A year after Canada recognized the State of Palestine, questions remain about the reforms Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Palestinian Authority had committed to.
A year after Canada recognized the State of Palestine, questions remain about the reforms Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Palestinian Authority had committed to.
Das Nationale Antikorruptionsbüro der Ukraine (NABU) hat am Freitagabend mitgeteilt, es führe im Rahmen einer „Spezialoperation Karthago“ Durchsuchungen in der Generalstaatsanwalt durch. Die Operation richtete sich demnach gegen ein Netzwerk von auf Telefonbetrug spezialisierten Callcentern, die von einem leitenden Mitarbeiter der Generalstaatsanwalt geschützt wurden. Die Callcenter sind vor allem in Russland, aber auch in Europa […]
Nach einer Woche Pause, weil NuoViso letzte Woche sein Sommerfest gefeiert hat, haben Robert Stein und ich am Donnerstag wieder eine Tacheles-Sendung aufgezeichnet, die nun online ist. Sollte YouTube sie löschen, finden Sie sie auch hier bei NuoViso.
Since receiving these tanks last year, the crews, serving with Ukraine’s 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skala,” have used the Abrams in two combat operations in the fight for Pokrovsk, a key Ukrainian logistics hub and part of a defensive belt of towns in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. They recounted their experiences to Hromadske, an independent media channel in Ukraine.
Fighting around Pokrovsk
The first major deployment described by the crews took place in December of last year, when Abrams tanks were used to support assault groups entering Pokrovsk.
The crewmember with the callsign Kent described moving into the city behind a mine-clearing tank and ahead of two infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) carrying assault troops, during a mission that was deliberately aggressive.
“Since a tank is a priority target — my task was to draw their attention, while our infantry dismounted and moved in successfully.”
The Abrams was also assigned three target points to engage along the route.
“We went right in there, poured it on, and drove back out,” he recalled.
A video showing the 425th Separate Assault Regiment in action in August 2025, soon after receiving the Abrams:
The second operation, on March 31, involved an attempt to enter and hold an industrial area near Pokrovsk to help block Russian movement toward Hryshyne, a contested village in the district.
The operation was prepared for more than two weeks. Ukrainian forces conducted reconnaissance flights, examined difficult sections of the planned routes, and provided crews with extensive video and imagery.
“They knew every meter of the route,” another of the unit’s commanders, with the callsign Kubik, said.
Weather was considered essential. The Ukrainians waited for fog and rain, hoping to limit the effectiveness of Russian drones.
“Without the right weather we wouldn’t have been able to pull off operations like that,” Kubik said.
The operation nevertheless resulted in the destruction of four out of five armored vehicles, some of which are seen in the video embedded below.
Russia's Rubicon Drone Center FPV drones destroyed a Ukrainian assault group near Pokrovsk, hitting an M1A1 Abrams tank, M1117 APC and BMP-2 as the unit tried to advance near Hryshyne under fog cover. #Ukrainepic.twitter.com/ZzE52qAYxp
The commander acknowledged that the Russian side may have had advance knowledge of the operation.
“I can’t rule out the possibility that the enemy knew our plan,” he said.
His Abrams was not immediately destroyed. According to the crew, it completed its task and the assault troops dismounted before the weather changed.
“Once the fog lifted, they started working on it with an FPV drone,” the commander said.
Why use tanks at all?
The losses prompted criticism from Ukrainian military commentators, particularly after footage of the destroyed vehicles was published.
However, the crews defend the decision to use armored vehicles for the missions. According to the men of the Skala interviewed, the alternative was often to send infantry over several miles on foot while carrying weapons, ammunition, water, and other supplies.
“That takes more time,” Kubik explained. “And the enemy isn’t standing still — the enemy is moving toward them.”
Australia-supplied M1A1 Abrams AIM main battle tank in service of the Ukrainian 425th Separate Assault Regiment "Skala."
The argument that infantry could simply move more stealthily on foot also has limitations.
“Every day the Mavic drones are flying, the fixed-wing drones are flying,” he said. “No fog, guys are visible.”
Combined with IFVs, the Abrams can provide the ability to rapidly move troops while simultaneously delivering heavy direct fire against enemy positions and offering substantial protection to its crew.
The crews argue that this capability remains worthwhile even when the tank itself may eventually be lost.
One commander was asked whether deploying a roughly $5-million tank makes sense if a single sortie can result in its destruction.
“Yes, of course it makes sense to deploy it,” he replied.
“First and foremost — it saves the lives of the crew inside it.”
Russian forces captured a relatively lightly damaged M1A1SA Abrams main battle tank operated by the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the Pokrovsk direction.
He pointed to fairly basic modifications including rubber strips and a foldable wire cage mounted on the turret, as additional layers of protection against drone attacks.
“A drone doesn’t hit the actual penetrating element directly — it just can’t reach it,” he explained. “It hits the rubber, and then the blast wave travels from there.”
Even with their tanks festooned with explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks, the crews acknowledge that such protection has limits.
A head-on view of an M1A1 of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment shows the ERA bricks installed around the turret and in front of the hull. Ukrainian Armed Forces
US-supplied M1A1 Abrams tank in service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with added Kontakt-1 ERA on the frontal hull and standard ARAT ERA on the sides. pic.twitter.com/PC2kDfxefO
— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) May 21, 2024
“They also protect very well. An effective thing,” he said.
A Russian tank with the ‘hedgehog’-type protective covering. Russian state media
For now, the drone threat has led the regiment to keep its Abrams out of combat, as we will return to later.
The Abrams as a machine
The crews’ assessment of the Abrams included praise for its mobility, roomy interior, gun, and fire-control system.
Kubik said he had personally driven an Abrams to 50 miles per hour cross-country.
“The engine is an absolute beast,” he added.
The tank can also rapidly perform a pivot turn, which the crews consider particularly useful when maneuvering in confined spaces. Despite its prodiguous weight, it only rarely becomes bogged down after the kind of very heavy snow-melt that effects all vehicles on the battlefield.
Loading a 120mm M1028 canister cartridge into an M1A1 AIM Abrams main battle tank of the tank battalion of the 425th Assault Regiment. pic.twitter.com/tMd8QcROQe
— 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱 (@TheDeadDistrict) June 21, 2026
Its disadvantages include its demanding maintenance requirements. The running gear was described as particularly sensitive, with crews inspecting, lubricating, and replacing components after every sortie.
Fuel consumption is another major burden. The crew cited roughly 400 to 700 liters (106 to 185 gallons) per 100 kilometers (62 miles) depending on terrain and operating conditions.
“On asphalt it burns about 400 liters,” one said. In boggy terrain, consumption can reach “700 liters or more.”
The Abrams thirsty gas turbine engine and extreme logistical demands have always been a criticism of the platform.
An M1A1 of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment fording a river. Ukrainian Armed Forces
The crews said the vehicle’s ability to operate on different fuels is useful, although diesel provides the best engine-hour performance in their experience. Prior to delivery, the gas turbine engines of the tanks were reconfigured to use diesel fuel instead of the standard JP-8 aviation kerosene, according to earlier reports.
They also praised the Abrams’ protected ammunition storage and crew space compared with Soviet-designed tanks.
The version operated by the Ukrainians is an M1A1 rather than the latest Abrams configuration, with less sophisticated electronics than newer variants. It also lacks the classified armor found on its U.S. Army counterpart.
“For me — as a tanker — this configuration, what we have right now, is more than enough,” Kubik said. “The sight is absolutely excellent. The gun is also great.”
The interview ultimately presents a more complicated picture than the declaration that tanks are obsolete on the Ukrainian battlefield.
At the time of writing, at least 25 Abrams have been confirmed visually to have been destroyed, damaged, or abandoned in Ukrainian service. This is from a total of 31 provided by the United States and 49 from Australia.
“For now, we’re not using them further — there’s no way to,” Kubik said. “The enemy has developed their drone component very heavily, and for now we don’t have the means to counter that.”
While tanks remain exceptionally powerful direct-fire and protected mobility platforms, the proliferation of inexpensive uncrewed aircraft has made operating them increasingly difficult.
M1A1 AIM Abrams tanks of the 425th Assault Regiment . The reinforced upper glacis and turret roofs are clearly visible. pic.twitter.com/Sn9h8OWZ9P
— 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱 (@TheDeadDistrict) June 21, 2026
“If someone had told me, as a tanker, back in 2022: ‘Take this — we’re giving you an Abrams, we’ll give you time to train and you’ll fight in it,’” Kubik said, “I would never have climbed out of it.”
“I’d only be saying: ‘Bring me shells. I’ll drive non-stop wherever needed, arrive and work.’”
An M1A1 of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment firing its main gun. Ukrainian Armed Forces
As it stands, reconnaissance drones can find the Abrams, FPV drones can attack it, and persistent surveillance makes concealment difficult. Experience has shown that without more effective counter-drone capabilities, even a heavily protected tank can eventually be overwhelmed.
But Kubik believes that will change.
“The day will come when one of our bright minds figures out some excellent solution against drones — and we’ll start using them again.”
Asked whether the era of tanks is over, his answer was unequivocal.
“It’s not over … They’re just waiting it out for now, biding their time. Writing off tanks — in my opinion — is still too early.”
An international sports camp bringing together nearly 100 young Ukrainian athletes from ten different sports has concluded in France.
The camp was held at the initiative and with the support of Philippe Lamblin, President of the Hauts-de-France Athletics League, in partnership with the Ukrainian side. The Kyiv City State Administration, “The Future for Children” Charitable Foundation with itsOlympic Dreams project, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine with the nationwide multisport project “Path of Champions” also contributed to the organization of the camp.
This year, the camp brought together athletes representing ten sports: rhythmic gymnastics, volleyball, judo, sport climbing, boxing, basketball, athletics, rowing, taekwondo, and floorball.
The young Ukrainian athletes had the opportunity to train in safe conditions, take part in sports and team activities, relax, and discover France. The camp programme included a mountain hike, a trip to the seaside, a visit to an oceanarium, and attendance at a football match.
“For us, it is very important to see more and more people in different countries coming together to support Ukrainian sport, with France becoming a systemic partner. Camps like this give Ukrainian children an opportunity, at least for a while, to return to a normal childhood: to train in safe conditions, make new friends, and see a world without borders,” said Anatoliy Boyko, initiator and patron of the Olympic Dreams project.
An important highlight of the programme was the official reception for the camp participants at Paris City Hall on 21 August.
The meeting was attended by Vadym Omelchenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the French Republic; Yasmina Merzi, Deputy Mayor of Paris responsible for child welfare and protection; Olena Hovorova, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine and Olympic bronze medallist; Philippe Lamblin, President of the Hauts-de-France Athletics League; and Anatoliy Boyko, initiator and patron of the Olympic Dreams project.
The meeting at Paris City Hall provided an opportunity to thank the French partners for their support of Ukrainian athletes and to discuss the importance of international sports cooperation amid the full-scale war.
The organizers and Ukrainian partners also express their gratitude to the Hauts-de-France Athletics League, the regional prefecture, the City of Lille, the management of Parc d’Olhain, as well as all French partners and patrons who contributed to the organization of the camp.
For Olympic Dreams, a project launched in 2022, participation in such international initiatives is part of its ongoing efforts to provide Ukrainian athletes with opportunities for safe training, athletic development, and international preparation during the full-scale war.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted this week that Israel’s goal for Gaza is the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza in “every way possible,” despite denying allegations of ethnic cleansing for years.
“There is no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration,” Katz said at a conference hosted by Israeli outlet Yedioth Ahronoth on Wednesday, per a translation by France 24. Israel “is organized and prepared to get them out — by sea, by air, by every way possible.”
This plan would amount to ethnic cleansing, something that Palestinians and human rights advocates have long said Israel is carrying out in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. In a report earlier this year, the UN Human Rights Office warned that Israel was carrying out policies consistent with ethnic cleansing between 2024 and 2025, including famine, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and overall imposing conditions “incompatible with [Palestinians’] continued existence in Gaza as a group.”
Katz said that Israel is “seeking Trump’s support” for the idea because no country will take in Palestinians without the approval of the U.S.
The White House has not commented on the plan. When Donald Trump took office last year, he proposed a plan for forced displacement of the entire population of Gaza, dubiously framing it as “voluntary.”
The administration’s stance has since evolved, however. In July, Trump’s “Board of Peace” announced a plan that would still implement colonial control over Gaza, but that would transition power over the Strip to a Palestinian board and demand Israel withdraw its troops from the Strip.
In a rare break with the U.S. last month, Netanyahu announced that he would not be supporting that plan. Keeping with his usual practice of introducing unworkable provisions into negotiations, he said that Israel would not withdraw until Hamas was totally disarmed.
Disarmament — which critics say would still give Israel massive power over Gaza — was already included in the Board of Peace’s 15-point plan. But Netanyahu seems determined to ensure Israel can still carry out its genocide and occupation in Gaza, pledging again on Wednesday that Israel is “not retreating.”
“We control 60 percent of the Strip, and we are not stopping, because we are eliminating the terrorists who threaten us, day in and day out,” he reportedly said.
Trump also previously vowed to end aid to Israel if it annexed the West Bank, however, despite Israel’s ongoing annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
The Israeli officials’ remarks were made just weeks before critical Israeli elections in October, in which Katz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are hoping to retain far right control of the state.
Politicians in Netanyahu’s caucus have been openly calling for cruelty toward Palestinians as a campaign strategy. This week, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted then deleted an AI-generated video that showed a line of Palestinians on a conveyor belt being loaded into a detention facility operated by Ben-Gvir. The Palestinians are then shown leaving the facility emaciated, with the politician seemingly showing off Israel’s systematized policy of starvation of Palestinians.
Israeli officials have denied allegations of ethnic cleansing for years.
