Bezos Won't Rescue WaPo Amid Layoffs; Epstein Files, Pakistan Unrest, Nuclear Treaty End

• The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, laid off approximately one-third of its workforce, impacting over 300 journalists including prominent international staff.
• New details from the Epstein files have emerged, implicating global elites and causing UK PM Keir Starmer political trouble after Peter Mandelson's resignation.
• Pakistan's Balochistan province saw a major flare-up with security forces killing over 200 Baloch militants after attacks by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), including female suicide bombers.
• The New START Treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the US and Russia, expired, raising fears of a new nuclear arms race.
• Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi, son of Libya's former ruler, was assassinated in Zintan, and the 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory resurfaced following the release of Epstein documents.