NOW: Trump classifies fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Trump:

I am suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth.

They had me saying things I never said.

I guess they used AI or something.

Trump:

Israel and I get along very well. My relationship with Bibi Netanyahu is a very good one.

We have a very good relationship with Israel, we actually have a very good relationship with just about everybody in the Middle East.

Reporter: Was Israel killing an Hamas general violation of the ceasefire?

Trump: We will look into it.

Reporter: Do you still have confidence in the Syrian President?

Trump: Yes. This had nothing to do with him. He is a strong man. The attack had nothing to do with the Syrian government.

Trump:

They (ISIS) will be hit hard.

Trump:

I found out that the person I endorsed in Chile won the election, he was not leading, but ended up winning quite easily.

I look forward to paying my respects to him, I hear he is a very good person.

Trump:

I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all.

I thought he was very bad for our country.

Trump on Ukraine:

They have already lost the territory. The territory is lost.

But in terms of security guarantee, we're working with Europe on it.

We don't want to have a war start up again.

Trump on Thailand-Cambodia:

They started the war again and I got it ended.

Reporter: Have you recently spoken directly to Putin?

Trump: Yes, I have.

Trump on Syria:

It has been amazing what has taken place in Syria.

We got rid of Assad, we got rid of other people that were really bad people.

We have legitimate peace in the Middle East.

Trump on Gaza:

We have countries that want to go in and clean that out, if we want them to do it.

But Hamas said that they are going to disarm, we are going to find out if that is true or not.

Trump:

Hezbollah in Lebanon is a bit of a problem.

We will see what happens there.

The U.S. military carried out three more strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Eastern Pacific, killing eight people.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited Ahmed al-Ahmed in a Sydney hospital, praising the man who tackled a Bondi beach gunman as “the best of our country.”

Trump has filed a $5bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an edited clip of his 6 January 2021 speech used in a Panorama documentary.

The US has suspended a UK-US technology cooperation deal as leverage in wider trade negotiations, frustrated by Britain’s resistance on non-tariff barriers such as food standards and regulations.

Source: FT

NEW: Pentagon leaders are weighing a major overhaul of U.S. military command structure that would consolidate top headquarters, cut four-star generals, and shift focus away from the Middle East and Europe.

Under a proposal expected to reach Pete Hegseth soon, Central, European and Africa Commands would be downgraded under a new “U.S. International Command,” while Northern and Southern Commands would merge into a new “Americas Command.”

The changes would reduce combatant commands from 11 to eight and align with Trump’s strategy to prioritize the Western Hemisphere.

Source: WaPo

Zelensky:

The U.S. wants a quick end to the war; for us, quality is what matters. If speed and quality coincide, we are fully in favor.

Zelensky:

Neither de jure nor de facto will we recognize Donbas as Russian.