“The charge of ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Israel is false and dangerous. It is not a legal definition but a political label, used to inflame tensions, spread hate, and fuel antisemitism,” said Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, last year. “Israel does not deport Palestinians because of their identity. Israel has, rather, temporarily removed non-combatant populations from war-zones in order to guarantee their safety.”
The statement was made in response to a September 2025 report released by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) saying that Israel was deliberately destroying civilian infrastructure and starving Palestinians with the goal of ethnic cleansing.
“After our trip to the Gaza-Egypt border last year, [Merkley] & I released a report entitled, ‘The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians.’ Now the Israeli Min[ister] of Defense confirmed that’s the goal,” said Van Hollen on Wednesday. “We must end our complicity.”
What happens if your economy is suddenly in crisis, Brussels offers help with strings attached—and Turkey, China or Russia can move faster? What if your country delivers every reform the EU asks for, only for a member state to block the next step anyway? And after years of waiting, would voters still choose to join?
In this special bonus episode, The Neighbourhood goes live from Lisbon for an EU enlargement game. Jessica Hendrick brings together RE-ENGAGE experts representing six EU candidate countries and throws a series of fictional—but very plausible—political and economic shocks at them inspired by real headlines: Russia’s intensified attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, Ireland’s EU presidency push on enlargement, Iceland’s referendum, Germany’s regional elections and the upcoming 2026 Enlargement Package. Drawing on three years of surveys, interviews and crisis simulations, each expert has to answer for their country.
Playing for each country:
Albania:Morten Bøås, research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), representing RE-ENGAGE’s Albanian partners at the European University of Tirana
Bosnia and Herzegovina:Damir Kapidžić, director of the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Sarajevo
Georgia:Ketevan Bolkvadze, senior lecturer in the department of political science at Lund University, originally from Georgia
Moldova:Mathilde T. E. Giske, research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), representing RE-ENGAGE’s Moldovan partners at Moldova State University
Serbia:Luka Filipović, research associate at the Institute for Contemporary History in Serbia
Ukraine:Roman Petrov, president of the Ukrainian European Studies Association
The result is part enlargement simulation, part policy conversation and part game night. The experts bargain over a fictional €100 million EU cheque, decide whether the EU can compete with faster offers from other powers, test how easily disinformation could exploit frustration with enlargement, and imagine what would happen if EU membership was finally put to a public vote. Along the way, Serbia proposes keeping its relationship with Brussels “casual”, Bosnia finds a creative use for €100 million, and Ukraine calls for Hungarian “Varangians” when backsliding strikes.
When a crisis hits, does speed matter more than values? Can “Europe never wanted you anyway” become a winning political message? And if a country finally joins the EU, what stops democracy from sliding backwards once the prize of membership is secured?
Ich berichte seit Monaten über den Streit zwischen Selensky und der EU, wobei auch in den USA offenbar die Unzufriedenheit mit Selensky wächst. Die Gründe sind vielfältig. Die EU hat zwar vor Monaten beschlossen, einen 90-Milliardenkredit für die Ukraine aufzunehmen, aber sie verzögert die von Kiew dringend benötigten Auszahlungen, weil sie im Gegenzug die Änderung […]
Here in 2026 Americans have finally found an issue that unites them as Americans, regardless of political affiliations: opposition to AI data centers being rapidly built in their communities with little to no oversight, as the AI bubble continues to inflate.
According to a recent Gallup poll, 71% of Americans oppose AI data centers near their homes, triggering a wave of legislation that has already stalled $130B in projects.
Americans unite against data centers, with 71% opposing local builds
A Gallup poll conducted in March 2026 found that 71% of American adults oppose building an AI data center near their home, with 48% saying they are strongly opposed.
For historical context, public opposition to nuclear power plants peaked at 63% during the height of anti-nuclear sentiment. Opposition to AI data centers sat somewhere between 42% and 47% in late 2025. By March 2026, Gallup had it at 71%. A separate May 2026 Heatmap Pro poll confirmed the figure, also recording 71% opposition, but with an even sharper edge: 55% of respondents in that survey said they were strongly opposed.
Around half of data center opponents cite electricity and water consumption as their primary grievances. The rest of the opposition cohort points to noise, pollution, and the prospect of higher utility bills.
Gallup found that between 63% and 75% of both Republicans and Democrats oppose local data center construction.
In the first quarter of 2026 alone, community and legislative actions blocked or delayed more than 75 data center initiatives, representing over $130 billion in planned investment.
Roughly 300 state-level bills targeting data center regulation were introduced in the first half of 2026. New York’s governor signed an executive order in July 2026 pausing new hyperscale data center permits for a year. California and other states are advancing their own regulatory frameworks.
One has to wonder what is up with the other 29% of Americans who are not opposed to these data centers? I would imagine that they are the “faithful MAGA base” who continue to “trust the plan” and cheer the bombing of innocent people, including children, in places like Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran as they continue to worship their Pedophile in Chief, Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has attacked these Americans who make up over 70% of the country, stating that “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor.”
If you do not live in a community where a new data center is being constructed, and are wondering what all the fuss is about, I have put together a short video that is just over 10 minutes long where you can hear it from the people themselves in these communities that Trump has belittled.
Fox News and some other Right-wing Conservative groups are trying to cast these people who oppose data centers as being part of the “far-left”.
So listen to these people yourself and see if they sound like “far-left” climate control freaks, or if they sound like ordinary, average Americans concerned about their homes, their families, and their future with Big Tech in control. (Video also can be watched here.)
Ohio is one of the largest battlegrounds where this is happening, as both Larry Ellison’s Oracle and Facebook parent company Meta are each building huge data centers in their state.
One of the most outspoken persons in Ohio, who was the last one who spoke in the video above, is Carl Setzer, who accurately stated that there is a huge AI bubble, and that there is no guarantee that any of these companies will even be around in 10 years.
And the current facts backup Setzer’s concerns.
Larry Ellison, the billionaire Zionist friend of Donald Trump and owner of Oracle, has already lost hundreds of billions of dollars with his investing into AI.
One analyst has already stated that the AI bubble is 17 times larger than the dot-com bubble, and four times the size of the 2008 real-estate/subprime bubble.
Oracle’s Massive AI Bet Has Already Cost Larry Ellison $207 Billion. Analyst Warns the AI Bubble Is 17 Times Bigger Than the Dot-Com Bubble.
Larry Ellison’s Oracle gambled its balance sheet on an AI future that analysts are now calling the most dangerous financial bubble in history, and the bill is coming due faster than anyone expected.
Larry Ellison has lost $207 billion in less than a year.
Oracle’s market value has fallen by roughly $494 billion since peaking at $877.1 billion in September 2025.
Oracle’s Q4 8-K reported Remaining Performance Obligations of $638 billion, up 363% year-over-year, most locked into long-dated contracts that will not convert to cash for years.
A large chunk ties to OpenAI, whose IPO has slipped to 2027.
S&P Global downgraded Oracle’s credit rating, warning the buildout might pay off long term but could weaken near-term financial position. Melius Research questioned whether Oracle’s spending plans hold if OpenAI or Anthropic scale back demand for compute.
Sitting behind all of it: Project Stargate, a plan to invest up to $500 billion in AI-focused data centers over four years.
The 17x Thesis
In October 2025, Julien Garran, partner at UK firm MacroStrategy Partnership, published a report arguing the AI investment frenzy is a “misallocation of capital” 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble and four times the size of the 2008 real-estate/subprime bubble.
He called it
“the biggest and most dangerous bubble the world has ever seen.”
His “golden rule” case: large language models are statistical word-prediction engines with architectural limits, coding tools reproduce rote patterns, and capability has hit a “scaling wall” since GPT-4 launched in March 2023.
Garran’s answer to “who is actually making money” is blunt: only NVIDIA. Data-center operators, LLM developers, and LLM-based software vendors are, in his framing, “all heavily loss-making” and depend on a “permanent funding tour” of new rounds, with SoftBank and sovereign funds like Saudi Arabia’s serving as backstops.
And thanks to The Leah Files, we now know the plan that has just been executed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to kill the U.S. dollar and replace it with crypto Stablecoins. See:
Ukraine carried out one of its farthest uncrewed surface vessel (USV) attacks from Ukrainian shores, striking the Nefrit, a multipurpose offshore vessel, in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi. The seaside getaway is located about 350 miles on a direct line from the nearest Ukrainian-held territory, but the trip is a lot longer if originating from Ukrainian-held shores.
This marks the first known USV attack on this city that Russian President Vladimir Putin often visits. As we have reported in the past, it has been attacked several times by Ukrainian aerial drones.
The Russian Black Sea port of Sochi came under attack on Thursday. (Google Earth)
“The multipurpose support vessel, flying the Russian flag, was hit by an unmanned naval vessel of the Ukrainian Navy,” the service said on Telegram. “A powerful explosion and smoke were observed in the area of the vessel.”
“The NEFRIT is part of Russia’s maritime and energy infrastructure, providing support for oil and gas operations, servicing offshore facilities, transporting cargo and personnel, and carrying out underwater technical work,” the Ukrainian Navy explained. “Its activities directly supported the enemy’s war economy and financed the criminal aggression against Ukraine.”
“The damage to the NEFRIT is a blow to the enemy’s logistics, special capabilities, and military-economic infrastructure,” the Ukrainian Navy added. “The Ukrainian Navy continues to deprive the enemy of resources and capabilities for waging war, and once again demonstrates that even Russian territory is not a safe haven.”
ВМС України уразили судно забезпечення рф NEFRIT у порту Сочі Багатоцільове судно забезпечення під прапором рф було уражене морським безекіпажним катером Військово-Морських Сил. У районі судна зафіксовано потужний вибух та задимлення.
Starting at about 6 a.m. local time, Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin declared an emergency.
“ATTENTION! THREAT OF A USV ATTACK IN SOCHI,” he warned on Telegram. “All forces and resources are working to defend the city. Take shelter in a safe place, remain calm.”
Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin declared an emergency about an impending sea drone attack on Thursday. (Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin’s Telegram)
About a half hour later, Proshunin issued an all-clear notice, but did not provide any details about what happened.
Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin lifted the emergency about a half hour after it started. (Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin’s Telegram)
There was no immediate response from the Kremlin.
Ukraine has carried out long-distance USV attacks on Russian Black Sea targets in the past, including one in 2023 on theRopucha class vesselOlenegorsky Gornyak, located in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. A major Russian port on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, it sits roughly 420 miles from Ukrainian-held shores. Sochi is about 110 miles southeast of Novorossiysk, meaning the USVs in today’s attack would have had to travel an even longer distance if launched from Ukrainian-held shores. However, the launch point of the Sochi USV strike is not publicly known and there is always the possibility that a mothership could have been used.
The attack occurring during broad daylight is also interesting, as Ukraine has often taken advantage of the cover of darkness for USV strike operations on port facilities.
The strike on the Nefrit is the latest in Ukraine’s long-running drone boat campaign in the Black Sea. This onslaught has already kept Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) at bay, forcing it to retreat from Crimea to Novorossiysk. Ukrainian USVs have also damaged enemy military facilities in occupied Crimea and the Kerch Bridge.
In July, the U.S. military used USVs as combat weapons for the first time, striking Iranian targets in Bandar Abbas. The following video shows that attack.
Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea… pic.twitter.com/bOM2kmgRxz
It may be a day or so before we get a better picture of the extent of the damage to the Nefrit. Regardless, the attack itself is another sign that Ukraine can reach targets with sea drones far from its own shores.
The Latest
All across the battlefield, Ukrainian forces are largely holding off continued Russian attacks or are making small advances. Overall, in August, “Russian forces advanced or infiltrated into about 123.53 square kilometers — an average pace of 3.98 square kilometers per day,” according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). “Russian forces’ main territorial gains in August 2026 have been in the Fortress Belt area, Donetsk Oblast. Even there, Russian forces managed to achieve only marginal tactical gains and have thus far failed to complete the seizure of Kostyantynivka.”
Kharkiv: Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast and the Velykyi Burluk direction on September 1 and 2 but did not advance. Russian forces also continued offensive operations in the Borova and Kupyansk directions on September 2 but did not advance. However, Moscow’s troops continued attempts to secure and expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskil River to enable further infiltrations into Kupyansk.
Donetsk: Ukrainian forces recently defeated a Russian infiltration mission in the Slovyansk direction. They also recently maintained positions or advanced in the Dobropillya tactical area. Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Novopavlivka direction on September 1 and 2 but did not advance. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian forces reported ground activity in the Oleksandrivka direction on September 2.
Zaporizhia: Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Hulyaipole direction on September 1 and 2 but did not advance. Russian forces continued offensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast on September 1 and 2 but did not advance as Ukrainian forces counterattacked west of Orikhiv.
Kherson: Neither Russian nor Ukrainian forces reported ground activity in the Kherson direction on September 2.
MORE (1/3): ISW has observed evidence to assess that Russian forces consolidated positions in or seized about 90.35 square kilometers of territory in Ukraine in August 2026, averaging 2.91 square kilometers seized per day. Including Russian infiltrations, Russian forces… https://t.co/0RlwRfBdhspic.twitter.com/Cp2Knry2Du
Air traffic around Moscow continued to be disrupted on Thursday as Russian authorities responded to another large-scale Ukrainian drone operation, according to EU Today. The disruptions came two days after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned international airlines and insurers that Russian airspace was becoming increasingly unsafe for civilian aviation due to Ukrainian drone attacks.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 548 drones had flown towards the wider Moscow region between 8 a.m. on Wednesday and midday Thursday local time. However, Russian authorities claimed that most were intercepted before they could reach the Moscow area while 143 were destroyed on approaches to the Russian capital.
“Temporary restrictions were again imposed at Moscow’s principal airports,” EU Today noted. “Vnukovo and Domodedovo stopped arrivals and departures for periods during the operation, while Sheremetyevo handled flights under additional restrictions. The measures produced cancellations, delays and diversions extending beyond the periods in which individual airports were formally closed.”
