🇺🇸🇹🇷🇻🇪⚡- Turkey's Erdogan called Venezuela's Maduro, urging Caracas to keep communication lines with the White House open.

🇩🇪🇮🇱⚡- German Chancellor Merz arrives in Israel.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Saudi and Saudi-backed Yemeni officials have withdrawn from all headquarters in Aden, UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council controlled Yemen.

🇨🇩🇷🇼🇧🇮⚡- DR Congo journalist Stanis Tshiamala says the battle for the major town of Luvungi has begun - South Kivu, eastern DR Congo.

The report therefore confirms the fall of all of the Lubarika heights to the M23. Over the past 24 hours, Congo has been airstriking Kamaniola and the N5 route nonstop, amid a major build-up of Burundian armed forces as reinforcements to the area.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Saudi forces have been asked to withdraw from all Southern Transitional Council controlled Yemeni territory, including the Mayun Island.

Israeli Channel 12:

Netanyahu ordered the arrest of 70 settlers responsible for committing acts of violence in the West Bank.

Netanyahu ordered the evacuation of 14 settlement outposts in the West Bank, which are classified as a source of Jewish terrorism.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡️- Former Russian President Medvedev endorses Elon Musk's recent crusade against the EU in response to his companies being roped into the US-EU trade war.

🇨🇳🇯🇵⚡️ - Chinese J-15 fighter jets used their fire control radar to lock onto Japanese aircraft in 2 separate incidents near the disputed Okinawan islands on Saturday.

The Chinese J-15s were reportedly launched from the Liaoning aircraft carrier, which was operating to the south of the Okinawan islands. These incidents come amid a large buildup of Chinese naval vessels across the Taiwan Theater and deteriorating Chinese-Japan relations after statements by Japan's prime minister that Tokyo could respond to Chinese military action against Taiwan.

🇧🇯⚡- BREAKING: Military coup underway in Benin.

🇧🇯🇫🇷⚡- Gunfire heard near the French embassy in Cotonou, Benin.

🇧🇯⚡- Military unit led by Pascal Tigri has claimed responsibility for the ongoing coup, claiming to have deposited current Benin President Patrice Talon.

However, several state outlets deny the success of the coup. Gunfire and explosions have been heard near the Presidential Palace, with multiple helicopters circling Cotonou.

🇧🇯⚡- French Think Tank Little has confirmed Benin state news, the coup attempt has likely failed.

Pascal Tigri's unit managed to capture State TV headquarters only.

🇧🇯🇫🇷⚡- The French embassy urges its nationals to stay at home in Cotonou, Benin.

🇧🇯⚡- Pascal Tigri and his military unit have announced the creation of a new governing body, the "Military Committee for Refoundation."

Tigri has suspended the November 2025 constitution of Benin, and has banned all political parties. Tigri also declared the borders of Benin closed until further notice.

🇧🇯⚡- Cotonou, Benin, right now.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Europe is persuading Zelensky not to agree to withdraw troops from the Donbass, and agree to a deal without serious American security guarantees," - Bloomberg.