US defense giant General Atomics fears competition.

General Atomics CEO Linden Blue sent a letter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, co-head of the Department of Operational Guidance and Efficiency aka DOGE, tasked with streamlining U.S. government operations.

“Bureaucratic delays have allowed Türkiye, China, and Israel to dominate the UAV market,” Blue stated.

Blue highlighted Türkiye’s UAV development, sparked by denied U.S. drone requests in the early 2000s, leading to the domestically produced Bayraktar TB2 and ANKA, now exported globally.

Blue emphasized that slow decision-making in the U.S. has given rivals like Türkiye a significant advantage globally, adding:

“Delayed policies opened opportunities for competitors, limiting U.S. R&D and production investments.”

Blue criticized the current system:

“Nobody is ultimately accountable for achieving strategic objectives related to selling defense articles to allies.”

NEW: Clashes between M23 and the Congolese army continue in Goma city centre. According to reports, several more coalition soldiers were killed in the clashes.

EU and NATO have taken a deliberate vow of silence on Trump’s renewed push for U.S. control over Greenland.

A senior European official described the approach as necessary:

“A low profile seems to be the safest bet with Trump. Hopefully, he will be distracted by something else.”

Source: FT

Dozens of Romanian mercenaries stranded in Congo due to M23 attack

A group of Romanian origin mercenaries has been stranded in northern Congo during a major offensive by the M23 rebel group, the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) has confirmed in a press release.

According to PressOne, the Romanian mercenaries were allegedly hired by Horațiu Potra, an associate of pro-Russian politician Călin Georgescu. They were sent to Goma to establish government control.

The Romanians are reported to be mercenaries hired by the Congolese government. They are in the city of Goma in the North Kivu province of the African country, which borders Rwanda and Uganda.

Source: Romania Insider
Photo by: Ever Ruler

US tech stocks lose $2 trillion as China’s AI DeepSeek trains model for $6 million vs. OpenAI’s $100 million+, triggering NVIDIA’s biggest crash.

NVIDIA had a staggering loss of nearly $600 billion in market capitalization.

Guten Morgen Deutschland!

German Bundeswehr Major General Christian Freuding:

“Every soldier must master the use and defense against drones.”

Google Maps will rename the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” for U.S. users per Trump’s order.

In Mexico, the original name remains.

Globally, both names will appear, with “Gulf of Mexico” listed first.

Britain holds "the first right to buy Greenland" before the United States, according to Tom Høyem, Greenland’s last Danish minister.

Høyem claims that a longstanding agreement from 1917 between the UK and Denmark grants Britain the right of first refusal if Greenland were ever put up for sale.

“If Trump tried to buy Greenland, he would have to ask London first.”

Source: The Telegraph

Massive protests in Belgrade, Serbia continues.

Serbian students, backed by farmers, blocked a major Belgrade intersection for a day, pressuring President Vučić.

Serbian PM Miloš Vučević resigned.

NEW: 13 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers were confirmed killed in clashes with the M23 in eastern DRC.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance:

We believe fundamentally that big tech does have too much power.

These companies must either respect Americans' constitutional rights and cease censorship, or face potential repercussions from Donald Trump's leadership.

Civilians in Goma evacuated under South African forces’ protection in DRC.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi to Trump:

Instead of deporting Palestinians, try deporting Israelis to Greenland.

That way, you can kill two birds with one stone.

NEW: Russian delegation, including Deputy FM Mikhail Bogdanov and Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentiev, arrived in Damascus—the first visit since Bashar Assad fled Syria in December.

Resigned Serbian Prime Minister Vučević claims that the mass protests in Serbia are being organized from abroad.

South African troops fire mortar shells on M23 rebels from their base in Goma, DRC.

EU Spokesperson announces that the EU will increase the level of humanitarian support provided to Syria.