Live Update From the Liveblog of Thursday, June 25, 2026 By Reuters 26 June 2026, 1:03 am - US President Donald Trump’s administration has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell more than $700 million of jet engines to Turkey, according to two sources and a copy of the formal notification seen by Reuters. Reuters was first to report on Wednesday that the Trump administration planned to press ahead with the sale despite objections from some lawmakers over Turkey’s continued possession of Russian defense systems it acquired in 2019. The move is an important gesture to Ankara ahead of a pivotal NATO summit there next month and to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, whom Trump considers a key ally. The State Department doesn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Of course he is interested. Turkey will most likely attack either Israel or Greece to start. That will give Trump 2 benefits. First to make lots of money from selling weapons to Turkey. Second may get him rid of Israel when Iran and all its network did not succeed, but with their hidden friend Turkey, they may finally succeed.

Live Update From the Liveblog of Friday, June 26, 2026 By Reuters Today, 12:36 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s ⁠deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz cannot be guaranteed without coordination with Iran, and that failure to coordinate may result in the suspension of any designated route. The comments posted on social media platform X on Friday come after Oman, in coordination with the International Maritime Organization, designated temporary routes for passage through the strait.

"I lift my eyes to the mountains, where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, maker of heaven and earth." (Psalms 121:1-2) In March, someone attacked a synagogue in Liege, Belgium. This week, Belgian police finally identified the suspects. The story barely made the news when it happened. The identification barely made the news now. A synagogue, a place where Jewish families pray, where kids go to learn their heritage, where communities have gathered for generations, was attacked in a Western European city, and it got two paragraphs in the international press. We know that if someone had attacked any other house of worship in Liege, the coverage would have looked very different. We all know that. And yet we've quietly accepted this double standard as the new normal. Jewish communities across Europe are making security decisions right now that would have been unimaginable thirty years ago. Armed guards at Shabbat dinners. Children walking to Hebrew school past security cameras. Since October 7, antisemitism in Europe got louder, angrier, and less embarrassed about itself. The Liege attack is one data point. There are thousands more. Now to the front lines, because the front lines haven't stopped. Four IDF soldiers, including two officers, were wounded in southern Lebanon on the night of June 25, in a direct clash with a Hezbollah gunman. A ceasefire is nominally in effect. Israel has been striking Hezbollah positions. Hezbollah has been probing IDF lines. The soldiers who were wounded last night were defending Israeli communities in the north that spent years being bombarded by Hezbollah rockets. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem had the nerve this week to declare the US-Iran agreement "a defeat for Israel and America," then demand that Israel leave every inch of Lebanese soil with no gains, no normalization, and no partial presence. I think what he's really saying is: Hezbollah wants the clock turned back to before the war. Back to when it had 150,000 rockets pointed at Israeli cities and Israel had no buffer zone. That's the demand. Israel's answer has been no. That's the right answer.

I am grateful and expect nothing more from the ameeicans 🙏🏼 But is it possible that Trump got intimidated by the irani❤️israeli alliance, possibly even in collaboration with India? And perhaps a potential Asian alliance in general? Last but not least... is Trump (and majority of western politicians) acting jealous of King Reza Pahlavi???? Or is it me just imagining things?

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