Following the elimination of Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Pyongyang toughens its stance and enshrines a “mutual destruction” mechanism in law. The new amendment stipulates that the military must immediately launch nuclear weapons if the supreme command is neutralized. At the same time, Kim Jong Un has ordered the deployment of advanced artillery that directly threatens Seoul.
After calling snap elections in in Denmark, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has failed to form a government, with the King tasking right-wing leader Troels Lund Poulsen with the Job. Poulsen could replace Frederiksen, who has previously compared pressure on Israel to pressure on Russia and attacked Netanyahu.
A 40-foot charter yacht near the Haulover sandbar burst into flames Saturday after the operator allegedly failed to ventilate the engine compartment before ignition; 11 people were hospitalized with burns and trauma injuries.
The World Health Organization has confirmed that six people were infected with hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius as it crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The ship is making its way to a port in Tenerife, where a special evacuation team will be waiting. At the same time, authorities in Rome have placed passengers under monitoring amid concerns they may have come into contact with a victim of the virus.
Documents, videos and photographs were published on a dedicated website as part of a new system. The move followed an order by President Donald Trump to identify, declassify and release government documents related to “extraterrestrial life, anomalous phenomena and unidentified objects.” Trump: "Previous administrations failed to be transparent on this issue."
Madrid is holding talks on acquiring the KAAN fighter jet, which is still in development, according to El Español. The move comes after Spain decided to pull back from buying the US-made F-35 amid tensions with Washington. The Spanish Air Force recently signed a deal to buy Turkish training jets worth around €3.1 billion.
According to ABC, US authorities are investigating traders who made $2.6 billion from oil deals carried out minutes before key announcements by Trump and Iran during the war. In one case, trades totaling half a billion dollars were placed 15 minutes before Trump announced a pause in attacks on Iranian power plants. The suspicions were reported in real time.
A Chinese military court sentenced two former defense ministers to death for corruption, with a two-year reprieve after which the sentence will be commuted to life in prison. The convictions come amid an unprecedented wave of purges in the upper ranks of the Chinese military led by President Xi Jinping, which has already resulted in the removal of more than 100 senior officers.
Prosecutors charge three Antwerp mohalim for performing circumcisions without medical credentials, drawing fierce condemnation from Israel's foreign minister and the US ambassador, who warns Belgium will be seen as antisemitic until the case is resolved.
With the Middle East at war, 29 Democrats say Washington can no longer justify staying silent about Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal.
