German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Putin:

He is a war criminal.

He is perhaps the most serious war criminal of our time.

There can be “no place for leniency” in dealing with war criminals.

Poland has officially joined the “trillionaire club” of economies, with GDP surpassing $1 trillion — making it one of only 20 countries worldwide to reach this milestone.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk called it an “absolutely historic fact”.

Italian dockworkers in Genoa warned Israel over the Gaza aid flotilla:

If we lose contact with our boats, even for 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe.

From this port, 13–14,000 containers leave for Israel every year — not a single nail will leave anymore.

Trump: “We’ve taken in almost $17 trillion of investment.”

Claim is false. That’s more than half of total US GDP.

Since the fall of Assad’s government in December 2024, about 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries.

Another 1.7 million internally displaced people have also gone back to their communities.

Marco Rubio:

Trump is going to be on offense against drug cartels.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved allowing Pentagon lawyers from the Judge Advocate General’s Corps to serve as immigration judges to help ease a massive case backlog.

Source: Bloomberg

Reporter: On Sunday, the satellite signal of Ursula von der Leyen's plane was jammed by Russia.

Trump: Well, nobody knows where it came from, but they did take away her ability to use a phone. You know, sometimes that's a good thing. Sometimes that could happen to me, I'd be very happy.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says it releases 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records.

Source

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will begin interviewing 11 candidates for the next Fed chair on Friday, with sessions continuing into next week.

Source: WSJ

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov:

India did not cave in to US demands to stop purchasing resources from Russia, and Moscow appreciated this fact.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov:

Russia expects to continue negotiations with Ukraine, the heads of delegations are in direct contact.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov:

For a lasting Ukrainian settlement, it is necessary to recognize and formalize new territorial realities in an international legal manner.

The US Navy and Marines are conducting amphibious landing drills in southern Puerto Rico as part of a larger Caribbean buildup targeting drug trafficking networks tied to Venezuelan leader Maduro.

The training, led by the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Iwo Jima and supporting ships, coincides with the deployment of at least eight US warships, aircraft, and a submarine to the region.

Source

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he fears a looming economic collapse in the West Bank could spark violence: “Desperate people do desperate things.”

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withheld hundreds of millions in Palestinian tax revenues and threatened to cut Palestinian banks from Israel’s financial system.

Without funds, the PA postponed the school year and risks total collapse, which could trigger chaos in the West Bank.

Huckabee has been mediating between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to release funds and avert collapse.

Source: Axios

China held its largest military parade in history, attended by Putin and Kim Jong Un.

Xi Jinping poses for photo along with Putin and Kim Jong Un as leaders attend China's military parade.

China's military parade in one minute.

Trump to Xi:

Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.