🇸🇩 - Conflicting reports: The Rapid Support Forces have put out an official statement claiming to have captured Umm Arada, southwest El-Obeid, Sudan. Meanwhile, Sudanese frontline sources state they successfully repelled an early morning assault on the town.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Iranian outlets report the downing of a U.S. MQ-9 drone over Iran's southern Hormozgan Province.

🇫🇷⚡️- In a shocking statement, the French Constitutional Council decided to block the law banning social medias for users under 15 in France. The law is therefore banned despite being voted by most of the French parliament's groups, including the right-wing National Rally.

🇫🇷⚡️- "[The law] constitutes an attack on freedom of expression that is not appropriate, necessary, and proportionate to the objective pursued." - French Constitutional Council.

🇫🇷⚡️- Emmanuel Macron is reportedly displeased by the surprising ruling of the Council and has ordered French PM Lecornu to rewrite the law to pass it by spring 2027.

This new policy of banning social medias for users under a certain age was a cornerstone of Macron's recent internal policy. Many groups and personalities raised the alarm on the law proposal as the law would have paved the way for systematic ID checks upon creating social media accounts.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal charges for the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

He still faces charges in New York state, to which he previously pleaded not guilty.

🇸🇦🇹🇷🇪🇬⚡- Saudi's bin Farhan, Turkey's Fidan, and Egypt's Abdelatty met in El Alamein, Egypt.

Egyptian sources close to the Foreign Ministry report the talks focused on resolving outstanding differences between Cairo and Riyadh, with Turkey acting as a mediator.

Meanwhile, the New Arab, citing its own sources, states Cairo is now 'seriously considering' joining the Mecca Agreement after key differences with Riyadh were resolved.

🇾🇪⚡- Ansarullah missile and drone attack on Mocha, southwest Presidential Leadership Council controlled Yemen.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Ansarullah drone strikes against ARAMCO's oil facility in Najran, southern Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸🇸🇴⚡️- A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to end TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for Somalia after it was previously blocked.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "After finishing defeating Iran, I will declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States," - President Trump.

Persian Gulf? Arabian Gulf? The American Gulf.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- With the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran set to expire on Monday, one senior White House official talking to Politico described the situation between the two countries as "static."

The official added, "It doesn’t matter how close or how far we are. What matters is if Iran wants to come to the table and agree to a deal. Right now, they haven’t done that."