🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We had a call, it was a pretty long call. We talked about a lot of things, including Iran.

And we also talked about the war in Ukraine. I'm not happy about that. I didn't make any progress with him [Putin] today at all..." - President Donald Trump on his phone call with Putin earlier today.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "We haven't [paused weapons to Ukraine]. We're giving weapons. But we've given so many weapons, we are giving weapons, we're working with them [Ukraine] to try to help them. But we haven't [paused weapon supplies to Ukraine].

Biden emptied out our whole country giving them weapons. We have to make sure we have enough for ourselves," President Donald Trump.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Hezbollah must surrender its weapons so that Lebanon can control its own destiny," - Yair Lapid, Israeli Knesset Opposition Leader, to Sky News.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "If it is necessary for me to meet with the Iranian side, I will do so," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡- "I want to see the people of Gaza safe, they've been through hell," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Witkoff is in contact with the Iranians, and they want to talk to us. We don't want to hurt them. The Iranians have been hurt and are very exhausted," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Trump intends to announce a ceasefire agreement in Gaza on Monday," - Yediot Ahronot.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman 'secretly' met with President Trump in the White House yesterday to discuss the possibility of normalization with Israel.

Fox News says bin Salman also raised the Iranian and Palestinian issues during the meeting.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Large fires and smoke cover Kiev, Ukraine after 3.5 hours of sustained Russian drone and missile strikes. Reportedly, 18 ballistic missiles and 50+ drones hit the city.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Kiev this morning.

16 Iskander ballistic missiles, 2 Kinzhal hypersonics, and 50+ drones were used by Russia against the city overnight.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is preparing to formulate air and military enforcement against Iranian attempts to restore its nuclear and missile programs," - Israel Katz, Defense Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "If we did not act against Iran, we would pay an incomparably heavy price in the future," - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The first operation in Iran is over - but the campaign is not over yet," - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli forces carried out a military operation in Yafour, just 10km from the Syrian capital Damascus.

Israeli special forces conducted aerial operations, as well as landing a team on the ground. This is the closest Israeli troops have come to Damascus.

🇷🇺⚡- Andrei Badalov, Vice President of Transneft, has died after falling from the window of his luxury apartment in central Moscow.

🇦🇿🇮🇷⚡- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization, ECO, where he is warmly greeted by Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev.

The Iranian President has drawn criticism from Iran's right wing media, not only for his gesture towards Aliyev, but for the ECO Summit itself, which is held in Khankendi.

Khankendi, formerly known as Stepanakert, is the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh region (formerly Artsakh), which Azerbaijan captured in 2023.

🇺🇳🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: IAEA asks all of its inspectors to leave Iran immediately, citing the concern for their safety.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Hamas has responded to the US brokered hostage-ceasefire deal with Israel. The response is positive, Reuters reports.

🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Channel 13 says Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's stance on a hostage-ceasefire deal has changed suddenly, with him now strongly supporting such a proposal even at the cost of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir.

This comes as Netanyahu's approval ratings hit a record high after the major victories against Iran and Hezbollah. Likud now believes that not only will they win a snap election, but do so without forming a coalition government like it currently has.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelensky spoke over the phone for 90 minutes.