US President Donald Trump praises India's election system while using it to strengthen his push for the SAVE America Act, which seeks proof of citizenship and voter ID requirements for US federal elections. Trump cites India's voter identification system and recalls a conversation involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The comments trigger a political response in India, with Congress leader Pawan Khera hitting back and sarcastically bringing Gyanesh Kumar and EVMs into the debate.

A major escalation is unfolding inside Russia after Ukraine launched a high-precision strike deep into the country’s energy backbone. British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles tore into the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, a facility directly tied to fueling the Kremlin’s war machine, triggering a chain of explosions that lit up the skyline and disrupted one of southern Russia’s most strategic fuel lifelines. This wasn’t just another strike. This was a deliberate, high-impact message: Ukraine can reach far beyond the front lines and hit Russia where it hurts economically, militarily and politically. WATCH