🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We warn the Cypriot government against opening its bases to the enemy, and if it does so, we will treat it as part of the war." – Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hezbollah.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Rafah must be occupied and we must move from defense to attack," – Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli Minister of National Security.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Per Israeli source Ynet, quoting an Israeli official: "The countdown to an Israeli response to Hezbollah has begun."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Defense Minister Gallant: "The situation in northern Galilee must be changed."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Defense Minister Gallant: "Hezbollah started the war and its our duty to change the situation."

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- US envoy Amos Hochstein has announced the following after his trip to Israel to mediate between Israel and Hezbollah: "The attempts to settle an agreement in the north have failed."

🇷🇺🇰🇵🇰🇷⚡- "We warn the authorities in Moscow that negotiations with the North [North Korea] should not be conducted in a way that undermines peace and stability on the Korean peninsula," – Cho Tae-yul, South Korea’s Foreign Minister.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- More than 30 very powerful explosions reported in Belgorod region, Russia.

🇺🇦🇪🇪⚡- "This is not a red line for us. Estonia is ready to talk about sending Estonian troops to Ukraine," – Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Scenes from the Chinese-Philippines confrontation on the outskirts of Second Thomas shoal - 18th July.

🇨🇦🇮🇷⚡️- Canada has designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

🇺🇸✝️⚡️- Louisiana has legally mandated the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms.

🇸🇩🇦🇪⚡- The Sudanese representative at the United Nations Security Council accuses the UAE of supporting the Rapid Support Forces.

🇨🇾⚡- Cypriot media claims a sharp increase in hotel cancellations.

🇷🇺🇻🇳⚡️- After visiting North Korea, Russian President Putin has now arrived in Vietnam.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- China deploys CCG5901 'The Monster', the world's largest coast guard ship, to the Sabina shoal.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- China is preparing to blockade Scarborough shoal – Philippines state-media. Philippines believes China is preparing a third front in Scarborough, after China took control of Sabina and Second Thomas shoals.

🇬🇧⚡️- UK Conservative Party leadership is preparing to tell many candidates that their seats will be deemed "unwinnable" and divert resources to a much smaller collection of safe seats as the party fights for survival.

🇬🇧⚡️- Nigel Farage is set to win Clacton with the biggest swing in modern electoral history, winning 42% of the vote, according to a Survation poll.

🇺🇲🇮🇱⚡- Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to influence the US elections and move against Biden – Haaretz.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- IDF burning an apartment block in Rafah.