ALERT | Russia have killed innocent children in a playground in Ukraine today by the use of a drone. Putin is an evil man.

ALERT | French PM announces curfews in cities across France for this afternoon and tonight.

ALERT | President Putin wants a summit with President Trump and President XI to end the war in Ukraine (CNBC).

BREAKING | Islamist bomb threats have closed schools across Northern Ireland & Scotland. More than 150 schools in Northern Ireland have received bomb threats. In Scotland a “number of schools” also received “threatening messages”. (@Telegraph)

ALERT | Satellite imagery reveals North Korea is advancing several naval construction projects, including work at Tapchon, Nampho and Sok Island. The developments come as Kim Jong Un pushes to expand and modernise the country's naval capabilities. Source: @38NorthNK

ALERT | French President rejects Nunez (Interior Minister) resignation request. The outgoing French Government and President are losing authority and control at the worst time.

BREAKING | President Macron to address the nation at 8pm local time tonight.

ALERT | BBC satellite investigation reveals luxury vessels linked to Kim Jong Un. Four vessels, measuring up to 80 metres, were tracked near Kim’s Wonsan coastal residence. The largest features a 50-metre swimming pool and waterslides. Meanwhile, an estimated 40% of North Koreans are undernourished.

ALERT | A number of NATO countries, Poland, Lithuania & Latvia are reporting drone activity in their airspace.

ALERT | North Korea says it has tested a new high-speed torpedo, the Zam-2.0, using AI for target detection and guidance. Pyongyang claims the weapon represents a significant advance in its naval capabilities. Its performance remains independently unverified.

Paris has fallen

ALERT | UAE is set to enter the war against the Houthis.

ALERT | UK Foreign Office has widened its advice against all but essential travel to cover the whole of Saudi Arabia

ALERT | Egypt is set to send military support, including troops to support Saudi Arabia against the Houthis.

ALERT | Trump has blocked a sanctions package targeting the Russian economy that was passed by Congress.

ALERT | Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine

ALERT | Major incident at the French side of the Channel Tunnel. Reports of injuries as a freight train and a bus collide.

ALERT | Israel PM to hold a security meeting on Iran tonight.

BREAKING | The internationally recognised Yemeni government has said that all cabinet members, including Yemen’s prime minister, are safe, following a suspected Houthi attack in Aden.

ALERT | South Korea confirms tracking North Korean submarine-launched cruise missile tests. One missile was launched vertically, while another was fired through a torpedo tube. Experts believe the Hero Kim Kun Ok nuclear attack submarine may have been involved, although this remains unconfirmed.