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President Donald J. Trump has issued a memorandum directing a major overhaul of U.S. Navy shipbuilding, citing cost growth, delays, design complexity and insufficient industrial capacity. Among the key directives: • CVN-81: Within 60 days, the administration will develop a plan to replace the EMALS electromagnetic catapult system and Advanced Weapons Elevators with traditional steam and hydraulic systems. • Foreign shipbuilding: The administration will pursue a "Finland Model" allowing foreign shipbuilders to participate in up to three ship classes, provided they build or acquire a U.S. shipyard, train an American workforce, transfer relevant technology and establish a U.S. supply chain. The first two ships could be built overseas, with subsequent ships built in the United States. • New surface combatants: The Navy will develop a new competitive acquisition approach for affordable, mature-design surface combatants capable of anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare and convoy escort. • Fifth Navy shipyard: A plan will be developed for a fifth public Navy yard, including additional drydock capacity for nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers. • Submarine repair: The administration will establish a Component Repair Center intended to maintain at least one complete set of spare equipment for the Los Angeles, Virginia, Seawolf, Ohio and Columbia classes. • NAVSEA reform: The Naval Sea Systems Command will undergo a review aimed at reducing bureaucracy, increasing accountability and preventing repeated redesigns of mature ship designs. The memorandum's overarching objective is to increase U.S. shipbuilding capacity and competition while reducing the cost and time required to build and maintain Navy vessels. Importantly, most of these provisions direct the Department of War and Navy to develop plans within specified timelines; they do not themselves immediately authorize or fund construction of the projects described.

⚡️🇵🇰 Three police personnel were killed and four others, including a passer-by, were injured in two separate attacks in Lahore, according to police. The first incident took place in Badami Bagh, where Sub-Inspector Adeel and Head Constable Asad were killed when suspects opened fire during an intelligence-led raid. A second attack occurred at Yateem Khana Chowk, where three suspects allegedly opened fire on a police team deployed to protect the headquarters of a banned religious organisation. Police said four people were injured in the attack, while the suspects fled in a government vehicle taken from the scene. Police said the suspects were affiliated with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for both attacks. Authorities have intensified the search for those responsible, with teams from the Crime Control Department, Investigation and Operations wings involved in the operation. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇱🇻🇺🇦🇷🇺 The Latvian Armed Forces say NATO fighter jets shot down an unidentified drone that entered Latvia’s airspace. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇶🇮🇶Footage of the earlier drone strikes appears to show a possible impact in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, directly after a separate drone had been intercepted. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇶🇮🇶 Smoke was observed in the center of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, after a drone crashed near the Arjaan Rotana Hotel. It's currently unclear whether or not one of the Iranian drones successfully struck near the hotel or if the smoke is just a result of debris from earlier interceptions crashing near the site. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️☀️🇮🇷🇮🇶 The explosions heard in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, were from interceptions of Iranian Shaheed-136 drones. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇨🇴 ELN members launched 43 explosive devices via drones against a military base in Convención, Norte de Santander department, leaving two soldiers wounded. Authorities are conducting operations in the area to determine the circumstances and those responsible. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇸🇩 The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) reportedly seized a large quantity of equipment and weapons from Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in the Kordofan region of Sudan. The seized materiel reportedly included containers of Serbian-made projectiles and Kornit missiles. The seizure also included modified and armoured Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles. The operation represents another reported capture of RSF military equipment in the ongoing conflict. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇪🇬 GRAPHIC: An explosion has rocked Arabella Plaza Mall in New Cairo, leaving at least three people dead. Egypt’s Health Ministry said 11 injured people were admitted to New Cairo Specialized Hospital, while six others were transferred to nearby hospitals. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Footage captures a Russian surface-to-air missile system over the Black Sea near Gelendzhik, followed by a large explosion on the water. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇦🇫 Heavy fighting has erupted in Nusay district between Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local ethnic Tajik Taliban commander Juma Khan Fateh, reportedly over control of lucrative gold-mining operations. The Taliban has deployed special forces and helicopters, while communications in the area have reportedly been restricted. Casualties on both sides are reportedly severe with the Taliban losing at least one helicopter while trying to resupply ground forces. The confrontation is increasingly being viewed as a test of the Taliban’s control, particularly as local commanders face growing pressure from Kandahar to accept greater centralisation of power. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 A short while ago, an IDF drone struck a person in Khan Younis, Gaza, killing him. According to reports, the man killed was a company commander in Hamas. UPDATE: The IDF has confirmed that it struck a company commander in Hamas’s military wing in the Khan Younis area earlier today. According to the IDF, the commander had planned attacks against Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip and was targeted in an airstrike to eliminate the threat. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

⚡️🇪🇺 Bloomberg: Europe's gas storage stands at 59% capacity as of August 10, the lowest level for this time of year in records going back to 2009. The Hormuz blockade has cut off Qatar, normally the world's second-largest LNG producer, from European markets. European gas prices have nearly doubled compared to the same point in 2025, and the disruption has pushed back an expected global LNG supply surplus by at least two years, according to the IEA. EU rules require storage to reach 90% between October and December, which is a target that the EU is not on track to meet. The industry has broadly accepted 80% as a realistic goal for this winter. The policy question now is whether governments will intervene to force purchases while supplies remain constrained. EU governments have not reached a unanimous decision, because if Hormuz reopens and prices fall, governments that bought early will have paid elevated costs at public expense. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbet.com the #1 Non-KYC Crypto Casino & Sportsbook @rainbetcom +18

U.S. intelligence and a senior CIA official to Faytuks Network: Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei survived the February airstrikes that killed his father, but officials have been unable to independently determine his location since.

Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil, a Hamas commander who took part in the October 7 massacre, was eliminated in an airstrike in Gaza City earlier today. The operation was carried out by the IDF under Shin Bet direction.

PM Donald Tusk: Poland thwarted a Russian intelligence plot to assassinate a dual Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw. The recruited Russian suspect was arrested on August 7. Tusk called it the first known instance of someone acting on Russian orders targeting an American citizen on NATO soil. The operation involved Poland's Internal Security Agency, police, and cooperation with US services. The target was described as "inconvenient" to the Putin regime. Officials gave no further identity details.

273 dead and 377 missing from the earthquake in Colombia, the country's disaster management unit says.