🇫🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 French, British, and Turkish Chiefs of Staff met in Paris to discuss European security.

The plane carrying Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff crossed the Russian border.

Witkoff is visiting Moscow to persuade Putin to sign ceasefire agreement on Ukraine.

A Chinese research team developed FlightVGM, an AI model that replaces Nvidia’s high-end GPUs with an off-the-shelf industrial chip, achieving:

• 30% better performance than Nvidia’s RTX 3090.

• 4.5x greater energy efficiency than Nvidia’s flagship GPUs.

This breakthrough challenges Nvidia’s AI dominance and offers a cost-effective, energy-efficient alternative in AI computing.

Source: SCMP

German Rheinmetall, Europe’s largest ammunition maker, has surpassed Volkswagen in market value.

Rheinmetall’s valuation reached €56.2 billion ($61.1 billion), topping Volkswagen’s €54.7 billion.

Kremlin:

Kursk region will soon be liberated.

BREAKING: Russian MoD says Sudzha in Kursk region has been liberated.

🇨🇳 China’s Expanding Power in the Asia-Pacific

Beijing is increasing its grey zone tactics—using military and civilian tools to expand influence without direct conflict.

Key Targets: Taiwan, South China Sea, East China Sea, Himalayas, Australia.

Islamophobia on the Rise Across Australia

Islamophobic incidents in Australia have more than doubled between January 2023 and December 2024.

Following the October 7, 2023, Islamophobic incidents spiked by 1,300% in just three weeks. Many victims were not even Muslim but were perceived to be.

A total of 309 in-person attacks were recorded, marking a 2.5-fold increase, while online incidents tripled to 366.

Women and girls were the primary victims, accounting for 75% of cases and facing a higher risk of physical attacks compared to men.

A mother of five was punched unconscious in a shopping center food court after a woman yelled “f* Muslims**” at her. A CT scan later revealed her nose was broken.

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was threatened by a man saying, “I’ll rip that scarf off your head, smash your head, and rape you.”

Source: Islamophobia Register Australia

NEW: Finland and Ukraine sign a bilateral defence cooperation agreement.

A military aid package worth 200 million euros has been allocated to Ukraine by Finland.

North Korea has camouflaged a secret missile base as a golf course.

The site features wide roads capable of accommodating transporters that carry Hwasong-19 missiles to launch positions.

The Hwasong-19 can carry a nuclear warhead and has a range reaching North America and Europe.

Source: The Telegraph.

American delegation led by Trump's envoy Witkoff has arrived in Moscow.

Kremlin foreign-policy aide Ushakov:

Proposed ceasefire is nothing more than a temporary breather for the Ukrainian forces.

Kremlin foreign-policy aide Ushakov:

Moscow does not want a temporary ceasefire, it is interested in a long-term settlement.

Qatar will supply gas to Syria via Jordan to improve its power supply, with U.S. approval.

Source: Reuters

Israeli jets struck an Islamic Jihad HQ in Damascus, reports Israeli Army Radio.