Speaking to reporters earlier on the South Lawn of the White House, prior to departing for the 45th Ryder Cup Matches in New York, President Donald J. Trump stated: “I think we have, maybe we have a deal on Gaza — very close to a deal on Gaza. It’s looking like we have a deal on Gaza. I think it’s a deal to get the hostages back, to end the war, it’s gonna be peace.”

Next week’s short-notice unprecedented meeting of nearly all Flag Officers in the U.S. Armed Forces at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, ordered by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, with Generals and Admirals coming from commands and duty stations across the world, will be for senior military leaders to attend a short speech by Secretary Hegseth on military standards and the “warrior ethos,” multiple people familiar with the event told The Washington Post.

According to additional details about the meeting provided by CNN, the surprise gathering will allow Secretary Hegseth to describe the administration’s reinvention of the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” and outline new standards for military personnel, with a White House official telling CNN, “It’s meant to be a show of force of what the new military now looks like under the president.”

Sources state that the meeting is expected to resemble a “pep rally” where Hegseth will underscore the importance of the “warrior ethos” and outline a new vision for the U.S. military, with him expected to discuss new readiness, fitness and grooming standards the officers are expected to adhere to and enforce. Hegseth’s team is planning on recording his speech and releasing it publicly later, being amplified by the White House.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he was open to lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American-made long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia, but he didn’t commit to doing so during a meeting Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to a senior U.S. and Ukrainian official who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

During the meeting, Zelensky asked Trump for more long-range missiles, such as Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, and approval to use such weapons to strike targets on the sovereign territory of Russia. Trump replied that he didn’t oppose the idea, but officials said the president didn’t make any commitments to reverse a U.S. ban on such attacks, thought the Trump Administration is seriously considering providing Tomahawks and other long-range weapons to Ukraine, according to a senior U.S. official and a senior European official briefed on the plans by the White House.

In a 4–9 vote, the U.N. Security Council has failed to adopt a draft resolution by China and Russia to delay “Snapback Sanctions” against Iran by at least six months, with the full-force of sanctions approved previously by the United Nations expected to go into effect tonight at 12:00am.

At 12:00am tonight, the Iranian Central Bank will be once again disconnected from the SWIFT Payment System, as Snapback Sanctions under the following United Nations Security Council Resolutions immediately re-enter effect against Iran:

-UNSCR 1696 (2006)
-UNSCR 1737 (2006)
-UNSCR 1747 (2007)
-UNSCR 1803 (2008)
-UNSCR 1835 (2008)
-UNSCR 1929 (2010)