🚨🇷🇺PUTIN HOSTS THE WORLD IN MOSCOW

Foreign leaders arrive for the 80th Victory Day — and get the full Kremlin welcome.

Russia stands tall. And it’s not alone. 👇📹

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🥂🇷🇺 Putin raises a toast for the generation of winners

At a ceremonial lunch in the Kremlin, President Putin proposed a toast to the generation that defeated Nazism, highlighting the joint efforts of Europe, the US, Africa, Asia, and Latin America in securing victory.

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📹 Trump's 'great deal': UK now BFFs with America’s economic power - beef included 🍖🇺🇸

Donald Trump has announced a deal that officially drags the UK into America's economic orbit.

The agreement is “opening up the country [UK] to American fast-moving consumer goods, especially agricultural like beef."

Fast-tracked imports, no red tape... Let’s see how this one unfolds!

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📹 Trump says it would be a “natural thing” to ask China to help close the gap in Russia-Ukraine peace talks.

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🇸🇰🇷🇺 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives in Moscow for Victory Day celebrations

Fico made his way to Moscow through Hungary, Romania, and Georgia, after Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia banned his flight from passing through their airspace.

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🇻🇦🎉 Putin congratulates new Pope Leo XIV on his election

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that constructive dialogue and cooperation between Russia and the Vatican will continue to grow. He also wished the new pope success in his high mission, along with good health and well-being.

The Vatican has announced that Cardinal Robert Prevost from the US is the new pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. At 69, Prevost becomes the first pope ever born in the US.

Background:

▪️Missionary work in Peru (1980s)

▪️Augustinian Order leader (1990s)

▪️Elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis (2025)

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🚨📹 Social media footage allegedly shows chaos at the India-Pakistan line of contact, with heavy gunfire and sirens going off in Pakistan-controlled areas of Kashmir.

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❗️ India closes Mundra port, one of its largest commercial ports, local media report.

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🇪🇺🇭🇺 EU ban on Russian gas will CRIPPLE Hungary and Europe – Orban

Energy bills will increase 2.5 times, the Hungarian PM estimates, and this will be a “price of pride” EU elites want to force their citizens to pay should they ban Russian gas.

He stresses that gas supply should be removed from politics.

“Don't let the price of Ukraine's accession be paid by Hungarian families!” he stressed.

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💥 Indian border security forces report thwarting an infiltration attempt by Pakistani forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

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❗️ Trump calls for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, threatens sanctions

"The US calls for, ideally, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire.... If the ceasefire is not respected, the US and its partners will impose further sanctions," the US president wrote on Truth Social.

Meanwhile, Ukraine won't even accept a 3-day ceasefire.

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🇮🇳🇵🇰 Vance: India-Pakistan war 'none of our business', nukes are

The US vice president said the US hopes the recent escalation doesn't spiral into nuclear war, but the White House can't control either India or Pakistan.

"What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit, but we're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business," he told Fox News.

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💥 Hegseth: No more trans in US Army

According to a new DoD directive, soldiers with a current diagnosis or symptoms of gender dysphoria do not meet the "rigorous standards necessary for military service."

Pete Hegseth gives them a choice: leave voluntarily or we'll kick you out!

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🚨 Indian Navy launches retaliatory operation in Arabian Sea — reports

No official confirmation yet from either Pakistan or India, but targeted operations have begun against several targets in Pakistan, NDTV reports, citing sources.

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🇷🇸🇸🇰 Vucic: 'Serbs and Slovaks brothers forever'

The Serbian president posted a photo on social media posing with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in front of the Kremlin in Moscow.

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❗️ Vance: Russians are WINNING, but they ask for too much

"If we conclude are not engaging in the negotiations in good faith, we're going to walk away," the US vice president told Fox News.

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