🇺🇸🇻🇪🇨🇴⚡- "They are inventing a war that Venezuela and Colombia will work to avoid by mobilizing the peoples of South America.

Venezuela and Colombia share a shared destiny, and we advocate for strengthening the union between the two peoples," - Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇰🇵⚡- "Trump says he would like to meet North Korean leader during his Asian tour," - AFP.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇲🇾⚡- Trade talks between the US and China are ongoing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Both sides report that the talks are proceeding in a positive direction.

🇲🇬⚡- Madagascar's CAPSAT elite military unit has stripped former President Rajoelina of his citizenship.

🇮🇪⚡- BREAKING: Left-wing Catherine Connolly has won Ireland's Presidential elections, after Heather Humphreys concedes.

🇺🇸🇲🇾🇶🇦⚡- On their way to the ASEAN summit, President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio will stop at al-Udeid Air Base to meet Qatar's Emir al-Thani.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russia's military has issued Ukrainian forces in the cities of Pokrovsk and Mirnograd 48 hours to either withdraw or surrender.

The Russian military warning comes after Russian troops captured Rodinskoe, and have begun storming northern Mirnograd. Ukrainian forces run the risk of complete encirclement in the area.

Map by Kalibrated.

🇺🇸🇲🇾🇶🇦⚡- The meeting between President Trump and Qatar's Emir al-Thani will happen on Air Force One at al-Udeid Air Base.

The President won't even step off the plane during the stopover, AFP reports.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- 93 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military since the start of the ceasefire, Gaza's Health Ministry reports.

🇪🇺🇨🇳⚡- "The European Union is working on a strategy to reduce its dependency on Chinese critical raw materials," - Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- President Trump endorses Jewish supremacist Congressman Randy Fine for re-election despite the Florida GOP mobilizing to primary him next year.

❗🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇹🇷⚡ The Iran–Pakistan–Turkey rail corridor is expected to become operational by the end of December.
Using this railway for trade will save approximately 13 to 15 days compared to sea routes.

@BriekBPeek

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "I don't think the Arab countries will succeed in disarming the Gaza Strip," - Ron Dermer, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs.

🇺🇸🇲🇾🇶🇦⚡- "The Emir is one of the great rulers of the world. What we've done is incredible, peace in the Middle East," - President Donald Trump welcomes the Emir and Prime Minister of Qatar aboard Air Force One while refueling at al-Udeid Air Base.

🇺🇸🇹🇼🇨🇳⚡- "We do not intend to give up support for Taiwan in exchange for a trade deal with China," - Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡- President Trump increases tariffs on Canada by 10% on top of what they are right now.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli assassination strike against a vehicle in the Tyre region, southern Lebanon.

Israel's rate of assassinations have increased in Lebanon ever since the Gaza ceasefire, with the current strike being the 7th in just four days.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "We are aware that personnel from the US CIA are currently operating inside Venezuela," - Vladimir Padrino Lopez, Venezuela's Defense Minister.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "We have a very strong PEACE in the Middle East, and I believe it has a good chance of being EVERLASTING.

Hamas is going to have to start returning the bodies of the deceased hostages, including two Americans, quickly, or the other Countries involved in this GREAT PEACE will take action. Some of the bodies are hard to reach, but others they can return now and, for some reason, they are not. Perhaps it has to do with their disarming, but when I said, “Both sides would be treated fairly,” that only applies if they comply with their obligations.

Let’s see what they do over the next 48 hours. I am watching this very closely," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱 - Trump has begun repeating Likud-talking points. Likud had previously accused Hamas of holding against delivering deceased Israeli hostages, even though the locations of some are allegedly known to the group. Likud claims Hamas is buying time to prevent peace talks from proceeding to Phase Two – the phase in which Hamas disarms.

Hamas, as well as all three mediators, have rejected the Likud accusations as false, and that locations of the hostages are not known. Egypt reportedly sent teams earlier today to assist with finding the Israeli bodies in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas have so far delivered 15 hostage bodies, with 13 remaining in the strip. According to media reports, Hamas have recently found two further bodies.

🇸🇾⚡- Clashes between Arab Bedouin tribes and the SDF in the Deir ez-Zur region, eastern Syria.