UK - A war game exercise was carried out by Kenneth Payne at King’s College London, using three teams running simulations on Chat GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash. The teams "played 21 war games against each other over 329 turns," according to Implicator.AI's Marcus Schuler. "They wrote roughly 780,000 words explaining why they did what they did," he noted. No model ever chose to surrender, NewScientist reported on Tuesday. In fact, 95% of the time, the models chose to use nuclear weapons. What’s more, no model ever chose to fully accommodate an opponent or surrender, regardless of how badly they were losing.

GERMANY - Today, news has arisen that the German armed forces will purchase a large number of attack drones, and the unusual aspect is that these drones are NOT meant to be sent to Kyiv’s regime, but rather to be destined for units of the Bundeswehr, instead. The German parliament’s budgetary committee has approved an initial €540 million ($640 million) for the purchase of kamikaze drones from German manufacturers Helsing and Stark Defense, dpa learnt on Wednesday.

USA - Donald Trump gave his first official State of the Union address of his second term, saying: “Our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.” During the 110-minute speech, the president told the chamber “the state of our union is strong”, and claimed that under his leadership, America had seen an economic “turnaround for the ages”. He spoke from the podium just days after his polling numbers hit their lowest point – a worrying sign ahead of midterm elections in November, when the Republicans may lose control of the House of Representatives.

IRAN - Iran is close to buying a supersonic missile from China that could destroy American aircraft carriers. Officials from the Islamic Republic are in advanced negotiations with Beijing to purchase the CM-302 cruise weapon, which is designed to damage warships, according to Reuters. The news agency cited six sources as saying that negotiations, which began two years ago, sped up after the 12-day war between Israel and Iran last June. The devices are not believed to have ever been used in combat. However, according to their manufacturer, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, they can travel at up to four times the speed of sound, carrying a quarter of a ton of explosives and can conduct zigzagging evasive manoeuvres in the final phase of flight to confuse ships’ defences.

USA - Donald Trump’s top general has privately warned against a US attack on Iran, arguing that it would carry acute military and strategic risks and could spiral into a prolonged conflict. General Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is said to have cautioned against an offensive in high-level White House meetings with the US president. He was described by sources as a “reluctant warrior” on Iran despite being “all-in” on planning for the previous military action on Venezuela. General Caine’s warnings were briefed to multiple US media outlets, triggering an angry response from Mr Trump. The president said on social media that the reports were “100% incorrect”, although he admitted: “General Caine, like all of us, would like not to see War but, if a decision is made on going against Iran at a Military level, it is his opinion that it will be something easily won.”

USA - That question was put directly to four major AI platforms as part of a methodological exercise on how AI models respond under pressure. The Jerusalem Post is not predicting military action. The initial prompt was simple: "I want you to take all factors into consideration and tell me exactly what day the US will attack Iran." Then, each model was pushed to narrow down. What followed was a genuine stress test.

JAPAN - Japan will deploy missiles to its westernmost island near Taiwan within the next five years because of heightened tensions with China. During a press conference on Tuesday, Shinjiro Koizumi, the Japanese defence minister, said the plan was to station the surface-to-air missiles on the island by March 2031 while the country looked to increase its defence capabilities, especially in the south. The island of Yonaguni, which is less than 70 miles off Taiwan’s eastern coast, is far closer to Taipei than to Tokyo and has long been seen as a possible front line in a conflict between China and Taiwan.

ISRAEL - Twelve American F-22 Raptor fighter jets landed at an Israel Air Force base on Tuesday evening as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise and uncertainty looms on the Iranian front. The F-22 stealth jet, which is operated only by the United States, is considered the world’s most advanced air superiority fighter. Although no longer in production, the aircraft is so highly classified that the US Department of Defense has not made it available for sale to any foreign government.

UK - The head of the Navy’s fleet has defended pulling UK warships out of the Middle East, insisting regional allies preferred British training over military muscle. Vice-Admiral Steve Moorhouse, commander of the fleet, said the move to replace ships with more training was something allies in the Gulf “wanted”. However, critics said the Navy was trying to brush over the fact Britain’s fleet had shrunk to its smallest size, forcing the departure from the Middle East, as it focused on deterring Russia in the Atlantic. Currently, the Navy has just seven Type 23 frigates in service. Its replacements, the Type 26 submarine hunters and Type 31 general purpose frigates, are still years away from coming into service, meaning the fleet could suffer a gap as older ships are retired.

UK - Insuring a Chinese car costs twice as much as for other models — if you can find a company willing to offer you cover. A limited number of firms will insure Chinese cars, and those that do can charge hundreds of pounds more than they would for similar vehicles built by more established carmakers. Some models cost more than £2,000 to insure, according to the comparison site Carwow. This is mainly down to the fact that repair costs are higher because of a lack of available replacement parts, motoring experts said. All but one of the ten insurers would cover the Volkswagen Tiguan, with an average policy costing £700.

UK - The Education Secretary’s garbled comments on children’s ‘gender identity’ make it painfully clear she hasn’t given the issue enough thought. As part of an “equality drive”, we reported earlier this month, a school in Wales is to ban girls from wearing skirts. A newsletter to parents proclaimed that this “positive step forward” is “fully in keeping” with the school’s “inclusive values”. How interesting. This week, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said that boys should be allowed to come to school wearing dresses. In summary, then, inclusivity means that boys can dress like girls. But girls can’t.

ISRAEL - Israel will reply with “unimaginable” force if Iran launches an attack on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday evening while speaking at a 40-signature debate at the Knesset. The prime minister said Israel was facing “very complex and challenging days” amid ongoing tensions with Iran and was prepared to respond to any threat. “We are vigilant and prepared for every scenario. I have made it clear to the ayatollahs’ regime that if they make perhaps the gravest mistake in their history and attack Israel, we will respond with a force they cannot imagine,” he said.

UK - After a campaign and a court challenge by Reform UK, Keir Starmer’s government was forced into possibly its biggest about-turn to date: abandoning plans to delay local elections in England. Voters in 30 local authorities will now go to the ballot box in May after Labour reversed its decision to postpone them until 2027, representing another climbdown by the Prime Minister.

UK - Police have been accused of turning a blind eye to the spread of sharia courts in Britain. Newly released Government figures show that less than 3 per cent of so-called “honour crimes” were successfully prosecuted last year. The data show the authorities are consistently failing to prosecute and prevent honour-based abuse, which can include offences such as female genital mutilation, homicide (honour killings) and forced marriage. And campaigners are warning that the “privatisation of justice” within some Muslim communities through sharia courts makes it harder for the state to intervene.

UK - It seems that the tide is finally turning against transgender ideology. Not only did opponents of this flat Earth belief system win at the Supreme Court last year, with the country’s most eminent judges ruling under the Equality Act that a woman is a biological female, but the normies are waking up and applying common sense instead of complacency. A YouGov survey, commissioned by the organisation Sex Matters, showed that over two-thirds of the population (77 per cent) are not only aware of the judgment, but have some knowledge as to what it means. Whether the context is sport, single-sex facilities or the workplace, the majority of Britons have made it clear that they know what a woman is – and that a man who insists he is one is, by definition, not. The battle rages on nonetheless. Trans activists, knowing the public debate is lost, are now scrabbling around, determined to find any which way of indoctrinating the next generation.