🇬🇧 - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak mooted the idea of a complete ban on tobacco products.

🇨🇿🇪🇺 - The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, has said that it is a “geopolitical imperative” for the EU to not only accept Ukraine as a member state, but to accept Moldova, Georgia, and the Western Balkans as well.

🇩🇪⚡️- Tino Chrupalla, the head of Germany's right-wing Alternativ fur Deutschland (AfD) has been hospitalized after an assassination attempt against him involving a chemical agent introduced by syringe.

🇩🇪 - It is worth noting that Tino Chrupalla was recently added to the Ukrainian Myrotvorets "kill list" for his opposition to military deliveries to Ukraine.

At this point, police have refused to comment if this was an intentional attack or an accident. However, he was poisoned at a rally which gathered multiple attendees. Some sources are suggesting he was attacked during a meet-and-greet.

🇩🇪 - Two men being questioned by police right after Chrupalla's sudden poisoning. German users on X are alleging that they are the attackers.

🇩🇪⚡️- Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek has pointed out on X, formerly Twitter, that Alice Weidel and Andreas Jurca, two other prominent figures in AfD, had attempts against them in the recent weeks.

Alice Weidel, the co-chair of AfD with Tino Chrupalla, had credible threats of violence against her and was subsequently removed from her apartment last weekend to ensure her safety.

Andreas Jurca was "beaten to a pulp" in an "organized attack" by migrants who recognized him just a few weeks ago.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️- Politico EU reporting that Ukraine is "freaking out" over Kevin McCarthy's removal from Speaker of the House, believing that American aid to Ukraine will be seriously threatened.

🇩🇪⚡️- AfD News on X reports that Chrupalla is in "serious condition" and is "not responsive."

🇩🇪⚡️- Oderbayren Police in Germany are asking any and all videos taken during the AfD event to "upload them."

🇩🇪⚡️- Pro-AfD German sources on X are reporting that these men have since been taken into custody.

🇩🇪⚡️- German media reporting no confirmed suspects in Chrupalla's poisoning. The two men pictured above are likely onlookers.

🇫🇷🇳🇪⚡️- The French Ministry of Defense has reported that French troops are beginning to withdraw from Niger this week.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- The Biden Administration plans to construct more border wall along the US-Mexican border.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡️- An American fighter jet over Syria downed a Turkish UAV.

🇷🇺🇦🇿⚡️- Russian peacekeepers have begun withdrawing from Karabakh.

🇺🇸⚡️- Donald Trump has rejected offers to attempt a bid for Speaker of the House.

🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡️- Massive Turkish airstrike campaign underway against Kurdish targets in Northern Syria.

🇻🇪🇺🇸USA and Venezuela agree to the repatriation of Venezuelans.

Venezuela activate a plan "vuelta a la patria" itself, from the US to Venezuela

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Ukraine has lost “over 90,000 people” since beginning its counteroffensive in June.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian artillery and missile strikes in Kharkov Oblast "unprecedented", largely go unrecorded due to heavy SBU scrutiny - according to an eyewitness report from the ground.

As the Ukrainian Military's reserves and flaunted Western equipment are smashed in the South, the Russians are moving with silence and efficiency in the Northeast. Limited offensive operations have been non-stop for months and progress has been steady. Infantry and all manner of Russian heavy vehicles have been clearing the forests around Kupyansk, inflicting substantial casualties on Ukrainian forces in the region. A build-up of Russian manpower is noted in the Kupyansk direction (exact figures are unknown) and across the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Will there be a major Russian offensive in Kharkov? We'll be keeping our eyes open.

🇺🇳🇻🇦 - The executive director of the UN's World Food Program presented Pope Francis with an American Indian idol known as the "priest-killer".

Hopi Indians believe that the pagan "god" sparked an uprising against Spanish rule by murdering a Franciscan friar.