NEW - European ambassadors approve the controversial Mercosur trade deal, with five countries opposing and one abstaining, the remaining EU countries approved it, paving the way for its final approval in the EU Parliament.
JUST IN - Khamenei to Trump: "Iran will not back down."
JUST IN - Trump shares a YouTube video claiming over a million Iranians are out protesting in Iran’s second-largest city, Mashhad. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0552e15e1ab9ba606883e19391d0fb06f32925dda8c0d501a0405d874e0fcce7.file
NOW - Oregon Governor Kotek: "One thing is very clear, when a president endorses tearing families apart and attempts to govern through fear and hate rather than shared values, you foster an environment of lawlessness and recklessness." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fdeb9f0b48673d03e8a8a3fc2d477846d3addad4b92a1165e52619bda3863966.file
JUST IN - Assistant Secretary of DHS says one of the two people shot in Oregon is "believed to be a member of the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6a6bcf8df7bec02a1a806d94db689fd0078eddd8a0ad20c1c641a7e88ed2c221.file
JUST IN - Syrian Defense Ministry announces ceasefire starting at 3am local time in Ashrafieh β€” Anadolu
JUST IN - 2 people shot by federal agents in Portland, Oregon.
NEW - Danish politicians call for troops from Germany and France: "To defend Greenland." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3ba703c407524bca6a6515c3aafe6c39aaddfa3b7cc56f61a718057955f9dd90.file
JUST IN - Trump: "I don't need international law." β€” NYT https://hell.twtr.plus/media/162a5ba2fa8fab689003985e01ec1417e66220d347987ccd8046289bed05d637.file
NOW - Vance's message to Europeans on Greenland: "Take the President of The United States seriously." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6bdc8216f164e781a2b3bef9bcb2e3f3bae2bfa6ae209718f2d3dfc777de8153.file