UN deputy peace coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov tells the Security Council the West Bank is at a 'breaking point,' warning that accelerated settlement expansion and settler violence are driving Palestinian displacement toward 'de-facto annexation.'

UK seeks to resume high-level military contacts with Russia over 'unintended escalation' fears, The Times reports. Last contact between British and Russian defence chiefs was September 2022.

Britain wants to resume high-level military contacts with Russia; British military chiefs fear the risk of 'unintended escalation' due to the absence of dialogue, The Times reports. The question was raised after the Russian frigate Grigorovich fired warning shots in June in the English Channel near a British-flagged yacht; the last contact between Russian Chief of theStaff Gerasimov and the UK Chief of the Defence Staff was in September 2022.

Turkish FM Hakan Fidan meets Libyan officials in Tripoli, including Presidential Council head Mohamed al-Menfi and High Council of State chair Mohamed Miftah Takala, his ministry says.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Libyan officials in Tripoli during a visit to Libya, holding talks with PM adviser Ibrahim Dbeibeh, Presidential Council President Mohamed al-Menfi and High Council of State Chairman Mohamed Miftah Takala, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.

Trump says the US sells weapons and fighter jets to the EU at full cost, and European countries can transfer them to Ukraine if they choose.

Donald Trump said in an interview with American TV host Wayne Allyn Root that the United States sells weapons and fighter jets to the European Union at full cost, and EU countries are free to do as they wish with them, including transferring them to Ukraine.

Trump claims US has 'total control' over Iran's finances, outlines three Iran policy options including 'hitting them really, really hard,' cites 300% inflation

US President Donald Trump says Washington has 'total control' over Iran's finances and is effectively acting as Tehran's banker, outlining three policy options including 'hitting them really, really hard.' He cited Iran's 300% inflation, collapsing currency and difficulties paying soldiers as evidence of economic pressure.