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The Admiral Grigorovich, a Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate, fired warning shots at a British-flagged yacht in the English Channel on Monday after the two vessels came into close proximity. The warship has been operating near UK waters in recent weeks, with its activities including escorting shadow oil tankers through the area. - The Telegraph
Sen. Lindsey Graham:
To me one of the most important things said by President Trump today is that it is his desire to expand the Abraham Accords, bringing historic stability and prosperity to the Middle East.
President Trump is correct in his analysis that this can only be achieved if the region believes Iran has been weakened or Iran has changed its behavior in terms of being a disruptive force and supporting terrorist organizations.
I sincerely hope the upcoming negotiations to forever foreclose Iran’s nuclear ambitions are a success. Due to President Trump’s actions, it is clear to me Iran and its proxies are incredibly weakened and their ability to generate another October 7 doesn’t exist, and there has been a major setback in their nuclear capability.
The ultimate win for taking on Iran is to open up a pathway to peace through Abraham Accord expansion and build on regional integration.
If the conflict with Iran yields this outcome, it will be one of the most successful military operations in American history.
Mr. President, you are right to keep your eye on the big prize: regional integration and lasting peace.
President Trump:
“Qatar is going to be investing much more than $1 trillion in the United States. We have over 18, it’s going to be 19.4 or so when the new figures are out… We’ll be having, uh, almost 19.1, $19.2 trillion invested in the United States.”
President Trump:
“Qatar is going to be investing much more than $1 trillion in the United States. We have over 18, it’s going to be 19.4 or so when the new figures are out… We’ll be having, uh, almost 19.1, $19.2 trillion invested in the United States.”
U.S. plans to pull ~20% of its 72 refueling aircraft from Ben Gurion as part of the framework deal with Iran. The tankers take up nearly half the airport's parking capacity. Still unclear whether they'll move to IAF bases or leave Israel entirely.
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Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, leading Lebanon talks in Washington: "We remain in southern Lebanon to protect the people of Israel, like any self-respecting country would."
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem praises Iran for “securing an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Lebanon as the opening and most important provision of the proposed U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding.”
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Hezbollah has received assurances from Iran that no final nuclear agreement with the United States will be signed unless Israel withdraws from Lebanon. - Hezbollah press office
China's FM: Beijing acted with both Iran and the U.S. "in its own way" to bridge the two sides. Also said China is ready to work with Pakistan to keep peace talks going without interruption.
WATCH: Trump: "Without the United States there would be no Israel, without me, there would be no Israel ... I've had a great relationship with Bibi, but now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon ...
I'm not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon and Hezbollah."
Trump reacted to the UAE president speaking softly during their meeting, saying:
"See, when you're that rich, you can speak that low. I was wondering, can anybody hear that? But when you're so rich, you have such confidence, you don't have to do any strain to the voice."
REPORTER: “How can we make sure that the Strait of Hormuz is open in the future?”
TRUMP: “Have a United States with a strong president. That's the only way you can do it, I guess. The agreements for bad people don't mean anything.”