🇸🇩🇦🇪⚡- "We believe UAE intelligence officers were killed in Nyala. That’s why they are retaliating with drone attacks on Port Sudan," - Sudanese Armed Forces.

🇮🇷 - A year ago today, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a helicopter crash.

🇺🇸🇨🇦🇫🇮⚡️- Finnish icebreaker giants Aker Arctic and Arctech Helsinki Shipyard have merged to target the North American market. They aim to boost polar shipbuilding capabilities and meet rising demand for modern icebreaking vessels in the US and Canada.

⚡️🇺🇸 Six F-15E Strike Eagles have been deployed to Diego Garcia to protect four B-52H bombers stationed there, replacing B-2As that just wrapped up Operation Rough Rider targeting Houthis in Yemen.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 - It now seems that the B-2 Spirit bombers deployed were possibly being used to target Ansarullah in Yemen.

With F-15E Strike Eagles now arriving to "protect" B-52 bombers (F-15Es are not escort aircraft, nor are they air superiority aircraft- they're primarily designed and armed for land-attack missions) it now appears that the Trump Administration is seriously preparing for negotiations with Iran to fail.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- China issues a NOTAM for a section of the southern Taiwan Strait, where the Chinese Navy will carry out live-fire exercises.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is speaking at a ceremony dedicated to former President Ibrahim Raisi.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, indirectly criticizes President Pezeshkian for negotiating with the US.

Khamenei praised Raisi for not negotiating with the US.

"He didn't allow the enemy to say that I was able to bring Iran to the negotiating table by threats, by enticements, or by trickery. He didn't let it," - Khamenei.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: "We have indirect negotiations now, which I do not think will come to any conclusion," - Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "[The US] Try not to talk nonsense. It is a big mistake to say that we will not allow Iran to enrich. Iran is not waiting for permission for this," - Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Tehran has received a proposal for a new round of nuclear talks with the US and is considering it," - Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇪🇸⚡- BREAKING: Major network and internet outages across Spain, confirmed by Netblocks. Some regions of Spain have absolutely no network connectivity.

🇪🇺🇸🇾⚡- EU lifts all sanctions on Syria.

🇶🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Doha talks go nowhere, the Israeli delegation is expected to return to Israel today," - Israel Hayom.

🇫🇮⚡️- BREAKING: Mass stabbing at Vahajarvi School in Pirkkala, Finland. Armed police are on site.

🇫🇮⚡- Three injuries have been reported in the stabbing attack at Vahajarvi School in Pirkkala, Finland.

🇫🇮⚡- BREAKING: Emergency forces arrive at Mainingi School in Espoo, Finland, after the school received threats of a possible shooting.

🇫🇮⚡- Scenes from Mainingi School in Espoo, Finland.

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