Marco Rubio:

We don't just want to end the war, we also want to help Ukraine be safe forever.

So never again will they face another invasion.

Trump: Ukraine has some difficult problems.

Reporter: What do you mean by that?

Trump: They have a corruption situation going on, which is not helpful. But there is a good chance we can make a deal.

Reporter: Does your warning for Venezuela mean that an airstrike is imminent? Or should we not read it that way?

Trump: Don't read anything into it.

BIG: Trump confirms that he had a phone call with Maduro.

Reporter: What is your comment on the Hegseth controversy?

Trump: I don't know anything about it, he said he did not say that, I believe him.

Reporter: Would you be okay with that if he did?

Trump: He said he did not do it, so I don't have to make that decision.

Trump:

I don't have a deadline for Russia-Ukraine.

Trump on Somalia:

They don't have a government, military, police, all they do is going around killing each other.

And then they come into our country and tell us how to run our country, we don't want them.

Trump on Ilhan Omar:

She supposedly came into our country by marrying her brother, if that is true she should not be a congressman and we should throw her the hell out of our country.

Reporter: You called Tim Walz "retarded," do you stand by that claim?

Trump: Yes, there is something wrong with him. Do you have a problem with that?

Reporter: When will Witkoff meet with Putin?

Trump: Sometime next week.

Reporter: What part of your body was the MRI looking at?

Trump: I have no idea, it was not the brain.

The IDF is set to bar Android phones on army-issued lines for lieutenant colonels and above.

Senior officers will be allowed to use only iPhones for official communication, a move aimed at reducing cyber-intrusion risks.

Source: The Jerusalem Post

U.S.–Ukraine talks on Sunday centered on one issue: where to draw a de facto border with Russia under a possible peace deal.

The five-hour meeting near Miami was described as intense but productive.

Source: Axios

Conservative candidate Nasry Asfura leads Honduras’ presidential race with 34% of votes counted.

Asfura is backed by Trump.

His National Party previously governed under Juan Orlando Hernández (2014–2022), who is now serving a U.S. prison sentence for drug trafficking.

Source: Reuters

Washington told Maduro he, his wife Cilia Flores, and his son would receive safe passage only if he resigned and left the country immediately.

Maduro rejected the demand, asking for global amnesty, control of the armed forces, and more time — terms the U.S. refused.

Source: Miami Herald

NEW: NATO is weighing a more aggressive approach to counter Russia’s hybrid warfare, including cyber attacks, sabotage, and airspace violations.

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of NATO’s military committee, said the alliance is exploring proactive — not just reactive — responses.

Source: FT

Burkina Faso: The government has created a new 2,400-member elite unit named after the “Angel of Death, Azrael,” trained in Mali, Niger, Russia and Ethiopia.

Sudan: SPLM-N commander El-Jezuli Hamid, who led a training camp under Abdulaziz al-Hilu, was killed along with several fighters after SAF strikes on their Kauda positions in South Kordofan.

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