🇮🇱⚡️- Visual confirmation of a huge explosion in Beit Shemesh, Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡- "Trump administration officials are encouraging the United Arab Emirates to get more heavily involved in the Iran war and seize one of Tehran’s crucial Gulf islands–the Lavan Island," - The Telegraph.

Note, the United Arab Emirates maintains longstanding claims to three islands currently administered by Iran: Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb.

🇬🇧⚡️- GB News is claiming that PM Starmer is preparing a resignation timeline.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump bashes Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and says he will withdraw his endorsement of her because of her support for Thomas Massie.

🇮🇱⚡- This week, over $1.5 million from Jewish-funded superpacs has been dumped into the anti-Thomas Massie campaign, with a notable donation from the Republican Jewish Coalition amounting to $470k.

🇨🇩⚡️- “The World Health ​Organisation on ‌Sunday declared an Ebola ​outbreak ​caused by the ⁠Bundibugyo virus ​in the ​Democratic Republic of Congo and ​Uganda ​a public health emergency ‌of ⁠international concern.

The WHO said the ​outbreak ​does ⁠not meet ​the criteria ​of ⁠pandemic emergency.” - Reuters.

🇺🇸⚡️- A critical, unpatched Windows 11 BitLocker zero-day named "YellowKey" has been leaked online. It is believed to be an NSA/TAO backdoor.

Released by researcher Nightmare-Eclipse, the exploit allows anyone with physical access to bypass default TPM-only encryption via a USB drive. By targeting an obscure "FsTx" framework hidden inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), attackers gain full read/write drive access. Microsoft has no patch yet. Defenders should immediately run reagentc /disable in CMD to kill WinRE.

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🇬🇧⚡️- Current betting odds on who the next James Bond actor will be has Dua Lipa's fiancé Callum Turner at the top spot. Amazon-MGM have officially announced that casting is underway.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- The 30-day sanctions waiver issued by the US that allowed countries to import Russian oil has not been renewed.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Venezuela has announced they have deported close Maduro ally and former Venezuelan Minister of Industry and National Production, Alex Saab, to the United States to face criminal investigations.

Alex Saab is a Colombian businessman who made his wealth through government contracts awarded to him by the Maduro government, although after Maduro's capture, Saab quickly fell out of favour with the new government led by Delcy Rodríguez and was removed from his position.

Saab was arrested in February this year during a joint operation between the FBI and Venezuelan authorities. This marked the first US–Venezuela law-enforcement cooperation since Maduro's capture.

Alex Saab has previously been arrested by American law enforcement when he stopped in Cape Verde for a fuel stop while flying to Iran before being extradited. In 2023, then-President Joe Biden released and pardoned Alex Saab in exchange for 10 U.S. citizens who were imprisoned in Venezuela.

🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡- The International Criminal Court has issued five secret arrest warrants for three Israeli politicians and two Israeli military officials.

🇦🇪⚡️- "Authorities in Abu Dhabi responded to a fire incident that broke out in an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the Al Dhafra Region, caused by a drone strike. No injuries were reported, and there was no impact on radiological safety levels.

The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) confirmed that the fire did not affect the safety of the power plant or the readiness of its essential systems, and that all units are operating as normal." - Abu Dhabi Media Office.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️- "I do not believe that you will see a US, call it a security supplemental to Ukraine, for $6 billion, $60 billion, or any other amount," "Europe needs to protect their own backyard" - Brian Mast, Republican chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee.

🇺🇸🇳🇬⚡️- The New York Times reports that roughly 2 dozens Nigerian and US Specials forces performed a helicopter based assault to take out Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS.

The US wanted to capture him alive, although it became clear this was not possible after they came into contact with roughly three dozens ISIS fighters. The decision was then made to take out the ISIS fighters with an airstrike.

No U.S. or Nigerian casualties were reported.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US vs Iranian demands, as per Fars News:

US demands:
- No compensation for war damages,
- Transfer of Iran's 400kg uranium to the US,
- Iran to maintain just a single nuclear facility in the entire country,
- No release of Iran's frozen assets,
- Ceasefire conditional on the success of US-Iran talks, a permanent ceasefire is not guaranteed.

Iranian demands:
- Ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon,
- Lifting of all sanctions on Iran,
- Release of all frozen assets tied to the Iranian state,
- War damages compensation,
- Recognition of Iran's sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

🇮🇶🇮🇱⚡- Iraqi sources tell the New York Times that Israel operated not one, but two secret military bases in the Najaf and Karbala deserts, western Iraq. One of the bases is believed to have been operational for well over a year.