BIG: RSF Lt. Gen. Khalid Nour al-Daim Bresh has defected to Sudan's Army.

Bresh is a former army officer who was seconded to the RSF in 2013 and rose to senior roles in security, border affairs and logistics.

Hemedti promoted him to lieutenant general in June 2026.

Pro-army accounts say he is heading toward Khartoum with forces and equipment, and some also tie him to the attack on the army’s General Command and the fall of El Fasher.

RSF media chief Al-Tayeb Khalil called the reports “rumors” spread to cause confusion.

WATCH: A 47-year-old Chinese man used an excavator to smash the entrance of the Fengdong New City Government Service Centre near Xi’an, Shaanxi.

Special police detained him on site.

Chinese social media and local reports say it stems from a long dispute over unpaid compensation after his breeding farm was demolished, and that he had petitioned repeatedly, including in Beijing.

Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majed al-Ansari:

There was talk in the media in recent days about an imminent strike, but thank God we see that mediation efforts are continuing, and there is positive talk from both sides about a diplomatic solution.

Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majed al-Ansari on whether a deal is close and where it will be signed:

What we can confirm is that as long as diplomacy continues, there is a glimmer of hope and a possibility of reaching a diplomatic solution.

Former U.S. Secretary of State and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on the US midterms:

This is a transition that the world wants.

One week ago today in the United States, people made climate change and its exigencies a voting issue.

I'm proud to be here one week after we came to our senses, some of us.

At every level of the ballot... Americans did vote for clean, affordable energy, and they also voted for clean governance.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

Everything we hear now from Brussels and other European Union capitals amounts to a demand for an immediate ceasefire.

They absolutely need to buy time for their clients in the Kyiv regime and use that time to somehow replenish the military losses it has suffered.

We will not agree to that. This has been said repeatedly.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov:

We will not agree to another truce, another ceasefire — whatever you want to call it — without understanding what comes next.

Brazilian President Lula arrives in Antalya, Türkiye, to attend the COP31 climate summit.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

Our armed forces today are stronger than ever.

Not because we want to admire our ships, tanks or aircraft during parades.

It is precisely because the armed forces allow us to safeguard our sovereignty and defend our sovereign rights.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

Our geography will not change. We are condemned to be neighbors with Türkiye.

That will never change.

We have complex issues to resolve. The delimitation of maritime zones is an extremely complicated matter.

But that does not mean that, despite our disagreements, we cannot keep channels of communication open or move forward with connectivity projects without making any concessions regarding the legal validity of our arguments.

Hegseth:

What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it’s not accountability.

It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment.

Time for one man’s final days in Congress to try to do damage to this president.

It’s a farce, and it’s a stunt, and everybody knows it.

Hegseth:

No secretary of defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations, and in our case, successful ones at that.

Hegseth:

They impeached President Trump over a perfect phone call. They impeached him again in his final week in office. Both times they failed.

He came back stronger, and the American people sent him back to the White House.

They’re trying a third time, this time against a member of his cabinet. They will fail again.

And if standing with President Trump puts me in that company, I’ll take that company every day of the week.

Hegseth:

Let’s be clear about what this resolution actually does.

It tells our enemies, Iran, the cartels, every adversary watching, that the United States will actually punish its own warriors and its own civilian leadership for successfully executing lawful military operations.

Hegseth:

Five years ago, America was humiliated in Kabul, Afghanistan, and every enemy on Earth took notice.

But somehow, as the president pointed out yesterday, no impeachment. Vote for Lloyd Austin for that terrible withdrawal.

No impeachment vote for when he went AWOL for over a week.

No impeachment vote for when he let a Chinese spy balloon fly over the country for over a week.

Hegseth:

Crazy Islamists in Tehran will never, ever have a nuclear weapon.

Hegseth on Iran:

History will judge the Iran war quite differently than conventional wisdom right now.

We didn’t start this war. Iran did 47 years ago.

Hegseth on Iran:

We lost 60,000 Americans in Vietnam over 20 years.

We lost 37,000 in Korea in just three years.

That many humans are lost on the front lines of Ukraine and Russia every month.

Epic Fury has never been that, and it never will be.

Hegseth on Iran:

The media can just never admit the military success, because you hate the president more than you love our country, or our troops.

Hegseth:

Maduro thought he was untouchable.

He was not kidnapped.

He was brought to justice by America’s best.