Leaders

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: The UK has a huge advantage when it comes to innovation, technology, universities. The UK is at the forefront.

WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:

We must remember that the people of DRC face more than just an Ebola epidemic.

Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic:

"The most important asset of Iran's national security, along with its military power and economic and diplomatic capacities, are the people who do not think of anything but their homeland at the moment of danger."

"If Europe attacks Russia, the war will be short."

That warning came from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who repeated a line previously used by President Vladimir Putin. Lavrov also said Moscow has no intention of attacking Europe.

Zelensky:

"The Russians will lose this year, we think, 300,000 people killed. It means that they will have one million killed people over five years of the war. One million killed."

Zelensky on Putin:

"If Putin stops now, it is not a victory. It's really not a victory. It's absolutely the opposite thing for them.

He is afraid that the soldiers will come back, will be angry, and will turn against him.

He has such a precedent. If you remember Wagner."

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to AFP: Lebanon wants an agreement with Israel that paves the way for peace.

He wants all weapons under army control only, disarming Hezbollah, without internal conflict. Lebanon is also seeking a new force in the south to fill the gap when UNIFIL leaves.

Ebrahim Azizi, head of Iran's parliamentary National Security Commission:

Sending Iran's nuclear file to the Security Council was a big mistake by the European countries in going along with the United States. They should wait for the response of the Islamic Republic and accept the consequences.

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on Iran:

"I wasn't in favor of us joining the action at the start of the conflict with Iran.

I think Keir Starmer made the right call. I think it was a hard call to make because it's not what British prime ministers tend to do."

JD Vance on Iran:

If the U.S. effectively says to the Middle East, "you're on your own," it would necessarily mean a worldwide energy crisis so long as Iran continues shooting at shipping.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

There is a commitment from the U.S. and the accompanying countries to disarm Hamas and destroy all the tunnels.

We all understand that this will not happen.

The IDF is prepared, if given the order, to eliminate Hamas and complete the mission

Friedrich Merz canceled his UN General Assembly trip to New York next week.

Berlin is in intense talks over the German chancellor's political future and whether he gets replaced, per Politico.

Vice President JD Vance, in an interview with the New York Post:

The Iran war will end after the midterms.

The conflict is entering a "much different phase."

The U.S. is not engaged in aggressive operations inside Iran.

Iran is occasionally shooting at commercial shipping.

Strikes on Russian energy infrastructure will continue for as long as Russia keeps attacking Ukrainian infrastructure, President Zelensky confirmed this morning.

New information on the shooter in the Butler assassination attempt against Trump, per Attorney General Blanche.

Zelensky to CBS News:

"In Moldova, my presidential jet was there, and that's why they attacked Moldova. When we went back home, again through Chisinau, they did the same."

He said Russia made two attempts on the aircraft during recent trips routed through Moldova.

US AG Todd Blanche: "Hegseth is doing a phenomenal job. He's not doing anything wrong."

Blanche was responding to Rep. Thomas Massie's move to impeach the Defense Secretary over the Iran operation.

Senate Republican Leader Thune: We have to mitigate the risks of AI.

Sen. Bernie Sanders:

"Leading scientists have been clear: AI is an existential threat to humanity."

"Like nuclear weapons, artificial superintelligence is a threat to humanity, and it must be treated as such."

Sanders will introduce a bill next week to permanently ban development of artificial superintelligence.

Sen. Bernie Sanders says the agreement among Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman that AI development must slow is only a start.

"When you are racing towards a cliff, you don't just ease up on the gas pedal. You hit the brakes."

With the future of humanity at stake, he is calling for binding international safety rules rather than voluntary standards set by the industry.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

"Mechanisms must be established to modernize the naval fleet damaged during the war."

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Yemen:

"The Houthis now control strategic positions around Bab al-Mandab. They are attacking energy facilities in Saudi Arabia.

This is further worsening the situation on the energy markets, and Germany is also feeling the effects.

The international community cannot allow the Houthis to take shipping in the Red Sea hostage."

Iraqi PM al-Zaidi was asked about the strike in Saudi Arabia.

Investigations are still running. A joint commission between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran has been formed, and the results are currently being analyzed.

"We do not want to prejudge anything because we first need reliable findings."

Once those findings are in, he said they will be presented together with the Iranians.

Trump's name must stay off the Kennedy Center, a U.S. judge ruled.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

Fiction: Iran is defenseless.

Fact: 100s of U.S. military sites blown to pieces; dozens of aircraft scorched. (Source: The Pentagon)

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

We'll reveal it all in due course.

For those who've sold lies about Iran, it won't be pretty.