🇮🇱 🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚠️ — The nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States are cancelled as of now.

🔴 Netanyahu’s office has announced that he will be holding a security cabinet meeting regarding Iran tomorrow.

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🇮🇱 🇺🇸 ⚡️ — With the failure of negotiations and Witkoff leaving the region tomorrow, it seems Netanyahu has succeeded in convincing Trump that there is no point in continuing the talks.

🔴 It appears the decision has been made.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Sources close to Iran report that the US military shot down an Iranian aircraft after it clashed with the aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln".

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🇺🇸 🇶🇦 ⚡️ — American tanker near Qatar

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Trump:

Khamenei should to be worried.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces:

We are ready for any action by our enemies. We have changed our military doctrine from defense to offense, and we adopt a policy of asymmetric warfare. We have strengthened our deterrence capability by modernizing our ballistic missiles in all their technical aspects.

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🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: Elon Musk called Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez a "true fascist totalitarian" after Sanchez proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers and X's Paris offices were raided by the Paris Public Prosecutor’s office.

🔴 Musk also labeled Sanchez a "tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain" after Sanchez said social media is a "failed state where laws are ignored and crimes are tolerated" and accused X of amplifying disinformation over Madrid’s regularisation of 500,000 undocumented immigrants.

🔴 The Paris Public Prosecutor’s office raided X’s Paris headquarters in a cyber crime probe into alleged manipulation of algorithms, fraudulent data extraction and use of AI chatbot Grok to produce child abuse images and sexually explicit deepfakes; X called the raid "an abusive and illegitimate" politicized action.

🔴 Elon Musk and former CEO of X Corp Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to a voluntary hearing on 20 April; investigations into Grok and xAI are also open by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, the European Commission and Ofcom, and X said it implemented technological measures in mid‑January to prevent misuse.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: IDF says it struck and eliminated Ali Raziana, who served as the Commander of the Northern Gaza Brigade in the Islamic Jihad organization.

🔴 Raziana was a member of Islamic Jihad’s military high command, coordinated with Hamas to carry out attacks against IDF troops, oversaw hostage holding in northern Gaza, and moved to reestablish the Northern Gaza Brigade after the ceasefire.

🔴 The IDF and ISA also announced the killing of Muhammad Issam Hassan al‑Habil, who Shin Bet interrogations tied to the killing of IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano; Israeli forces said the strike brings closure for the Marciano family.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 — BREAKING: Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, shattering the idea that a “ceasefire” is in effect.

🔴 At least 23 people were killed, many of them children, in widespread attacks across Gaza.

🔴 The strikes occurred on Wednesday, 4 Feb 2026, according to the report.

🔴 Al Jazeera characterizes the raids as undermining the notion that a ceasefire was in place.

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🇺🇸 🇸🇾 ⚡️ — NEW: US launches five airstrikes in Syria on suspected ISIS sites

🔴 Five airstrikes carried out by US forces inside Syria

🔴 Strikes targeted locations identified as suspected ISIS sites

🔴 Report published by AL‑Monitor; no further operational details provided

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🇴🇲 ⚡️ — A round of negotiations will be held on Friday in Muscat.

🔴 Mediators succeeded in preventing the cancellation of the meeting.

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🇺🇸 ⚡️ — Axios reports from a US official: The Trump administration agreed to hold a meeting with the Iranians out of respect for the request of its allies in the region.

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🇺🇸 🇨🇳 ⚡️ — NEW: US Vice President JD Vance proposes creating a new critical mineral trading bloc and coordinating pricing floors to loosen China’s control over rare earths.

🔴 Vance said the bloc would guarantee American access and expand production among allies and partners, announced at a State Department meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

🔴 China holds 70% of global rare earth mining while the United States holds 12%; the White House also unveiled Project Vault, a new critical mineral stockpile.

🔴 Vance announced a pricing floor to attract private investment in mining and processing; President Donald Trump held an “excellent” call with China’s President Xi Jinping the same week.

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🇷🇺 🇨🇺 — REPORT: An Ilyushin-76 military transport aircraft from Russia has arrived in Cuba, landing at the San Antonio de los Banos military base in Artemisa Province, the Fidel Castro Foundation said.

🔴 The foundation said "A cargo plane from Russia has arrived in Cuba" and specified it is an Il-76; the cargo "is not books" and no further details were provided.

🔴 The foundation noted the Il-76 frequently visits allied states such as Venezuela and Nicaragua and has made several stops in Cuba; the aircraft is subject to US sanctions.

🔴 The Fidel Castro Foundation, founded in 2021 and led by Leonid Savin, described its mission as fostering scientific, cultural, and informational ties between Cuba and Russia.

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🇮🇷🇮🇱 The Iran–Israel war represents a major escalation in a decades-long rivalry that has reshaped Middle Eastern politics. What was once a shadow conflict fought through proxies has evolved into direct military confrontation, raising fears of a wider regional war and drawing global attention to the balance of power, security, and stability in the region. 👇

https://thepalestinianobserver.com/missiles-sanctions-and-nuclear-fears-inside-the-iran-israel-confrontation/

🇵🇸 ❗️ — New York Times: Two members of Human Rights Watch resign after the suspension of a report describing the denial of the Palestinian right of return as a crime against humanity.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ❗️ — The occupation hands over the bodies of 54 martyrs from the Gaza Strip.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: United States President Donald Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "should be very worried"

🔴 Trump made the remark in a pre-recorded interview with NBC News.

🔴 He said US B-2 bombers "wiped out" Iranian nuclear facilities during a 12-day war and warned he would send B-2s "right back" if Iran tries to rebuild.

🔴 Trump claimed Iran is "thinking about starting a new [nuclear] site" and said he told Tehran "If you do that, we're going to do very bad things to you"; the segment aired after US‑Iran nuclear talks were canceled and rescheduled over location, format and agenda.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: Leaked documents show a Comprehensive Tehran Security Plan drafted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Sarallah Garrison and approved by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that authorizes lethal force and a four-stage Interior Ministry response to unrest.

🔴 Audio from an April 2025 security meeting released by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) captured officials claiming they had “neutralized all threats” ahead of later protests.

🔴 Plan orders throttling/cutting internet, isolating protest hotspots, identifying hospitals to target, authorizes IRGC/Basij/police joint task forces to use live ammunition inside designated “kill boxes,” and directs cyber units to flood social media and slow speeds.

🔴 NCRI deputy director Alireza Jafarzadeh says documents were smuggled out and will be submitted to United Nations investigators; Human Rights Activists News Agency death toll cited at 6,854 with 11,280 cases under investigation.

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🇺🇸 ⚡️ — United States immigration and customs enforcement officers (ICE) will be present at and surrounding polling stations during the upcoming midterms.

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