Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi:

We are ready to discuss this and other issues related to our program provided that they are ready also to talk about the sanctions because sanctions, as we call it, illegal sanctions, those sanctions have to be also on the table.

One cannot accept the notion that Iran has to do certain things without the other side committing itself to do their share.

So it has to be a give and take. That is what compromise is all about.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi:

As far as we are concerned, zero enrichment is not on the table.

MORE & MORE: Multiple U.S. Air Force KC-135 and KC-46 refueling tankers were tracked overnight moving northeast across the U.S., likely preparing for transatlantic flights to Europe.

Since January 15, at least 163 U.S. C-17 and C-5 heavy airlift flights have moved from the U.S. and Japan to the Middle East via Europe.

Main destinations:
Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan – 98 flights
Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia – 20
Al Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait – 18

Source: ArmchairAdml

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi:

The ball is in America's court. They have to prove that they want to have a deal with us, and if there is sincerity, if we see sincerity on their part, I'm sure that we will be on a road to have an agreement.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Venezuela:

Maduro canceled elections. He was an anti-democratic leader.

That doesn’t mean that we can kidnap a head of state and engage in acts of war just because the nation is below the equator.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

We have to understand that when they come for one, they come for us all.

It’s not a coincidence that when there was such a meek reaction to what happened in Venezuela, they immediately turned around and set their sights on Greenland.

Former NATO Chief Stoltenberg admits:

The big mistake was not to provide more support earlier to Ukraine.

We should have started in 2014.

If we had done that, I believe the Ukrainians would control more of their territory today, and perhaps we might even have prevented the full-scale invasion if we had armed and trained them in the years between 2014 and the invasion in 2022.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Gaza:

We have laws on the books that prohibit the United States from providing weapons in instances of gross human rights violations — and what people are seeing is this entire argument for democracy fall apart.

We have to walk the walk. We can’t let those commitments go.

Holding our friends accountable is just as important as holding adversaries accountable, because it shows that we are pledging our fidelity to a standard — a value of human dignity.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

You are starting to see the ascent of the right, even in places like Munich. Marco Rubio’s speech was a pure appeal to “Western culture.”

My favorite part was when he said that American cowboys came from Spain — I believe Mexicans and the descendants of enslaved African peoples would like to have a word on that.

The Israeli government has authorized the registration of large areas in the occupied West Bank as “state property” for the first time since 1967.

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Trump Backs Potential Israeli Strikes on Iran Missiles

U.S. President Donald Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu he would back Israeli strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile program if nuclear talks fail.

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African Union Demands an End to “Extermination” of Palestinians

African Union leaders met in Addis Ababa this weekend as AU chief Mahmoud Ali Youssouf urged ending violence against Palestinians and addressed wars across Africa.

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US Representative Randy Fine:

If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.

Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar:

If Viktor Orbán remains, the permanent state of emergency remains, the lack of transparency, unpredictable decision-making, night decrees, drifting out of the European Union, and chaos ruled by the will of a single person obsessed with unlimited power.

We will protect the homeland and regain everything this country was cut off from during 16 years.

Hungary’s place is in Europe — not only because Hungary needs Europe, but because Europe also needs Hungary.

Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar:

We do not support Ukraine’s accelerated EU accession.

Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar:

Viktor Orbán is fighting against Brussels. An enemy image always needs to be created.

He said the Tisza Party was created by the Germans. I told this to the German Chancellor, and we both had a good laugh.

According to the Prime Minister, a party supported by 3 million Hungarians is a creation of the Germans, the banks, and Shell.

It would be worth coming back to Earth, but he’s probably no longer capable of it.

Gunmen on motorcycles killed at least 46 people and kidnaped others near Kainji forest in northern Nigeria during a raid on three communities.

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Netanyahu Proposes Ending U.S. Military Aid Within 10 Years

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The UK government is considering raising defence spending to 3% of GDP earlier than planned, potentially by 2029.

Keir Starmer had previously promised to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, with an ambition to reach 3% in the next parliament.

Officials are now exploring bringing that 3% target forward.

Source: BBC

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Keir Starmer:

We need to deal with AI bots. This is something relatively new, and we saw with Grok—did you see the thing with Grok just the other week?

An AI bot that allowed you to instruct it to undress people—and it did. It was disgusting, absolutely disgusting.

We went into battle on that because I thought this is not good enough. We went into battle, we made the necessary steps, we threatened action, and we won that battle in relation to Grok.

But we've got to do it with all AI bots, and we will do it. We can do that by amending some of the legislation that we've already got in place.