The disruption “had already become extensive on Wednesday,” the publication added. “Flight-tracking data showed 21 cancellations and 235 delayed services at Sheremetyevo, Russia’s largest airport, while Vnukovo recorded 22 cancellations and 94 delays.”
Moscow airports cancel flights after Zelensky's 'closed skies' warning
"Temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft have been introduced," Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) said.https://t.co/BAlAASaDv5
Putin on Thursday said there is a chance of resolving the “Ukrainian conflict” but Kyiv’s campaign to shut down Russian airspace is “complicating the negotiation process.”
Russia and Ukraine themselves must reach an agreement, while other countries can only support and assist, the Russian leader added, according to a translation from former Ukrainian government official Anton Gerashchenko.
Russia is in contact with the White House and President Donald Trump “is committed to positive and constructive engagement,” Putin proclaimed. “Russia has many friends in the United States. One of them is Steven Seagal, the ‘best envoy of peace.'”
Putin said there is a chance of resolving the "Ukrainian conflict" but Ukraine's threats to shut down Russian airspace are "complicating the negotiation process."
A Russian drone strike on an Odesa apartment building injured at least 17 people, including three children, Zelensky stated on X.
In Odesa, emergency services continue working at the site of a drone strike on an apartment building. Damage to apartments from the 10th through the 17th floors left 17 people injured, including three children. Efforts are also ongoing to deal with the aftermath of the strikes in… pic.twitter.com/FWAmFNJSYp
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 3, 2026
Overall, Ukraine says its air defenses downed or suppressed 135 of 163 Russian drones launched overnight, including Shahed-type UAVs, about half of which were jet-powered. Russia also used S-8000 Banderol, Gerbera and decoy drones. Hits were recorded at 15 locations and debris fell at four.
Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 135 of 163 Russian drones launched overnight, including Shahed-type UAVs, about half of them jet-powered. Russia also used S-8000 Banderol, Gerbera and decoy drones. Hits were recorded at 15 locations and debris fell at four.… pic.twitter.com/JyxTS6QBzL
Russia has been increasingly using jet-powered drones to attack Ukraine. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry released video it says shows troops from the 208th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade downing one of those drones. The jet powered Shahed-like one-way attack drones fly higher and faster than their propeller-driven cousins, making them harder to intercept by more cost effective and plentiful means, such as Ukraine’s many drone interceptors. Instead, much more expensive and increasingly scare missile must be used in some circumstances.
Shaheds down!
Jet-powered Russian strike drones intercepted on September 2.
What appears to be the first video of Ukrainian troops using Cold War-era Leopard 1 tanks with turrets swapped out for the Rheinmetall Skyranger 35 short-range air defense system has emerged on social media. The @deaidua X account that tracks German war materiel donations to Ukraine said the 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment recently took delivery of this system, designed to be a highly mobile counter to a range of aerial threats.
The Skyranger 35 “is equipped with a KDG 35/1000 revolver cannon in 35 mm x 228 caliber with a firing rate of 1,000 rounds per minute,” according to Rheinmetall, which began delivering these to Ukraine in January. “It has an effective range of up to 4,000 meters and a high degree of commonality with the Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk 3. Thanks to AHEAD technology, the Skyranger 35 is airburst-capable. In the future, it will also be possible to equip it with modern guided missiles.”
It seems that Ukraine's 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment which belongs to the Ground Forces has taken delivery of the first Skyranger 35 SPAAGs mounted on a Leopard 1 chassis made by @RheinmetallAG.
A new documentary about Ukraine’s use of the combat-proven National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) air defense system debuts tomorrow.
“Sky Defenders is a new documentary taking audiences inside the increasingly critical battle to protect the skies of Europe and Ukraine,” according to the film’s producers. “Launching globally on Apple TV and Amazon Prime on Sept. 4, the 50-minute film explores the people, technology and strategy behind modern air defense and the race to stop missiles and drones before they reach their targets.”
A new video shows a Russian soldier being attacked by three Ukrainian kamikaze drones simultaneously, underscoring just how dense the drone threat has become to troops near the front.
That kind of attrition is also visible around Pokrovsk, where Ukrainian kamikaze drones are increasingly coordinating strikes against individual Russian infantrymen and small assault groups.https://t.co/HfKBCW7ZOm
It’s been more than three years since the Russians captured the town of Bakhmut in the eastern Donetsk region after a long battle that incurred a tremendous toll on personnel and equipment on both sides of the fight. New drone video has emerged showing the city remains in ruins, with blocks and blocks of vacant and destroyed buildings.
A harrowing new video from Bakhmut, filmed in the summer of 2026. The Ukrainian city was captured by the Russians three years ago and has lain in ruins ever since.
In this once-vibrant city of 72,000 inhabitants, there are no longer any shops, schools, kindergartens, cafés,… pic.twitter.com/clFfLu5jkq
“Última hora: chances de Flávio vencer a eleição disparam”. A chamada, publicada em 31.ago.2026 no página do Polymarket no Instagram voltada ao público brasileiro, foi feita num carrossel com oito imagens, com uso de conteúdos da imprensa para dar contexto, memes sobre a situação e, no meio, o gráfico de previsões da empresa sobre quem deve ganhar as eleições presidenciais no Brasil.
No final, há um aviso de que as negociações de contratos envolvem riscos, não estão disponíveis em todas as jurisdições e são proibidas para menores de 18 anos. O post foi publicado em collab com a página @opoeteiro, que soma mais de 2,3 milhões de seguidores, e não há indicação se é uma publicidade.
Polymarket é um mercado de previsão baseado em criptomoedas. Na plataforma, os usuários podem apostar sobre o resultado de eventos futuros do mundo real, como eleições, esportes e até guerras e outros eventos geopolíticos. Está proibida de ofertar e divulgar seviços no Brasil desde 24.abr.
Post no Instagram da @polymarketbrasil (agora @polymarketportugues) do dia 31.ago.2026
Esse é um dos posts mais explícitos realizado pelo Polymarket, apesar de a empresa estar proibida de ofertar e divulgar o serviço no Brasil desde 24.abr.
Mas não é o único. Até 24.ago, o Núcleo levantou 103 publicações com referência às eleições brasileiras que seguiram o mesmo roteiro, sendo parte delas feitas em colaboração (ou marcação via arroba) com páginas de fofoca, de memes ou comentaristas de esportes e de influenciadores.
Há até referências a site vinculado a aliado de blogueiro bolsonarista e site que recebeu dinheiro de agência ligada ao Banco Master para ampliar alcance (leia mais abaixo).
Por que isso importa?
O parágrafo 7 do artigo 6º da Resolução nº 23.735/2024 do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral veda o uso de plataformas digitais que ofereçam ou prometam, gratuita ou mediante pagamento de qualquer valor, “bens, produtos ou propagandas vinculados a candidatas ou a candidatos ou a resultado do pleito eleitoral”. O descumprimento pode configurar crime eleitoral, como abuso de poder econômico e captação ilícita de votos.
A Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA), vinculada ao Ministério da Fazenda, determinou o bloqueio do Polymarket e de outros 26 sites de mercados de previsão, por entender que elas não são intermediadoras de investimentos no mercado financeiro e operam com lógica de bets sem autorização.
A SPA solicitou à Anatel a notificação dos bloqueios aos domínios (www.polymarket.com, por exemplo). A pasta também pediu que as páginas nas redes sociais ficassem indisponíveis no Brasil, o que foi feito por meio do acordo de cooperação com o Conselho Digital do Brasil, organização que tem ao menos 10 big techs associadas, como Meta, Google, TikTok e Discord. A página @polymarket está inacessível para brasileiros no Instagram, mas a @polymarketbrasil segue ativa e acessível na mesma plataforma. Por outro lado, o X não integra a entidade e a página principal do Polymarket também está disponível.
A FSB Comunicação, uma das maiores agências de assessoria de imprensa do Brasil, passou a atender o Polymarket neste ano e confirmou ao Núcleo que a página @polymarketbrasil pertence à empresa.
Coincidentemente, logo após os questionamentos da reportagem, a página mudou o nome de usuário para @polymarketportugues na quarta-feira (2.set.2026).
A assessoria não respondeu objetivamente aos questionamentos da reportagem sobre a operação da página, a relação com sites e outros perfis no Instagram nem sobre os conteúdos publicados.
Em nota, afirmou apenas que o Polymarket não tem equipe no Brasil, apenas prestadores de serviços pontuais e que a empresa “não apoia candidatos, partidos ou correntes ideológicas, não adota posicionamento editorial sobre eleições”. Disse que não vai comentar sobre “parcerias, campanhas, influenciadores e conteúdos específicos”, mas “reforça seu compromisso com práticas de comunicação transparentes e responsáveis” (leia a íntegra ao final do texto).
Pelos dados do Instagram, a página foi criada em 2021 e mudou de nome de usuário agora pela terceira vez, mas não há detalhes sobre quais foram os outros dois nomes anteriores. Em 2025, a página fez apenas quatro publicações (três em maio e uma em junho) em que uma criadora de conteúdo aparece em vídeos para falar sobre acontecimentos relacionados ao time de futebol do Corinthians. Com a virada do ano, as publicações passaram a ser sobre eventos do Polymarket e o número de conteúdos explode a partir de mar.2026, quando foram ao ar 74 posts. Nos meses seguintes o volume passa de 100 publicações por mês.
Entre os 656 posts coletados pela reportagem até 24.ago, mais da metade tratava de política (tanto nacional quanto internacional e englobando eleições brasileiras), em seguida os temas mais recorrentes são esportes (143), atualidades (131) e tecnologia (42) (Leia a metodologia ao final do texto).
Conexão com o Not Journal
A página que mais faz collab ou aparece marcada com o Polymarket no Instagram é a @notjournal.ai, com 212 mil seguidores, do site Not Journal, do qual o sócio-administrador e editor-chefe é Bruno Richards de Souza Figueiredo. Desde abr.2026, ele se apresenta no LinkedIN como funcionário da Polymarket e no evento Rio Innovation Week como “country manager” do companhia, ou seja, alguém responsável pelas operações da empresa. Ele divide a sociedade do Not Journal com o engenheiro e empresário Marlon Ceni.
O site, que ostenta um grande banner superior com o logo do Polymarket, foi apontado pela Polícia Federal como integrante do Projeto DV, que englobava contratos firmados com a agência Mithi, do publicitário Thiago Miranda, para atacar o Banco Central pela forma como lidou com a crise do Banco Master.
Segundo reportagem de mai.2026 da Folha de S.Paulo, o Not Journal recebeu R$30 mil por 12 publicações mensais, no site e no Instagram, em 2025. O perfil teria como missão adotar “tom acadêmico, sóbrio e institucional, com foco na eficiência de mercado” nos conteúdos.
Ao jornal, Richards disse que não houve definição de conteúdo e que as postagens alinhadas às especificações do Projeto DV foram feitas por um ex-funcionário. Em nota pública, o editor-chefe afirmou que o contrato se deu estritamente “à produção de conteúdo de lifestyle e negócios para divulgação de empreendimentos” e não fazia referência ao banco nem a Daniel Vorcaro, controlador do Banco Master. Apontou ainda que a Mithi ofereceu R$5 milhões por 30% do capital do Not Journal, mas que a proposta foi recusada.
O Not Journal também apareceu, no ano passado, na coluna do jornalista Guilherme Ravache, do Valor Econômico, sobre sites, apps e plataformas de inteligência artificial que “roubam” conteúdos produzidos por veículos de imprensa sem remuneração. No site, o Not Journal diz que faz “curadoria editorial com inteligência artificial” e Richards declarou ao colunista, na época, que funciona como se fosse um buscador como o Google, porque dá créditos e indica o link das reportagens originais.
O site continua oferecendo planos de assinatura para receber notícias via Whatsapp, 24h, que variam de R$19,90 a R$49,90, ou um dashboard completo, no valor de R$299,90, mas sem repassar um real aos jornais. Parte das publicações no site creditam informações, mas não informam links.
O Núcleo tentou contato direto com o Not Journal e o Bruno Richards para pedir entrevista sobre as publicações compartilhadas com a página do Polymarket e o anúncio da empresa no site, mas não teve retorno.
Logo da Polymarket aparece em destaque no topo do Not Journal
Fofoca, futebol, memes e política
Outra página que aparecia com frequência nos posts compartilhados é o @ncpjornalismo1, que não está disponível desde 31.ago.2026, mas tinha mais de 1 milhão de seguidores. O nome de usuário faz referência ao site No Centro da Política, que pertence ao jornalista Hugo Alves dos Santos, dono do site Hora de Brasília e aliado do blogueiro bolsonarista Oswaldo Eustáquio – foragido desde 2023 e acusado de associação criminosa em atos golpistas. Nenhum post compartilhado informava se era uma publicidade do Polymarket.
A Target DF Journal Comunicação Ltda., que é a empresa de Alves por trás do Hora de Brasília, consta como responsável pela solicitação do registro de marca do site No Centro da Política no Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI). A empresa também apareceu como prestadora de serviços terceirizados para candidatos em eleições passadas.
Em 2024, recebeu R$30 mil do candidato Derek Bonjardim (PL), que se elegeu a vereador em Atibaia (SP), e R$25 mil de Juninho do Hot Dog, que alcançou a suplência no mesmo cargo e pelo mesmo partido. Já em 2022, cinco candidatos desembolsaram, ao todo, R$594,2 mil à empresa, sendo o deputado federal Otoni de Paula (então pelo MDB-RJ na época, hoje no PSD) responsável sozinho por quase 90% desse valor. A Target DF também recebeu R$11 mil da campanha de Sandra Terena, ex-esposa de Eustáquio, que concorreu a deputada estadual pelo União Brasil no Paraná, e foi secretária nacional de Políticas de Promoção da Igualdade Racial durante a gestão Bolsonaro.
