🇺🇸🪧 — 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.

🇮🇶 - Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of escalating conflict with the U.S. administration.

🇺🇸 - Fed announces "closed-door board meeting" for today amid market crash.

🇸🇾 - The UNHCR says 52,000 Syrian refugees have returned from Jordan since the fall of the former regime.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 - Trump / Netanyahu WH press conference cancelled.

❗️🇷🇺 Russia: AvtoVAZ is halting production of the Lada Granta — the manufacturer's most popular model.

This is due to a sharp drop in demand and overstocked warehouses.

Its a well known principle that China can support foreign politicians who aren't neither communist nor left-wing if they fit in China's interests... but this Reagan video is next step.