🇺🇸 — Florida has begun construction of an illegal immigrant detention center that will be built at a former airfield in the middle of the Everglades surrounded by alligators and pythons; the facility under construction has been dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz".

➡️ Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has said that there won't be much of an investment in perimeter security because "if people get out, there's not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons".

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🤝🇫🇷🇯🇴 — France confirms they intercepted Iranian drones targeting Israel during the war, using air defense systems and fighter jets.

🇸🇩❗️🇸🇩 — Rare in-person speech by the RSF leader Hemedti Dagalo took place in Darfur yesterday.

➡️This was his first in-person speech since 2023, and he has acknowledged the territorial losses since then in his speech.

➡️He changed his tone towards Egypt, saying “we must solve our problems through dialogue” and “we don’t have any problem with anyone, including the Egyptians.”

➡️Furthermore, he warned his fighters to stop occupying civilian homes, showing a clear problem of oppression within the ranks of the RSF.

The speech was posted across RSF channels, with full English subtitles, suggesting an attempt to change international perception of the RSF and their goals.

🇮🇷🤝🇵🇰 — Iranian and Pakistani defense ministers meet in China.