🇺🇸🇫🇷🇵🇸⚡- BREAKING: France has blasted the US and its Gaza aid program. France has accused the US-run Gaza Humanitarian Fund, GHF, of 'bloodshed' and demands the program to cease operations.

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇵🇸⚡- "I want to call for the cessation of the activities of the [US-run] Humanitarian Fund in Gaza, the militarized distribution of humanitarian aid that has led to bloodshed in the queues for aid in Gaza. This is a scandal, a disgrace, and it must be stopped," - France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇵🇭⚡- BREAKING: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, JTIM, has suspended the disarming of its remaining 14,000 soldiers, accusing Manila of violating the 2014 peace deal.

The group, originally consisting of over 50,000 fighters, threatens to reignite the civil war in the Bangsamoro region, southern Philippines.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "China is preparing to invade Taiwan, but there are questions over whether the island is ready," - Sky News.

🇵🇭🇮🇳⚡- India launches 'Act East', India's military pivot towards the South China Sea, with the announcement of joint naval drills with the Philippines in the contested waters.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡- "Trump signed an executive order to increase tariffs on Canada from 25% to 35%," - The White House.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡- "Tariffs on Canada are scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2025," - The White House.

🇱🇹⚡- BREAKING: Lithuania's Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas resigned.

🇺🇸⚡️- Federal Judge blocks Trump Administration from ending TPS status for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal. The Judge, appointed by President Biden, said the policy was born out of "racial animus" and equated ending the program to the Atlantic Slave Trade.

🇺🇸🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Cambodia joins Pakistan in nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the ceasefire deal with Thailand.

🇸🇻⚡- The Parliament of El Salvador has voted to scrap Presidential term limits, which paves the way for current President Nayib Bukele to run for office indefinitely. Term limits have also been extended from 5 years to 6 years.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇳🇮⚡- Nicaragua becomes the first member of the United Nations to officially recognize the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine as Russian territory.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The political regime in Russia is based on the constitution, it is legitimate, unlike Ukraine," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "The talks in Istanbul are always in demand and important," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The results of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and the prisoner exchanges are positive," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia's conditions on the Ukrainian issue, announced in the summer of 2024, remain unchanged," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We are counting on talks to continue," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "It is necessary to discuss the steps required to establish a long-term - without any time limits - peace in Ukraine," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "[President Trump's] disappointments arise from excessive expectations," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇧🇾⚡- "We need to sit down at the negotiating table, not throw stones," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇧🇾⚡- "If Trump wants peace in Ukraine, he must carefully get involved in the settlement, he cannot be giving out orders," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.