🇲🇲⚡- Myanmar's Tatmadaw Forces have suffered its biggest loss yet of the civil war. The Democratic Alliance, MNDAA, have captured the city of Lashio (eastern Myanmar).

MNDAA hoisted its flag on August 3, while fighting continued for at least another 24 hours.

Tatmadaw had been encircled inside the city for well over a month.

🇳🇬🇷🇺 - Scenes from Abuja, Nigeria.

🇺🇲🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Iran rejected US and Arab calls to moderate its response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh – The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇲🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Iran told Arab diplomats that it does not care if the response against Israel leads to the outbreak of an all-out war – The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇦⚡- "F-16s are already in Ukraine, performing combat missions," – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

🇺🇦 - An F-16 over Odessa, Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We will win this year for sure, 100%," – Head of the Chechen region, Ramzan Kadyrov.

🇺🇦 - Another angle of the F-16 over Odessa, Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇪🇺⚡- "Two German and two Swedish fighter jets took off to intercept two Russian fighter jets which were heading towards NATO country Latvia," – German air-force spokesman.

🇺🇦⚡️- Ukraine Air Force uploaded this footage to twitter officially announcing F-16s being deployed.

🇺🇦🇸🇳🇧🇫⚡- Following Senegal, Burkina Faso has released a statement to the International Community to "pay close attention to the support of terrorism by the Ukrainian embassies" in the Sahel countries.

🇬🇧⚡️- Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced 30 million pounds of new funding for rapid Police response for Mosques across the entire country.

🇬🇧⚡️- British PM Starmer announces that anyone involved in the anti-migrant riots will be arrested, charged and convicted.

“I guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly, or those whipping up this action online.”

🇺🇸🇾🇪 - Another MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down over Yemen.

🇺🇸🇱🇧⚡️- The US, UK, and Canada are beginning to evacuate non-essential embassy staff from Lebanon.

— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Iran will likely carry out an attack substantially more severe than on April 13, and it will cross Israel's 'red lines'; Iran seeks to restore deterrence, even if this causes an all-out war – Al Mayadeen

@Middle_East_Spectator

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, moments ago.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Bloomberg reports that the Iranian attack on Israel is “imminent”

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Reports of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon

🇬🇧⚡️- The Director of Public Prosecutions has ordered Court lawyers to make immediate arrest upon showing evidence of violent activities with little defense allowed.

🇺🇦🇲🇱⚡- Mali has cut all diplomatic relations with Ukraine, labelling the country as a "sponsor of terrorism".

Earlier Burkina Faso and Senegal made similar statements however did not end relations.