🇺🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Ahmed al-Sharaa sends a message to Trump that he is interested in joining the Abraham Accords (normalizing ties with Israel) under the appropriate circumstances," - Israeli Channel 12 confirms our earlier report.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India announces military exercises, primarily involving its air force, in the center of the country.

The exercises, dubbed Aakraman, involve jets from multiple air bases.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Large-scale anti-India protests have now also erupted in Islamabad, demanding the "liberation of Kashmir".

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Syria is interested in joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing ties with Israel.

The information was passed on to Cory Mills, Trump ally, from Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa when the two met on April 19. Mills says he will brief both both President Trump and National Security Advisor Waltz when he returns to Washington.

🇦🇿🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is set to make an official visit to Azerbaijan in early May," - Ynet.

🇺🇳🇮🇷🇦🇹⚡- International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Chief Grossi met with representatives of Russia, Iran and China in Vienna, Austria.

🇺🇦⚡- "European capitals will not endorse any move by the US to recognize Crimea as Russian or pressure Kiev to agree to it," - Financial Times, British outlet.

🇩🇿⚡- Algeria's al-Shaabi al-Watani adopts law which will allow Tebboune's government to declare general mobilization.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Anti-India protests across Pakistan after India suspended the Indus Water Treaty. Protests against India's decision erupted in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and elsewhere.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- "The ball is now in the E3's [the UK, France and Germany] court. They have an opportunity to do away with the grip of 'Special Interest' groups and forge a different path. How we act at this critical junction is likely to define the foreseeable future," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- "I once again propose diplomacy. After my recent consultations in Moscow and Beijing, I am ready to take the first step with visits to Paris, Berlin & London. I was ready to do it before Iran commenced its indirect dialogue with the US, but the E3 [the UK, France and Germany] opted out," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- "Last September I offered dialogue when I met the E3 Foreign Ministers [the UK, France and Germany]. Instead of confrontation, I put forward cooperation. They unfortunately chose the hard way," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- "Iran's relations with the E3 [the UK, France and Germany] have experienced ups and downs in recent history. Like it or not, they are currently down. Why? Each side has its own narrative. The status quo is lose-lose," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, says relations with Europe's 3 (the UK, France and Germany) are at its lowest point.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Indian outlet Hindustan Times reports that "India has found evidence" linking "Pakistani intelligence agencies" to the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE," - Donald Trump, US President.

Trump's response to the Russian strikes on Kiev last night that left dozens of civilians dead - intentionally capitalizes "KYIV".

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian missiles struck Kiev, Ukraine, overnight killing at least 10, injuring 100+ others.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- China has called Trump's comments regarding talks on trade between the two countries 'fake news'. China has said there has been no contact between the two nations on the tariffs.

US President Trump yesterday had claimed that the US was in talks with China.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- "We warn them [India], if our citizens aren't safe then yours won't be either," - Khawaja Asif, Pakistan's Defense Minister.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- "We have information that India is planning acts of terrorism in our cities. If they proceed, there will be a tit-for-tat response. We will make them pay," - Khawaja Asif, Pakistan's Defense Minister.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- "Whatever allegations the Modi government is making, they have not directly named Pakistan so far, but such discussions are ongoing in the media," - Khawaja Asif, Pakistan's Defense Minister.

🇺🇸🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡- Unusual deployment of a US MQ-4C surveillance UAV off the coast of Egypt and Israel, in particularly near the Sinai region. The drone is presumably monitoring Egypt's military build-up in the Sinai.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: Pakistan's Punjab Rangers military unit have captured an Indian Border Guard that had allegedly entered Pakistani territory.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan has cut all trade with India, including via third-parties.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan has closed its airspace for all Indian aircrafts.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan condemns India from withdrawing from the Indus Water Treaty, and any "infringement" on Pakistan's "water rights" will amount to a "declaration of war".

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif is holding an emergency cabinet meeting.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: India's Foreign Ministry advises all Indian nationals in Pakistan to leave immediately.

