🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡️- 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.

🇧🇯⚡- "There is a coup attempt but the situation is under control," - Shegun Bakari, Foreign Minister of Benin.

🇧🇯⚡- "A large part of the army and national guard still loyal to the state and in control of the situation," - Shegun Bakari, Foreign Minister of Benin.

🇧🇯⚡- "Benin's coup has failed," - AFP.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- BREAKING: Thai military orders residents in towns of four provinces along the Thai-Cambodian border to evacuate to shelter.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Cambodian Defense Ministry spokeswoman, Maly Socheata, says Thai troops fired firearms and artillery in the Preah Vihear region, Thai-Cambodian border.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Two Thai troops were injured in border clashes with Cambodian troops in the Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket, Thailand.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- "Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the military to fully protect national sovereignty and ensure public safety. He has also ordered governors to evacuate citizens from four border provinces," - The Standard, Thai outlet.

🇧🇯⚡- Benin's President Talon announces the coup attempt has failed, and the special forces unit led by Pascal Tigri have been arrested.

🇧🇯🇧🇫⚡- BREAKING: Burkinabe citizens have also been arrested in Cotonou, Benin, in connection to the coup attempt.

🇫🇷🇨🇳⚡️- "I told them [the Chinese] that if they didn't react, we, Europeans, would be forced in the coming months to take a strong stance like the USA such as installing tariffs on goods imported from China." - French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the EU-China trade deficit in an interview to Les Échos.