🇷🇸🇪🇺 - UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy believes that Serbia — despite the democratic backsliding, the cozying up to Russia, and its continued refusal to recognize Kosovo — genuinely wants to accede to the EU, a process it started back in 2009.

🇲🇱🇩🇿 - Algeria has cut power supply to Mali.

🇩🇿🇫🇷 - Protest in Paris by Malian diaspora and allies against Algeria.

🇩🇿🇫🇷 - Algeria denounce French arrest of an Algerian agent tasked with persecuting political dissidents.

🇺🇸 - Arson confirmed at PA Governor Shapiro’s Residence in Harrisburg early this morning. Fire caused significant damage, but Gov. Josh Shapiro & family safely evacuated. PA State Police investigating, $10K reward for info leading to arrest.

🇬🇦⚡- Brice Oligui Nguema, who overthrew the Bongo regime in a coup in 2023, wins Gabon's first elections with 90.4% of the votes.

🇬🇦 - A few thoughts about this:

• African Union and EU observers deployed, no violations reported (yet).

• No trace of Russian interference.

• The most successful coup d'état in Africa in recent years (especially compared to the Sahelian juntas).

• Brice Oligui Nguema is considered the liberator who toppled the Bongo dynasty.

• The 2023 coup d'état was barely condemned by the international community.

⚓🇪🇹🤝🇷🇺⚓ — Ethiopia has signed a cooperation agreement with Russia, to jointly develop a naval force. Ethiopia has been landlocked and without a functional navy since Eritrea's independence in 1991.

- Military Africa

🇱🇧 - A source close to Hezbollah told AFP that most of the group's military sites in southern Lebanon have been placed under the control of the Lebanese Army.

Out of 265 Hezbollah positions identified south of the Litani River, approximately 190 have reportedly been handed over to the army.

🇺🇸🇸🇦 - The US and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate on the development of a civil nuclear program in the kingdom.

🇫🇷🇬🇦 - French president Macron has called Gabon president Brice Oligui NGuema, who came to power through a coup in 2023, to congratulate him for winning the presidential election with 90% of the vote.

🇨🇩🇷🇼 - Gunfire heard in Goma.

Quand la Chine s'éveillera le monde tremblera.

Cody Balmer, the alleged perpetrator of the Shapiro residence arson, posted this a few years ago 🤔⏳

🇪🇨 - Daniel Noboa has been reelected as president of Ecuador. Opposition candidate Gonzalez says doesn't recognize the results.

🇩🇿🇫🇷 - Algeria is requesting the departure of 12 French diplomats from its territory. Paris has warned that it will retaliate immediately if the move is carried out.

Aside from being rich and popular he is also extremely well liked from people having different political view and spectrum of opinion.

Also taking into account his philanthropic action across America and the world it is not hard to imagine him winning in my opinion, I would say he have a shot at this if he manage to maintain his course and popularity until he reach 35yo.

🇵🇸🇪🇺 - The EU will invest €1.6 billion until 2027 to help stabilise the West Bank and Gaza.

🇫🇷 - LFI, RN threatens no-confidence motion over austerity efforts.