🇺🇸🤝🇸🇻 — The Trump Administration has expanded its military presence in Latin America to El Salvador.

➡️ Satellite imagery obtained by NYT shows at least three U.S. aircraft stationed at Cooperative Security Location Comalapa, part of U.S. Southern Command’s counter-drug operations network in Central America and the Caribbean.

➡️ The aircraft include a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane, a C-40 Clipper transport, and an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship operated by U.S. Special Operations Command.

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🇸🇾🇺🇸⚡️ — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in Washington for an official visit, just two days after the U.S. formally revoked his status as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

➡️ He will meet Trump tomorrow.

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🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — A group calling itself "Men of Light" claimed responsibility for the October 27 car bomb outside a police station in Banias, western Syria.

➡️ In a video released by the group, it stated it planted an explosive device on a parked police car, causing material damage.

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🇬🇧🔥 — WATCH: A 36-foot effigy of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was burned during the annual Bonfire Night celebration in Edenbridge, Kent.

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🇫🇷🇺🇦⚡️ — Old deep-sea fishing nets from Brittany, France, are being repurposed in Ukraine to defend against Russian explosive drones, according to The Guardian.

➡️ A local charity has sent around 280 km of horsehair nets that entangle drone propellers, helping protect roads, hospitals, and frontline positions.

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🇺🇦🪖🇷🇺⚡️ — NEW: On the first day of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker, pleading for a no-fly zone. Stoltenberg refused, warning it would mean attacking Russian defenses and risking World War III, according to The Times.

➡️ Stoltenberg later said ending the call was “extremely painful,” fearing it might be Zelensky’s last, and noted that President Biden shared the view that the U.S. would not risk a world war over Ukraine.

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🇮🇱🇮🇱🤝🧑‍⚖️ — NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to postpone his scheduled testimony tomorrow, citing “diplomatic meetings,” has been approved.

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🇬🇧🪖🇧🇪⚡️ — The UK is deploying military personnel and equipment to Belgium after suspected Russian drones entered Belgian airspace, briefly grounding flights at Brussels Airport.

➡️ NATO allies, including Germany, are also assisting with anti-drone defenses.

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🇺🇸🪖🇺🇦 — Over $5 billion in U.S. weapons exports for NATO allies and Ukraine are delayed due to the ongoing government shutdown, according to Axios.

➡️ The pause affects deliveries of systems like AMRAAM missiles, Aegis combat systems, and HIMARS launchers.

➡️ Furloughs and reduced staffing at the State Department have stalled congressional reviews required under the Arms Export Control Act, slowing approvals and harming both U.S. defense industry operations and allied support.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — Hamas has handed over the body of IDF Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, who was killed in the 2014 war, to the Red Cross.

➡️ The Red Cross has already handed it over to the IDF, leaving four deceased hostages within Gaza.

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🇹🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will fly to the U.S. tomorrow.

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🇮🇱❌🇸🇾 — Israeli troops continue to carry out operations in Syria’s Quneitra countryside, entering multiple villages and establishing positions.

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