Bernie Sanders:

We've got to stop endless wars.

We have to stop excessive military spending.

We have to stop funding the extremist government of Israel, which has committed genocidal actions against the Palestinian people.

We've got to stop that. We're going to start investing in our people—in housing, education, and healthcare.

German authorities arrested a 33-year-old Ukrainian man in Thuringia on suspicion of spying for a foreign intelligence service.

Prosecutors say he photographed a Bavarian defense company's premises in preparation for possible sabotage and sent the images to his handler.

Source: DIE ZEIT

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. fired more than 1,300 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles during the opening weeks of the Iran conflict.

According to unnamed U.S. officials cited by the newspaper, the heavy use has left the ATACMS stockpile "basically" exhausted, with virtually none remaining.

The CIA has created a secret Cuba task force to intensify intelligence and covert efforts aimed at pressuring Cuba's government and exploiting divisions within its leadership.

The move aligns with the Trump administration's renewed focus on Cuba, including increased intelligence collection and elevating Cuba to a top U.S. intelligence priority.

Source: NYT

Russia's Medvedev:

What a disgrace that, in recalling the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently, not once did Japan’s Prime Minister or any other Japanese official bother to mention who did it.

Japan is a vassal of the United States, and at some point, it will become a ronin.

Colombian cartels and rebel groups are seeking Ukrainian drone warfare expertise, with some Colombians fighting in Ukraine allegedly returning home with advanced drone skills.

Officials warn the knowledge transfer is making armed groups more effective and eroding the Colombian military's long-held air superiority.

Source: FT

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has spent months trying to secure an official visit to Beijing, but China has so far declined to invite him.

The apparent reason is Beijing's anger over the Trump administration's $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan, along with broader U.S.-China tensions.

Colby, a longtime China hawk, sees the trip—particularly a speech at China's National Defense University—as an opportunity to stabilize military ties and explain U.S. defense policy.

However, Chinese officials remain reluctant, citing both Taiwan-related tensions and Colby's history of hardline views on China.

Source: POLITICO

Argentina has declared 15 July as National Football Teams Day to commemorate its 2-1 victory over England in the 2026 World Cup semi-final.

Source: BBC

Zelensky:

Developing our own ballistic defense system is a task that has been successfully accomplished by only a handful of countries in the world. Ukraine has this capability.

We can confidently say that our arms manufacturers have already reached the required level. We expect that by 2026-2027, Ukraine will achieve the necessary results.

Houthi missile attacks on Yemeni government military camps in Marib and Hadramout provinces killed at least 30 government troops, with the toll possibly rising.

The strikes hit camps of Saudi-backed government forces, primarily Emergency Forces units.

They landed across sites including Al-Abr in Hadramout and areas east of Marib.

Local reports say around eight ballistic missiles were fired from Al-Jawf, combined with explosive drones.

WATCH: Russian FPV drone pursuing and attacking a civilian man on a street in Sumy, Ukraine.

Russia has destroyed over 400,000 square meters of Ukrainian warehouses and logistics complexes since the start of July 2026.

Named victims include Fozzy Group, Novus, Rozetka, Epicentr, Nova Poshta, Puma, Liqui Moly, and Toyota Ukraine.

Kyiv region has now lost over 1 million square meters of warehouse space since the full-scale invasion—roughly half its pre-war stock.

Source: Forbes Ukraine.

The U.S. has nearly burned all its top long-range missiles.

WATCH: Surgeons were caught in the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake while performing an operation, with one doctor securing the emergency exit as the rest of the surgical team shielded the patient throughout the quake.

A new Israeli Tax Authority study found that emigration from Israel has increased by about 50% since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a growing share of those leaving being high-income professionals, particularly in the high-tech and healthcare sectors.

The average income of emigrants has risen significantly, causing the government's annual tax revenue losses to more than double to around ₪1.2 billion ($358 million).

It is unclear whether post-pandemic, political, or security factors are driving the trend, but data show that Israel is increasingly losing its highest-skilled and highest-income workers.

Source: ynet

UEFA says its boycott of FIFA competitions remains in place, rejecting FIFA President Gianni Infantino's apology and withdrawal of plans to sell commercial rights to the World Cup.

UEFA insists FIFA has not met its conditions—including guarantees that similar proposals will not be made again—and says it still has no confidence in Infantino's leadership.

The dispute puts the participation of European teams, including England, in next month's FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in doubt.

Source: Sky News

Yemen’s Houthis framed the strikes as a pre-emptive response to a large Saudi military build-up they say was in its final stages, aimed at escalating against them to force them to abandon their push to end the blockade.

Houthi statement warns Saudi Arabia against any "folly," urges recruited Yemenis to leave Saudi-aligned camps, and vows to continue its "siege for siege" equation until the blockade on Yemen ends.

The claimed results: hundreds of "Saudi mercenaries" killed and wounded, the destruction of camps, weapons depots, and military vehicles, including in the Al-Wadiah border area in the east.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen:

We are witnessing a humanitarian disaster in Sudan.

RSF has been a particularly murderous group.

In fact, it's the only party to this conflict that the United States government has determined is committing genocide in Sudan.

The primary supporter of the murderous RSF has been the United Arab Emirates, the UAE.

And we need to make it clear to the UAE that we will not tolerate them fueling these massacres, this genocide.

I, along with 20 of my colleagues, have been urging Secretary Rubio and the Trump administration to say that we're going to pause U.S. arms sales to the UAE, so long as they are arming this murderous, genocidal group, the RSF.

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