The project will add a new five-tier, dual-track ship lock alongside the existing facilities at the Three Gorges Dam and upgrade navigation infrastructure at a downstream dam.

Once completed, it is expected to nearly double annual cargo throughput capacity at the Three Gorges complex to 336 million tonnes, meeting shipping demands.

Chinese officials say the new lock will set world records for inland ship-lock construction in vessel dimensions, chamber size, and excavation volume.

The project also includes environmental measures such as dedicated fish passages and construction techniques designed to reduce impacts on aquatic ecosystems.

I don't think Israel will go back to war with Iran. It's all working out very well.

Iran is doing what they have to do; I don’t think that's going to happen, ok?

The incident has drawn particular attention because officials working in the building had been involved in reviewing the planning application for China's proposed new mega-embassy in London.

Ministers were informed of the discovery, and security services were notified.

The device was found within the past two months in a communal area used by civil servants rather than near ministerial offices. Authorities are investigating who installed the camera and how long it had been in place.

The U.S. and Iran are providing and exchanging views and opinions to reach the final text through Pakistan.

We have not yet reached the final text, but we are pursuing it.

While the Pentagon publicly stated only that the unit was deploying to the Middle East under Central Command, it did not disclose the Israel deployment.

The deployment was linked to U.S.-Israeli contingency planning developed since February for ground operations that would involve them seizing Kharg Island and parts of Iran’s coastline.

The 82nd Airborne, a rapid-response force trained for airborne assaults, still has personnel in Israel, although no immediate ground operation is expected.

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You remember Venezuela — a one-day war.

We've taken billions and billions of dollars worth of oil.

We paid for the cost of that war many times over, and when have you heard that before?

We've decimated everything there is to decimate.

I think we are winning that battle, but you're really going to win it over the next two weeks when we declare total victory.

It'll be a total victory. It'll happen very soon, and oil prices will come tumbling down.

He's outstanding. He's been at my side for a long time.

We fought each other initially a long time ago over the candidacy stuff. He was running, and I was running, and we fought, and I started realizing he's a very talented guy.

After that fight was over, we were best of friends, and he's helped me as much as anybody in the Senate.

We're negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal.

They're willing to give us everything. They're willing to give us "no nuclear weapon."

The two leaders also reviewed steps aimed at increasing bilateral trade to $3 billion and exchanged views on regional and international developments.

Erdoğan reiterated Türkiye's support for Venezuela and emphasized Ankara's commitment to deepening ties across multiple sectors.

Under the agreement, Slovakia plans to procure combat protective helmets from Croatia, while offering cooperation in the areas of ammunition production and armored vehicles, opening a new phase of defense-industrial collaboration between the two countries.

The proposed deal has stalled not because of opposition from Dassault Aviation or Taiwan but due to political concerns in Paris.

The French government is reluctant to move forward with the sale out of concern for its diplomatic relationship with China.

Taiwan previously purchased 60 Mirage 2000-5 fighters from France in the 1990s, but those aircraft are now aging, driving Taipei's search for a modern replacement.

The Israelis and the United States have a lot of shared interests, but we also have some situations where our interests diverge.

I think where President Trump has been very clear here is that while Israel obviously has some objectives that it has, the U.S. main objective in Iran is to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.

Over the last year and a half, we've created the space necessary where the president believes, and I think that he's right, that we can get a long-term settlement to Iran's nuclear deal.

Israel may like that. They may not like that. But fundamentally, we think this is in the best interest of the United States of America.

We're going to keep on pursuing it because that's what President Trump was elected to do.