Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K. military base that is vital to British security. The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia. Under the agreement, the U.K. will pay Mauritius 101 million pounds ($136 million) per year to lease back the base for at least 99 years. Starmer said that base, operated by U.S. forces, is crucial for British counterterrorism and intelligence and is “right at the foundation of our safety and security at home.” The signing was delayed for several hours after a U.K.

Navy Secretary: “DOGE has been very good to work with. We’ve eliminated almost $900M from redundant programs… we had 300 different IT systems, none of which were talking with each other. We’ve cleared that out and have started basically brand-new.”

The IDF issues an evacuation warning for a building and the surrounding area in the southern Lebanese village of Toul, near Nabatieh, ahead of an airstrike on a Hezbollah asset.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. U.S.

Klal Yisroel is urged to be mispallel for the refuah sheleimah of the Rosh HaYeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, Harav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlit”a, who has been unwell in recent days. According to an official notice released by the yeshiva, the Rosh Yeshiva was taken to the hospital last night due to weakness. Boruch Hashem, his condition is currently stable, and the yeshiva expressed hope that he will be able to return home within the next few days. In the meantime, the tzibbur is asked to continue davening for Shmuel ben Itta Ettil.

A Biden appointed rogue activist judge has stepped in to block President Trump from shutting down the Department of Education ruling that the agency must stay open and fired employees be reinstated.

The IDF’s elite 98th Division is back in Gaza’s Khan Younis, targeting Hamas in a new offensive, killing dozens of operatives and destroying about 200 infrastructures, including tunnels, to gain operational control.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., breaks down his findings about the TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ program on ‘The Will Cain Show,’ after reports alleged DNI Tulsi Gabbard was on the agency’s watch list.
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