🇬🇧🇷🇺⚡- The U.K. has intercepted a Russian ghost tanker passing through the English Channel.

"In the early hours of this morning, I directed our Armed Forces to intercept a shadow fleet oil tanker attempting to pass through the English Channel.

This successful operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fueling Putin's war in Ukraine that we will not let them hide," - Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Iran's Majlis Speaker Ghalibaf and Vice President Vance to hold a virtual meeting today to sign the Memorandum of Understanding, i24 reports.

🇸🇴🇮🇱⚡- Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi makes his first official and public visit to Israel.

🇨🇭⚡️- Early results show a narrow loss for the referendum proposing to cap Switzerland's population.

🇨🇭⚡️- Yes votes sometimes reach up to double the score of the right-wing SVP party, whom created the referendum.

Certain rural stronghold cantons (Nidwalden, Uri, Glaris, Schaffhausen etc.) of the SVP have not yet reported results.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Israeli strikes in southern Beirut.

🇨🇭⚡️- As results progress, the referendum's result hinges on Bern's results, as it is the last major canton which didn't report any votes yet.

🇨🇭⚡️- All Swiss medias are projecting a rejection of the referendum on the population cap. SVP leaders have accepted the loss, according to Le Temps.

🇱🇧🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- The IDF conducted the strikes in Beirut estimating that Iran would not strike back, according to the Israeli Army Radio.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- “This is a clear attempt by Israel to undermine the President’s deal and pull the United States back into war.” - Fox News citing a diplomat.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Iran's central military command warns Israel's attacks on Beirut will not go unanswered.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Zionist aggression against Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, has once again shown that America either does not have the will or the ability to fulfill its obligations.

You cannot score points by giving the regime a green light. The game of bad cop and good cop is outdated.

If you do not have the will and ability to fulfill your obligations, it is not possible to talk about continuing on the path," - Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's Majlis Speaker.

🇬🇧🇷🇺 - The moment Royal Marines seized the sanctioned Russian tanker SMYRTOS in the English Channel earlier today.

The tanker was carrying 101,000 Ural crude barrels.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Axios reports Israel had notified the U.S. CENTCOM well in advance of the Israeli attack on Beirut.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Death toll from the Israeli attack on Beirut rises to 3, with 15+ others injured.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir orders an intensification of ground maneuvers in southern Lebanon, ordering the IDF to push deeper into Lebanese territory.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Alert level raised in Israel for fear of missile launches from Iran," - i24 (Israeli Channel 15).