🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Despite China's decade-long diplomatic focus on winning over the Pacific Island nations, the Pacific leaders have backed Taiwan's right to join the Pacific Islands Forum, PIF.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- BREAKING: "The Russians stayed away from the battle [during the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham takeover of Syria] when we arrived in Homs as part of an agreement between us and them‌‌," - Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria, in an interview with al-Ikhbariya.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- "As part of the agreement, Russia withdrew completely from the military scene [during the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham takeover of Syria]" - Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria, in an interview with al-Ikhbariya.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli policies indicate that it was saddened by the fall of the previous [Assad] regime because it wanted Syria to be a state of conflict with a regional state, for example, and a field of ongoing conflict and settling scores," - Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria, in an interview with al-Ikhbariya.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Israel had a plan to divide Syria and wanted it to be a battleground with the Iranians or the like and was surprised by the fall of the [Assad] regime," - Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria, in an interview with al-Ikhbariya.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- "After our control over Aleppo, we began to open relations and communication with Russia at that time," - Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria, in an interview with al-Ikhbariya.

🇷🇴🇷🇺⚡- Drone alerts in eastern Romania, reports of a second Russian drone entering its airspace.

🇺🇳🇵🇸⚡- Results of the France-Saudi led UN General Assembly's vote on the creation of an independent Palestinian State within the 1967 borders:

142 voted in favor, with just 10 voting against, including Israel, the USA, Argentina, and Hungary.

World leaders will meet on September 22 at the UNGA, where France, the UK, Canada, Belgium and Australia are expected to formally recognize a Palestinian State.

🇺🇸⚡️- CNN also interviewed a co-worker of Robinson corroborating his left wing views saying "he was not a fan of Trump or Charlie."

There remains zero real evidence Robinson was anything but a left winger.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "Venezuela says a US Navy destroyer intercepted and boarded Venezuelan tuna vessel on Friday in waters in Venezuelan economic zone," - Reuters.

🇺🇸⚡️- FBI has told Fox News that Tyler Robinson was in a romantic relationship with his transgender roommate.

🇺🇸⚡️ - The roommate has since been identified as Lance Twiggs, who has been fully cooperative with authorities as they investigate the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Pictured are F-35 fighter jets, which have now likely landed in Puerto Rico.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: According to new statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US has more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021.

🇨🇳⚡- Chinese Liaoning aircraft carrier has departed from Yuchi Naval Base, spending less than two months docked at port.

Liaoning's usual parking spot is at 35.7168902, 120.0060221.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Footage from earlier shows the moment that US Marines (possibly a US Navy VBSS Team) intercepted and boarded a Venezuelan fishing vessel in Venezuela's territorial waters, launching from an as of now unidentified Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer.

🇺🇸⚡- The first batch of five F-35s that have arrived in Puerto Rico from MCAS Yuma have had their identity markings covered, including their squadron number.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Law enforcement officials are investigating whether Charlie Kirk’s assassination was motivated by Tyler Robinson believing Kirk’s views on gender identity were hateful toward Robinson’s transgender roommate. Investigators believe Robinson had a romantic relationship with the roommate." - Axios.