🇨🇦 - Ottawa police: There is an ongoing police operation on Parliament Hill at the moment. Please avoid the area. There is no further information. Updates to follow.

🇫🇷🇧🇦 - French Minister Delegate for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad traveled to Sarajevo and reaffirmed France's support for the unity, sovereignty, territorial integrity and European path of Bosnia.

🇨🇦 - The police are dealing with a barricaded man in the East Block.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - According to oryxspioenkop.com, Ukraine has lost 164 M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA.

🇺🇸🪧 — Thousands of people gathered nation-wide, in the US, on April 5th to protest the Trump administration. The protests appear to have been mostly peaceful. New protests are expected later this month.

🇺🇸🪨🤝🇺🇦 — A new delegation from Ukraine is expected in Washington this week for renewed talks on a mineral rights deal.

🇽🇰🇷🇸 - Kosovo authorities claim to have arrested Serbs suspected of gathering intelligence on potential targets in the country.

🇧🇦🇪🇺 - Bosnian Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković has officially requested EUFOR's help for the first time to arrest Serb leader Milorad Dodik. A letter was sent to all EU Foreign Ministers and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

So:
- Either the EU "complies" and helps arrest Dodik with the risks it involves.
- Or it doesn't, and Bosnia loses confidence in the EU, which is not the best thing for a country that has just obtained candidate status.

The EU's strategy for dealing with the current crisis in Bosnia is rather difficult to decipher.

Bosnia is facing a long-term existential threat from secession, which has been brewing for 20 years.
EUFOR has sent hundreds of additional troops and dozens of armed vehicles.
The U.S. warned of instability in the Balkans in a 2023 report for 2024.
Russia's growing influence in the region.

> Still no sanctions
> Still no arrests

🇺🇸🇯🇵 - Japan, S&P markets' futures at -5%.

🇺🇸 - TRUMP: FED SHOULD CUT RATES

🌎 - The Asian markets collapsed before they closed, the Middle East markets fell, and the markets in Europe are in a massive free-fall.

In 3 hours, the American markets will open and all hell will break out.