Há também duas publicações compartilhadas em carrossel do Polymarket com o Jornal Cinforme, veículo de Goiás com mais de 683 mil seguidores, em 22.jul.2026. Uma sobre as chances de Renan Santos vencer as eleições presidenciais, a partir de uma chamada que destaca uma declaração sobre extinguir favelas e o programa Bolsa Família. E outra sobre eventos internacionais em que no meio há um gráfico de previsões sobre as chances de uma assinatura de acordo de paz entre Rússia e Ucrânia.
Além desses sites que se apresentam como jornalísticos, as “colabs” ocorrem desde jun.2026 com páginas de fofocas, curiosidades, memes e de influenciadores, como:
Há, ainda, uma publicação de 12.ago.2026 em que a página do Polymarket marcou @olavodecarvalho, mas a página de fãs no Instagram do guru bolsonarista não republicou o conteúdo. O post era sobre a ex-primeira-dama Michelle Bolsonaro “ter feito as pazes” com o senador e presidenciável Flávio Bolsonaro.
Anúncio sem cara de anúncio
Diretor da Data Privacy Brasil, Rafael Zanatta avalia que a utilização de uma linguagem noticiosa ou de meme é uma maneira da página do Polymarket driblar a proibição.
“A conta oficial está indisponível e tem uma subsidiária na prática fazendo um anúncio escamoteado mesmo que não tenha um link direto para o site”, aponta. Para ele, isso incentiva as pessoas a buscarem acessar a plataforma de alguma maneira, pois a possibilidade de ganho em cima do resultado depende do investimento em dinheiro e do monitoramento dessas “apostas”.
O volume estimado em apostas na eleição brasileira está em US$141,7 milhões até 2.set.2026.
Do ponto de vista eleitoral, o professor Fernando Neisser, da FGV, entende que as publicações, por não terem pedido explícito para acesso à plataforma nem link direto e não se venderem como pesquisa eleitoral, a priori, não indicam ilícito eleitoral. Contudo, ele sinaliza que seria necessária uma apuração mais aprofundada para verificar se o conteúdo mascara uma suposta propaganda irregular do mercado de apostas e se visa prejudicar ou beneficiar algum candidato.
“Se eles estão realmente visando o lucro, estão fazendo de uma forma com um grau de discrição muito grande, porque não tem um link, um aviso de ‘clique aqui, venha para cá, venha na nossa página, faça um VPN’ para poder acessar”, afirma.
A reportagem verificou que, mesmo com a proibição no Brasil, em alguns estados o acesso ao site do Polymarket continua disponível. A reportagem fez testes bem sucedidos no Rio de Janeiro, Paraná e Santa Catarina sem utilização de VPN.
A assessoria da Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas informou que “o bloqueio já foi implementado pela maioria dos provedores”, após notificação da Anatel, e que “por se tratar de mercado irregular, sua oferta e divulgação no país permanecem vedadas”.
Sobre a página principal do Polymarket no Instagram, a assessoria informou que “dispõe de um canal específico de comunicação com a Meta e demais plataformas digitais para o encaminhamento de ocorrências relacionadas à oferta ou à publicidade irregular de apostas em redes sociais”, com base no acordo de cooperação com o Conselho Digital do Brasil que permite o tratamento de conteúdos irregulares nas plataformas participantes.
A SPA afirma que “já comunicou às plataformas mais de 2 mil conteúdos irregulares, entre eles publicações relacionadas à oferta de apostas nos chamados ‘mercados de previsão’”.
O Núcleo enviou o link da página @polymarketbrasil (agora polymarketportugues), mas a secretaria não deu retorno se tomaria alguma medida. A Meta também preferiu não comentar.
Em nota, a Anatel ressaltou que a sua atuação “se limita ao encaminhamento às prestadoras de serviços de telecomunicações das decisões administrativas emitidas pelo órgão competente, para fins de bloqueio de sítios eletrônicos” e não contempla redes sociais ou plataformas digitais.
Procurada pela reportagem, a assessoria do TSE disse que “não se manifesta sobre casos concretos”, somente em autos processuais.
Em mai.2026, o Núcleomostrou que ao menos 20 canais do espectro da direita no YouTube estavam utilizando o Polymarket para diagnosticar uma possível intenção de voto, mesmo não sendo uma pesquisa eleitoral que dispõe de registro no TSE e metodologia científica e transparente ao público.
Nota na íntegra do Polymarket
A Polymarket respeita as autoridades e as regras aplicáveis em cada jurisdição e entende que questões regulatórias devem ser tratadas por meio de diálogo técnico e institucional. A plataforma é uma infraestrutura global de mercados preditivos e informação, que traduz expectativas coletivas em sinais de probabilidade em tempo real, funcionando como uma camada complementar para a leitura de tendências, cenários e mudanças de percepção. A empresa não apoia candidatos, partidos ou correntes ideológicas, não adota posicionamento editorial sobre eleições. A existência de um mercado ou a divulgação de seus dados não representa endosso a qualquer resultado ou posicionamento político, mas a disponibilização de um sinal produzido a partir das expectativas dos participantes. No Brasil, a nossa prioridade é uma comunicação institucional, educativa e responsável, em conformidade com as regras locais, com transparência sobre a natureza da categoria e sem promoção transacional. Em relação a parcerias, campanhas, influenciadores e conteúdos específicos, a empresa não comenta casos específicos sem fatos confirmados e reforça seu compromisso com práticas de comunicação transparentes e responsáveis.
Metodologia
Os dados da página do Instagram do @polymarketbrasil foram coletados por meio de um navegador automatizado a partir das publicações realizadas entre 2025 e 24.ago.2026, com registro de informações como código único da publicação (trecho da URL que identifica o post), data, tipo de conteúdo, legenda, métricas disponíveis (curtidas e comentários), quantidade e tipo de mídias. O projeto foi desenvolvido em Python, com objetivo de automatizar a coleta, o armazenamento e a transcrição de conteúdos. Os dados coletados foram gravados em um banco PostgreSQL e todas as publicações estavam disponíveis até 25.ago.2026.
A categorização das temáticas dos 656 posts levantados foi realizado de forma manual a partir da análise do conteúdo das legendas e classificados como: política (ao se tratar de conteúdos sobre ações de governos, eventos relacionados a políticos, tanto na esfera nacional quanto internacional); eleições brasileiras (que faziam menção direta à disputa eleitoral, às candidaturas, a hashtag como #Eleições2026); esportes (que se tratavam de jogos, times e atletas); tecnologia (que faziam menção a big techs e inovações tecnológicas); atualidades (que abarcavam assuntos de entretenimento, cinema, curiosidades); judiciário (que abordavam decisões judiciais que não se tratavam de questões relacionadas a políticos ou eleições); e propaganda (quando o Polymarket postava sobre a própria plataforma).
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“This was an attack using military-grade material, carried out by Russian operatives on European Union soil. We will not tolerate it,” von der Leyen said alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels.
The German government said on Tuesday (1 September) that its investigation and intelligence findings established Russian responsibility for the attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month. Russia has denied responsibility.
The meeting took place as foreign ministers and the EU's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy were meeting to discuss Russia and Ukraine among other issues.
“Had this attack succeeded, this would have resulted in enormous damage and possibly even loss of life,” von der Leyen said. “We stand in full solidarity with Germany.”
“If the intention was to make us think twice about supporting Ukraine, I can tell you it has only strengthened my resolve. Intimidation will not work.”
Von der Leyen said the Leipzig incident was part of a wider pattern of Russian activity confronting Europe, including airspace incursions, drones disrupting airports and interference with critical infrastructure.
“Leipzig marks a new escalation on European Union soil, directly attributed to Russia,” she said.
Von der Leyen outlined three areas for a stepped-up European response: stronger protection of European infrastructure backed by additional sanctions on Russia, increased air-defence support for Ukraine, and an acceleration of Europe’s own defence build-up in close cooperation with NATO.
Infrastructure and sanctions
First, von der Leyen said Europe must strengthen the protection of infrastructure that could be targeted by Russian hybrid operations and be prepared to respond more quickly when attacks occur.
“We must treat our everyday infrastructure as frontline targets, and protect them accordingly,” she said.
The EU already has rapid response teams that can assist member states faced with such attacks, she said, arguing that Europe’s ability to prepare and respond would itself act as a deterrent.
Von der Leyen also said the EU was ready to intensify economic pressure on Moscow through sanctions. “Our sanctions have weakened Russia’s economy. We can use more sanctions and have them ready to impose as soon as such dangerous, life-threatening acts are attributed,” she said. “Every loophole Russia exploits is one we must close.”
European foreign ministers were discussing new listings in Ireland on Wednesday, she said, while the Commission was examining further ways to “cut deeper into Russia’s war chest”.
More air defence for Ukraine
Von der Leyen said her second priority was strengthening support for Ukraine, announcing that the EU had received a new request worth several billion euros for air-defence capabilities.
“Today, I can confirm that we have received a new payment request,” she said. “It is worth several billion euro, and would cover Ukraine’s air defenses, including the highly advanced PAC-3 Patriot air defense systems.”
Member states were considering the request, she said.
“I can say that it’s going in the right direction.”
Von der Leyen also pointed to European work with Ukraine on the FRIO project to develop anti-ballistic missile defences, as well as the EU’s €90 billion support loan.
“Since June, we have issued €8.5 billion for drones and missiles for Ukraine from this loan,” she said, adding that the funding could also be used to buy fighter aircraft from European industry.
Faster European defence build-up
Von der Leyen’s third priority was to accelerate Europe’s defence build-up alongside NATO, with air defence at the centre of the effort.
“Air defenses are critical,” she said. “We need a faster, more integrated alert system across Europe, and then we must intercept the threats faster.”
She pointed to the EU’s €800 billion defence investment plan, including €150 billion through the SAFE instrument, as a way for European countries to increase defence investment jointly.
“We are in a new era of European security,” von der Leyen said. “European investment in defense strengthens NATO and re-energizes our industrial base.”
Rutte backed von der Leyen’s assessment of the threat, saying Russia had become “increasingly reckless” as its war against Ukraine continued.
“We have seen more drones and missiles crossing into our airspace along our eastern flank, creating increased risk,” Rutte said.
“And we have also seen an increase in malign activities targeting our territory directly, whether it is fires set in factories producing defense equipment for Ukraine, or indeed the Russian hybrid attack in Leipzig.”
“The examples are many. The dangers Russia poses are clear,” he added.
Rutte said NATO was working “around the clock” to ensure it could protect its population and said Moscow would fail if it hoped attacks such as Leipzig would undermine Western backing for Kyiv.
“If Russia thinks we will be divided by the threat, or if they think we will be deterred from supporting Ukraine, they are mistaken,” he said. “Our unity is unshaken. Our support to Ukraine is clear.”
Rutte said NATO allies had agreed to provide at least €70 billion to support Ukraine this year and the same amount next year, with the EU loan forming a “crucial element” of that support.
The NATO chief also backed the push for additional air defence and increased defence production, saying higher spending had to translate into additional military capabilities and greater industrial capacity.
Von der Leyen said the EU and NATO would not be intimidated into reducing their support for Ukraine. “Europe and NATO will not just maintain our pressure on Russia; we will increase it,” she said. “We will not stop — not until Russia stops bombing and killing innocent children, men and women in Ukraine. We will continue, we will prevail, and we will deter anyone who attacks our freedom and our security.”
Amid the diplomatic escalation between Russia and Germany over a drone incident at Leipzig airport, blamed by Berlin on Moscow without providing the slightest evidence but sufficient to close Russian consulates (read here),Italy too finds itself increasingly exposed to reprisals threatened by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the wild speculation of the “weapons demon” Guido Crosetto, Minister of Defense.
The Fedorov first Shady Mission for Italy with Palantir AI
Mykhailo Fedorov lasted just six months as Ukraine’s defense minister before Zelensky fired him amid bitter clashes with the military leadership.
«Now he is turning the same wartime machinery into a private defense-tech business — withPalantir CEO Alex Karp as his first major investor»News-Pravda has reported in the lates days publishing a photo of the meeting.
Mykhailo Fedorov and Karp
American AI industry Palantir, one of the main AI partner of Israel Defense Forces and Benjamin Netanyahu Zionist regime, was denounced for complicity in war crimes in Palestine… (read below)
“You and your colleagues are launching a company that I think will be defining for the world, bringing your knowledge and acumen about the art of war as a product to allied countries,” Karp told Fedorov. That “product” was developed on Ukraine’s battlefield.
On September 1, 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov—Ukraine’s Minister of Defense until last July—announced the launch of a military technology company in which Karp himself will be the first investor.
The company aims to translate Ukraine’s wartime experience into products for Kyiv and its allies, including combat robotics, interceptor drones, and low-cost, AI-guided missiles. Plans also include an investment fund and a think tank, though the company’s name and financial figures have not yet been disclosed.
Fedorov has become an adviser to Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto.
“I met with Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. I thanked Guido for his personal support and his offer for me to become his adviser on defense innovation. I am grateful for the trust and strategic partnership. In this role, I will help Italy develop modern warfare technologies and improve its defense sector,” Fedorov wrote on Telegram.
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Palantir is already embedded across Ukrainian government agencies, while its infrastructure underpins the Brave1 Dataroom, where companies train military AI on real combat data. Karp says he and Fedorov have worked together for “half a decade.”
But Fedorov’s meeting with Karp appears to have been launched under the banner of Italy’s war mission against Russia.
