A man follows patrolling soldiers in Washington DC while playing the Imperial March from Star Wars.

Trump:

TOMORROW, House Republicans are taking a very important Vote to pass a CLEAN TEMPORARY FUNDING BILL.

The Leader of the Democrats, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, wants to shut the Government down. Republicans want the Government to stay open.

Every House Republican should UNIFY, and VOTE YES!

Trump blocked $400 million U.S. military aid package to Taiwan.

Reason: Linked to trade talks with China and Trump’s view that Taiwan can self-fund defense.

Source: WaPo

NEW: France halts anti-terror cooperation with Mali, expels two diplomats.

Fox: Charlie said, "There is no such thing as hate speech."

Trump: He might not be saying that now.

Albania's AI minister "Diella" addressed the parliament for the first time.

Diella said she has been "hurt" by opposition lawmakers who called her unconstitutional.

The Taliban has banned books written by women and 18 university subjects in Afghanistan, including courses on women's rights and gender studies, claiming they conflict with Sharia law.

Around 140 books by female authors and hundreds by Iranian writers were removed from curricula.

Source: BBC

A Haredi Jew says Jews and Palestinians lived peacefully in Jerusalem under the Ottomans, but Zionism and the founding of Israel destroyed that peace.

"Our closest neighbors were Palestinians. We got along well, shared food, cooked together, and lived in peace. What ended that peace was Zionism and its ideas."

Somalia: ISIS claims killing 13 Puntland soldiers in a bomb attack on their military truck between Markadan and Dere Madow villages in the northeast.

Trump posts about Ilhan Omar and Somalia.

DR Congo: ISCAP killed 6 Christians in Mangoko, two of them by beheading.

Sahel: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso (AES states) decided to withdraw from the ICC over alleged bias and plan to establish a regional Sahel Criminal Court for Human Rights.

UK MI6 chief Richard Moore says there's no sign Putin wants peace in Ukraine unless it's on Russia's terms.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they could’ve flattened Gaza in 3 hours, but they haven’t.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

If Macron wants a Palestinian state so badly, maybe he should offer land on the French Riviera.

The Dutch parliament’s lower house voted to label Antifa a terrorist organization, following the US example.

Mali: Paris suspended counter-terrorism cooperation and expelled two Malian diplomats after a French embassy employee was arrested on espionage charges.

This move ends the agreement that had existed only symbolically since France’s 2022 troop withdrawal.

North Korea has unveiled new "Kumson" series strike drones.

Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir:

If we do not dismantle the Palestinian Authority in time, we will wake up late as happened in Gaza.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently received Secret Service protection following the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Source: CBS News

Greek Minister for Health Adonis Georgiadis:

Erdogan says all day long that Jerusalem belongs to the Arabs. Netanyahu responded to him that Jerusalem is a Jewish city.

Jerusalem is indeed a Jewish city. The Jews founded it; they were the holy men of the city.

Israel is our main ally in the region, it is a key opponent of Türkiye, and in whatever we need in the future, it will truly stand by our side, if we now stand by its side.