🇨🇳🇹🇼 - China remains "open to dialogue and conditions" regarding Taiwan.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- M23 have relaunched its offensive in the Lubero direction, North Kivu region, eastern DR Congo.

With the Wazalendo counteroffensive in the south beginning to slow down, M23 have relaunched its attacks in the north towards Lubero, capturing the town of Lgalika. The DRC Armed Forces, FARDC, are now at risk of encirclement at Kikuvo. M23 had attempted to storm the large town of Kikuvo head-on several times over the past few months but failed.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Iran turns down 5th round of US-Iran talks that were scheduled to be held this Sunday in Rome, Italy. Tehran has not provided an alternative date.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- "We want to help the Syrian government succeed because the alternative is all-out civil war and chaos," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- "The reason for the delay in opening our embassy in Syria is security concerns. Unstable Syria means an unstable region," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- "The outcome in Syria will have a profound impact on what happens inside Lebanon," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "We hope to reach an agreement with Iran," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "President Trump is clear that Iran will never obtain a nuclear weapons," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Neither Russia nor Ukraine can win this bloody war," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The US has not stopped supplying weapons to Ukraine, but there is no decision on the possibility of forming new aid packages," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The United States is working with NATO partners to source additional Patriot missile defense batteries for Ukraine," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "The US believes the conflict in Ukraine is diverting Western attention and resources from containing bigger threats in Asia," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡- "The United States has asked other countries in the region if they would be open to accepting people from Gaza," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸⚡- BREAKING: President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth to make an important announcement from the Oval Office at 3pm ET.

🇬🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Britain sanctions several Israelis and Israeli companies over the situation in Gaza.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, currently speaking on Iran.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "No threat will deter me on Iran," - Israel Katz, Defense Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We will prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon," - Israel Katz, Defense Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We will cut off the head of the octopus in Tehran and its terrorist arms," - Israel Katz, Defense Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran seeks to carry out terrorist operations against Israeli leaders and citizens, both directly and through terrorist entities," - Israel Katz, Defense Minister of Israel.

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦⚡- The UK, France and Canada have condemned Israel over the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. The joint statement also opposes Israel's new Gideon's Chariots offensive.