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The U.S. State Department updated their travel advisory for Israel earlier today.

The State Department authorized the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members "due to safety risks".

Earlier, the UK Foreign Office said it had temporarily removed its staff from Iran, "due to the security situation".

Their embassy is operating remotely.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed heightened concerns in recent reports due to Iran blocking its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites.

Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier Approaches Middle East as Nuclear Deal With Iran Remains Elusive U.S. F-22 fighters and aerial tankers are gathering in Israel, adding to the military buildup.

Foreign embassies in Israel have made contingency plans for the event of Iranian strikes, local diplomats told the Wall Street Journal.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

WSJ: U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, sent an email to embassy staff today saying there was no need to panic, but if they wanted to leave Israel, they "should do so TODAY," according to a U.S. official.

Israel travel advice FCDO travel advice for Israel and Palestine. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences (Warnings and Insurance).

The UK Foreign Office says it is temporarily relocating some of its staff from Tel Aviv to another location within Israel.

www.gov.uk/foreign-trav...

Earlier, Oman's foreign minister said the talks had concluded and "significant progress" was made. He said talks at a "technical level" will be held next week in Vienna.

WSJ: Talks in Geneva wrapped up without a deal, both sides still far apart on key issues.

Iran rejected the idea of moving uranium stockpiles out of the country, it also objected to ending enrichment, dismantling nuclear facilities and permanent restrictions on its program.

If the reports circulating about the talks in Geneva are correct (as far as I'm aware, they're not yet over, everything coming out is rumored), then they did did not go great.

Seems the Iranians aren't budging on certain topics, and Witkoff/Kushner are feeling "disappointed".

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are among those urging the President to give diplomacy a chance and hold off on strikes.

Several of those in Trump's circle are urging caution, although some sources tell Axios they think Trump is leaning towards conducting a strike.

Trump's top general warns of Iran strike risks Vice President Vance has also raised concerns internally

According to Axios, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine has been advising Trump and top officials that a military campaign against Iran carries major risks, including the possibility of getting drawn into a prolonged conflict.

www.axios.com/2026/02/23/i...

One U.S. official told Barak,

"They asked us to keep the meeting and listen to what the Iranians have to say. We have told the Arabs that we will do the meeting if they insist. But we are very skeptical”,

Not the greatest sign.

U.S. talks with Iran are BACK ON.

According to Barak Ravid, several Arab and Muslim leaders heavily lobbied the Trump Administration not to follow through on threats to walk away.

Talks will be held this Friday in Oman, despite the U.S. previously signalling it would not budge on moving locations.

I'm trying to post more over here! You've motivated me! 😂

Israeli journalist Amit Segal with Channel 12 says Trump is now favoring military action in Iran, quoting a U.S. official.

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U.S. talks with Iran scheduled for Friday are canceled according to Barak Ravid.

The U.S. told Iran today it would not agree to their demands to change the location and format of the talks.

"We told them it is this or nothing, and they said, 'Ok, then nothing," a senior U.S. official told Axios.

The Iranian drone continued to approach the aircraft carrier despite "de-escalatory measures" taken by U.S. forces.

An F-35C launched from the Abraham Lincoln shot down the drone that Central Command authorities told News Nation "aggressively approached" the carrier.

Iran wants to change venue and format of nuclear talks with U.S. The demands risk pushing Trump closer to military action.

www.axios.com/2026/02/03/i...

New reporting from @axios.com on U.S.-Iran talks.

Iran,

- "Walking back" from previous understandings reached in recent days.
- Wants to move talks from Istanbul to Oman.
- Wanting bilateral talks, only with U.S., rather than with several Arab and Muslim countries as observers.

U.S. tanker approached by Iranian gunboats in Strait of Hormuz, security firm says A U.S.-flagged tanker heading for Bahrain was approached and threatened by Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz, a British maritime security firm says.

www.cbsnews.com/news/us-tank...

Earlier today, a UK maritime security firm said a U.S.-flagged tanker was approached by Iranian gunboats that attempted to stop it in the Strait of Hormuz. It sped off and continued on its way with escort from a U.S. Navy warship.

Reuters reports a U.S. F-35 shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone that approached the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Material was just recently discovered by /u/AtLeastItsNotHerps that appears to be from the same victim, as it contains additional hidden messages written in the same format.

Warning, reading this is intensely graphic, and depressing.

Additional material 👇

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

It certainly sounds like she is implying she was with Donald Trump. What do you think?

Link to the diary 👇

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

"DOES THIS LADY KNOW YOU CANT HAVE ANY DIGNITY IF YOUVE BEEN WITH HIM? KNOW I HAVE NONE. ONLY SKITTLES."

It's a pretty simple cypher, start with the letter on the top left, then go to the one below it, then to the top right, and then the one below it, like a zig-zag.

However, one page has been successfully decrypted.

/u/sonik13 was able to decrypt the block of text highlighted on this page.

Next to an excerpt about Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's ex-wife who died in 2022 following a fall at her home, the following can be read.

Multiple pages look exactly like this, random images and then large sections of seemingly coded messages.

A lot of the 32 available pages look exactly like this, their transcriptions are available below 👇

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

A Redditor who goes by sonik13 on the /r/Epstein subreddit found something interesting in the file dump.

It's photos of a 16 year old victims diary, and in it, there's multiple pages with coded messages.

Trump says a "tremendous force" is heading to the Middle East, and he'd like to see a deal negotiated with Iran. He added if they can't reach one, "probably bad things will happen".