🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The United States and Israel are engaged in "stubborn negotiations" over Israel’s presence in southern Lebanon, a senior official close to Netanyahu told Reuters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- President Trump attacks "fools" who say he hasn't been tough enough on Iran, calling them "either jealous, bad people, or stupid."

🇪🇺🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar says Israel will be severing all contact with EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli officials fear that the pressure exerted by Trump on Netanyahu to withdraw from southern Lebanon will not end with the Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran, but rather will increase during the negotiations on the final agreement.

According to the fear, the pressure could escalate from delays in arms shipments to measures that would resemble an arms embargo," - Ma'ariv.

🇾🇪⚡- Violent clashes have been ongoing for over 24 hours in the Ad Dali direction, southern Yemen, between Ansarullah and former Southern Transitional Council forces (primarily the Storm Brigades). Pro al-Houthi forces carried out multiple deep infiltrations into the area yesterday, with fighting still reported in al-Maseemir.

Map key:
Red - Ansarullah,
Green - Presidential Leadership Council,
Blue - Southern Transitional Council areas of influence.

Note, while the Saudi-backed Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council administers the region, the area has been under the influence of pro-STC forces ever since they withdrew from Aden.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- 80% of Liman is now grey-zone, as Russian units continue to infiltrate the strategic city in the Donetsk region.

Ukrainian forces continue launching localized counter offensives north of the city, retaking Drobishevoe and Stavki.

Map by: Hudson War Mapping.

🇲🇱⚡️- The JNIM seized the local FAMa outpost in Niono. It is unclear if the locality has fallen entirely to the JNIM.

Firefights are over in the area according to locals and lasted for nearly an hour.

The JNIM had lost a battle in the same exact area three days ago according to the Africa Corps.

🇲🇱⚡️- Mass arrests in Bamako have slowed down over the past two weeks according to local journalists and anti-junta activists.

The reason, according to them, is that the prisons in the Malian capital are full. Mass transfers of hundreds of prisoners towards Kéniéroba's prison have started earlier this week.

🇺🇸⚡️- Supreme Court has struck down Hunter Biden's law which barred drug addicts from purchasing guns.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- “The United States is committed to PEACE, and we encourage everyone in the Middle East Region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold. The Markets are loving what is happening with Oil Prices way down, and Stocks way up. We expect a complete Ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israel. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP” - President Trump on Truth Social.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: The Iranian delegation has suspended its trip to Switzerland due to continued Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon. - Al Mayadeen.

🇳🇪⚡️- The JNIM has claimed the attack on Niamey's airport. 35 people died, with over a dozen being soldiers.

🇲🇱🇳🇪⚡️- Local journalists and junta-aligned Malian medias claim the JNIM attack was a failure, with over 20 JNIM gunmen killed and several being detained.

However, the same medias also confirmed earlier reports of the battle lasting several hours and causing severe casualties.

🇳🇪⚡️- Niger's government has confirmed 11 soldiers died. Early reports from the authorities indicate a similar toll among the JNIM attackers.

The JNIM gunmen reportedly used local taxis to access the airport and to flee the scene.

🇺🇸⚡️- Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the states Minority Undergraduate Retention Program, ruling that grants and scholarships reserved for non-White groups violated the Equal Protection Clause.

This ruling can be used in the future to strike down further minority privileges in other states and nationally.

🇲🇱⚡️- Local reports to Sahel Alerte indicate no bus from Mauritania, Senegal or Guinea managed to reach Bamako in the past month due to the JNIM blockades.

The Africa Corps reportedly progressively stopped escorting civilian convoys headed to Bamako and are rumored to concentrate their forces on securing Bamako and the Koulikoro region, as they assess the JNIM could increase attempts to seize the Malian capital.

🇬🇧⚡️- Polls have closed in the Makerfield by election. Results not expected for another few hours.

🇬🇧⚡️- New Statesman reports that Andy Burnham will present PM Starmer with a list of 80 Labour MPs supporting a leadership bid to convince him to resign.