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• US House Speaker Johnson says that China's president Xi Jinping, Russia's Putin and Iran are 'truly the axis of evil'

• Israel's president thanks the United States, says that 'when Israel is strong, the US is more secure' and that 'Israel has no closer ally than America, and America has no closer ally than Israel.'

• US House approves $60.8 billion in aid for Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel and $8 billion for Taiwan

• Turkish Lira per US Dollar

  1st January, 2020: 5.9

  1st January, 2021: 7.4

  1st January, 2022: 13.1

  1st January, 2023: 18.6

  Now: 32.4

• The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel has sent a 'clear message' to Iran by striking 'almost right next door' to a nuclear site in Isfahan, meaning that 'we chose not to hit your nuclear sites this time, but we could have done worse right here'.

• ISRAELI STRIKES ON IRAN

  - Explosions reported in Isfahan Province in central Iran, near airbase.

  - Iranian state media has confirmed the explosion.

  - Iran says it has activated air defense systems in Isfahan and several other provinces

  - Near-simultaneous reports of blasts in Iraq and southern Syria

  - US official confirms to ABC News that Israel carried out strike inside Iran

  - Flights to Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz have now been cancelled

  - Oil price surges by over 3%

• The Washington Post reports that ties between Russia and Iran have included a pledge by Moscow to provide the Iranians with 'advanced fighter jets and air defense technology' that 'could help Tehran harden its defenses against any future airstrike by Israel or the United States'

• US Air Force secretly develops missiles that could obliterate Iran's nuclear facilities by zapping their electronics - without harming civilians, Daily Mail reports

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