🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- There is speculation that the explosions could be related to air defense drills, and not targeted strikes.

🇮🇷⚡- Photo from Isfahan, Iran.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Explosions came from eastern Isfahan, approximately near a known Iranian military base. This is likely an exercise, not an attack.

🇮🇷⚡- Sabereen, Iraqi media, denies "Israeli aggression" against Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Headquarters in Tehran denies rumors of foreign aircraft violating Iranian airspace.

🌩⚡️- Hurricane Milton has achieved top wind speeds of 180 miles per hour, making it one of the largest hurricanes in history, and the strongest hurricane in the history of the Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Milton is expected to impact Florida as a Category 4 storm on October 9th.

🇰🇵🇰🇷⚡- "The South Korean military has recorded signs indicating that the DPRK may have begun construction of what is believed to be a nuclear-powered submarine," - Yonhap, South Korean media.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- The Philippines Coast Guard claims Chinese vessels fired water cannons at two of its patrol vessels at the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

🇨🇳🇵🇭🇰🇷⚡- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos met in Manila, Philippines, to bolster ties.

🇨🇳🇵🇭🇰🇷⚡- "We share a common understanding about the importance of peace, stability and safety in the South China Sea," - Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korean President, in a meeting with Philippine President Marcos.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "China wants Taiwan to make a mistake and use that excuse to trigger a blockade," - Admiral Tang Hua, Taiwan Navy Commander.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "China is slowly, but surely ramping up its military presence around Taiwan and is ready to blockade Taiwan at any time they want," - Admiral Tang Hua, Taiwan Navy Commander.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Like an anaconda, they are squeezing the island. They apply extreme pressure and pressure. China is trying to exhaust us and force us into a mistake," - Admiral Tang Hua, Taiwan Navy Commander.

🇮🇷🇸🇦⚡- Iran's Foreign Minister to head to Saudi Arabia today.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Scenes from southern Beirut this morning after weeks of violent Israeli airstrikes.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, announces he'll be making an unexpected speech right now.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Qassem: "The big meeting by the enemy, along with the United States and the West, is to pressure us and scare us, but we do not fear them."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Qassem: "We are the sons of the master of the martyrs of the axis of resistance, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Qassem: "Sayyed Nasrallah left a legacy of solid resistance to the Zionists, extending over a broad front."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Qassem: "Al-Aqsa Flood is an unusual and exceptional event and is the beginning of changing the face of the Middle East."