China: The U.S. gov't is assessing a reported leak at a Chinese nuclear facility after a French company that partially owns and operates the facility warned of an "imminent radiological threat". Biden administration believes the facility is "not yet at crisis level", per CNN.
Warning by the French company also included an accusation that Chinese authorities were raising the acceptable limits for radiation detection outside of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province to avoid having to close the plant.
Nonetheless, the situation is important enough that the U.S. National Security Council held multiple meetings regarding the topic last week as they monitored the situation. Meetings were deputy level & assistant secretary level.
Naftali Bennett sworn in as Prime Minister of Israel.
The era of Netanyahu has come to an end.
Netanyahu had served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2021, and from 1996 to 1999. Netanyahu was the longest-serving Israeli Prime Minister in history.
Naftali Bennet was born and raised in Haifa, son of immigrants from the United States. Bennett served in Sayeret Matkal and Maglan special forces of the IDF.
Bennett has previously served as Minister of Defense, as well as a few other positions within the Israeli gov't.
Per @MohamadAhwaze, who claims to have obtained leaked information from sources close to the Iranian government and the Revolutionary Guard, these are the details of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
1) All members of the team involved in the assassination underwent special training courses.
2) Squad consisting of 62 members participated in the assassination. 12 of them were in the field, responsible for carrying out the operation, and 50 others provided logistical support.
3) The team used a Hyundai Sante Fe, a Nissan (likely the blue Nissan truck that was blown up), and 4 motorcycles.
4) The team involved in the assassination knew every single detail of when/how Fakhrizadeh's protection team would move, and knew that on that day, he'd (tbc)
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has given a statement following the assassination of key nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
"Mr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent nuclear and defense scientist of the country, was martyred by criminal and cruel mercenaries. (1/2)
This unique scientific element took the dear and precious soul in the way of God for his great and lasting scientific efforts, and the high position of martyrdom is his divine reward. (2/3)
Two important issues should be seriously on the agenda of all those involved, first, the pursuit of this crime and the definitive punishment of its perpetrators and commanders, and second, (3/4)
USA Today could have probably done a better job at titling this, but it appears the reason for this is that gas from the decaying mink bodies, is building up, and pushing the mink out of their graves, which were dug shallow.