🇺🇸🇷🇺🇫🇷⚡- "Trump finally realized that Putin was lying to him," - Emmanuel Macron, President of France, on BFMTV.

🇩🇪🇷🇴⚡- A German national 'stole' his own car, which had previously been stolen while he was on holiday in Romania. The man has been arrested by German authorities.

German police tell DPA News they have not yet determined whether the German man has committed a crime.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Trump's Envoy Witkoff rejected Hamas' claim that the group has agreed to his proposal for a hostage and ceasefire deal," - Barak Ravid, Israeli journalist for Axios.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Trump's Envoy Witkoff says that Israel has already agreed to his hostage-ceasefire deal, confirming the Rerum Novarum report from earlier.

🇮🇷🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan's Prime Minister Sharif arrived in Tehran, Iran, earlier to meet his Iranian counterpart Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- A US P-8A recon aircraft operating south of Crimea, in the Black Sea.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says "the US has given Iran a deadline of days, not weeks, or months," while answering a question from Israeli journalist Barak Battash.

Noem is currently in Israel meeting Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli Foreign Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "We have given Iran a short deadline to make decisions on the negotiations," - al-Hadath, Saudi outlet, citing 'American sources'.

The 8 weeks deadline set by President Trump ends this Sunday.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visits the Gaza Strip.

"In America we remember but don't remember how horrific it was what Hamas did, and what they did to the Jewish people. And so that's the reminder that we constantly have to have in front of that, [which] is how this started, and why it needs to be finished," - Kristi Noem.

🇷🇺🇱🇹⚡- BREAKING: "Lithuanians living in the Suwalki Corridor are leaving the region en masse, fearing a Russian invasion," - Bild, German outlet.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇩🇪⚡- "This decision would be against our aspirations for political settlement, it is dangerous," - Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman, on Europe's and the US decision to grant Ukraine rights to strike Russia with long-range missiles.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia was literally forced to launch a special operation, and is being made to feel guilty," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We were told all the time that there was democracy, elections. They carried out a coup in Ukraine, and that's it. As if that's how it should be. A bloody coup. And they went on to suppress the Donbass, to kill people there from helicopters and planes. Well, they simply forced us to do what we are doing now," - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli Government has approved increasing the IDF reserve force limit by another 50,000 reservists, bringing the total reserve force to 450,000, in preparation for Operation Gideon's Chariots.

🇷🇺🇹🇷⚡- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is now meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The single center for the distribution of aid in Tal as Sultan, Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, did not open today. The reason being 'logistical issues'. Israel will 'try' opening the center tomorrow.

🇷🇺🇹🇷⚡- Putin-Fidan meeting ended in Moscow, Russia, lasting 90 minutes.

🇺🇦🇸🇾⚡- A Ukrainian carrier arrived at the Port of Tartus, coastal Syria, carrying 28,000 tons of wheat.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Iran is open to making concessions on its nuclear program in talks, but uranium enrichment remains non-negotiable, and Washington understands this position. If Washington's goal is to deprive Iran of peaceful nuclear energy, that's a big problem," - Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman to CNN.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister arrived late to the ceremony on Ammunition Hill Park, Jerusalem, celebrating Jerusalem Day, as he was on the 'red phone'.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Netanyahu spoke with Trump over the 'red phone'.