🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇳⚡- Xinhua reports that contrary to Trump's Truth Social post, the Trump-Xi phone call focused heavily on the Taiwan issue, which has reignited in recent weeks following the remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Reuters now reports…

🇻🇦🇹🇷⚡- Pope Leo XIV arrives in Ankara, Turkey, marking his first overseas trip of his papacy.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇧🇾⚡- Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko endorses President Trump's original 28-point Russia-Ukraine peace plan.

🇧🇾🇺🇦⚡- "I told Zelensky that if you want to preserve Ukraine within its current borders, you need to reach an agreement," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

🇧🇾🇺🇦⚡- "As long as Ukraine has an outlet to the sea and has Odessa and Nikolaev, this [territory] could disappear [get captured by Russia] in an instant," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

🇺🇸🇧🇾🇺🇦⚡- "Trump's peace plan for Ukraine takes into account all issues, including Russia's roots and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and does not even ignore US interests," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

🇪🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦⚡- "Europeans do not want peace in Ukraine," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

🇬🇧🇧🇾🇺🇦⚡- "The British have not taken a decent position on the settlement in Ukraine, and perhaps they will come to their senses," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇧🇾⚡- BREAKING: Belarusian President Lukashenko says Moscow had "accepted" Trump's original 28-point Russia-Ukraine peace plan.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇧🇾⚡- "The American proposal was basically accepted by Russia, and I hope the Europeans and Ukrainians will do the same and accept," - Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli air strikes against Al-Mahmoudiya, southern Lebanon.

🇻🇦🇹🇷⚡- The Pope is currently visiting Ataturk's Mausoleum in Ankara.

🇸🇾⚡- Heavy clashes between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces, south-west of Azaz, northern Syria.