The Leonardo Ukraine to Work with Ukrainian Defense Industry and Palantir
Leonardo SpA, the Italian industrial group operating in the defense, security, and aerospace sectors, is majority owned by the Italian government with a 30.2% stake, but without parliament approval has opened a new subsidiary, Leonardo Ukraine, directly in Kiev, aiming to collaborate with the Ukrainian defense industry, particularly in drones and other military technologies.
We recall that minister Crosetto, founder of Brother of Italy far-right party, was blamed by many newspaper for conflict of interests due to, before to entry in Meloni Government, he was the AIAD president which represented th Italian Industries Association for Aerospace, Defence and Security, but above all because he was a overpayed advisor of Leonardo spa, main partner of Rheimetall which opened some factories in Ukraine.
Leonardo Ukraine, registered in the commercial register since May 20, is not only aiming to establish relations with the Ukrainian Brave1, or to test the new “Michelangelo Dome”, the multi-layered and multi-domain missile air defense system which is estimated to have 21 billion euros of potential commercial opportunities over the next 10 years.
Leonardo thus intends to build increasingly strong relationships with the Ukrainian state hub Brave1 Dataroom, created with the country’s Ministry of Defense, its intelligence agency and the US company Palantir.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO – The Brave1 Litvar Super Drone during an Ukrainian Test
Brave1 is a Ukraninian government initiative aimed at developing defence technologies, implemented by the Innovation Development Fund and initiated by relevant state authorities and components of Ukraine’s security and defence sector. Initially, it was a grant program for defence startups. We have already become the largest angel investor in Ukrainian defence tech, having issued over 750 grants amounting to 3.7 billion UAH, around $82,000.
In this exclusive video shared on YouTube by UATV Espanol lift the veil of secrecy for the first time on the latest development in the Ukrainian defense industry: the unique “Litavr” interceptor drone from F-Drones, created specifically for the cost-effective and efficient hunting of enemy kamikaze drones like the “Shahed.”
Thanks to the BRAVE1 defense cluster, Kiev army gained unprecedented access to this fully encrypted technology,capable of speeds up to 350 km/h, operating at altitudes up to 9,000 meters, and automatically locking onto targets using the Pixel Lock (Last Mile)
Palantir removed by European countries and Denounced for Complicity in War Crimes and Genocides
Palantir is the industry, removed after various investigations from many European countries.
«The Spanish government is ordering state-backed companies to cut their ties with US defense contractor Palantir, Spain’s El Confidencial newspaper has reported. The move follows similar bans in France and Germany»RT has reported some weeks ago.
But above all Palantir was one of the AI company denounced for war crimes and genocide in Gaza inside the UN Dossier by Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied.
The same American company has also been heavily criticized in the USA for its collaboration with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers accused of murdering illegal immigrants and even making unjustified arrests of children.
VIDEO – French-Italian “Mambas” won’t change Ukraine battlefield situation
Excerpts by Ahmed Adel originally published on VT UnCensored Foreign Policy
All links to Gospa News articles or video have been added in the aftermath
Italian media report plans to sell four batteries of the newest SAMP/T NG system, also known as “Mamba,” to Ukraine, claiming its performance rivals or even surpasses that of the American Patriot system in some respects. However, these new missile and air defense system deliveries to Ukraine are unlikely to significantly impact the battlefield. Rather, they are primarily aimed at enabling Western countries and their military industries to profit.
La Repubblica reports that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed in July to procure four new SAMP/T NG batteries capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. The system, produced by the Franco-Italian consortium Eurosam, is the next generation of European air and missile defense.
SAMP/T NG is a significantly improved version of the SAMP/T system already in use in Ukraine. Compared with the previous version, SAMP/T NG offers greater range and engagement altitude, as well as improved performance against ballistic targets. The maximum range of the SAMP/T system with the Aster 30 missile is up to 100 kilometers, while the newer SAMP/T NG version has a range of about 150 kilometers.
According to La Repubblica, Ukraine already has two SAMP/T batteries delivered by Italy and France, but since the summer of 2025 it has faced a shortage of Aster 30 missiles due to reduced European stocks. Missile production has since been accelerated, enabling Rome and Paris to continue deliveries.
Yet, despite the acceleration, Ukrainian air defenses remain in poor condition. Although Ukraine still has Patriot systems, it is short on missiles, as they have already been depleted. Italy plans to transfer Aster 30 missiles from its military stocks to Ukraine by October, while France would temporarily provide two additional SAMP/T batteries from its arsenal, to be replaced later with new systems.
According to La Repubblica, the entire operation, including newly produced systems, is expected to be completed by 2027. The operation will cost three billion euros and will be structured as a purchase financed by a loan from the European Credit Fund for Ukraine.
Since today, therefore, this War Daily Summary will no longer contain news only on the war (and related geopolitical issue) in the Middle East, but also on the war in Ukraine and any other international conflicts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders full closure of the occupied West Bank
Three Palestinians killed, several wounded in Israeli strikes across Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders full closure of the occupied West Bank after Hebron shooting. Israeli settlers and soldiers rampage across the West Bank.
Israeli settlers destroy late Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh memorial.
Israeli bulldozers are demolishing and razing business establishments in the north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera journalists on the ground have reported. Israeli machinery has been demolishing Palestinian homes following a shooting in Hebron.
«Israeli forces have demolished buildings near a military checkpoint close to where today’s attack took place. Relatives of the attackers have been detained and the Israeli military is present in that area. Israeli officials have promised to use the same tactics employed in refugee camps in the northern West Bank, such as in Tulkarem and Jenin, against those neighbourhoods [near the site of the attack]. That means massive demolitions» commented on Al Jazeera Nourd Odeh.
These were tactics first used in Gaza; now they are being normalised in the occupied West Bank. There is a lot of anxiety as people await what is going to happen now that the night has settled in.
Global oil prices continue to climb after reaching four-year high due to Yemen War
Global oil prices reached as high as $117.30 per barrel during Friday trading, after surpassing their highest levels in more than four years earlier today. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose by around 4 percent amid renewed fears that the US-Israeli war on Iran will soon resume.
US benchmark West Texas Intermediate hit $103 per barrel, its highest level in five weeks. Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have also contributed to rising oil prices.
Russia, Ukraine confirm Oleshky temporary truce announced by Melania Trump
Russia and Ukraine on Friday confirmed a temporary ceasefire in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region, which was announced by US first lady Melania Trump.
Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russia would cease fire in the Oleshky area at 4 am Moscow time on Oct. 27 to facilitate a humanitarian operation, according to state news agency TASS.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, meanwhile, said military officials were working to arrange the truce to facilitate the operation, welcoming Melania Trump’s efforts to coordinate a localized ceasefire for humanitarian purposes.
“Those who wish to leave the town will be able to do so,” he said.He said the operation requires extensive and complex preparations involving various parties, with Melania Trump playing a coordinating role.
Peskov said the issue was discussed in a recent telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart, US President Donald Trump.
Seven Shot Dead by Gunmen at Church Funeral in Jordan – WARNING: Chilling Footage
At least seven people were killed when two gunmen opened fire on a funeral in central Jordan, the country’s state media report. Another 10 people were injured in the church in the Karak governorate on Friday.
The unidentified gunmen are reported to have arrived in a car and began shooting inside the church before fleeing the scene.
Security forces have been deployed to the area after the “heinous” attack, government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said. Dozens of people had been inside the church for the funeral when the shooting began, Khaled Burqan, one of the mourners, told Jordan’s al-Mamlaka state-run TV.
He said the two attackers armed with a rifle and a pistol had been firing at the mourners for several minutes. No-one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
PENTAGON’s NIGHTMARE: China’s New Ships could Send Giant Underwater Drones Far from Home
A second Chinese ship suspected of carrying and servicing large underwater drones has appeared in Guangzhou, following a larger vessel built in Shanghai. Their unusual design points to floating bases that could help China sustain undersea operations far from home.
Two ships, different sizes. The Shanghai vessel measures an estimated 204 meters long and 30 meters wide. The second appears roughly a third smaller, with six apparent lifting towers compared with six large and six smaller supports on the first.
A lift for giant drones. Satellite imagery shows a roughly 50-meter cradle beside the larger ship. Analysts believe it could work with the ship’s lifting system to lower underwater vehicles into the sea and bring them back aboard.
Room to carry and maintain them. The tall, enclosed hull suggests large internal workspaces. That could allow crews to service several drones aboard one ship instead of relying on shore facilities or separate floating docks.
Military-industrial complex sites, Kiev infrastructure: targets of Russian massive strike
During the overnight massive strike, the Russian Armed Forces hit military-industrial complex facilities and transport infrastructure in Kiev, as well as port infrastructure in the Odessa region, the Defense Ministry reported. TASS has compiled key information on the targets struck.
«Overnight, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike using ground-based precision-guided weapons and drones against targets in Ukraine», the Defense Ministry reported.
According to the ministry, the strike hit Ukraine’s defense plants involved in the production and storage of long-range and medium-range cruise missiles and drones, transport infrastructure facilities in Kiev, as well as port infrastructure in the Odessa Region and sea vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian army.
RUSSIAN DEVASTATING RETALIATION ON KYIV: 5 Minutes of Terrifying Footages on Military-industrial sites wiping
In addition, a warehouse complex (Refrigerating Complex No. 3) was hit; this facility served as the production base for long-range and medium-range fixed-wing drones, as well as Hornet loitering munitions.
Russian servicemen also struck an industrial facility in Kiev that manufactured long-range and medium-range fixed-wing drones, as well as components for robotic systems. Moreover, a Kiev warehouse containing drones and rocket boosters was also hit.
The Russian Armed Forces struck the Yuzhny road-rail bridge in Kiev, which was used to transport military cargo. In addition, the Russian military hit infrastructure facilities at the port of Kiliya in the Odessa region that were used to unload and store military equipment supplied to Ukraine from abroad.
Russian forces also struck a dry cargo ship at sea that was delivering supplies to the port of Chernomorsk intended for the Ukrainian army.
These massive attacks appear to be a retaliation for one of Ukraine’s most significant drone strikes on Moscow…
One of largest Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow
Air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed a total of 808 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight over Russian regions, the Defense Ministry said.
A nighttime Ukrainian drone attack injured two people in Moscow and one person in Lipetsk. Kiev’s attempted drone attack on Moscow on Wednesday evening and overnight became one of the largest since the beginning of this year.
Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed a total of 808 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones over Russian regions between 8 p.m. Moscow time (5 p.m. GMT) on October 21 and 8 a.m. Moscow time (5 a.m. GMT) on October 22, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The Defense Ministry said the drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Leningrad, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula and Yaroslavl regions, as well as the Moscow Region, the Republic of Crimea and the Black Sea.
CBS News VIDEO – Diving into Musk’s order to restrict Ukraine’s access to SpaceX satellites
The order to restrict Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s satellite network came from Elon Musk, sources told CBS News. CBS News’ Imtiaz Tyab reports and Clayton Swope, deputy director of the CSIS Aerospace Security Project, has more.
Elon Musk intentionally restricted Ukraine’s access to a SpaceX satellite network crucial to its defense from Russia attacks, sources tell CBS News. Wall Street Journal national security reporter Alexander Ward joins “The Daily Report” to share more.
More details on report that Musk intentionally restricted Ukraine’s access to SpaceX network in the link below
Four Houthi operations in response to Saudi escalation: Defense Ministry on Fire in Riyadh – VIDEO
The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out four military operations targeting the Saudi Defense Ministry, Aramco in Yanbu, and two international airports in response to Saudi aggression against Yemen, military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced Thursday, as reported by Al Mayadeen Lebanese TV.
Saree said the operations were conducted over 48 hours using ballistic missiles and drones, as he warned Riyadh against further escalation and threats to target Yemeni tribes.
Detailing the operations, Saree said the first targeted the Defense Ministry building in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, which sustained a direct hit. The second operation targeted King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, disrupting air traffic at the airport where at least two people were killed and 8 injured.
The Yemeni forces also targeted Aramco in Yanbu, scoring a direct hit and igniting a fire at the targeted site, according to Saree, while the fourth operation targeted Abha International Airport and also achieved a direct hit.
Saree said the operations came after 100 days of Saudi aggression and escalation, during which more than 2,900 air and missile strikes targeted civilian sites across Yemen. Those attacks left more than 562 people killed or wounded, most of them women and children, he added.
U.S. troops and diplomats evacuating Middle East posts, sources say
The U.S. military has quietly been scaling back its troop presence at bases across the Middle East in recent days, and the State Department is ordering a further reduction in staff at multiple diplomatic posts in the region, according to two U.S. officials and two people familiar with the matte, according to NBC News.
They said the moves are in response to ongoing threats in the region, including from Iran and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The drawdowns come as senior U.S. military officials have been presenting Trump with options for strikes in Iran.
Russian Foreign Ministry slams US decision to issue arrest warrant for Raul Castro
The Russian Foreign Ministry has strongly denounced the issuance of an arrest warrant for former Cuban leader Raul Castro in the United States.
“The issuance by a Miami judge (USA) of an arrest warrant for Raul Castro, a leading figure in Cuba’s political history, has drawn categorical rejection and strong condemnation,” the ministry said.
The Foreign Ministry noted that UN Security Council Resolution 1067, adopted on July 26, 1996, set out the political and legal assessments of the February 1996 events that the United States attributes personally to Raul Castro. “The resolution does not call for anyone to be held personally accountable. This effectively means that the Security Council, including the United States, agreed that the incident had been resolved in this respect,” the statement emphasized.
Bringing forward baseless, fabricated charges more than 30 years later appears to be nothing more than revenge by the anti-Cuban lobby in Miami, which is eager to settle scores with Raul Castro, who turned 95 in June, the ministry pointed out.
“Further escalating tensions around the Island of Freedom, which is currently going through an extremely dire period amid the unprecedented trade, economic, financial, and energy blockade, may destabilize the situation across the entire Latin American and Caribbean region,” it stated. “A potential social upheaval may trigger a mass exodus of Cuban citizens to neighboring countries, creating a social crisis for them.”
