🇮🇱 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: Avi Berger, head of the Space Office at the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development (MAFAT), says Israel is quietly developing new space‑based capabilities to give the country an edge in the next war with Iran.

🔴 Berger said lessons from recent conflicts forced acceleration of orbital innovation and that "whatever was deployed in June won’t be enough next time."

🔴 Israeli satellite constellations now form the backbone of intelligence from Gaza to Iran, generating gigabytes of imagery, enabling real‑time retasking and "AI on steroids," and were a "full partner" in Operation Rising Lion, collecting tens of millions of square kilometers over 12 days.

🔴 Israel launches westward into retrograde orbits to avoid enemy territory, reducing payload capacity; the ministry aims for Israeli space capabilities to be present across the Middle East and calls for increased investment to maintain space superiority.

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🇦🇺 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: Australia is imposing targeted financial sanctions on 20 Iranian citizens and 3 entities, including senior officials and entities of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said.

🔴 Australia previously designated the IRGC as a state sponsor of terrorism on November 27, 2025 and has now sanctioned over 300 Iranian citizens and entities to date.

🔴 Australian statement says those sanctioned are complicit in oppressing the Iranian people, violently suppressing domestic protests, and threatening lives inside and outside Iran.

🔴 Unrest in Iran began on December 29 after a sharp fall in the rial; authorities reported 40 law enforcement deaths, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said armed terrorists appeared on January 8 and on January 23 gave a death toll from the riots of 3,117.

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🇺🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — An official Hamas banner was raised at a Pro Palestine protest in Philadelphia, United States

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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — REPORT: Kiev launched record 150 UAVs on Russia’s Belgorod Region in one day last week — envoy

🔴 Rodion Miroshnik said the Belgorod Region was hit by at least 150 drones in a single day and remains the most frequently attacked area by Ukrainian drones.

🔴 Over the past seven days 27 civilians were injured and four died in the region; Miroshnik previously reported 12 Russian civilian deaths including a six‑year‑old and more than 60 injured over the week.

🔴 Attacks most frequently struck Shebekinsky, Belgorodsky, Krasnoyaruzhsky, Valuisky, Volokonovsky and Graivoronsky districts.

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❗️ — MCC Officer “Roberto” Claimed Epstein Was Wheeled Out Before Death Identity Confirmed via Subpoenas

Newly released filings reveal renewed focus on corrections officer Roberto Grijalva, whose account aligns with an anonymous post made hours before Jeffrey Epstein’s death was announced. The post claimed Epstein was removed from his cell in a wheelchair, contradicting the official timeline.

🔴 Court records show the U.S. Attorney General subpoenaed Apple and 4chan, confirming the identity of the anonymous poster as Roberto, a serving MCC officer at the time. This attribution comes from subpoena-backed records.

🔴 Established facts: Epstein was housed at MCC, guard logs were falsified, officers on duty were asleep, surveillance cameras malfunctioned, and no usable video exists from the tier.

🔴 The confirmation of the poster’s identity elevates the credibility of early warnings that something abnormal occurred inside the facility that night.

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🇮🇱 🇪🇬❌ 🇵🇸 ❗️ — Sources to Al-Araby TV: 30 out of 42 returnees to the Gaza Strip were prevented from entering and sent back to the Egyptian side yesterday.

🔴 The returnees to Gaza were interrogated at multiple points during their journey back.

🔴 Masked gunmen stopped the returnees at a checkpoint 500 meters from the Rafah crossing.

🔴 The gunmen handed the returnees over to an Israeli occupation point where they were interrogated and their belongings were confiscated.

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🇦🇪 🇪🇬 🇵🇰 🇹🇷 ⚡️ — Reuters reports from a regional official: Egypt, the UAE, and Pakistan have also received invitations to participate in the Istanbul talks.

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🇮🇱 🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Enemy media: Israeli officials believe that despite the course of negotiations, the Americans will ultimately choose military action against Iran.

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🇵🇸 🚑 — Gaza Civil Defense:

"We announce that our vehicles have stopped operating due to the lack of minimum required fuel for humanitarian response."

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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇹🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will pursue negotiations with the US after requests from "friendly governments in the region"

🔴 He told Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi to pursue talks "provided that a suitable environment exists - one free from threats and unreasonable expectations"

🔴 US media report talks will be held in Istanbul on Friday; Araghchi told CNN he is "confident that we can achieve a deal"

🔴 Announcement follows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's warning that any attack on Iran would spark a regional conflict and recent US threats and military build‑up, including comments by President Donald Trump

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🇬🇧 ⚡️ — NEW: Ultra Maritime secured a £40 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver sonobuoys for the Royal Navy’s Merlin Maritime Patrol Helicopter.

🔴 Ultra Maritime will design, develop, engineer and manufacture UK‑produced sonobuoys — frontline sensors to detect, track and deter hostile submarines and underwater vessels.

🔴 Merlins based at RNAS Culdrose (Merlin Mk2) — including 814 and high‑readiness 824 Naval Air Squadrons — deploy sonobuoys from aircraft to frigates, Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and Prestwick forward base.

🔴 Contract follows Ultra Maritime’s investment in its London manufacturing facility and includes work on miniaturised sonobuoys for Uncrewed Air Systems to expand autonomous ASW capability.

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🇮🇱 ❗️ — In Israel, due to a disruptive strike by dairy farmers, market chains are limiting the purchase of milk to only 2 units.

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 ❗️ — Press Release: The torture of returnees crossing the Rafah border is a fascist crime and an attempt to dissuade our people from returning.

🔴 The returning Palestinian people have faced ill-treatment, torture, and extortion, particularly against women and children, by the Zionist occupation forces at the Rafah border. This behavior is described as fascist and part of organized terrorism, aligned with collective punishment policies.

🔴 Testimonies reveal humiliating practices, including the abduction of women, blindfolding, lengthy interrogations, threats against children, and extortion attempts, indicating systematic violations aimed at instilling fear and discouraging return.

🔴 Hamas calls on international human rights organizations to document these crimes and file lawsuits to hold occupation leaders accountable. They urge mediators and guarantor states of the ceasefire agreement to act immediately to stop these practices and ensure the Rafah crossing operates normally and safely.

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🇬🇧 🇴🇲 ⚡️ — A British maritime authority reports an incident north of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz traffic separation area.

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⚠️ — A ship from a company was surrounded by several combat boats after ignoring stop warnings. The company has not released further details about the incident.

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🇮🇱 🇮🇱 ⚡️ — The coward Avichai Adraee, spokesperson for the occupation army, will be replaced by Major Ilana Wawi.

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🇸🇾 ⚡️ — BREAKING | A convoy of Syrian Internal Security Forces has begun entering the city of Qamishli

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🇮🇷 🇹🇷 ⚡️ — An Iranian diplomatic source told Reuters: "The Istanbul meeting will show whether America intends to hold serious and meaningful talks to achieve results. Tehran's defensive capabilities are non-negotiable."

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