🇬🇪🇹🇷⚡️- Turkish Ministry of Defence states there was 20 Turkish military personal on board the aircraft.

🇺🇸⚡- USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group have entered SOUTHCOM's area of responsibility.

🇺🇸⚡- "The U.S. Army aims to buy at least a million drones in the next two to three years and could acquire anywhere from a half million drones to millions of them annually in the years that follow," - Reuters.

🇮🇶⚡- Iraq's parliamentary elections have ended, with polling stations closing. Results are expected over the next 24 hours.

🇺🇸🇬🇧⚡️- UK will cease intelligence sharing with US over concerns about the Trump Admin's boat strikes.

🇺🇸⚡- USS Iwo Jima has departed from Frederiksted Pier, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, back into the Carribbean waters.

🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Strategic Minister, and one of Netanyahu's closest political allies, Ron Dermer has resigned.

🇮🇷⚡️- Armed clashes and gunfire can be heard in Zahedan, Iran. It is unclear what the cause currently is.

🇱🇧🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️- “Al-Sharaa has reduced oversight of smuggling routes into Lebanon, allowing Hezbollah to rearm. Four thousand rockets have been smuggled into Lebanon, including more than 250 drones. Hezbollah is recovering remarkably fast,” Israeli media reports.

Earlier today, Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem stated, “We will not disarm. Israeli strikes cannot continue. There is a limit to everything. I won’t say more.”

🇨🇦⚡- The G7 foreign ministries summit has begun in the Niagara Region, Canada, which will last over the next two days.

🇬🇧⚡- "Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among the prime minister’s closest allies that he is vulnerable to a leadership challenge in the wake of the budget.

Starmer’s most senior political aides warned that any attempt to oust the prime minister over tanking poll ratings would be a reckless and dangerous move that could destabilise the markets, international relationships and the Labour party," - The Guardian.

🇬🇧⚡- "Secretary of Health and Labour MP Wes Streeting could be planning an imminent coup against Prime Minister Starmer," - The Guardian.

🇩🇴⚡- Power outages knock Dominican Republic's connectivity to half.

Dominican's state-run electric company ETED explained that the blackout originated from a breakdown in the transmission network.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli media reports that talks between Tel Aviv and Damascus have stalled.