BIG: German authorities discovered a hidden weapons cache linked to Russian intelligence in a forest on the Berlin-Brandenburg border, containing two operational handguns and ammunition in a professionally built underground dead drop.

The weapons were disabled and the site placed under surveillance, but no one came to collect them.

A suspect was later arrested in Romania.

Germany's Interior Minister confirmed the find, saying the weapons were "certainly" intended for attack planning.

Security sources told German media the cache was prepared for Russian agents to conduct assassinations or attacks inside Germany, potentially targeting defense executives, Russian opposition figures, or Ukraine supporters.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud praised Türkiye for helping Somalia build lasting capacity rather than relying on short-term aid.

“Türkiye’s support for Somalia was not about giving us fish, but teaching us how to fish,” he said.

Mohamud credited Türkiye with supporting schools, hospitals, education, security and energy development, while also strengthening Somalia’s fight against al-Shabaab.

“Türkiye both trains our soldiers and provides the equipment they need. This has changed many things both for our security and for our fight against the terrorist organization al-Shabaab,” he said.

He said direct financial aid alone would have brought only temporary benefits.

“They could have given us the money and we would have spent it, and tomorrow we would need help again,” Mohamud said.

“Our relations are growing day by day,” he added. “Tomorrow it will be an even stronger partnership.”

Syrian FM Asaad al-Shaibani says Damascus is open to restoring ties with Iran if Tehran acknowledges its role in supporting Assad.

“Diplomacy has no limits,” he said, adding that talks could resume if there is “a real solution for what Iran has done to our people in the past 14 years.”

Retired FSB Major General Igor Laptev was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Moscow apartment.

Russian media reported he died by suicide, but authorities have not confirmed the circumstances.

Laptev had served in the KGB and FSB and later worked in the private sector, where his companies supplied secure communications equipment to Russia’s Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry and military communications infrastructure.

Source: Kommersant

Netanyahu's Office:

Erdogan is an antisemitic dictator who has massacred Kurds, harbors Hamas terrorists, occupies half of Cyprus, and jails record numbers of journalists and politicians who oppose him.

He now seeks to extend his aggression against Israel into Syria. Israel will not tolerate it.

Erdogan’s pathetic attempt to intimidate the leaders and soldiers of Israel, the only true democracy in the Middle East, will go nowhere.

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

14 years ago: “Most crippling sanctions in history.” Failed.

8 years ago: “Maximum pressure.” Failed.

5 months ago: “Unconditional surrender.” Failed.

Today: “Most crushing economic operation ever.” Bound to fail.

We have seen this movie before. Same bull. Different bullies.

Senior Iranian MP Ebrahim Azizi:

Americans have proven that they do not understand the language of diplomacy, hence they will neither lift a sanction, nor free up resources, nor put an end to maritime piracy.

But history will show that with the language of power, they will not only be forced into these actions but will leave the region with an apology to the great nation of Iran.

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Türkiye’s AK Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik:

In a statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, they used language about our President that should in fact be used to describe Netanyahu.

The reason Netanyahu’s network targets our President day and night is that our President has taken an uncompromising stand, in the name of humanity, against all the massacres and lies of this network of slaughter and genocide.

Genocide, massacres, lies, murder, and crimes against humanity have become Netanyahu’s “identity card.”

BIG: Satellite imagery from today shows ~39 burn scars and vehicle fires in northeastern Chad, ~78 km from the Sudan border — likely a SAF strike on an RSF supply convoy.

If confirmed, it would be the largest SAF strike of its kind, hitting a well-known RSF logistics corridor running from Libya through Chad into Darfur.

The Trump administration has begun the process of paying $725 million toward the more than $4 billion the U.S. owes the UN.

The payment, which is less than 20% of the UN’s claimed debt, could help the organization avoid immediate spending cuts and salary disruptions.

Experts warned that without further payments, the UN could face serious cash shortages and the U.S. could lose its General Assembly voting rights in January.

Source: Reuters

Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications:

Israel's election campaign has fallen under the sway of an irresponsible security-focused populism and a threat politics that is growing ever harsher.

The Netanyahu administration's effort to construct Türkiye as a new figure of threat is part and parcel of this cheap politics.

This threat politics and escalation of tensions, pursued for the sake of domestic political rivalry, carries serious risks—not only for Israeli society, but also for regional and global peace and stability.

Türkiye, as yesterday, stands today as well on the side of the oppressed against the oppressor; come what may, it will steadfastly continue to defend peace, justice, and stability in our region.

JD Vance:

Politicians who came to Washington with a few thousand dollars, left after decades of public service with millions in stock portfolios.

What did all of you get? What did we get?

JD Vance on Huey Long:

The great Southern populist—an interesting, kind of a crazy guy—Huey Long once said, “Every man a king” was the goal of his political program.

But no man is a king if their castle is under siege by criminals.

Russia has no warships in the Mediterranean for the first time in more than a decade, as Moscow diverts vessels to protect sanctioned oil tankers from NATO seizures.

Western officials say Russia’s overstretched surface fleet is in “a shambles,” with its permanent Mediterranean task force, established in 2013, absent since June.

Source: The Telegraph

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