Trump on Syria: “Your new president — I respect him. He’s a very strong person, and that’s what Syria needs. You can’t put in a choir boy or someone who’s perfectly polished with no life experience. You need the opposite there. He’s tough. We get along very well, and I couldn’t ask for more.”

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed Iranians, saying that the brave men and women rising up across the country have the support of all free nations in their just struggle.

British boxer Anthony Joshua was injured in a car crash near Lagos, Nigeria, that left two other men dead. Local officials said the two fatalities were foreign nationals.

Trump said Netanyahu is a strong leader who can be difficult at times, but argued that strength is essential. He added that Israel would not exist today under weaker leadership, and that with most other leaders the country would have failed—saying Israel is now stronger than ever.

Federal prosecutors say $18 billion billed through 14 high-risk Minnesota Medicaid programs is under audit, with as much as $9 billion suspected to be fraudulent—an amount roughly equal to Somalia’s annual GDP. The FBI and Treasury are investigating whether any of the funds reached al-Shabaab, describing the case as only the “tip of the iceberg.”

TMZ, citing sources, reports that singer D4vd is expected to face murder charges in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas, as a grand jury reviewing the case is set to consider issuing an indictment.

President Donald J. Trump was caught on a hot mic venting to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he didn’t get credit despite claiming to have brokered multiple agreements, adding, “They gave the Nobel— I did eight of them. How about India and Pakistan? I did eight of them. And then I’ll tell you the rest.”

Trump said he would permit Israel to strike Iran again over ballistic missile threats, and would move quickly if the issue involved nuclear capabilities.

Trump said Putin informed him early in the morning that his residence had come under attack. “That’s not good. It’s not good,” Trump said, adding that he had previously halted the use of Tomahawk missiles. “There’s a difference between being offensive and attacking someone’s home. This is not the right time for anything like that.”

International aid workers who entered Sudan’s El Fasher for the first time since the city was seized by the RSF reported finding “little sign of life,” according to Reuters. Before the takeover, El Fasher was home to an estimated 260,000 people.