NEW - Bank of England urged to plan for a financial crisis, triggered by an official announcement confirming the existence of aliens and put contingencies in place to prevent collapse. https://t.co/s4zwCNpCzL

NEW - About 1,500 active-duty Army paratroopers from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota — ABC

NEW - German scientists are investigating a "previously undiscovered danger" to the heart. Mutated cells, considered clones, represent "a new risk factor," Bild reports.

JUST IN - EU set to halt trade deal with U.S. — Bloomberg

JUST IN - Islamic Republic of Iran is working to permanently sever itself from the global internet – Telegraph

JUST IN - Macron to Trump: "No intimidation or threat will influence us — neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland."

NEW - U.S. Speaker Johnson: "I don't foresee military intervention in Greenland... I think diplomatic channels is the way to go... the president is playing chess, as we say... we have a lot going on right now, so that's just one small piece to a larger puzzle."

JUST IN - Trump announces 10% tariff for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands and Finland from Feb 1st, increasing to 25% on June 1st, until "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."

NOW - Ursula von der Leyen, at the signing of the EU-Mercosur agreement: "This agreement sends a very strong message to the world, it reflects a clear and deliberate choice. We choose fair trade over tariffs. We choose a productive, long-term partnership over isolation."

JUST IN - Trump says that he has not offered Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase the job of Fed Chairman, despite what "The Fake News Wall Street Journal states," and confirms that he will be suing JPMorgan Chase for "DEBANKING me after Jan 6th Protest."

NEW - RFK Jr.'s U.S. Health and Human Services to launch investigative study on connections between 5G, mobile phones, neurological damage and cancer — Reuters

JUST IN - DOJ investigating Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for conspiracy to impede immigration agents — CBS

JUST IN - Trump tapped Marco Rubio, Tony Blair, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and World Bank President Ajay Banga as founding members of the so-called Gaza "Board of Peace."

NEW - UK Royal Navy's new full-size autonomous helicopter, Proteus, completes its maiden flight. https://t.co/84PQA0CUuv

NOW - Reza Pahlavi: "I went to Israel to show that we are the descendants of Cyrus the Great, who 25 centuries ago helped free the Jewish people and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem." https://t.co/hw1CkZXMtW

NOW - Trump says he will work with remnants of the Maduro regime so Venezuela does not turn into Iraq.

MORE - The "Living Sensor Display," would allow for continuous monitoring of blood biomarker levels without electronics or wires. https://t.co/Osvk8J0z0i

ICYMI - Japanese researchers develop a skin implant, made from genetically engineered skin, that glows fluorescent green when inflammation is detected.

NOW - Venezuelan opposition leader Machado presents to Trump her Nobel Peace prize medal for his "unique commitment" to Venezuelan "freedom."

NOW - Exiled Iranian journalist, Masih Alinejad, speaking at the emergency UN Security council meeting: "The Iranian people are asking the world to help through actions, not back-to-back meetings and empty condemnation, we don't need empty words."