🇨🇳❌🇺🇸 - According to a Politico's report, Capitol Hill has launched an intensive investigation after a shipment of parts for the F-35 stealth fighters was unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong this summer, sparking concern about China gaining access into the highly classified technology.

A shipment of F-35 parts bound for the United States for repairs was rerouted as it transited the Pacific Ocean from Australia, according to three people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.

The Pentagon confirmed the disappearance of some components.

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🇪🇬🤝🇺🇸- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi meets CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Cairo

➡️ Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held talks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, in the presence of General Intelligence Service (GIS) chief Hassan Rashad.

➡️ The discussions covered the ongoing conflicts and regional crises involving Iran, the Gaza Strip and Sudan, alongside recent attacks targeting Gulf states and growing threats to maritime security and freedom of navigation.

➡️ The meeting also addressed developments in the Horn of Africa, Somalia, and continued security and intelligence cooperation between Egypt and the United States.

➡️ Ratcliffe praised Egypt’s role in regional diplomacy and security coordination, while El-Sisi reiterated Egypt’s support for political and diplomatic solutions to regional crises and opposition to attacks against Arab states.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇮🇶 - A drone has reportedly targeted Erbil International Airport.

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🇷🇺⚡️🇺🇦- The Ukrainian salient west of Chasiv Yar is slowly beginning to close as Russian forces have captured the village of Chervone and are clearing the western outskirts of Mykolaivka.

➡️ The Russian military has now begun to penetrate settlements to the west as media emerged showing Russian personnel waving their flags in the village of Virolyubivka.

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⚡️🇷🇺⚠️ – Russia is expanding Rosatom's Alabuga-Volokno factory in Tatarstan, in an effort to significantly increase its production of military-grade carbon fiber, a key component of Moscow's 'Geran' one-way attack drones.

The expansion could translate into 500 additional tons of carbon fiber every year by 2029, allowing production of drones to increase by 78%—from the current 36,000 'Gerans' per year to 64,000 (or around 175 drones per day).

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#BREAKING
⚡️🇺🇸 – A man was just shot and injured by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in north Austin, Texas.

Agents opened fire against a man that, per reports, tried to drive away from an ICE SUV blocking the road; it remains unknown if the man was the target of an operation.

He is reportedly in a hospital and "alert", with no word on his condition.

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⚡️🇺🇸 – Some footage of the incident, which took place around 90 minutes ago.

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⚡️🇺🇸 – Trump on Truth Social:

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⚡️🇺🇸 – The man shot in Austin by ICE is "in serious but stable condition" following a gunshot injury to his torso.

The city's governor, Kirk Watson (Dem), said:

"A person being shot on the streets of Austin by someone purporting to be law enforcement, particularly when it’s ICE, is something that causes me to be unhappy and angry. [...] While I’m unhappy and I’m angry about it, I’m not surprised at all.”

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⚡️🇸🇾 – An ammunition depot went off in Aleppo, Syria, for an unknown reason. Multiple secondary explosions lit up the night as the facility was destroyed.

There's no information on casualties so far.

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🇺🇸🔼🛢 – Average diesel prices in the U.S. have topped $6.50 per gallon for the first time in recorded history, as disruptions related to the war in Iran continue to reverberate in oil markets.

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