— 🇨🇩 NEW: Rebel groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire after seizing the major city of Goma last week

The M23 group, the main rebel group fighting the DRC government, has stated the ceasefire is to allow humanitarian aid inside rebel-held areas and to establish corridors to allow civilians to leave.

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— Israel and the United States, during Netanyahu's visit to Washington, are once again openly talking about the possibility of striking Iran's nuclear sites.

In my opinion, the time for being passive is long gone. We need to strike Israel preemptively, if we are 100% certain that they plan to attack us.

Rather than getting a war imposed on us, we should be the ones to impose the war, and it should be fought on our terms.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Trump is currently meeting with Netanyahu at the White House

Some very interesting but mostly incoherent things were said:

– Trump says the United States 'should own Gaza', 'America will own it'.

– Trump says 'Regional countries want Palestinians out of Gaza'. (They don't)

– Trump says he will 'visit Gaza' when he goes to Israel. (He won't)

– The United States may, in the coming weeks, recognize the West Bank as Israeli territory, in an unprecedented move.

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The president of the United States of America acting as the personal assistant to Netanyahu

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Even Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu clarifies that Israel's official position is 'getting Hamas out of Gaza', without the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza as Trump has recently proposed

Of course, there are many Israeli politicians that openly support expelling Palestinians from Gaza and building Jewish settlements there, like Ben Gvir and Smotrich, and while even Netanyahu may privately support this, it is not Israel's officially declared policy.

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The problem with Trump is that 90% of his statements are probably just statements, and not actual U.S. policy. So we never know what to take at face value or what to ignore.

— 🇺🇸/🇵🇸 WATCH: Even reporters cannot believe Trump's 'we will take over Gaza' nonsense, and they ask him to clarify.

He says he sees it as a 'long term ownership situation', which will 'bring great stability'.

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— 🇺🇸/🇵🇸 U.S. President Trump: 'Everyone I've spoken to loves the idea of the United States taking over Gaza'

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: Trump says everyone is getting autism – '20 years ago, autism was 1 in 10,000 but now it's 1 in 34'

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— 🇺🇸 Trump: 'Gaza is somewhat like Miami, Florida, magnificent place, but sadly filled with death'

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— NEW: Aga Khan IV, Prince Karim Al-Husseini, the 49th 'Imam' of Nizari Ismaeli Shiites, has passed away at age 88.

Nizari Ismaeli Shiites believe that he was their 49th infallible Imam, a physical representative of God on earth, descending directly from the Prophet Muhammad ‎ﷺ. He was born in Geneva in 1936, and ascended to the Imamate in 1957.

With an estimated net worth of over $15 Billion USD, Agha Khan IV was one of the richest faith leaders in the entire world.

Ismaeli Shiites make up less than 1% of the Shiite population, the other 99% being the Twelvers ('Imamis', found mostly in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, etc.) and Seveners ('Zaidis', found mostly in Yemen). These two groups consider Ismaelis to be disbelievers, as they have omitted several pillars of Islam over the years.

Among other things, Ismaeli Shiites do not believe in prayer being obligatory, and they do not believe in fasting during Ramadan. They also believe the Quran was time-bound, and that it is irrelevant today. Their 'Imam' has been seen dancing with women and consuming alcohol.

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— 🇸🇪 UPDATE: At least 11 people died in the incident, including the suspected gunman, who reportedly took his own life. This marks the worst mass shooting in Sweden's history.

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