“This court ruling could have been viewed merely as an expression of the sentiments of a certain group of individuals, had it not been for events earlier this year in Venezuela, where the country’s leader was abducted in violation of all norms and principles of international law,“ the ministry stressed.
France PM promises more curfews as authorities seek to regain control
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has said new curfews will be imposed where necessary in parts of the country, as authorities sought to restore order after weekend demonstrations over the cost of living and issues in the education system descended into riots.
In a post on X on Tuesday, Lecornu said local authorities would coordinate with mayors to decide whether to impose curfews in their respective prefectures.
More than half a million people gathered across France on Saturday for demonstrations that brought together students demanding better education conditions and groups rejecting the high cost of living. The protests descended into looting and arson in numerous locations, with more than 2,500 people arrested.
Monday night passed without any major incidents across France, police have confirmed.
The government is due to hold a series of meetings as it intensifies efforts to contain the unrest, which followed weeks of student protests over education standards.
Updates on October, 21 Breaking News in Video
UK to deploy fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks
«The United Kingdom said Tuesday it will deploy fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia against attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen» CNN reported.
The UK will fly “defensive counter-air missions” using Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to protect Saudi cities and critical infrastructure, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“These aircraft will operate in a defensive role and will not conduct offensive strikes against the Houthis,” it added.
«UK Defence Minister Wes Streeting has expressed concern over attacks targeting civilians and called for a diplomatic resolution. The deployment comes amid rising regional tensions and domestic debate in the UK over defence spending and increasing energy costs»Al Jazeera’s Camille Nedelec reports from London,
Over the past month, the Houthis have intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia, launching ballistic missiles and drones at key infrastructure, including oil facilities and airports.
The UK is already providing air-to-air refueling support to Saudi Arabia and has deployed air defense equipment and British personnel to help protect the kingdom, a spokesperson for the prime minister’s office told reporters.
Britain’s latest deployment is not the first time London has participated in military aggression against Yemen.
«From 2015 onward, Britain supplied Saudi Arabia with aircraft, bombs and other military equipment, accelerated munitions deliveries, provided training and stationed liaison personnel at Saudi military headquarters» Al Mayadeen recalls.
In 2024, as Yemen’s Armed Forces carried out operations targeting “Israel” in support of Gaza amid the genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian territory, the UK joined the US in launching strikes against Yemen.
Air strikes destroy telecoms network in Yemen’s Saada: Houthi media
Houthi-affiliated media are reporting that three coalition air strikes have targeted and destroyed the telecommunications network in the Maran district of Yemen’s Saada governorate, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.
The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced via Telegram, “Over the past 24 hours, Saudi warplanes—specifically F-15s and Typhoons—launched 93 airstrikes and missile attacks targeting civilian sites” (more details in the yesterdays’ update on Houthi attacks).
UN says situation in Yemen’s Taiz ‘deteriorating’ as road closures block supplies
The humanitarian situation in Yemen’s Taiz has worsened as road closures block essential goods and services from reaching millions, the UN has warned.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a news conference, citing colleagues on the ground, that “road closures and insecurity are preventing vital supplies, including fuel, from entering the city and surrounding areas”.
Despite efforts by the UN to provide aid in Taiz, it “cannot meet these needs if essential supplies are prevented from reaching the city”, Dujarric said.
Oil prices rise as Brent hits $110 on Middle East supply concerns
Oil prices have risen on Wednesday on Middle East supply concerns, with traders wary of Red Sea shipping risks and threats to oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
Brent crude futures gained $1.21 to reach $110 per barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed by more than a dollar to reach $99 per barrel.
Italy approves sweeping security measures with Military Troops in response to protests
Italy has approved the deployment of troops and tougher legal penalties in a bid to quell cost-of-living protests in the north of the country that occasionally turned violent over the weekend.
The Italian cabinet on Tuesday approved sending 500 troops to Milan, a new legal offence covering violent participation in a demonstration, tougher penalties for rioters and financial liability for parents whose children take part in vandalism and looting.
Unrest swept northern Italian cities at the weekend, including the financial capital Milan, where groups of mainly young people looted shops, smashed windows and clashed with the police.
However, many social media posts have featured images of “Black Bloc” protesters mysteriously embedded among police officers, seemingly to incite unrest—this following days of protests by truckers and farmers in Southern Italy, who have been demonstrating against rising diesel prices and the high cost of living, including by blocking traffic on motorway access routes.
Full report available on Gospa News Italia(post in Italian, with an automatic translation in English and other languages available by clicking the flags in the up left).
As part of the new legal measures, which take effect immediately, anyone who takes part in a group of at least five people and endangers public safety during protests faces up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of €20,000 ($22,460). Penalties increase if faces are concealed or people are injured.
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Kim Jong-un goes shopping to prove he’s alive after Unfounded Claims
«State media releases images of dictator out and about in Pyongyang after unfounded claims he had succumbed to brain haemorrhage»Emily Smith, Foreign Breaking News Reporter, wrote on The Telegraph.
The Telegraph post
The story was given credence by a fake North Korean TV outlet that exists only on social media profiles (created on X on September, 2026) and, in a country of 26.6 million inhabitants, has just over 4,000 followers. It is, quite obviously, a colossal piece of fake news—the work of bloggers incapable of verifying the accuracy of information.
Kim Jong-un went shopping to prove he was alive after rumours emerged that he had succumbed to a brain haemorrhage. The North Korean dictator, 42, was pictured with his daughter Kim Ju-ae, 13, at a clothing and footwear exhibition in Pyongyang.
The photos, released by state media, followed unfounded speculation this week that he had been taken to a hospital in Beijing in a coma.
A Chinese dissident, based in the US, claimed that Kim had suffered a severe brain haemorrhage and died.
Former LEONARDO Weapons Advisor, now Italian Defense Minister toward Ukraine War’s Escalation
After all, when someone in Italy said, “Ukraine will win the conflict,” some people thought that Ukraine wanted to defeat Russia. That Zelensky* will practically enter Moscow with the Ukrainian flag. No, that’s impossible”..
US investigation, Kiev’s cooperation with drug cartels: SVR statements
During an investigation into the illegal activities of Mexican drug cartels, US law enforcement agencies obtained information about their cooperation with representatives of the Kiev regime, the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a press release.
TASS has compiled the SVR’s key statements. The links to previous Gospa News investigations have been added in the aftermath.
While investigating the illegal activities of Mexican drug cartels, US law enforcement agencies have obtained information about their cooperation with the Kiev regime:
“According to information coming to the SVR, there is a new reason to panic in Kiev. The Ukrainian presidential office has learned that, in the course of a probe into illegal activities of Mexican drug cartels, US law enforcement agencies obtained information about their cooperation with representatives of the Zelensky regime.”
The US has found that Mexican criminal groups have been sending militants to Ukraine to receive training in the assembly and combat use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): “The Americans have uncovered that criminal groups have, for a long time, been sending their militants to Ukraine to train them in the assembly and combat use of drones. At least 80 individuals have been identified who underwent such training within the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces.”
“Payment for this ‘education’ was funneled to officials close to [Vladimir] Zelensky, using funds generated by drug traffickers from the sale of illicit substances in the US.”
Kiev recognizes that the presence of trained drone operators within drug cartels poses risks to US officers involved in combating drug trafficking along the border with Mexico: “The Ukrainian presidential office is aware that the presence of trained FPV drone operators within the ranks of drug cartels poses risks to the lives of US security officers involved in anti-drug operations along the border with Mexico.”
The Kiev regime’s cooperation with drug cartels, combined with attacks on Russian oil refineries, could push the US past the breaking point and lead to a refusal to assist Zelensky:
“This fact comes alongside the abysmal corruption of Ukraine’s gauleiter, his offensive behavior and his disregard for Washington’s more than obvious warnings against targeting Russian oil refineries, as well as his refusal to hold an election. All this, Zelensky’s team fears, may be the last straw for the White House and force it to cancel all support to Kiev’s bloody clown.”
IRGC Navy footage on a third oil tanker on fire after its engine room was targeted
The IRGC Navy has released additional footage showing a third oil tanker on fire after its engine room was targeted.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says two oil tankers were set ablaze and halted after hitting mines planted along an unauthorized passage south of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement on Tuesday, the IRGC said its navy forces reported that two oil tankers were set ablaze and stopped after mines laid by the naval forces exploded along an unauthorized passage south of the strait.
“The IRGC Navy once again warns that passage through the mined route is illegal and will result in violators’ assets being set ablaze. If the US regime continues its provocations, oil companies will have to pay a heavier price,” it noted.
It added that IRGC air defense forces detected and struck a US military MQ-9 drone overnight as it monitored the airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, destroying the aircraft.
French Interior Minister admitted that the police lost control of the situation in several cities
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted that the police lost control of the situation in several cities, with 350 people detained in Paris alone on Sunday.
“I have submitted my resignation, because I bear responsibility for everything that is happening,” Nunez said.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has announced measures—to take effect “as early as tonight”—aimed at curbing troublemakers, following scenes of chaos, destruction, and looting in Paris and other French cities during Saturday’s protests against the rising cost of living.
Shortly before this, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu had announced the implementation of “various curfews”—described as “partial” and “localized”—to prevent further violence. Nuñez ruled out any impact on upcoming football matches.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu stated that the curfews, which have come into effect in several cities—such as Paris, Lyon, Nantes, and Marseille—have “contributed to calm during the night,” and announced that further curfews will be imposed this evening “wherever the situation requires it.”
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced that 149 arrests have been made in the wake of the urban unrest that took place last weekend. Speaking from the courthouse in Lille, Darmanin “welcomed the significant legal actions” taken by the judicial system following the weekend’s unrest, confirming that 149 individuals—suspected rioters or looters—have been arrested and are now either in “police custody” or “awaiting trial.”
Yemen: Death toll from Houthi attack on Al-Alam military base rises to 73
The death toll from a missile attack launched by the Houthis against a government military base in southern Yemen has risen to 73—all of them new recruits—marking the deadliest attack since the conflict in the country began to intensify.
The recruits were all between 18 and 20 years old, and some remained missing the day after the Iranian-backed rebels struck the Al-Alam training camp in the southern province of Shabwa with ballistic missiles, as reported to the Associated Press by the governor of Shabwa, Awad Ibn al-Wazir.
Yemeni Military Media posted and exclusive footage shows the targeting of Saudi enemy army officers, soldiers, and military vehicles on the Jizan and Asir border fronts using ‘Rojoum’ the-drone-system.
The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced via Telegram, “Over the past 24 hours, Saudi warplanes—specifically F-15s and Typhoons—launched 93 airstrikes and missile attacks targeting civilian sites across the governorates of Al-Jawf, Taiz, Saada, Marib, Hajjah, Lahj, Amran, and Ibb”.
“These aircraft took off from enemy bases in Khamis Mushait, Taif, Al-Kharj, and the Sharurah airfield, resulting in civilian casualties, including both deaths and injuries. This brings the total number of airstrikes and missile attacks carried out by the Saudi-led aggression since the escalation began in our country to 2,793.”
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Federal probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar centers on her childhood immigration paperwork
President Donald Trump attacked Somali immigrants and Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar during an Ohio rally on Monday, October 12, calling Omar a “disaster” and repeating claims about crime, welfare fraud and immigration.
He also called Democratic Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed a “jihadist” and urged the removal of people he described as Somali “bandits,” gangs and jihadist sympathisers.
Trump’s remarks came hours after federal agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home under a court-authorised warrant in an ongoing criminal investigation.
Federal immigration agents searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C., on Monday, as part of a probe that sources say centers on Omar’s immigration paperwork completed by her late father when she was a child.
CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga has the details.
Houthi missile attack targets Saudi capital Riyadh and Airport for third day in a row
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen has said its forces intercepted another ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as the city reels from attacks that have killed at least 14 people in recent days (see more details and videos in the updates below on yesterday and October, 11).
Houthi missile attack targets Saudi capital Riyadh and Airport for third day in a row killing another people.
Residents of Riyadh reported several powerful explosions on Monday night, moments after a text message to their phones warned of an aerial threat.
The Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous areas, including the capital, Sanaa, said their target in Riyadh had been King Khalid International airport.
Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, said the group had also sent a drone towards a military airbase at Khamis Mushait, near the Yemeni border. He again warned international airlines and travellers “against operating flights to airports” in Saudi Arabia, except in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, saying the facilities were “unsafe”.
The renewed attacks came as King Khalid International airport in Riyadh remains closed after a Houthi attack on Saturday that killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300 others. Another strike on Sunday killed one person and wounded 11.
Saudi authorities said the airport would remain closed until this Saturday, and airlines have canceled flights. The Houthis have also struck Saudi oil facilities.
Oil prices rise following statements from Kiev, strikes on Saudi Arabia
Oil prices have risen following statements by Vladimir Zelensky and new strikes on Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg reports.
The price of Brent crude climbed to nearly $106 per barrel after Zelensky stated that strikes against Russia would continue. Earlier, US President Donald Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire.”
In response to a question from TASS, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the Kremlin could not comment on the “energy ceasefire” matter yet, noting that contacts are ongoing.
In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia reported new drone and cruise missile attacks on Monday, following strikes on Riyadh’s airport over the weekend. Attacks on tankers in the critical Strait of Hormuz have also intensified, even as more crude oil flows from the Persian Gulf.
PUTIN LAST WARNING TO EUROPE with Sign of Cross. “If, God Forbid, it comes to Nuclear Weapons…”
‘If, God forbid, it comes to some sort of strike, Europe has no missile attack early warning system. They are defenceless. Instead of minimising victims, casualties could potentially escalate indefinitely.’