🇷🇺🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Russia's large military cargo ship, LADY MARIIA, has arrived at the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Russia, mainly Wagner, had in the past supported the DR Congo's military, FARDC, against the M23. It was one of the few African arenas in which Wagner were defeated completely, taking large casualties at the hands of M23.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- Tensions at the Luzon Strait between the US and China continue to rise.

China deploys its CNS Shandong-17 aircraft carrier for the second time in two weeks to the Philippines Sea (last known location is shown on the map), following the US decision to station a NMESIS anti-ship missile system in northern Philippines.

🇮🇷⚡- At the request of several Gulf Arab nations, Google has begun renaming the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pakistani media are hinting that the Islamabad government may suspend the Shimla Agreement of 1972 (which followed the 1971 India-Pakistan war), in retaliation for India's suspension of the Indus Water Treaty.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India has summoned Pakistan's top diplomat in New Delhi Saad Ahmad Warraich.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- US Democrat Senator John Fetterman is advocating for President Trump to stop Iran peace talks and instead follow Israel's plan to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

🇵🇰🇮🇱⚡- Talal Chaudhry, former Pakistani Interior Minister, says the government is exploring options to impose 'travel restrictions' on Pakistani journalists visiting Israel, risking 'losing [Pakistani] citizenship'.

This comes after several Pakistani journalists, notably Sabeen Agha, visited Israel in recent months, and accused Islamabad of preparing the grounds for normalization with Tel-Aviv. The process of normalization reignited after the signing of the Abraham Accords, but derailed again post October 7th 2023.

This was evident with Pakistan softening its stance on the Palestine-Israel conflict, under US pressure - the stance which was publicly praised by the American Jewish Congress last week, April 16.

🏫🇺🇸⚡️- An open letter condemning the Trump administration's revocation of federal funds over "anti-semitism" has been signed by 320 university presidents, including 7 of the 8 Ivy League universities. The lone Ivy refusing to sign is Dartmouth College.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "I pledge to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. If we lose the battle against Iran, Western countries will be next.

No country will stop us from holding Iran accountable, and if necessary, we will stand alone," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Top Israeli officials were surprised by Trump’s turn from calling on Israel to strike Iran’s nuclear program in October 2024, to waving off their attack plans in 2025.

Top IDF and Mossad officials believed that Trump would be open to a full attack on Iran’s nuclear sites at some midpoint in 2025," - The Jerusalem Post.

🇺🇸⚡- "Elon Musk and US Treasury Secretary Bessent got into a heated shouting match in earshot of Trump and other officials in the White House last week during a dispute about the IRS.

The argument was so heated that an aide stepped in between the two men to separate them," - Axios.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Zelensky's resignation is not among Russia's demands regarding Ukraine," - The Kremlin.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump has not set a deadline for establishing a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Russia does not consider it appropriate to set deadlines either," - The Kremlin.

🇮🇳🇵🇰 - Pakistan to convene the National Security Commitee tomorrow in face of Indian escalation

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- US President Trump welcomes Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir to his Mar-a-Lago residency.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is boasting on the front page of The Wall Street Journal that, “Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea. There’s nothing to talk about here.” This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and is not even a point of discussion. Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired? The area also houses, for many years before “the Obama handover,” major Russian submarine bases. It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that makes it so difficult to settle this War. He has nothing to boast about! The situation for Ukraine is dire — He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country. I have nothing to do with Russia, but have much to do with wanting to save, on average, five thousand Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, who are dying for no reason whatsoever. The statement made by Zelenskyy today will do nothing but prolong the “killing field,” and nobody wants that! We are very close to a Deal, but the man with “no cards to play” should now, finally, GET IT DONE. I look forward to being able to help Ukraine, and Russia, get out of this Complete and Total MESS, that would have never started if I were President," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India has given the diplomats at the Pakistani High Commission Office in New Delhi a week to leave the country.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Meaning the US will fold without even getting a phone call from China. Here in China, we're happy that our enemy is making the strategic blunder of the century.

This strategic own goal is so stupid, some of us actually feel the second hand embarrassment for them.

