🇫🇷⚡️ — I am addressing all the looters: we will act firmly. There will be no impunity — Macron

More from the French President's emergency address to the nation:

— Tonight, we all feel anger and shame. It is unbearable to see our cities' streets so devastated.

— Watching these images, we all asked ourselves: what is going on in their heads? How can the French do such a thing to France? Why burn and attack? How did they get to this point? Nothing justifies this; it is inexplicable, it is unforgivable.

— We must not confuse peaceful protesters with looters and rioters, because there are people who rightly believe that fuel prices are too high. This is related to the war in Iran.

— The President of France promised to address the protesters' concerns, because "hatred should not prevent them from being heard."

He did not specify what specific measures would be taken. The events in France, the speaker called simply "unacceptable."

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🇮🇷⚡️ — Iran’s new Defense Minister, Mehrdad Akhlaqi Ketabchi:

“Iran’s heavy fighter will take off next year. The aircraft is entirely made in Iran.”

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🇦🇪🇸🇦⚡️ — President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed received Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman this evening.

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🇮🇱⚡️ — Riots broke out during the speech of Israel’s Security Minister Ben-Gvir at Tel Aviv University this evening.

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🇮🇱🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — After the attack on the company Yandex, about 60% of anti-Israeli activity by Russian users disappeared

— Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — Zelensky told Bloomberg that US President Trump is pressuring Kiev to capitulate to Russia, adding that he believes recent US actions are aimed at forcing Ukraine to make concessions.

“I believe steps have been taken to persuade Ukraine to capitulate,” Zelensky said, adding that he fears Washington is seeking to end the war earlier “at Ukraine’s expense.”

Zelensky also proposed stopping Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure that produces diesel fuel and on oil refineries in exchange for additional Patriot air defense missile systems, after Trump called for an end to these attacks amid rising diesel prices.

“My latest model is this: we do not strike Russian diesel production, and you provide us with missiles for the Patriot systems to protect our facilities,” he said.

However, according to Zelensky, Washington wants Ukraine to halt the strikes without offering anything in return, and he warned that if the attacks continue, the US may “cut us off from something” ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

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🇮🇷⚡️ — The IRGC Navy has released additional footage showing a third oil tanker on fire after its engine room was targeted.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — General Ronald Clark, the commander of the US Army in the Pacific, is seeking to showcase more advanced capabilities of the American armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region in order to strengthen deterrence against China and prevent war, the FT reports.

Clark said that the US must demonstrate a sufficient level of military power and readiness to “make the adversary think,” including by deploying Typhon missile systems capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles and SM-6 missiles, as well as HIMARS rocket artillery.

Despite concerns about the Trump administration’s commitments in the region and China’s opposition to the deployment of American missiles, Clark said that military cooperation with allies continues to expand thanks to Operation Pathways exercises, which are conducted partly during periods of heightened risk. “Being the security partner of choice is key,” he said.

The US is also resuming military exercises with Cambodia in February after nearly a decade-long pause, while simultaneously expanding its presence in the Pacific through additional divisions, a corps headquarters, and specialized units focused on intelligence, cyber, electronic warfare, and psychological operations.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸⚡️ — Ukrainian channels, citing "Radio Liberty," report that the United States did not share intelligence data about missile launches again last night.

Rubio, however, stated that "there were no pauses."

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — The "Geran" drones also reach Lviv. The video shows the moment a drone falls near a supermarket.

By the way, at night, drones periodically fly over western Ukraine, and this is becoming a pattern.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Iran is increasingly concealing its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and jet fuel exports among a growing number of maritime shipping operations.

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🇫🇷⚡️ — Things aren't looking good for Macron in France.

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