Speaking to the Financial Times, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, has said that he “calls the shots” and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be forced to accept any deal that the U.S. and Iran agree upon. Per President Trump, “it’s [Iran’s recent strikes on Israel and Israeli strikes in Beirut, Lebanon] not going to have any impact on the deal,” speaking on the potential for a U.S.-Iran deal in the near future.

Mohammad Marandi: “If Iran's critical infrastructure is attacked, there will be no critical infrastructure left in occupied Palestine, nor in the complicit Arab family dictatorships in the Persian Gulf. That will mean the end of the global economy as we know it.”

“We had no part in this.” Senior U.S. officials confirm to Axios that the White House did not give a “green light” to Sunday morning’s Israeli strike in Beirut, which reportedly spurred tonight’s Iranian ballistic missile attack against Northern Israel.

An unknown aircraft, possibly a U.S. or Israeli surveillance drone, crashed tonight in the desert to the southwest of Baghdad in Eastern Iraq. The aircraft, which was initially claimed by several local outlets to have been a commercial airliner, though this has since been debunked, crashed around the start of the Iranian ballistic missile attack earlier against Northern Israel.

A Ukrainian MiG-29 intercepting a Russian aerial threat (either a drone or a cruise missile) using an R-73 air-to-air missile. This is a short-range missile capable of engaging targets at distances ranging from 300 meters to 31 kilometers. Simple and relatively inexpensive, it was produced in the millions during the Cold War and throughout the 1990s in Ukrainian factories, which is why a vast stockpile of these missiles remains available today.

President Trump considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, potentially sinking Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to cede sovereignty of the territory. - The Telegraph

During an interview with NBC News’ *Meet the Press* last week, U.S. President Donald J. Trump became visibly frustrated as host Kristen Welker questioned him about claims he and other administration officials have made regarding the integrity of the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden. The interview ended abruptly when Trump criticized several major news organizations, saying, “Your elections are crooked and you’re crooked and Meet the Press is crooked and so is ABC and CBS and CNN. You’re one-sided crooked networks. So let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.”

Overnight, a Russian one-way attack drone struck a building located at the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv Oblast of Northern Ukraine. No personnel were injured in the attack and no spike in radiation levels have been detected, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Shots fired at near Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio, reports of multiple victims.

Sentinel-2 passed over Russia’s 15th Naval Arsenal this morning, and through the cloud cover saw a facility engulfed in flames after this morning’s Ukrainian drone attack. Burning Russian ammunition storage bunkers appear to have ignited multiple small wildfires.

Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured today shows dozens of Iranian fast boats operating in the Strait of Hormuz. The activity was observed approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Qeshm Island, Iran’s largest island, located near the strategic maritime chokepoint.

Zelensky confirms last night's drone strikes: ~1,000 km to Kronstadt naval base near St. Petersburg, ~500 km to an oil depot in Krasnodar region. Joint operation by the Armed Forces, SBU and HUR.

Some grocery stores in Russian-occupied Crimea have started rationing products after panic buying and shortages caused by Ukraine’s mid-range strike campaign. Seen here, multiple signs notify shoppers of purchase limits on staples like rice.

Video from a bit ago shows interceptions in Bahrain.

The IRGC says it has targeted “enemy bases in the area” following U.S. strikes on Sirik and Qeshm islands, according to IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News.

According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Iran launched a total of seven ballistic missiles against Bahrain and Kuwait earlier in retaliation for the shoot down of four one-way attack drones today over the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. strikes against Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island. Six of the missiles launched by Iran were intercepted while the seventh did not reach its intended target, causing no casualties among U.S. servicemembers and no damage to the U.S. 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain.

Iran has launched multiple drones this evening toward the Strait of Hormuz, with at least four being shot down by U.S. forces, an official told CNN.

Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to the general election for governor in California. - AP

US forces carried out airstrikes on Iranian positions near the Strait of Hormuz after Iran launched drones into the Strait tonight- CENTCOM Iran has previously threatened attacks, and carried them out on multiple Gulf countries in response to US strikes on Iranian territory.

So far tonight 2124Z: US forces announce the seizure of the tanker Davina as part of the Iran blockade 2200-2220Z: Explosions reported in the Strait of Hormuz/Qeshm 2348Z: CENTCOM confirms Iranian forces fired drones into the Strait, US forces conducted airstrikes in response