🇨🇳🇪🇨⚡️- Xi Jinping has met the President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa in Beijing to further discuss Ecuador's role in China's Belt and Road initiative. The two leaders discussed "cooperation projects in energy, minerals, infrastructure construction, finance and other fields, and actively explored cooperation in areas including the digital economy, green development, new energy and artificial intelligence."

🇫🇷⚡️- A third cyberattack within a month occured today targeting France's fiscal system.

This is the fifth major cyberattack targeting France's official administrations. Millions of personal files containing citizens' data have been stolen by hackers across various institutions since the year began, with most of the suspects remaining at large.

🇺🇸🐊⚡️- James Fishback, in response to Byron Donalds' victory:

"I just spoke with Congressman Donalds on the phone and congratulated him on his victory."

"While I concede this race, I do not concede this fight because the future of the country is on the line."

"The movement that we started here in Tampa in November does not end tonight. We merely pick up the pen and write the next chapter."

"We may concede tonight but we will not concede this fight."

🇺🇳🇩🇪🇭🇹⚡️- Germany is boosting UN peacekeeping in
Haiti with air transport support for the Gang Suppression Force -mandated by the UNSC in 2025 at the US's initiative. - German Embassy in Washington.

🇺🇸🇰🇷⚡️- South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told a parliamentary committee today than neither South Korea nor the U.S. government had any idea joint military exercises were to be scaled back until Donald Trump tweeted.

Military officials from both nations also learnt the news as President Donald Trump tweeted about the reduction of military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea.

🇺🇸🇰🇷⚡️- Despite formal inquiries from South Korean officials, including Defense Minister Ahn Guy-back, Washington has not given further details on how long the scaling back will last or if other aspects of military cooperation are to be re-evaluated between the two nations.

🇨🇳🇨🇱⚡️- Chilean Foreign Minister Francisco Perez Mackenna says developing relations with China has become a Chilean national policy. Chile is now officially looking into expanding the China-Chile partnership agreement, which celebrates its 10th anniversary.

🇨🇳⚡️- China has adopted an aggressive diplomatic stance while hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation this year. The yearly rotating chairmanship of the organization has been back in China's hands for the first time since 2014.

Since January, China has increased diplomatic probes into U.S.-aligned nations across Latin America, the Pacific and even Canada. This year's APEC will culminate in a summit in Shenzen in mid-November.

🇪🇺🇪🇸🇲🇦⚡- Defying the EU’s wishes, Spain is transferring 500 migrant women to mainland Spain from the invaded enclave of Ceuta.

According to the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, these women came in during the invasion waves of July 30-31st, and some have been subjected to sexual assault or rape by their fellow invaders.

🇺🇸 - Florida's Republican primary:

Under 35:
- James Fishback, 30.8%.
- Byron Donalds: 32.6%.

55 and up:
- James Fishback: 6.9%.
- Byron Donalds: 53.7%.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: The US national debt has exceeded $40 trillion, the highest in American history.

🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Mossad Director Roman Gofman held a phone call with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani last week, just days before the Israeli bombing of a Syrian airbase, according to Reuters. The call focused on Israeli concerns over a Turkish military buildup at the airbase.

The call marked one of the highest-level contacts between the two countries under Syrian President al-Sharaa.

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️- In a statement to Axios' Barak Ravid, Syrian Foreign Minister al-Shaibani said he made it clear to Israel that there was no Turkish buildup, but Israel attacked the site anyway. He wrote, "There was no intention to establish a Turkish base there, nor to establish a permanent Turkish military presence or deploy Turkish forces at the site."

President Trump also spoke to Ravid and refused to criticize the strike. "I can't talk about it," Trump said.