๐จ12 HOUR NEWS RECAP๐ฅ
1.โ Former U.S. ambassador Dan Shapiro claims Trump could order a strike to kill Iranโs Supreme Leader Khamenei within days, with a carrier strike group moving into position to support a wider crackdown on Iranian forces.
2.โ Security forces killed at least 3,308 protesters in Iranโs unrest, with 4,382 more deaths under investigation and over 24,000 arrests in the crackdown.
3.โ Syrian forces have surged 50km from Aleppo toward Raqqa, seizing the Tabqa Dam as the SDF retreats faster than agreed, turning what was supposed to be an orderly handover into a chaotic land grab.
4.โ Trump threatened to hit Denmark and several European countries with 10% tariffs starting February 1, rising to 25% by June, if they oppose his push to take over Greenland.
5.โ Chuck Schumer vowed Democrats will undo DOGE-era spending cuts if they win, signaling a return to bigger government outlays that critics say will revive the same waste, fraud, and bloated programs taxpayers are already fed up with.
6.โ Trump is weighing a possible deployment of 1,500 active-duty troops to Minnesota as Minneapolis unrest escalates, with the 11th Airborne on standby to move in if state leaders canโt regain control.
7.โ Jake Lang was brutally mobbed outside Minneapolis City Hall after an anti-Islam protest. Attackers beat him with flagpoles and threw ice and projectiles.
8.โ Trumpโs Gaza โBoard of Peaceโ would sell permanent influence for cash, charging countries $1B for a seat while giving Trump chairman powers, agenda control, and even lifetime membership for those who pay up front.
9.โ China sent a high-altitude WZ-7 โSoaring Dragonโ drone into Taiwan-controlled airspace over Pratas Island for the first time, flying too high to intercept and exposing a serious gap in Taiwanโs defenses.
10. A massive, fast-moving wildfire is ripping through southern Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 20,000 people from Concepciรณn as officials fear casualties may be rising.