Nationwide air-traffic-control staffing shortages have led to nearly 1,900 U.S. flight delays today.

Source: CNN

Israeli Defense Minister Katz:

Until the return of all the hostages the fallen and until the last tunnel.

We will continue to operate with force to realize our goals in Gaza.

NEW: The Trump administration is considering buying unused Amazon-style warehouses near major deportation hubs and converting them into massive immigrant detention centers.

These “mega detention centers” would greatly expand ICE’s capacity and be run directly by the agency rather than private contractors.

The plan is not final, and details like cost and specific sites are unknown.

Source: NBC News

Israel warned the Lebanese Army that if it does not act against Hezbollah, Israeli attacks will intensify.

Source: Kan News

New post by DHS:

NEW: England is bracing for potentially the worst drought in decades next year.

Reservoirs and groundwater remain low after months of record dryness, and forecasts suggest another winter with below-average rainfall.

Water companies and the government are preparing emergency restrictions that may go beyond hosepipe bans, including limits on some business use.

Source: The Guardian

More than 69,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since Oct. 7, 2023, according to local health authorities, as bodies continue to be pulled from rubble despite an ongoing ceasefire.

The U.S. is surveying new sites to send additional military forces to the Caribbean, with a growing focus on Venezuela.

While direct strikes on Venezuelan territory are not planned for now, the American presence has expanded to include AC-130 gunships, P-8 patrol planes, F-35Bs, multiple warships, and over 10,000 personnel.

Source: TWZ

Venezuelan President Maduro:

For 14 weeks they’ve threatened us—saying the gringos have 15 ships, 2,600 missiles, 100 planes, even the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the General Ford.

Let them do what they want. We remain firm.

Venezuelan President Maduro:

They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Caribbeans, Africans—are the villains.

Let them keep their fading empire and their ugly story.

WATCH: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa plays basketball with U.S. officials, including CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper.

Colombian President Petro:

At the UN in New York, two people stood completely isolated: Trump and Netanyahu.

Trump, a little bit smarter than Netanyahu, realized what that meant.

Colombian President Petro:

The ancestral jaguar will awaken if the golden eagle dares to attack the condor.

I warn Rubio and Trump: be careful. You’re entering Bolívar’s homeland, where peasant armies with spears defeated mighty Spanish and French forces.

Caribbean peoples are used to hurricanes—and can unleash one.

A 36-ft effigy of UK PM Keir Starmer was burned at the Edenbridge Bonfire Night event in Kent.

On the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker in Kyiv and urgently pleaded for a no-fly zone to stop Russian air attacks.

Zelensky noted NATO had done this before in Bosnia and northern Iraq, but Stoltenberg refused, saying it would require destroying Russian air-defence systems in Russia and Belarus and being prepared to shoot down Russian aircraft.

This, he warned, would trigger direct war between NATO and Russia, risking a wider conflict or even World War III.

Stoltenberg described ending the call as “extremely painful,” fearing it could be Zelensky’s last, but said avoiding escalation was essential.

He added that U.S. President Joe Biden agreed, saying the United States would not risk World War III for Ukraine.

Source: The Times

Old deep-sea fishing nets from Brittany, France are being repurposed to protect Ukrainians from Russian explosive drones.

A local charity has sent about 280km of horsehair nets, which tangle drone propellers like a spider’s web.

They’re used to shield roads, hospitals, and frontline positions.

Source: The Guardian

Turkish President Erdogan:

In our recent talks with President Trump on the F-35, we made good progress.

I hope the promises will be kept.

Turkish President Erdogan:

After the victory, winds of peace are blowing, and as Türkiye, we are pleased.

We are conducting the normalization process with Armenia in coordination with Azerbaijan.

A high-level Turkish delegation will visit Pakistan this week to help advance Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire talks, aiming to secure a lasting peace deal, President Erdogan said.

Russia released new Su-57 promo footage showing internal weapons bays ahead of Dubai Airshow 2025.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes; we’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary—and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.

Source: El Pais