🇵🇱🇮🇷⚡️- Poland urges Polish citizens to leave Iran immediately.

“In a few, a dozen, or several dozen hours, evacuation may no longer be possible.” - Polish PM Tusk.

🇪🇹⚡- Tigray Defense Forces have entered and taken over the town of Alamata, southern Tigray Interim Administration, TIA, region, Ethiopia.

This marks the furthest south TDF have deployed its forces since the 2022 Pretoria Agreement.

Map by Rerum Novarum shows the approximate situation in Northern Ethiopia:

- Orange: TDF presence (it does not indicate control). TDF are TPLF factions, led by Debretsion Gebremichael and his TPLF-D unit, that support Tigray separatism. It also includes the large Masho Beyene-led TPLF-M faction.

TDF have heavy influence in the mountains of Agame and Asegede, and the towns around Gundagundi, along Eritrea's borders. TPLF-D's stronghold remains in the Angolaba area. The bulk of the TDF is located along the Tigray-Afar border region, where they have clashed with the Addis Ababa-backed ethnic Afar militias in the past. The lack of security personnel along the Tigray-Afar border provides the group with space to host military camps. It is therefore this area that will likely see the majority of fighting, if the Ethiopian military decides to launch its operation to capture all Tigray camps.

It's normally assumed that there are approximately 200,000 soldiers in the TDF, while Ethiopian media tends to inflate the numbers much higher.

- The brown border shows the Tigray Interim Administration, TIA. Note, the borders of the Tigray region and TIA are not the same, TIA controls slight areas of neighbouring regional territories (as per the 2022 Pretoria Agreement), and lays claim to additional lands.

TIA and its military affiliate Tigray Peace Forces, TPF, are loyal to the former TIA Chief Getachew Reda, who fled to Addis Ababa last year after clashes erupted between TIA (+TPF) and TPLF-D. TPF are mostly pro-Addis Ababa and have fought the TDF in the past. TPF's command structure is located in the neighbouring Afar region, secured by Addis Ababa-backed ethnic Afar militias.

- Note, it's unconfirmed whether TPLF-70, a Sudan-based and pro-Khartoum Tigray unit, is allied with the TDF. Hence, its presence in the Fasherga area is not shown on the map.
- Note, Afar, Amhara, Ogaden and Oromia separatists are not shown on the map.
- Note, it's normally assumed the entire Tigray region opposes Addis Ababa – that is not the case.

🇺🇸🇬🇧⚡- The six F-22s that were supposed to travel to RAF Lakenheath yesterday have gone airborne towards the UK.

Advisor to the Chairman of the Iranian Parliament:

"The stage is now set for a historic confrontation."

@Mena_Live

🇺🇸🇯🇴 - A US EA-18 Growler was operating over Jordan just over an hour ago.

🇺🇸⚡- USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN-78) C-2A Greyhound is seen operating in the Atlantic Ocean, indicating the carrier has likely not yet entered the Mediterranean.

🇮🇷🇨🇳⚡- "Iran’s oil exports to China, its biggest customer, fell to its lowest level in nearly three years, last month," - Kpler.

🇺🇸⚡- The first Board of Peace meeting is underway in Washington.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡- The UK blocked the US from using RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia for strikes on Iran, citing international law, which led to Trump withdrawing support for Labour's Chagos Islands handover deal with Mauritius, The Times reports.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡- BREAKING: The Board of Peace has announced five countries will send troops to the Gaza Strip as part of the International Stabilization Force: Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡- "Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been holding secret talks with the grandson and caretaker of Cuba's aging de facto dictator, Raul Castro, as the U.S. puts unprecedented pressure on Havana's regime," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- During Geneva talks, Iran rejected a sweeping U.S. arrangement and instead offered ‘modest’ concessions only on its nuclear work, the impasse is unlikely to be broken. - WSJ quoting U.S. officials.

🇾🇪⚡- Large crowds of pro Southern Transitional Council supporters are 'hunting' Saudi-backed Yemeni Presidential Council ministers in cities and towns in the al-Mahrah Governorate, eastern Yemen.

🇺🇸⚡- "I only want Americans to Vote in American Elections!" - President Trump.

🇬🇧⚡️- Prince Andrew was released without charge after being arrested earlier today however he remains under investigation for misconduct in public office and ties to Epstein.

🇺🇸🇺🇿🇨🇳⚡️- The US signed a Joint Investment Framework with Uzbekistan to secure critical minerals and deepen ties in Central Asia, a region long dominated by China and Russia. The Development Finance Corp (DFC) will back exploration, extraction, and processing, plus a proposed US-Uzbek joint holding company for minerals and infrastructure.

🇰🇷⚡- Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol sentenced to life in prison for his botched insurrection in December 2024.

🇮🇷⚡- Iranian pilot Mehdi Firoozmand was killed in a jet crash in the Hamedan region of Iran. Firoozmand flew on his aircraft from the Nojeh Air Base, Hamedan, which is home to the F-4s.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Trump is considering a limited initial strike on Iran to apply pressure into accepting US demands in negotiations," - Center for Strategic and International Studies, US Think Tank.