🇺🇦❌🇷🇺💥 Scenes from the 112th Guards Missile Brigade barracks in Shuya, Russia, after it was targeted by Ukrainian drones early this morning.

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🇮🇶🤝🇯🇴❌🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Iraq expresses its full solidarity with Jordan and condemns in the strongest terms "attempts to destabilize its security and stability".

📝(Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

🇺🇸❌🇨🇳❗️ BREAKING: The White House announced that China will now be subject to tariffs of up to 245% on exports to the United States, an increase from the previous 145%, in response to "Beijing’s retaliatory measures."

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#UPDATE
🇺🇸❌🇨🇳 — The 245% tariff on China is only for syringes and needles.

🇮🇷🤝🇷🇺 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to visit Moscow tomorrow to meet with President Putin and deliver a written message from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸⚡️ China is seeking several conditions before agreeing to resume trade talks with the Trump administration, according to a source familiar with Beijing's stance.

➡️ These include curbing critical remarks from U.S. cabinet members, adopting a more consistent U.S. position, and addressing Chinese concerns over sanctions and Taiwan.

➡️ Additionally, China wants the U.S. to designate a lead negotiator with direct backing from President Trump, capable of crafting a deal for both leaders to sign.

— Bloomberg

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🇷🇺📞🇺🇸✈️ Russia has reportedly asked the U.S. for permission to use part of its frozen state assets to purchase Boeing aircraft once a ceasefire is in place in Ukraine, according to a source in Moscow.

➡️ While not a precondition for a truce, Russia recognizes that access to these funds would likely require a cessation of hostilities.

➡️ Such a deal could potentially be part of broader sanctions relief tied to ending the conflict.

— Bloomberg

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🇷🇺🇩🇪⚡️ WATCH: Russian President Vladimir Putin responded in fluent German to a man who requested help with paperwork to obtain Russian citizenship.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳❗️ BREAKING: Two Pentagon officials, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick, were suspended over a leak about a top-secret China briefing at the Pentagon intended for Elon Musk.

➡️ President Trump personally canceled the briefing, upset over Musk’s involvement due to his ties with China, reportedly saying, "What the fuck is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn't go.”

➡️ While Trump still supports Musk, officials noted “red lines,” especially on national security. Musk did attend a revised Pentagon briefing that avoided China topics.

📝Despite Trump calling the original New York Times report "fake news," it was accurate until the briefing was altered.

— Axios

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🇬🇧🧑‍⚖️❌🏳️‍⚧️ Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that trans women do not legally qualify as female under the country's Equality Act.

➡️ The court affirmed that transgender individuals are still protected by anti-discrimination and equality laws.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳📉 NVIDIA's stock has been falling along with AMD after the Trump administration announced restrictions on selling H20 chips to China.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇹⚡️ The 2nd round of the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks on Saturday is going to take place in Rome after all.

— Axios citing three sources

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🇺🇸⚡️ Senator Josh Hawley announced that he will be reintroducing a bill to ban stock trading by members of Congress.

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🇱🇧👮🇵🇸 AFP, citing a Lebanese security source:

Lebanon arrests three Hamas members on suspicion of launching rockets toward Israel.

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