South Africa: Court denies environmental authorisation for TotalEnergies’ planned offshore drilling near continent’s southern tip.

Trump says a trilateral summit with Zelensky after Alaska is necessary for an agreement on Ukraine.

Sudan: UK Foreign Minister urges UAE-backed RSF to end Al Fashir siege and halt attacks on civilians.

Somalia: Army inaugurates new Turkish-built base for 19th Gorgor Commando Brigade in Mogadishu.

Russia lost a Su-30SM jet while on a mission southeast of Snake Island, the Ukrainian Navy reports.

The cause is unknown. Wreckage was found at sea, but the pilots remain missing.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent:

The Europeans should put up or shut up.

Germany’s Bundeswehr plans to order a large batch of modernized Taurus cruise missiles by late 2025 or early 2026, after years of delays, to boost its long-range strike capability and keep the weapon in service until at least 2045.

Sweden is also interested, but production will likely restart only with Germany’s purchase.

Source: Hartpunkt

Indian Foreign Ministry:

The Arbitration Court has no legal authority to issue rulings regarding the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan.

Leaked internal Meta guidelines, confirmed as authentic by the company, show its AI chatbots were once allowed to have romantic conversations with minors.

Source: TechCrunch

British Foreign Secretary Lammy:

We oppose Israeli plans that would divide the future Palestinian state into two parts.

Trump:

We have a meeting with Putin tomorrow. But the more important meeting will be the one between Putin, Zelensky and myself. And maybe we bring some of the European leaders along, maybe not.

Trump:

Six or seven planes came down during the clashes between Pakistan and India.

Trump on offering rare earth to Putin:

Rare earth is very unimportant, I am trying to save lives.

Trump:

I am the one who got the Olympics. I was saddened because I got it for what would be my third term.

Reporter: Do you think this summit and your incentives for Putin could end up rewarding Putin for invading Ukraine?

Trump: I don't think it is a reward.

Trump:

I would like to see journalists going into Gaza.

Trump:

Putin would take over all of Ukraine if I weren't the President.

Trump on his meeting with Putin:

If it is a bad meeting it will end very quickly. If it is a good meeting we are going to end up getting peace in the pretty near future.

Reporter: Would you support reducing NATO troops in Europe, in countries like Poland, in order to get Russia to agree to a peace deal?

Trump: I will think about that later. It has not been put before me.

Indian Foreign Ministry:

Defence procurement process continues with the US.

Iran is working with Moscow and Beijing to prevent possible European sanctions.

Source: AFP