🇯🇴⚡- BREAKING: Jordan bans the Muslim Brotherhood; classifying it as an "illegal organization". The Jordanian authorities have closed all Muslim Brotherhood offices.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- Trump Admin looking to end extreme tariffs on China in attempt to de-escalate tensions, marking further concessions and rapid reversals on trade policy which has plummeted consumer confidence and business investment.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: India has officially confirmed that two gunmen attempted to enter Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India, from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir (Azad). The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning, less than 15 hours after the Pahalgam terror attack.

Both gunmen were reportedly killed.

🇺🇸⚡️- Wall Street executives used the issue of Farmers being affected to get President Trump to ease on his tariff plans according to Fox Business.

It is likely this cohort is also encouraging Trump's amnesty plans for illegal farm labor and demands to Europe and Japan to end quality controls on US goods.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- The entire district of Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India, has been shut down. Bandipora borders Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India's Prime Minister Modi announces an emergency security cabinet meeting.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- "Indian Government will take every necessary and appropriate step. We will not stop at those who carried out this attack. Will reach those who, sitting behind the curtains, conspire to carry out such nefarious acts on the soil of India," - Rajnath Singh, Defense Minister of India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- New reports suggest that as many as 7 people were involved in the Pahaglam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India, yesterday. Two reportedly crossed from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- A Gulfstream V aircraft took off from Islamabad and landed in New Delhi.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Massive arrest campaign underway in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Over 1,500 have been arrested by the Indian authorities for 'interrogation purposes'.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- We extend our condolences to the near ones of the deceased and wish the injured a speedy recovery," - Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Pahaglam terror attack.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "European diplomats pulled the plug on high-level talks after top US diplomats abruptly canceled plans to attend. The disruption comes amid anger in Washington over Kiev’s reluctance to accept proposals to cede territory to Russia," - The Washington Post.

🇷🇺🇨🇳🇵🇱⚡- Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's Foreign Minister, has urged China to "bring real value to the global order" by "forcing Putin to end his colonial war in Ukraine".

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Ukraine is open to any format that leads to a ceasefire and real peace—but stopping the killings is task number one. Ukraine insists on a full, unconditional ceasefire. Peace can begin in silence, and the first sign of silence is the end of terror," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦⚡- "Europe will insist on full respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity in any peace agreement. No compromises on sovereignty," - France's Presidential Office.

France joins the rest of the EU and Ukraine in rejecting Trump's peace plan.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇵🇱⚡- "Ukraine is heroically defending itself today, receiving military and financial assistance from its allies, and therefore has no reason to surrender," - Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's Foreign Minister.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Palestinian Authority President Abbas calls Hamas 'sons of b*tches' and demands they release all Israeli hostages immediately. Abbas also blames the war on Hamas for giving Israel an excuse to attack the Palestinian territory.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "We are trying to prevent a war with China. A war against China would be a terrible thing," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

⚡️🇺🇸🇨🇳 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that China realizes its need for economic change, and sometimes that requires external pressure.

He emphasized that President Trump’s push to reorganize the global trading system marks the beginning of engagement with China.

Bessent also highlighted a significant opportunity to strike a major deal between the United States and China.

@wfwitness