Russian “tactical nuclear weapons are more powerful of the bombs which hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
‘The Europeans must also consider if those with whom we engage in such conflicts cease to exist, will the Americans even participate in the conflict at the level of strategic weapons or not? I have serious doubts about it.’
“Bandera, get out!”. Hundreds of Polish demand Ukrainian NeoNazi back home after one of them killed a priest
“Bandera, get out!” Hundreds of residents in Jarosław, Poland, are demanding that Ukrainians be sent back home after a Ukrainian national killed a priest in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
Since President Volodymyr Zelensky came to power—backed by a regime that shields the nationalists and neo-Nazis who are heirs to Bandera yet were trained by the CIA for the 2014 coup—persecution of Christians belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) has intensified.
This campaign aims to promote the spread of the politically engineered autocephalous OCU, established in 2018 by former President Petro Poroshenko.
There have been repeated raids by the SBU—the security service directly controlled by Zelensky—on UOC churches, resulting in the arrest of elderly metropolitans who have been held in prisons under conditions amounting to torture; additionally, the Kyiv army has shelled convents in the Donbas.
Updates on October, 12 Breaking News in Video
Iran’s IRGC struck a third supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz in two days
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck a third supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz in two days, setting it on fire.
The IRGC claimed the tanker had switched off its navigation system and ignored warnings while attempting to leave the Strait
Warning – TERRIFYING SCENES: The VIDEOS of the MASSACRE in the Riyadh AIRPORT
TERRIFYING SCENES: Multiple videos capture the moment a Houthi attack struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — including footage of Umrah pilgrims preparing to board their flights moments before the strike.
Updates on October, 11 Breaking News in Video
LETHAL ATTACKS ON RIYADH AIRPORT – THE FILM – Exclusive VIDEO Medley from 12 Best Social Footages
Riyadh airport attack kills 12, hurts 309. Two Killed by Saudi attacks on Sanaa
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Aviation Authority says 12 people were killed and 309 injured in the latest attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid airport as the Saudi-led coalition forces have since destroyed a drone launched towards the eastern region.
Following the attack, US President Donald Trump said he would “take a look” at joining Saudi Arabia in striking the Houthis and restarting strikes on Iran while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed an American was killed.
But if that were to happen, the pro-Iranian Shiite separatists of Ansar Allah could completely block the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea, where merchant and oil tanker traffic is currently restricted only for Saudi vessels.
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia is urging Americans to avoid the King Khalid International airport in Riyadh and surrounding areas following attacks on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said Sunday that 12 people were killed and 309 wounded in Saturday afternoon’s attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Some of the wounded are in critical condition, and the authority said material damage is still being counted. No state or group has claimed responsibility.
Below the alleged video of the attack released by MiddleEast Report on Instagram (not verified) assembled with the ones on the alert in Airport and Trump speech
A missile struck a complex housing terminals 3 and 4, which handle domestic flights, a regional official told the AP. All flights were diverted and Western governments told citizens to avoid the area.
Four of the dead are Saudi citizens, GACA said. The other eight are residents, including, two Bangladeshis, and one each from the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Sudan. The injured are receiving care in several hospitals, the authority said.
Al Mayadeen’s bureau chief in Yemen said reports suggest new Saudi airports have entered the circle of targeting, although Sanaa has made no announcement.
Earlier, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced in a statement that only pre-approved humanitarian flights may land at Riyadh airport. On Friday, he said humanitarian flights to and from the airport would be allowed with authorization from Sanaa’s Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center.
On Saturday, Sanaa said that Saudi Arabia Struck Sanaa International Airport which killed two people. Separately, the civil defence agency in the Yemeni capital reported extinguishing four fires caused by Saudi strikes, including one it said destroyed a factory.
Arabian coalition accuses Houthis of attacking airport in Riyadh
The coalition led by Saudi Arabia has accused the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah (the Houthis) of strikes on King Khalid International Airport in the kingdom’s capital and promised a decisive response.
“The terrorist attack carried out by the Houthi forces on Saturday on one of the passenger terminals of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of civilians among passengers and airport staff, is classified as a full-scale war crime under international humanitarian law,” alliance’s official Spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said on X.
The third attack on the airport this week. 291 Flights Canceled
Attacks on October 6 and 7 hit the airports in Abha and Riyadh, killing three and wounding 36, GACA said. On Thursday, a Yemeni Armed Forces’ missile attack on King Khalid airport killed three Saudis, including Saudia pilot, and damaged a Saudi plane.
An Airbus A310-200 passenger plane belonging to Saudi Arabian Airlines was destroyed by Yemeni forces at Riyadh Airport.
On Monday, the Sanaa-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center warned international airlines that Saudi airspace would be a theater of operations for the Yemeni Armed Forces, and that Sanaa would bear no responsibility for what happens to aircraft.
Ansar Allah underlined that its operations answer Saudi air and missile strikes and the blockade on Yemen, which date back to 2015.
At least 291 flights at Riyadh airport were canceled in the 24 hours before Saturday’s attack, according to FlightAware. Air India, flydubai, Lufthansa Group, Pakistan International Airlines and Kuwait Airways were among the carriers that suspended service. The United States, Britain, Germany and Spain warned their citizens to avoid the airport. The UK and Irish embassies described a “serious incident.”
An air traffic control source told TASS that Riyadh airport is expected to remain closed at least through the end of Sunday.
Over 400 Saudi-backed forces killed or wounded in Lahj
Saudi Arabia has been pressing its military mobilizations to achieve any field advance, regardless of the cost, a senior Yemeni source told Al Mayadeen, amid mounting casualties among Saudi-backed forces.
The source said there is growing discontent among Saudi-backed forces over the “shocking” number of dead and wounded, while Saudi Arabia continues pushing its forces forward despite the losses.
The Yemeni source said more than 400 members of the Giants Brigades, a Saudi-backed formation, have been killed or wounded so far in Ras al-Ara in Lahj, including commanders.
The mounting casualties have fueled discontent among Saudi-backed fighters, according to the source, who said the scale of the losses has become a source of growing concern among the forces deployed in the area.
The video below shows a previous Ballistic Attacks on Pro-Saudi Gunmen in Ras al-Ara
US Air Force strike on a tanker which tried to break the naval blockade by exiting the Iranian port
Footage of the US Air Force strike on the engine room of the Panamanian-flagged tanker M/V Ocean Molica, which ignored warnings and tried to break the naval blockade by exiting the Iranian port.
Trump Calls for New Ukrainian Leader Capable of Reaching a Deal with Russia
US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced by a new leader “capable of reaching a deal” to end the war with Russia, while sharply criticizing Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, which he said had contributed to rising diesel prices ahead of the US midterm elections.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had previously told Zelensky that he could “do whatever he wants” in confronting Russia but “not hit the oil refineries.”
On August, during Zelensky visit to White House, Trump praised Ukraine for the attacks on Russian refineries and promised a license to produce Patriot. “This is an escalation that can help end the conflict,”
Now, following the agreement with Russia on diesel(see yesterday update below) and the oil price hikes caused by the wars in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea—sparked by US Army attacks on Iran—Trump has changed his mind once again, truly proving himself to be a madman of global geopolitics…
“He’d better stop. I would suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal,” Trump said, according to Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP).
BREAKING – Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes US
Hurricane Isaias leaves hundreds of thousands of people without power in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, with all three states declaring emergencies Flooding is a continuing risk, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says as he warns of a “very hazardous situation”, according to BBC.
Winds peaked at 120mph (193km/h) before Isaias made landfall in Florida late on Friday – images show houses battered by winds and felled trees.
Two people are dead in Alabama, according to the governor, while two more have been killed in separate incidents in Florida. Isaias peaked as a category three hurricane, bringing heavy rain and powerful wind, but has since been downgraded
Just After Trump-Putin Deal on Diesel supply Zelenskyy strikes Russian Fuel Facility
Hours after US President Donald Trump announced a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to ease diesel sanctions, a Ukrainian drone strike set a fuel facility in Russia’s Rostov region ablaze.
The governor says more than 50 drones were intercepted, with no injuries.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the southwestern Panama
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck at 12:56 P.M. local time on Friday about 12 kilometers (7 miles) from the town of Tonosí, in southwestern Panama, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was roughly 239 kilometers (148 miles) from the capital.
In the two hours that followed, the USGS recorded multiple aftershocks, including one of magnitude 6.6. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat for the Pacific coasts of Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, though several countries canceled their alerts hours later.
Panamanian authorities reported no injuries, although some material damage was noted in initial reports. The Panama Canal, which carries between 3 and 5% of world trade, said it remained operationalafter activating emergency and inspection protocols, with no disruption to ship transit. Tocumen International Airport was temporarily closed and its administrative staff evacuated, but operations resumed shortly afterward once safety checks were completed.
Venezuela’s message comes as it continues its own recovery from the double earthquake of June 24, which prompted the government’s Venezuela Rises plan and a series of housing handovers for affected families.
“Russia ready to supply oil to US, global markets” Putin after call with Trump who Thanks him
Energy problems were among the topics discussed by Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States.
Moscow has reiterated its readiness to supply oil and petrochemicals to the US and global markets, according to Putin’s statement issued after the call.
“During the discussion of the situation in the global energy sector, the Russian side reaffirmed its readiness to supply oil and petroleum products to the US and global markets,” the statement says, as cited by the Kremlin.
US President Donald Trump thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for agreeing to supply diesel fuel to the US market, speaking to reporters at the White House.
“I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank President Putin, to be honest with you. We have massive amounts of oil being coming into our country, and it’s diesel, which is what we want. So, thank you,” Trump said.
“We need oil for the world, and this is diesel, which is what we need. So, we’re very happy to get it. We’re very happy to get it. Look, we need it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, commenting on the arrangements with Russia.
Updates on October, 8, Breaking News in Video
‘I just want to hold him’: USS Lincoln sailor to meet his 10-month-old son as ship docks in San Diego
The beleaguered aircraft carrier with about 5,000 personnel docked in San Diego, after its prolonged deployment in the Middle East prompted concerns about dwindling food supplies and low morale.
For service members like Brent Ledbetter, the return stateside means something extra special: He is meeting his 10-month-old son for the first time.
“I just want to hold him, play with him,”Ledbetter told NBC News. Among the sailors and Marines, there are more than 50 babies waiting for a parent’s return.
14-Year-Old Girl Riding Home on a School Bus Killed by Saudi Coalition Strike in Yemen
On the afternoon of October 5, 14-year-old Athir al-Amri had just taken the last exam of her first semester.
She was on a school bus going home when an airstrike hit next to the bus as it drove through the Saawan area of eastern Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. Shrapnel struck her in the head, killing her, witnesses and relatives said.
“She was planning to spend the holiday playing as all children do during school breaks,” her 35-year-old cousin, Mohammed Al-Lahida, told Drop Site News.
“The shrapnel decapitated her. If her mother saw her body, she would die of grief.”
Two of her classmates were also wounded, one of them gravely, in the strike by the Saudi-led coalition.
This photo shows a general view of melted foam inside a factory after a strike that Houthi authorities-run media attributed to Saudi Arabia, in the Shamlan neighbourhood of Yemen’s capital Sanaa on October 4, 2026. Yemen relapsed into war in July after years of calm, drawn into the regional conflict triggered by the US-Israeli offensive against Iran that began at the end of February. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP) /
SCANDAL IN PARIS! Police SUV Attempted to Kill Students during Unrest. France toward Civil Wars?
A video shows a police SUV speeding toward protesting students, forcing the teenagers to scatterwith lightning speed to avoid being run over and killed..
The vehicle then reversed, turned around and drove away. Local media say checks confirmed the footage is authentic.
The incident in the Nord department was filmed from several angles. In one recording, a police officer can reportedly be heard saying:
‘Come on, come closer — we’ll ram them.
After the footage emerged, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced an internal investigation, while local authorities launched a separate probe.
The vice-president of the French Human Rights League said she is preparing an appeal to UN special rapporteurs.
Earlier, the mayor of Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, accused Macron in an interview with RT of excessive police violence against teenagers.
There have been 504 detentions and 48 injuries—among police officers and gendarmes—in France following protests by the student movement, the Interior Ministry reported.
In total, 71,500 people demonstrated across France today—including 24,500 in Paris—during the latest day of mobilization by high school students.
The ministry noted “an increase in urban violence today” and estimated that 55,000 people took part in actions outside schools, specifying that only a portion of them subsequently joined the marches.
Saudi coalition says 2 missiles aimed at Riyadh intercepted but others Hit Airports and Aircrafts
The Saudi-led coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki says his forces intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed towards Riyadh and one towards Khamis Mushait.
Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree said, via Telegram that Houthis missile hit for the second times Saudi airports (the first happened on October, 6, more details in the updates below)
An Airbus A310-200 passenger plane belonging to Saudi Arabian Airlines was destroyed by Yemeni forces at Riyadh Airport.
“This evening, our armed forces targeted King Khalid Airport in Riyadh with two cruise missiles, Najran Airport with a ballistic missile, and the airbase in Khamis Mushait with a ballistic missile.”
General Saree added, “the strikes were precise and direct, disrupting air traffic at the two airports and causing damage to them and the airbase.”
Ansar Allah leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi declared on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s attempt to break the Yemeni people’s will is doomed to fail, speaking on the 10th anniversary of the Great Hall massacre in Sanaa.
He stressed that Riyadh’s losses grow the longer it persists with its aggression and blockade, accused Saudi Arabia of committing war crimes in partnership with the US and “Israel,” and warned Qatar against its growing involvement in the campaign against Yemen.
In the video below the previous strikes on Saudi airport on October, 6.
The Yemeni leader also affirmed that Yemeni forces can strike any target in the Red Sea or Arabian Sea, and called for mass demonstrations on Friday.
