Wall Street Journal reports that Hamas is holding up the ceasefire over the issue of who controls food aid in Gaza. Hamas demands GHF be removed so that they can control and tax the food and humanitarian aid coming into Gaza

Trump announces that he has arched a trade deal with the Philippines which will have a 19% tariff placed on its goods exported to the U.S. 🇺🇸🇵🇭

Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76

Trump decides to withdraw the U.S. from UNESCO According to the New York Post, President Donald Trump has decided that the United States will withdraw from UNESCO. Back in February, the White House launched a 90-day review of America’s involvement in the UN cultural agency, focusing in particular on investigating any instances of “antisemitism or anti-Israel sentiment within the organization.” Sources say that following the review, administration officials expressed strong objections to UNESCO’s policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as what they called its pro-Palestinian and pro-Chinese bias.

RT @piersmorgan: This is appalling.

65-year-old Briton found guilty of attempting to spy for Russia A UK court has found Howard Phillips guilty of attempting to pass sensitive information about the British Defence Minister to Russian intelligence. Phillips believed he was in contact with Russian agents, but was actually dealing with undercover British counterintelligence officers. In October 2023, he tried to get a job with the UK Border Force - prosecutors say he intended to gain access to information that might interest Russia. In March 2024, he was contacted by individuals claiming to be Russian agents, "Sasha" and "Dima." They asked him to detail what he could offer and why, and to hide a USB stick with the information inside a bicycle left on a London street. According to court testimony, the USB contained a document in which Phillips described himself as a "very valuable asset" and pledged "100% loyalty and commitment to the work."

In a French town near Nice, Stalingrad Boulevard has been renamed Rives du Paillon Boulevard, after the river that flows through the commune. Russians and local communists expressed their outrage, calling the decision immoral and sacrilegious. The French, however, chose to ignore them.

New video evidence has emerged of the murder of a U.S. citizen and his entire Druze family in Syria. People are asked to share the video and contact the State Department if they recognize anybody of the murderers. Hosam Saraya was executed in cold blood alongside his brother, father, uncles, and cousins in Suwayda. Hosam was from Oklahoma and a graduate of Oklahoma Christian University.

🇵🇱 Polish Foreign Ministry recommends citizens leave Russia “Polish citizens in Russia are advised to leave the country... unless their life, family, or professional situation requires them to remain in the country,” the Polish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Ukrainian lawmakers are stripping anti-corruption bodies of their independence - Le Monde The French newspaper reports that Ukrainian MPs have passed a law that effectively eliminates the independence of two key anti-corruption institutions. "Despite criticism, on Tuesday the parliament voted 263 in favor, with 13 against and 13 abstentions, to place the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) under the authority of the Prosecutor General - who answers directly to President Zelensky," Le Monde writes. The Verkhovna Rada passed the bill under the pretext of wartime necessity, but critics warn it threatens to dismantle Ukraine's anti-corruption architecture, according to the Financial Times.