Rutte puts numbers on NATO's "tens of billions" pledge: formal talks launching with Saab for up to 10 GlobalEye surveillance jets, plus new Airbus A330 tanker and MQ-4C Triton drone orders. No contracts signed yet — but names are now on the board.
12 Japan-linked TANKERS transit STRAIT OF HORMUZ Monday, first since war's start. OIL futures fall after OPEC+ output hike. NATO summit in Ankara to discuss Hormuz security.
Iran's Health Ministry puts a number on it: 15 million expected at Khamenei's funeral over the next three days, per Tasnim. Al Jazeera separately cites delegations from 100+ countries. Different sources, same scale — likely the largest state funeral in Iran's history.
Thousands are back on the streets around Tehran's Grand Mosalla for Khamenei's casket. Monday the procession moves to Qom, then Iraq, before burial in Mashhad Thursday. Iran's government is banking on the turnout as leverage in the Hormuz talks.
Trump, from Mount Rushmore, on Iran mid-funeral: "They're dying to settle. We gave them a week off because we're nice." In Tehran, mourners at Khamenei's coffin chanted "Death to America." Two countries, same hour, opposite messages.
IDF reservist seriously wounded after a Hezbollah gunman opens fire during an operation in Bint Jbeil, south Lebanon. Troops hit back with tank fire and airstrikes on the building. Same border, same ceasefire, same violations piling up on both sides.
@alexstubb@ZelenskyyUa Worth noting: Finland's own nuclear weapons ban was repealed days ago, taking effect July 1. Stubb condemning Russia now carries more weight than a normal statement of support.
@HunterBiden@realDonaldTrump The CNN count is real, not just a punchline. Between March 23 and June 9 alone, CNN logged 38 separate claims of an imminent deal or an end to hostilities.
@Osint613 Not mysterious. Iran's army spokesman confirmed helicopter units are stationed along funeral routes specifically for medical evac and crowd support, announced before this clip surfaced.
@clashreport Original source is the Telegraph, Onet is secondary. Telegraph adds the missing part: NATO's floated response includes strikes on military sites inside Kaliningrad itself.
@ZelenskyyUa Operation Epic Fury burned through 800 PAC-3 interceptors against Iran in three days in February. Ukraine received roughly 600 total across four years of war. That gap explains the shortage now.
@SecWar Navy's actually the last domino here. Air Force and Space Force hit their goals in April, Army in May. Every branch is now recruiting ahead of schedule this cycle.
@visegrad24 Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed they didn't invite any country that backed or justified the US-Israeli strike. The guest list here is a deliberate loyalty test.
@clashreport The number driving this: roughly a third of Germany's 116 million annual sick notes cover absences of three days or less. That's the stat Merz is actually targeting.
@EricLDaugh The MOU only requires frozen funds be made fully available to Iran's designated beneficiaries. Nothing in the text mandates American purchases, that's Trump's framing, not the agreement's.
@visegrad24 Notably absent: new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Reportedly wounded in the strike that killed his father, he's skipping his own father's funeral over fears of Israeli surveillance.
@clashreport Rubio's leverage here isn't just State. He's also functioning as NSA, which is why a Pentagon force posture plan needs his sign off before NATO ever hears it.