The bottom line here is they don't have a pathway to a nuclear bomb, they're no longer the largest state sponsor of terrorism, they don't have missiles to terrorize the region and the world like they used to.

This has been an amazing success, and President Trump is right: don't be in a hurry; get it right.

He's the first guy in 47 years to take these guys on, and they've had their ass kicked. Let's just be patient.

European Council meeting. For the first time in years there are no Russians in the room. Huge relief.

It must be remembered that Article 2 of the association agreement between the European Union and Israel is about respecting international law and humanitarian law.

And clearly, neither in Lebanon, nor in the West Bank, nor in Gaza, is Israel respecting it.

And this must lead us to reflection and also to action.

For the first time in decades, three aircraft carriers are operating in the Middle East at the same time.

Accompanied by their carrier air wings, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) include over 200 aircraft and 15,000 Sailors and Marines.

I carry in my pocket the image of a Muslim child killed in Lebanon, who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said "Welcome, Pope Leo," and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed.

I cannot be in favor of war.

We do not know where this will lead.

There is an entire population in Iran of innocent people who are suffering because of this war.

I condemn all actions that are unjust. I condemn the taking of people’s lives. I condemn capital punishment.

I believe that human lives are to be respected.

I would change the question: what is the Global North doing to help the Global South in the situation that forces them to migrate?

I'm not saying that everyone should enter however they want, without order, creating situations that are sometimes more unjust in the place they arrive than they left behind.

But having said that, I ask, what are we doing in the richest countries to change the situation in the poorest countries?