If you want a good analogy of how stupid this comment is, here’s one. China urging the U.S. and Russia to reduce their nuclear stockpiles is sort of like someone telling you to give up your guns as they load theirs and fish around in their bag for another one to point at you. China is proliferating at breakneck speeds and best estimates have them doubling the size of their strategic deterrent by 2030. 
Interesting note here. The Syrian Transitional Government sent a delegation from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani, to the ongoing Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany. They met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the sidelines of the conference. 
Per the U.S. Army:
“The #USArmy will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members.” 
Rundown on some of the updates provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today on the mid-air collision at Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29.
NTSB investigators have released two updates regarding the VH-60 “Gold Top” helicopter that crashed into American Eagle Flight 5342.
It is “likely” that the three crew members on board the helicopter were wearing night vision goggles for the entire flight. The crew was conducting an annual training flight, focused on a continuity of govt mission. VH-60s are meant for high ranking DoD/USG personnel.
The crew may not have heard radio traffic from the Reagan National Airport ATC tower directing it to pass behind Flight 5342. That traffic can be heard on publicly released recorded audio from the tower. 
Amal Movement calls on the army to strike with an iron fist — Bint Jbeil
(This is in reference to the riots taking place)
Amal Movement: Attacking UNIFIL is attacking southern Lebanon, and blocking roads anywhere is a stab at civil peace.
Al Manar: “Chaotic and undisciplined elements are causing chaos with suspicious objectives on the airport road, including blocking the road and burning billboards.”
The Lebanese Army is demanding that Hezbollah Supporters hand over several Individuals, which attacked and burned a U.N. Convoy earlier near Beirut International Airport. https://video.nostr.build/c2ce83e7cc1e5d5eccdcdffac99cec1e54fa772dfc53d99fc661878e364641a8.mp4
A Convoy containing the Deputy Head of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), has been attacked by Hezbollah Supporters near Beirut International Airport, with at least one Vehicle being burned and several UNIFIL Staff Members being injured before the Lebanese Army arrived to disperse the Crowd. https://video.nostr.build/67348bf2ba5a3a3caba28ec607a08565a851a82e31f64b7e861056ca268b9503.mp4
According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the ban for the Associated Press was adhered to for this presser.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump is signing two executive orders now. One order is to end the Covid-19 vaccine mandate for schools, and the other will establish the Energy Dominance Council led by the energy and interior secretaries Chris Wright and Doug Burgum. 
Up to 2,000 Federal Employees with the U.S. Department of Energy, including upwards of 325 Workers at the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which oversees and safeguards the United States’ Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, have been laid-off by the Trump Administration; following the arrival last week of several Representatives with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the Agency. 
According to Josh Rogin with the Washington Post; while meeting today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the U.S. Diplomatic Delegation slid him a piece of paper to “blindly” sign, which would have granted the United States 50% of Ukraine’s future mineral reserves, which Zelensky refused to sign.
The White House has announced that it will be banning the Associated Press (AP) from the Oval Office as well as Air Force One, for their refusal to use the “Gulf of America” to refer to the body of water previously known in the United States and still known in other countries as the “Gulf of Mexico.” 
The Chief Engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), Oleksandr Titarchuk states that there is the possibility of a Radiation Leak, after last night’s Russian Drone Attack against the Containment Structure around Reactor No. 4, but that the Situation is under Control. https://video.nostr.build/e2bba6c5d5b9392eb65b3108c4926abd9691572fb8fbf5741b8fb968ab9df377.mp4
Photos from today’s meeting between U.S. Vice-President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference. Included with the U.S. Delegation is Secretary of State Marco Rubio as well as Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg. 
Parts of the Russian Drone which struck the Containment Structure around Reactor No. 4 last night, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) in Northern Ukraine. 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s press secretary Serhii Nikiforov has reportedly announced that the Ukrainian President is now meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
A number of key meetings are set to happen over the course of this conference. This includes preliminary negotiations on some form of cessation of hostilities in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.
The Cuban regime has announced the suspension of work and school activities on Friday and Saturday due to the deepening energy crisis affecting the country in recent days.
Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feito Cabrera, stated on social media that the decision was made in response to the country’s “energy situation” and to “contribute to the necessary savings.” However, she added that “essential activities” would be exempt.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) collided with the bulk carrier Besiktas-M off the coast of Egypt yesterday.
The Pentagon reports that the collision "did not endanger the Harry S. Truman." 
