Southern Ukraine, a burning Russian train dumps flaming fuel from its tank cars after a Ukrainian drone strike.

Wildfires in Spain’s La Vall d’Uixó burn thousands of hectares and force evacuations.

Axios reports that U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper recommended ending the recent bombing campaign around the Strait of Hormuz after concluding it had largely achieved its objectives and reached the limit of its effectiveness. According to Axios, Cooper told senior defense officials that two weeks of strikes had significantly degraded Iran's ability to attack shipping and that most planned targets had already been hit. He reportedly said the remaining roughly 20% of designated Operation Epic Fury targets would require a return to major combat operations, and that absent such a decision, there was little military value in continuing the limited bombing campaign. Axios says Cooper's assessment, along with warnings from Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine about dwindling air defense interceptor stocks, helped influence President Trump's decision to pause U.S. strikes on Friday. The report adds that U.S.-Iran talks are continuing while both sides appear to be observing an informal "quiet for quiet" pause.

Aerial footage shows wildfire burning near Bordeaux as tens of thousands evacuate in France’s Gironde region.

President Trump has posted multiple AI-generated images of U.S. forces bombing Iran's Kharg Island and seizing Iranian tankers. The posts this afternoon come as U.S. and Iranian forces reportedly entered a tentative ceasefire, with no attacks reported over the past 48 hours.

President Trump to the media: “When I’m gone, you’re all going to be broke. Your business model is going to be finished. It’s true—when I’m not around, you’re going to be broke because there won’t be anybody left to report on.”

Trump says Ilhan Omar should "get the hell out of our country, she shouldn't be here."

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.

Belgorod is under massive drone attack. Multiple explosions reported as logistics warehouses and energy infrastructure burn, including the Yuzhnaya substation and Luch power plant area.

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.