🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- 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.

🇬🇧⚡️- Reform members are already tempering expectations for the election with Sarah Pochin telling GB News that the party will be satisfied with a "strong second" finish.

🇨🇺⚡️- Cuba has approved multiple market reforms to the economy including the reintroduction of private real estate development, privatization of state owned businesses, and will allow the entry of private banks into the finance sector.

🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪⚡️- In an article for the Soufan Center, Jihadist movements specialist Wassim Nasr assesses the Islamic State in Sahel has grown exponentially in power in West Africa.

The recent gains are comparable to the JNIM's progress and have similar origins. Namely, the departure of France from Mali and Burkina Faso left a massive security gap that Russia's Africa Corps has not been able to fill.

The ISSP's territorial gains have been consolidated and their military tactics and capabilities have evolved enough to allow them to strike vital targets in uncontrolled territories, sometimes even in the heart of West African capitals.

The article also underlines recent efforts from the ISSP to link up with Nigeria's ISWAP, hinting at the possible formation of a unified ISIS movement between the two terrorist groups.

Per Wassim Nasr, the JNIM has become the ISSP's main enemy in recent years in Mali, outpacing the Malian junta's efficacity in containing and fighting the ISSP.

🇨🇭🇪🇺⚡️- Switzerland will now systematically ask EU residents for their criminal records when they apply for residency.

Switzerland is also considering joining the European Union's ECRIS program, which allows country members to share criminal records.

🇺🇸⚡️- In another victory for gun rights today, Florida Appeals Court ruled that the states ban on concealed carry for 18-20 year olds was unconstitutional. The ban on 18-20 year olds was passed after the Parkland shooting in 2018.