🇨🇵| France Invests €717M in Eutelsat to Counter Starlink

▪️France is investing €717 million in satellite operator Eutelsat to bolster European autonomy in space-based communications. The move is seen as a strategic alternative to U.S.-based Starlink, amid growing concerns over dependency on foreign satellite networks

🇮🇷| Iran reports partial to full restoration of internet across the country

🇮🇹| Defense Minister of Italy Says NATO “No Longer Has a Reason to Exist”

▪️Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto made a provocative statement, declaring that “NATO as it is, no longer has a reason to exist.”
He also expressed the opinion that the European Union and the UN "do not matter."

🇮🇷| Senior IRGC Quds Force Commander Assassinated in Qom

▪️Israeli Defense Minister Katz confirmed the assassination of Mohammad Saeed Izadi, commander of the Palestine Corps within Iran’s IRGC Quds Force, in Qom last night.

BALOCHISTAN📍: 3 blasts hit 🇵🇰Pakistani forces near Mangochar Dam, Kalat, Balochistan.
At least 8 personnel are dead as per initial reports.

🇺🇸| Trump says that NATO allies should spend at least 5% of GDP on the military, but the US shouldn't.

🔥Indus Water Treaty will NEVER be RESTORED - HM Amit Shah🔥

Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared that India will not restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan and will redirect water to states like Rajasthan.

🇬🇧| UK to Proscribe 🇵🇸Palestine Action as a Terrorist Group After RAF Brize Norton Attack

▪️Two activists allegedly breached the Oxfordshire base, vandalized two Airbus Voyager refueler with red paint and crowbars, and escaped on electric scooters.
▪️Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will present the motion to Parliament on Monday. If passed, membership in Palestine Action will be criminalized
▪️UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the act as "disgraceful", and a nationwide security review of military installations is underway.

🇮🇳| Trade agreements with ASEAN countries are ”silly”; many of them have now become 🇨🇳China B-Team— Minister Piyush Goyal.

🇺🇸| Higher resolution 🇨🇳Chinese satellite imagery from the 19th posted by Mizarvision.

🇮🇷| Coup in iran looks difficult

🇮🇷| Sharif Newspaper announced that Dr. Syed Assar Tabatabayi Kumsa, a little-known scientist in the country's nuclear industry, was killed in the attacks last weekend along with his wife Mansura Haji Salem in their home.

🇮🇷| Khamenei names successors as Israeli strikes escalate

▪️He has submitted three successor candidates to the Assembly of Experts—excluding his son Mojtaba—to ensure swift leadership transition. Iran is now focused on protecting top commanders, preparing for possible U.S. intervention, and countering covert Israeli sabotage operations inside the country—NYT