🇮🇳🇷🇺⚡️- India is stepping up its Arctic engagement to secure energy resources, trade routes, and scientific influence. With its Himadri research base and Arctic Council observer status, India is eyeing Russian partnerships and faster polar shipping lanes.

🇺🇸🇵🇭⚡- The US plans to upgrade Oyster Bay Naval Base in southern Philippines to support unmanned surface vessels, USVs. The Pentagon expects to issue a contract for the project within the next two months.

🇨🇱🇳🇴🇦🇶⚡️- Chile and Norway sign new Antarctic partnership:

"Operational and logistical cooperation between Chile’s and Norway’s national Antarctic programs will also be explored," said Gabriel Boric Font, President of Chile.

🇮🇱⚡- "Yesterday we heard that the American ambassador is trying to prevent [Wednesday's ultra-Orthodox vote] elections, after Netanyahu escalated against Iran. Events are happening one after another, and nothing serious is coming out of anyone.

This is all to shift the conversation away from the draft law, and to try to get an extension of time from the ultra-Orthodox. We are experts in Netanyahu's methods. He isn't reforming the [IDF conscription] law," - Ynet, citing a Yahadut HaTora representative.

🇷🇺🇲🇱⚡- A Russian Su-24M bomber was observed at Bamako Airport, Mali. The first time the aircraft has been spotted in the country.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "US NATO allies must take responsibility for deterring Russia," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "As we shift our focus to the Indo-Pacific, we expect our NATO allies to allocate more resources to defense in order to create a powerful deterrent shield in Europe," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense.

🇸🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The suffering of our brothers in Palestine continues as a result of the Israeli aggression. We emphasize the role of the international community in ending the catastrophic repercussions of this aggression," - Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

🇨🇴⚡- "Southwest Colombia was rocked by a string of explosions and gun attacks that left at least three people dead Tuesday, police said, in what appeared to be a coordinated attack designed to sow terror," - AFP.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- Insider Advantage polling finds 60% of American's support President Trump's use of the National Guard to deal with the LA Riots.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump announces that the names of Confederate Generals will be restored to military bases that were renamed during the BLM/Biden era.

“For a little breaking news, we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort AP Hill and Fort Robert E Lee,” ~ President Donald Trump.

🇷🇺🇰🇵🇰🇷⚡- Ukraine's GUR Chief Budanov says Russia is supplying technology and knowledge to help North Korea build long-range kamikaze drones and drastically improve the accuracy of its KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles.

Having these Shahed-type drones will give North Korea the ability to hit targets anywhere in South Korea and in huge volumes, overwhelming the South Korean air defenses.

🇺🇸 🦁 ❌ 🐻 🐴 — A Federal judge has denied California Governor Newsom's request at obtaining an emergency restraining order to halt the deployment of US Marines and National Guard to Los Angeles

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🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- Anti-ICE protests have started in other major cities including New York, Chicago, and Boston with hundreds more planned throughout the weekend in virtually every major US city.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- Los Angeles Mayor Bass will announce curfews tonight for downtown LA.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- LA Mayor is taking a noticeably more aggressive stance tonight than at any point in the last week.

🇺🇸⚡️- DNC Vice Chair David Hogg endorses socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani for New York City Mayor via retweet, this comes as Hogg remains under scrutiny for his initiatives to primary elected Democrats and continuous fights with Party leadership over endorsements during Primary races.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- California Governor Newsom says over 200 people have been arrested so far.

🇮🇱⚡- Israel closes the airspace over Ronit Farm, a location south of Netanya (at 32.2294619, 34.8402134).

The wedding of Avner Netanyahu (son of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu) is scheduled to be held at the site later today.

🇬🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar refused to answer a call from Britain's Foreign Secretary Lammy, after London sanctioned Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.

🇮🇱⚡- The meeting of the ultra-Orthodox parties from the Likud-bloc coalition has begun at the Knesset (10am Tel Aviv time).

The parties, led by the Housing Minister Goldknopf's Yahadut HaTora, will decide whether to leave the coalition, dissolving the government, or not. The disagreements with Likud arose over Yuli Edelstein's backed IDF conscription law.

The meeting is expected to last over several hours, it could potentially last well into the night (Tel-Aviv time). If the parties agree to call for a vote, they have to be certain they will win, otherwise whatever the outcome, there cannot be another vote to call for dissolving of the government for the next six months.

Representatives from Likud and Likud allies are meeting with representatives of the ultra-Orthodox to delay the vote for at least another week.