Art of the deal? Art of a clown show," - Zhao Dashuai, China's right-wing media personnel.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Meaning the US will fold without even getting a phone call from China. Here in China, we're happy that our enemy is making the strategic blunder of the century.

This strategic own goal is so stupid, some of us actually feel the second hand embarrassment for them.

Art of the deal? Art of a clown show," - Zhao Dashuai, China's right-wing media personnel.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India withdraws all diplomatic staff from its High Commission Office in Islamabad.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India has closed the Wagha Attari crossing on the Amritsar-Lahore (India-Pakistan) border.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: India suspends the Indus Water Treaty signed in 1960.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Regarding the tariff war launched by the US, China's position is clear: we are unwilling to fight, but not afraid to fight; if fought, we will fight to the end. The door to dialogue remains open," - China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 - Chinese right-wing media is having a field day after the US succumbed.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Trade war with China is not sustainable," - Scott Bessent, US Secretary of Treasury.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "China talks will have to take place at lower levels than Trump and Xi," - Scott Bessent, US Secretary of Treasury.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "I would not be surprised if tariffs with China went down in a mutual way," - US Secretary of Treasury Bessent says the US is hoping China will in turn reduce their imposed tariffs on US goods too.

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- The meeting between UK's Foreign Secretary Lammy and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Sybiha has ended.

"We’re working at pace with the U.S., Ukraine, and European allies to end the war and secure a just, lasting peace," - David Lammy.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "The Trump administration is considering reducing high tariffs on Chinese imports to 50%-65% instead of the previously imposed 145%," - The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "Ukraine must ultimately decide its own future. We will never leave Ukraine," - Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the UK, commenting on US Vice President Vance's statements that the US will withdraw from talks if Kiev refuses to accept Trump's peace plan.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "We will have a fair trade deal with China," - Donald Trump, US President, after Xi won the tariff war, with Trump backing down first earlier today.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇳⚡- "EU and China are ripping the US off," - Donald Trump, US President.

⚡️🇺🇸🇨🇳 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that China realizes its need for economic change, and sometimes that requires external pressure.

He emphasized that President Trump’s push to reorganize the global trading system marks the beginning of engagement with China.

Bessent also highlighted a significant opportunity to strike a major deal between the United States and China.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "We are trying to prevent a war with China. A war against China would be a terrible thing," - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Palestinian Authority President Abbas calls Hamas 'sons of b*tches' and demands they release all Israeli hostages immediately. Abbas also blames the war on Hamas for giving Israel an excuse to attack the Palestinian territory.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇵🇱⚡- "Ukraine is heroically defending itself today, receiving military and financial assistance from its allies, and therefore has no reason to surrender," - Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's Foreign Minister.

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦⚡- "Europe will insist on full respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity in any peace agreement. No compromises on sovereignty," - France's Presidential Office.

France joins the rest of the EU and Ukraine in rejecting Trump's peace plan.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Ukraine is open to any format that leads to a ceasefire and real peace—but stopping the killings is task number one. Ukraine insists on a full, unconditional ceasefire. Peace can begin in silence, and the first sign of silence is the end of terror," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇨🇳🇵🇱⚡- Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's Foreign Minister, has urged China to "bring real value to the global order" by "forcing Putin to end his colonial war in Ukraine".

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "European diplomats pulled the plug on high-level talks after top US diplomats abruptly canceled plans to attend. The disruption comes amid anger in Washington over Kiev’s reluctance to accept proposals to cede territory to Russia," - The Washington Post.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- We extend our condolences to the near ones of the deceased and wish the injured a speedy recovery," - Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Pahaglam terror attack.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Massive arrest campaign underway in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Over 1,500 have been arrested by the Indian authorities for 'interrogation purposes'.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Scenes from Modi's emergency security cabinet meeting.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- A Gulfstream V aircraft took off from Islamabad and landed in New Delhi.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- New reports suggest that as many as 7 people were involved in the Pahaglam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India, yesterday. Two reportedly crossed from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- "Indian Government will take every necessary and appropriate step. We will not stop at those who carried out this attack. Will reach those who, sitting behind the curtains, conspire to carry out such nefarious acts on the soil of India," - Rajnath Singh, Defense Minister of India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India's Prime Minister Modi announces an emergency security cabinet meeting.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- The entire district of Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India, has been shut down. Bandipora borders Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir.

