor, had a massive increase in stock value this morning upon market open.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- US CENTCOM Commander Michael Kurilla to arrive in Israel today to coordinate defensive efforts and review plans with Israeli officials ahead of Iran's anticipated retaliation.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the G7 that Iran's retaliation against Israel is expected to begin within "24-48 hours"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts in northern Israel (Nahariyya direction.)

Rocket launches were detected, supposedly from Lebanon, making this barrage the deepest-penetrating rockets launched from Lebanon to strike Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Explosions in Nahariyya.

🇰🇷🇯🇵⚡️- South Korea has halted all trading on its stock exchange after the crash of Japan's stock market. The suspension of trading has resulted in a 7% decline in value on the South Korean stock market.

🇯🇵⚡️- Japan's stock market has posted its worst losses since the 1987 recession, with potentially devastating effects on the global economy.

🇹🇼⚡️- Taiwan's stock exchange has fallen by 8%.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hebrew media reporting rocket strikes in open area with no serious damage.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli outlet Yedioth Ahronoth: "Netanyahu attributed the delay in negotiations [on a hostage deal] to waiting for a written commitment from the Americans to continue the war."

🇳🇬🇷🇺⚡- "We don't know why they could use Russian flags," – Yuri Paramonov, Press Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Nigeria, when asked to comment on the Russian flags present at the protests in Nigeria by local media 'Punch'.

🇱🇧🇯🇵🇹🇷⚡- Japan and Turkey join the ranks of several other countries urging their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible.

🇨🇳🇲🇾⚡- Three Chinese military vessels have entered Malaysian water-spaces in the South China Sea.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have entered Toretsk City – Ukrainian sources confirm.

Russian troops advanced into Toretsk's southern private sector and the battle over Toretsk cemetery has begun.

In Pivnechnoe, Ukrainian forces have withdrawn to Lenin Street. Whereas Russian forces advanced 1,100 meters into the center, capturing Shkulna Street.