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BIG: Israeli Channel 12 reports Trump administration officials have quietly opened backchannel contacts with opposition leaders Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot, hedging against Netanyahu ahead of Is

BIG: Israeli Channel 12 reports Trump administration officials have quietly opened backchannel contacts with opposition leaders Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot, hedging against Netanyahu ahead of Israel's elections (due by October 2026). Bennett and Eisenkot are seen as top contenders to replace Netanyahu, with Eisenkot's Yashar! party rising in polls and Bennett's "change bloc" coordinating with Lapid, Gantz, and Liberman.

🇮🇱 Israel·France 24·3 days ago

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Israel strikes Lebanon despite ceasefire, at least 16 killed

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Israel kills at least 29 in Lebanon, one day after ceasefire deal

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🇮🇱 Israel·Al Jazeera·3 days ago

UK condemns Israeli minister over inflammatory Lebanon remarks

UK foreign secretary slams Israeli minister's inflammatory remarks amid regional tensions and fragile ceasefire.

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Despite truce, IDF hits Lebanon after repeated Hezbollah attacks; at least 27 said killed

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🇮🇱 Israel·Times of Israel·3 days ago

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NGOs in Lebanon denounce Israeli attacks on medics amid ceasefire

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🇮🇱 Israel·France 24·3 days ago

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Ukraine intensifies strikes on Crimea supply routes with renewed hit on Henichesk Strait bridge and rear logistics network

Ukraine’s military says it struck a key bridge used for Crimea-bound supply routes, alongside air defense systems and UAV command posts in multiple locations.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·3 days ago

🌍 Global·France 24·3 days ago

Europe swelters in gruelling heatwave, authorities ramp up warnings

A severe heatwave is sweeping across much of Europe, prompting emergency meetings in France, nationwide warnings in Germany and strains on tourists and residents in Italy. Temperatures climbed to record levels, and are set to hit 40°C (105.0 °F). Details by Shirli Sitbon.

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Israel kills at least 29 in Lebanon, one day after ceasefire deal

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·France 24·3 days ago

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Poland strips Zelensky of top state honour over WWII dispute

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Interfax Ukraine·3 days ago

Polish PM Tusk: Poland-Ukraine conflict pleasures Putin, shocks allies

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that, in his view, conflict between Poland and Ukraine delights Putin and shocks allies, emphasizing that the task of political leaders is to calm tensions and reduce friction rather than inflame it.

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Jimmy Kimmel on Iran:

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Trump reposts:

Trump reposts: Trump holds the cards in Netanyahu’s shaky reelection chances.

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ZNPP completely cut off from external power for 20th time since start of conflict — IAEA

Emergency diesel generators were automatically started to provide backup power for the reactor core cooling systems and other functions critical to nuclear safety

🌍 Global·TASS·3 days ago

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Israel kills at least 29 in Lebanon, one day after ceasefire deal

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrainska Pravda·3 days ago

Another senior Ukrainian official returns Polish award over Polish president's decision

Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the President's Office of Ukraine, has said he will return a Polish state award given to him following Polish President Karol Nawrocki's decision to revoke the Order of the White Eagle awarded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Israel carries out retaliatory strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck southern Lebanon in response to overnight shelling by Hezbollah at Israeli troops, despite an earlier announced ceasefire.

🇮🇱 Israel·Ukrinform·3 days ago

Turkish President Erdogan:

Turkish President Erdogan: Our naval shipbuilding industry is experiencing the busiest and most productive period in the 103-year history of our Republic. To date, we have exported more than 140 naval platforms to different regions around the world. From the smallest boats to our UAV carrier ship, the TCG Anadolu; from destroyers to submarines; and including our national aircraft carrier project, MUGEM, we are able to design and build all of our surface and underwater platforms using our own

NEW: Türkiye made its first-ever warship export to a NATO and EU member state, delivering the Contraamiral Roman corvette to Romania, while also commissioning the TCG Koçhisar patrol vessel into the T

NEW: Türkiye made its first-ever warship export to a NATO and EU member state, delivering the Contraamiral Roman corvette to Romania, while also commissioning the TCG Koçhisar patrol vessel into the Turkish Navy.