🇺🇸⚡️- Wall Street executives used the issue of Farmers being affected to get President Trump to ease on his tariff plans according to Fox Business.

It is likely this cohort is also encouraging Trump's amnesty plans for illegal farm labor and demands to Europe and Japan to end quality controls on US goods.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: India has officially confirmed that two gunmen attempted to enter Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India, from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir (Azad). The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning, less than 15 hours after the Pahalgam terror attack.

Both gunmen were reportedly killed.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- Trump Admin looking to end extreme tariffs on China in attempt to de-escalate tensions, marking further concessions and rapid reversals on trade policy which has plummeted consumer confidence and business investment.

🇯🇴⚡- BREAKING: Jordan bans the Muslim Brotherhood; classifying it as an "illegal organization". The Jordanian authorities have closed all Muslim Brotherhood offices.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "Trump's peace plan is pro-Russian, it cannot become the basis for a just peace," - Bild, German outlet.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "Rubio refused to go to London for talks with Ukraine because Zelensky rejected US proposal on Crimea," - CNN.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India has raised its level of alertness across the LoC (Line of Control, de facto border between India and Pakistan in the contested region of Kashmir).

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- A high-level meeting is being chaired by India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- "India will not bend to terror. Culprits of this dastardly terror attack will not be spared," - Amit Shah, India's Minister of Home Affairs.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: India is planning to retaliate against Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, Kashmir, India.

- India may end the Indus Waters Treaty signed in 1960.
- India may shut down its High Commission Office in Islamabad.
- India may cut all diplomatic ties with Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports, US President Trump set to meet China's President Xi next month.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "The Brits were supposed to host representatives from 5 countries. If Rubio doesn’t show up, that format is off the table, but we’re ready for any discussions," - RBC-Ukraine, Ukrainian outlet.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- Reuters says there are big gaps between the two parties, Europe and the US, which will be discussed during the Ukraine Summit in London later on today.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "EU has rejected Trump's proposal to lift sanctions on Russia. Brussels insists on maintaining pressure until a full peace deal is reached," - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- EU diplomats have rejected Trump's peace plan, calling it "far from reality".

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine's Foreign Minister will still meet UK's Foreign Secretary outside the Ukraine Summit in London.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "Trump's proposal is reportedly the final US offer, if there’s no deal, America walks away," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine is reportedly focused on a 30-day ceasefire - with EU's backing - completely sidestepping the US peace plan.

Ukraine to propose its plan during the Ukraine Summit in London later on today.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "We will withdraw from mediating between Russia and Ukraine if we do not receive a positive response. We have presented a clear and fair proposal to both the Russians and Ukrainians," - JD Vance, US Vice President.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has also withdrawn from the Ukraine Summit in London later today. This follows Marco Rubio who decided not to attend the talks yesterday.

The talks in London are falling apart even before they have started.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: The US has proposed its final terms for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, to be presented at the Ukraine Summit in London later on today.

Russia would gain:
- US legal recognition of its control over Crimea
- Informal acknowledgment of its occupation in parts of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye.
- A pledge that Ukraine will not join NATO, however EU membership is still possible.
- Removal of post-2014 sanctions on Russia.
- Increased U.S.-Russia economic cooperation, especially in energy and industry.

Ukraine would receive:
- Vague security guarantees via a coalition of European and other countries, with no clear mention of U.S. involvement.
- The return of a small area in Kharkiv region, likely referring to Volchans'k.
- Free navigation on the Dnieper River.
- Reconstruction aid, though funding sources are unclear.

Extra:
- The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, ZNPP, which is currently under Russian forces control, would be under Ukrainian sovereignty but operated by the US, supplying power to both sides.
- A US-Ukraine minerals agreement to be signed on Thursday.

🇾🇪🇮🇱 - Correction: An Ansarullah ballistic missile was launched at northern Israel, but was intercepted.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Alarms are sounding as far south as Haifa.