Trump to the media: "When I'm gone, you're all gonna be broke, your business model is gonna be finished—no it's true! When I'm not around you're gonna be broke, there's not gonna be anybody to report on."

Trump: "I did this for one reason to make America great again, and that's what's happening right before your very eyes.We have made America great again, It's going to get a lot greater."

Donald Trump: "I am pleased to announce my intention to run for a fourth term as President of the United States."

Trump speaking at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner: "This place is the really the largest group of Trump derangement syndrome people ever put together at one time, I suspect."

Evacuations ordered for four towns in Gironde, France, as a rapidly spreading wildfire approaches.

Remarkable onboard footage from a Ukrainian Yak-52 backseat gunner shooting down Russian Shahed attack drones from an open cockpit with his rifle.

The New York Times, citing multiple people briefed on the matter, reports that President Donald J. Trump switched from the Qatari donated Boeing 747-8 to the legacy Air Force One during the NATO summit after the Secret Service received what officials deemed a credible threat that Iranian proxy forces were targeting the president and whatever aircraft he was traveling aboard. The Qatari donated 747-8 is currently serving as the VC-25B "Bridge" aircraft, a temporary presidential transport intended to fill the gap until Boeing delivers the long delayed next generation VC-25B fleet. According to the report, the threat was not specific to the aircraft itself, but the incident has renewed scrutiny over its defensive capabilities, as it lacks some of the advanced defensive systems carried by the current VC-25A and future VC-25B fleets. President Trump appeared to acknowledge those limitations earlier this week when, after being asked about the aircraft's lack of antimissile defenses, he told reporters the jet would soon be taken out of service to be "maxed out" with additional upgrades, a process that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed would take approximately one month.

A barracks caught fire near Engels airfield just a few hundred meters from the runway. Preliminary reports suggest it's not attack-related, DroneBomber writes.

The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that Bahrain and Kuwait secretly conducted airstrikes against military targets inside Iran earlier this month, the first known direct retaliatory strikes by either country against Iran. According to the report, the strikes targeted drone and missile storage sites, while the United Arab Emirates provided intelligence and defensive air cover. The operation reportedly followed weeks of Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, both of which host U.S. military bases. Kuwait's ambassador to the United States denied the report, stating that Kuwait neither participated in military operations against Iran nor allowed its territory to be used for offensive operations against a neighboring state, after the article was initially published.

Two key Wildberries logistics hubs near St. Petersburg were struck overnight, Shushary and Utkina Zavod, the main distribution centers for the entire Northwest region.

Aerial footage shows a massive fire at large industrial unit in Rettendon village of Essex, England, where an explosion occurred.

More than 110,000 evacuated as wildfire burns 14,000 hectares in France’s Gironde region.

Trump says Saudi Arabia has to join the Abraham Accords if it wants a nuclear deal with America. "It's TIME that they do it. You don't have the Iran problem anymore. You have a problem, but the problem disappears day by day. We want them to - - it's a 2-way street. It's important for the future of the Middle East. The Abraham Accords have been successful for the countries in them. At some point, they'll join. It's civil nuclear. No enrichment."

Asked by Fox News' Peter Doocy about the exit strategy in Iran, Trump said the U.S. can knock out everything Iran has, or take the smarter route and make a deal. "They want to make a deal but they're not ready yet. They wanna be the tough guys," he said. "You can take them apart piece by piece, do it more rapidly - which I might do - or negotiate, which we're doing right now."

Peter Doocy asked Trump when lettuce will be safe to eat after a parasite caused explosive diarrhea in 9 states. Trump: "Are you eating lettuce recently? You are? Get out of here, Peter!"

The Saudi tanker NCC MASA was struck by Houthi forces today in the Red Sea, sustaining damage - Saudi Transportation Authority This is the third Saudi vessel attacked by Houthi forces this week.

Austrian Airlines and ITA have both canceled their flights to Israel this weekend over fears of a rapid Iran War escalation - N12

InformNapalm reports a HUMINT+CYBINT operation that led to Russian air defense shooting down their own Su-57 fighter in Moscow region. Analysts intercepted training streams from BARS Moscow air defense crews, identified system vulnerabilities and influenced the crew to target Russian aircraft instead of Ukrainian drones. Russia's Defense Ministry blamed a "technical malfunction" while Z-channels discuss sabotage. The BARS Moscow system was created to protect the capital region from Ukrainian long-range drones but ended up eliminating Russia's own fifth-generation fighter.

Russians struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles. A rescue operation is underway in Kyiv region with dozens injured and six people killed, Zelensky reports.

"We will wait for new proposals from the American administration," Peskov claims. "We continue the SMO, we continue to achieve our goals by military means. This is not the preferred option, but in the absence of others - we will go to the end, to complete victory."