🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "At the Trump-Zelensky meeting, Zelensky refused to cede any territory with President Trump stating it's preferred to end it along the current front-lines," - Politico.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia is preparing for a winter military offensive campaign," - Ukraine's Defense Ministry Intelligence, GUR.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Trump currently believes Hamas leaders are willing to continue negotiations in good faith. But there is concern within the Trump administration of Netanyahu withdrawing from the Gaza agreement," - The New York Times, citing a White House official.

🇯🇵⚡- BREAKING: Sanae Takaichi becomes the new and first female Prime Minister of Japan.

Takaichi, of the right-wing nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, won a majority in both of Japan's houses – 237/465 in the Lower House, and 125/248 in the Upper House.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent met with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Bessent encouraged Smotrich to embrace President Trump's Hamas-Israel peace deal.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli Prime Minister has told the White House Tel Aviv strongly opposes any Turkish or Qatari presence in Gaza post-war, calling it a red-line.

The White House, worried Israel may walk out on the deal, insists the role of Turkey and Qatar would be purely humanitarian and civilian. A position rejected by Tel Aviv, as the Israelis believe it will give Ankara and Doha expanded influence," - Israel Hayom.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's meeting scheduled for Thursday has been postponed, White House sources tell CNN.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia will not agree to a ceasefire until the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine are resolved," - Segrei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister.

🇵🇱🇷🇺🇭🇺⚡- "Putin’s plane could be forced to land for arrest if it flies over Poland on its way to Hungary," - Radoslaw Sikorski, Polish Foreign Minister.

🇦🇲🇦🇿⚡- Armenia lifts all restrictions on the transit of goods from mainland Azerbaijan through Armenia to the exclave of Nakhchivan.

🇷🇺🇪🇹⚡- Russia's Rosatom announces plans to build a nuclear power plant in Ethiopia.

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Hebrew media reports that an Israeli soldier in Gaza has been 'seriously injured' due to an 'operational incident.'

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🇬🇧🇸🇾⚡- Britain removes Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from its list of terrorist organizations.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "No plans for President Trump to meet President Putin in the immediate future," - The White House.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump’s policy on Ukraine is going in circles," - AFP, citing a Ukrainian official.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Vice President JD Vance: 'President Trump wants good relations with the Iranians.'

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⚡️🇹🇷🇸🇾🇮🇶 Main opposition party CHP has decided to vote against the proposal to extend the deployment period of Turkish soldiers in Iraq and Syria by 3 more years.

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⚡️🇹🇷🇸🇾🇮🇶 The presidential decree to extend the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria for 3 more years has been submitted to the Turkish parliament today.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: JD Vance says that, as a Christian, Israel 'means a great deal to him.'

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