Jake Sullivan on Ukraine:

I think Putin doesn't just want the four oblasts and I think he doesn't just want a neutral Ukraine, he wants a neutered Ukraine.

He wants a peace outcome, peace in quotes, that will allow him ultimately to render Ukraine essentially a non-viable entity.

I think he needs to be denied that goal because I do think it is in the American national interest ... to ensure that this kind of aggression cannot ultimately succeed.

Jake Sullivan on Iran:

You cannot actually solve the Iranian nuclear program once and for all without a nuclear deal of some kind.

You can bomb them ... and set the program back. But at the end of the day, Iran still has enriched uranium. It still has centrifuges and it still has scientists.

The only way to get a verifiable block on Iran's pathway to nuclear weapons is through a deal.

Jake Sullivan on Iran:

I don't think the war is in our national interests.

I think the war has basically been a folly from the start.

Jake Sullivan on Iran and Israel:

What particularly the war in Iran highlighted is the divergence in Israel's interest from the United States.

Netanyahu has basically talked about wanting to have a forever war with Iran and he doesn't mind if the Strait of Hormuz is closed because it doesn't affect him, whereas it does matter to the American people.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

Strlink is a private company. They have a contract and terms upon how that technology can be used.

We cannot direct a private company on the decisions they make.

Trump or anyone in our system never requested that any changes to that system be made.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

The reporting out there was somehow the U.S. government was denying Ukraine something they needed in order to defend their country.

That's not true, not accurate, and for leaders in Ukraine to continue represent that is also not accurate.

Trump:

As the President of the United States, I have been watching Data Centers very closely, and have come to a very strong conclusion.

New and large, in some cases gigantic, Data enters are mandated by me to make their own electricity, and give or sell any excess back to the local community, or grid, and therefore there is electric price increase. In fact, there could be a substantial decrease. Other elements likewise!

If companies want to make their Data Centers popular, pay the community, and/or individuals within the community, a “dividend.”

I have watched the process closely, and Data Centers that were highly unpopular in a certain area, have become extremely popular when a financial deal is struck. MAKE DEALS, and get them built!!!

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

How many millions of people have been saved because of what America has already provided?

No country in the world has done more to help Ukraine than the U.S., including under the Trump administration, and that continues to be the case.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

Trump has nothing to do with the decisions that are made by Starlink and Starshield and by Mr. Musk.

That's a private company. Trump doesn't run that company and can't direct that company to do anything.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

There would be no Ukraine today were it not for the assistance the United States has supplied Ukraine in the billions of dollars — going back to the Biden administration and going through this administration as well.

Q: There are many protests in India. Do you have a comment?

Rubio: No, it's a domestic political matter. I'm not going to get involved in Indian politics.

This is a democracy. They have elections here.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

Remember, people predicted that this war would be over in 5 days. Now we're going on 5 years.

A lot of that is credit to the fighters of Ukraine and their bravery.

The UK government has approved Shell’s controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, with production set to begin later this month.

The decision aims to boost energy security and reduce reliance on imports but has sparked criticism from environmental groups and some Labour MPs over climate concerns.

Source: The Guardian

Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg to meet with Putin for peace talks.

Kremlin:

It is impossible to fully resolve the Ukrainian conflict without the participation of someone from Kyiv.

Moscow had no contact with Zelensky during the previous negotiations on Ukraine.

A French Mirage 2000D fighter jet crashed near Nancy, northeastern France, on Tuesday night while returning from a mission, killing at least one crew member.

Rescue teams are searching for the second crew member.

The cause of the crash remains unknown.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:

We will not apologize for trying to convince young people.

Fundamentally, our movement agrees with the demands being made by high school students today.

You are going to hear me distance myself from all sorts of things.

But distancing yourself from certain behaviors or methods of struggle does not mean distancing yourself from the struggle itself.

I hope everyone understands that distinction.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:

Unemployment, poverty that has worsened, and the growing isolation of an entire section of the population that can no longer travel simply because fuel for their cars is too expensive.

I'm talking about rural areas, but also urban areas where people need to drive to the supermarket or take their children to school.

It also means skipping meals because putting gasoline in the car costs more.

Winter is coming, and people delay turning on the heating for as long as possible because of electricity bills.

All of this creates the conditions for a state of exasperation.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:

You don't need to be a specialist in social movements to understand that French society is shaped by a historical memory of struggle.

We are one of the few peoples in Europe for whom the idea of making a revolution is not something unimaginable.

We've already had revolutions.

French culture includes that.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:

I agreed to appear on a television program. I was happy to be able to go on, so I'm not going to complain.

But throughout the beginning, while I'm speaking, what do we see on the screen next to me? Things burning.

They could have shown pictures of me at the demonstration, walking peacefully with people.

But why didn't they do it? Why? Because they want to pour oil on the fire. And you must not let yourselves get dragged into that.

We will demonstrate if we want to demonstrate, because that is one of our rights. You must not give in or be afraid, but you must not play their game.