Trump:

Trump: Funny how the Dumocrats like to say that Iran is in a stronger position today than they were three months ago, despite the fact that they have been defeated militarily, with no Navy or Air Force. That’s why I call them the Dumocrats!!! President DJT

🇮🇷 Iran·NY Times World·3 days ago

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Shipping remains far below prewar levels in the Strait of Hormuz.

A preliminary U.S.-Iran deal took steps to reopen the vital waterway, but traffic remains erratic.

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Shipping remains far below prewar levels in the Strait of Hormuz.

A preliminary U.S.-Iran deal took steps to reopen the vital waterway, but traffic remains erratic.

🇮🇷 Iran·NY Times World·3 days ago

Turkish President Erdogan:

Turkish President Erdogan: Today, we are commissioning TCG Koçhisar, which will further enhance the strength of our heroic Navy. This platform will, God willing, successfully carry out a wide range of missions, from intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to search and rescue operations, from combating piracy to maritime security enforcement and non-combat operations.

🇮🇱 Israel·Guardian World·3 days ago

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Israeli strikes kill at least 16 in southern Lebanon despite reports of renewed ceasefire

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🇮🇷 Iran·NDTV World·3 days ago

Pakistan Interior Minister Lands In Iran After Switzerland Talks Postponed

Tehran and Washington were due to hold talks in Switzerland on Friday, after signing a memorandum of understanding ending the war in the Middle East, but the latest negotiations have been postponed with no new date announced.

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BREAKING: Trump attacks Italy's Meloni again:

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Turkish President Erdogan:

Turkish President Erdogan: Even before the commissioning of TCG Anadolu, our navy possessed a regional power-projection capability. Today, it has attained a global power-projection capability. We are now further strengthening and consolidating that capability. Through the MUGEM project, we are becoming the seventh country in the world capable of designing and building its own aircraft carrier.

Turkish President Erdogan:

Turkish President Erdogan: We are among the countries capable of building the largest number of warships simultaneously. We are currently constructing more than 50 warships, over 15 of which are intended for export to friendly and allied nations.

🌍 Global·Sky News World·3 days ago

Europe swelters as heatwave intensifies - with temperatures of up to 44C forecast

An ongoing heatwave has triggered weather warnings across Europe, with several nations - including the UK - bracing for what could be one of the hottest June days on record.

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran:

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran: Netanyahu failed to turn the Gulf states into Israel's strategic partners in this war. They were not part of the diplomatic front. They were not part of the economic framework. They were not part of the regional mechanism. And they did not make the Iranians pay a shared price together with us.

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran:

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran: Netanyahu pushed the Kurdish plan without taking into account the predictable Turkish reaction and the influence Erdogan has in Washington. Erdogan gave him a lesson.

🇷🇺 Russia·TASS·3 days ago

Russia liberates 94 buildings, destroys 95 Ukrainian soldiers in Konstantinovka

Servicemen of Battlegroup West destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers and one Dzhura armored vehicle in the settlement of Krasny Liman in the DPR over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran:

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran: Netanyahu did not understand that the Strait of Hormuz is not a footnote—it is the heart of the story. The moment fuel prices in the United States started to rise, Trump was no longer looking at Israel. He was looking at the congressional elections and at his political base, which hated the war. What happened was that Netanyahu pushed for war with Iran as if it didn't pass through the gas pump in Ohio.

🇮🇱 Israel·Jerusalem Post·3 days ago

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Lebanon accuses Israel of 'brutal attacks,' preventing reestablishment of stability

At least five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese town of Arabsalim on Saturday morning, Lebanon's state news agency NNA reported.

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Hezbollah says it confronted Israeli 'infiltration attempt' in south

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Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran:

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran: Netanyahu did not build political support inside the United States in advance of the war—not among the isolationists within the administration, and not among the MAGA movement that turned against him. I'm not even talking about the complete collapse of relations with the Democratic Party.

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran:

Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Iran: Netanyahu failed to convince the Americans to strike Iran's oil and energy facilities, especially at Kharg Island. I've been talking about this since October 2024. If you don't strike the energy infrastructure, then what do you do? How do you create economic pressure points against the Iranian regime? He failed to offer an alternative.

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Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid:

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