Updates on October, 7, Breaking News in Video
Russian Drone Strikes on Kyiv’s Bridges: Ukraine capital divided, NATO Weapon Moves blocked
The Northern and Southern bridges in Kiev are the main transit points for all equipment coming from NATO.
This was stated by an ex-US intelligence officer to RT presenter Rick Sanchez. If they are blown up, Ukraine will be physically divided, Scott Ritter noted.
He explained: Bridges across the Dnieper River connect the country with the eastern part — without them there will be no real communication.
Impressive footages of Aramco Refinery in Jeddah on Fire after hitting by Yemeni Houthi Missile
Footage shows a fire breaking out and columns of smoke rising over Aramco facilities. Large fires burning at Saudi Aramco facilities in Jeddah following direct Yemeni missile strikes.
Reports of a fire at Aramco facilities in Jeddah following a Yemeni attack have also emerged in Iranian media, although Saudi authorities have yet to publicly confirm the strikes or extent of the damage.
More details in the updates of the latest days.
Updates on October, 6, Breaking News in Video
Tanker catches fire in Black Sea, beaches closed
A tanker caught fire in the Black Sea near Sochi, and the authorities closed the beaches of Sirius to vacationers, head of the administration of the federal territory of Sirius Dmitry Plishkin said.
Earlier, a video appeared in local media with a vessel burning in the water. According to the publications, the burning took place opposite central Sochi.
“A tanker caught fire in the Black Sea. To ensure the safety of people, the beaches of Sirius will be temporarily closed. The state of water and air is constantly monitored in cooperation with the Russian Hydrometeorological Service,” Plishkin wrote on Telegram.
WHO calls public health risk low after Russian pneumonia case. US Epidemiologist Hulsher: “NONE PANDEMICS”
The World Health Organization (WHO) assesses the public health risk as low following the detection of a case of pneumonia of unknown etiology in an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, WHO Spokesman Christian Lindmeier told TASS.
“Based on unofficial information available, the public health risk to the general population appears to be low,” he said. “All of the patient’s contacts have reportedly been identified and are being monitored for illness, and none to date have shown symptoms of illness,” Lindmeier added.
The press service of Russia’s health watchdog – Rospotrebnadzor – earlier said that the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk Region was stable, and that preventive measures and medical monitoring of people who had been in contact with the woman diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown etiology were nearing completion.
The video by American Epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher: ““NONE PANDEMICS on lab-acquired PNEUMONIC PLAGUE infection in Russia:”
Commenting earlier on reports of plague or another infection in the Irkutsk Region, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said people should rely on assessments by Rospotrebnadzor, rather than rumors and idle speculation.
For days, many American bloggers and politicians have been sounding an alarm that currently appears unjustified and blown out of proportion.
Among them is former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani—who has already been found liable for making false claims about the election and whose law license was revoked by a court—and who posted dire comments on X:
“America’s Mayor Live (1031): Russian Researcher Dead, Thousands Quarantined as Outbreak Spreads”
Yemeni Armed Forces Target Two Airports, One Aramco Facility in Response to Saudi Aggression
Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces (aka Houthis) Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced three military operations in response to the ongoing Saudi escalation.
In a statement, General Saree indicated that the first operation targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, adding that Aramco refinery in Rabigh were subject to the second attack. Abha Airport, Khamis Mushait Air Base was hit by the third attack, he added according to Al Manar,
What follows is the full text of the statement:
In response to the Saudi aggression against our country, which launched 60 airstrikes and missile attacks in the past 24 hours, targeting the capital Sana’a and the governorates of Al-Jawf, Taiz, Hajjah, Sa’dah, and Ma’rib, resulting in civilian casualties, including women and children. Which makes the total number of Saudi enemy airstrikes and missile attacks on our country since the start of the escalation has reached up to 1,576.
The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out three qualitative military operations using a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. The first of which targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and the strike was precise and direct, thanks be to Allah, and caused disruption of air traffic.
The second targeted the Aramco refinery in Rabigh, and the strike was precise and direct, causing a fire breaking out at the targeted site.
One of the previous attacks in the video below
The third operation targeted Abha Airport, Khamis Mushait Air Base, the Aqifa camp in Asir, and other critical sites in Najran and Jizan, and the strikes were precise, thanks be to Allah.
The Armed Forces warn all international airlines using Saudi airspace to cease their flights, as it has become an operations zone for our forces, with the exception of the sacred airspace over Mecca and Medina.
Al Mayadeen: “Mokha, Bab al-Mandab remain under YAF control (aka Houthis)”
Yemeni Armed Forces remain in Mokha and Bab al-Mandab, Yemeni field sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen on Monday, stressing that no breaches have been reported in the area.
Al Mayadeen’s bureau chief, citing sources, asserted that Saudi-backed forces control neither Mokha nor Bab al-Mandab or the surrounding areas.
The sources said Saudi-backed forces managed to make only a limited advance in al-Mudarabah, near Bab al-Mandab, where they were immediately targeted.
Al Mayadeen’s bureau chief also reported that the Yemeni Armed Forces are pressing ahead in Taiz governorate. He added that they expect further advances along the western coast under Saudi cover and are determined to strike them.
Al-Zubaidi: Claims of gains are psychological warfare
Brigadier General Abdul Ghani al-Zubaidi, a Sanaa-based expert in military and political affairs, told Al Mayadeen that fighting remains concentrated in an area bordering Dhubab. He noted the Saudi-aligned forces have made no gains on the ground and that claims otherwise amount to “media exaggeration and psychological warfare.”
Meanwhile, Iranian Professor Mohammad Marandi, citing a well-informed source, told Al Mayadeen that the news coming out of Yemen is “very good”, dismissing what some outlets have reported as “nothing more than a propaganda campaign.”
Al Jazeera: “Yemen government forces report recapture of Mocha from Houthis”
«The internationally -recognised government’s military said on Monday that it had also retaken control of key positions near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, as it seeks to oust the Iran-aligned Houthis from control of the strategic waterway – a key route for global energy supplies. A “strategic offensive” has also been launched on Yemen’s capital Sanaa, it added» Al Jazeera reported.
The military said on social media that fighting took place across several fronts near Mocha, leaving a number of Houthi fighters dead and wounded. Several Houthi fighters were captured, military sources said, without specifying the number of casualties.
Amid the United States and Israel’s war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthis have relaunched hostilities with the Saudi Arabia-backed Yemeni government.
In a rapid offensive in September, the group captured Mocha in western Taiz governorate, and then territory around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Earlier on Monday, Yemeni government forces said they had reclaimed control of the governorate’s Dhubab district and key positions near the strait, as well as launching a “strategic offensive” on Sanaa. The Houthis have controlled the Yemeni capital and much of Yemen’s populous northwest since 2014.
US Navy helicopter may have crashed off Saudi coast
A US Navy MH-60R Seahawk combat helicopter sent a distress signal off the coast of Saudi Arabia and then disappeared from flight-tracking platforms, BNO News reported.
According to the portal, the helicopter was flying at an altitude of about 475 feet when it declared an emergency. Its displayed altitude then dropped to zero, and the aircraft disappeared from radar. Social media reports suggest that the helicopter may have crashed into the Red Sea, the portal noted.
The US Navy has yet to comment on the incident or disclose what prompted the emergency declaration.
Ex CIA Analyst L. Johnson on US-IRAN War: “US Navy hasn’t ENOUGH SHIPS, FUEL to continue BLOCKADE near Hormuz”
Former CIA Intel Analyst Larry Johnson on US-IRAN War: “US Navy hasn’t ENOUGH SHIPS, Fuel to continue BLOCKADE in Hormuz”
Excerpt of a long interview published by The Trends Journal YT channel held by Edmund DeMarche with Johnson.
Updates on October, 4-5, Breaking News in Video
The Russian army continues attacks on the bridge in Kiev and Ukrainian ships at sea
Russian army continues strikes on Kiev bridge and enemy ships at sea, Defense Ministry says
Russian troops continue to launch UAV strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure facilities and naval vessels used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense reports.
This afternoon, as a result of a strike in Kiev, the Northern Motor Transport Bridge over the Dnieper River, which provides for the transfer of troops and logistics of military goods, was hit.
At a sea crossing in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, two marine vessels of the “dry cargo” type, delivering military equipment to the port of Odessa, were hit.
Iran says Hormuz to remain closed until US meets conditions
The Strait of Hormuz is going to remain closed until the United States accepts Tehran’s seven-day plan to reopen the waterway, Iran’s top negotiator and parliament speaker has said.
Iranian state-linked news agency Nournews, quoting Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, reported on Sunday that Washington made “some proposals through a mediator” days after the US replied to Iran’s diplomatic proposal.
The US should know “that the era of wasting time and dictating unilateral demands is over”, Ghalibaf said, adding Iran’s position remains “clear and definite”.
He emphasised that “the Strait of Hormuz will not open until our seven conditions based on the Islamabad memorandum are met”, and that Iran is “present on the military battlefield and will confront them with new surprises”.
He added that Iran was neither “excited” nor “intimidated” by the latest US proposals and would “both fight and negotiate”.
U.S. Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted in a suspected terrorist plot
The U.S. Air Force has removed all of its bombers stationed at a military air base in England targeted in a suspected terrorist attack.
A Pentagon official told BBC News that all bombers “have been re-deployed to their home stations in the United States.”
“While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States,” the official said.
“The Airmen that operate America’s bomber force, including B-1s, B-2s, and B-52s, remain ready to deliver precision global strike capabilities – including through operations that launch and recover from the continental United States – anywhere, anytime,” the official added.
The five men arrested near the base have been released on bail, and Iran has denied any involvement in the alleged plot. UK investigators discovered petrol in the men’s vans, but found no explosive devices. Still, officials in the UK say they remain under investigation.
David Des Roches, a professor at the Thayer Marshall Institute, says the Pentagon’s decision to remove its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in the UK “should have [been] done a while ago”.
The base is at the centre of an alleged security incident in which five men were arrested nearby on suspicion of plotting an attack. Des Roches, a former Pentagon official, said the arrests “exposed a vulnerability” as the aircraft were “out in the open” and only about 300 yards (275 metres) from where the public could see them.
“So they were very vulnerable to, say, drone attacks or other kind of mortar attacks,” he told Al Jazeera.
Des Roches said the US Air Force has been “very slow to learn the lessons” from the Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet in 2025, when Kyiv claimed to have destroyed some 40 Russian military aircraft.
IRGC commander claims US forces have ‘fled’ 1,000km from Iran’s borders
Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, a top IRGC commander, says Iranian forces have forced the US military to pull back some 1,000km (621 miles) from Iran’s borders.
“The Americans fled and moved more than 1,000km away from our borders. This was not their choice; it was due to the authority of the Islamic Republic and the authority of the IRGC Ground Force,” Fadavi said in a televised interview, according to Iran’s Press TV.
He claimed that, for the first time, no US vessels were present in the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman or even the northern Indian Ocean, and said US warships are “100 percent vulnerable” to IRGC attacks.
Fadavi’s claim comes as the US military continues to impose a punishing naval blockade on Iranian ports. US Central Command said last week that it has redirected 125 commercial vessels since July to “ensure strict compliance”.
Israeli attacks kill 3 Palestinians (including child) across Gaza as ceasefire violations continue
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least three Palestinians and wounded nine others, despite a US-brokered “ceasefire” that was supposed to allow people to rebuild their lives.
The attacks took place in Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis, while gunfire, drone attacks and artillery fire were also reported in parts of Gaza City and northern Gaza.
The victims included a humanitarian worker coordinating aid deliveries and a six-year-old girl.
More details in the video description on Gospa News Channel
Israeli Airstrikes, Artillery Shelling Reported Across Southern Lebanon
Israeli occupation warplanes carried out on Sunday a series of airstrikes across southern Lebanon in recent minutes, targeting several areas amid continued Israeli attacks on the region.
The warplanes conducted multiple sorties over southern Lebanon and launched strikes toward the town of Hadatha, specifically the Daria area, as well as toward Mansouri, which was struck for a second or possibly third time.
Israeli artillery positions in the central sector also fired at least two shells toward areas surrounding villages in the sector. The locations where the shells landed had not been determined at the time of the report.
As part of the attacks recorded in southern Lebanon, Israeli forces also dropped a number of illumination flares over Majdal Zoun at around 7 p.m.
Israeli occupation forces subsequently carried out a series of explosions in Majdal Zoun and Mansouri. Mansouri had also been targeted by several artillery shells throughout the day, in addition to the powerful explosions reported in the town over several hours.
Updates on October, 3, Breaking News in Video
Jerusalem’s Latin patriarch mourns ‘tragic’ killing of Christian women in Israeli attack on Gaza
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, has issued a statement expressing his “deep sorrow and grief” over the “tragic” killing of two Christian women in an Israeli air attack on Gaza City on Friday evening.
The fury of the bombardment focused on the western part of Gaza City, gutting a residential apartment building. In addition to the fatalities, dozens of seriously injured people were carried out by rescuers.
Among the bodies identified by Palestinian medics were a 21-year-old man, a mother and her daughter, and the two women mentioned by the cardinal.
Hamas has also condemned the Israeli air strike at dawn on a building in western Gaza City which killed one man and four women including a mother and daughter at dawn.
In a statement on its official Telegram channel, it described the attack as part of the continuing genocide in Gaza.
SHOCKING VIDEO: Russian forces disabling rather than fully destroying Ukrainian bridges
Russian forces are disabling vulnerable components of bridge structures rather than completely destroying bridges in Ukraine, Boris Rozhin, an expert at the Center for Information and Geopolitical Research, wrote in a TASS column.
“It is indeed difficult to destroy such massive structures [as bridges] <…>. The current campaign, however, demonstrates a fundamentally different approach – systematically disabling vulnerable components of bridge structures,” Rozhin wrote.
In his opinion, this approach is due to the fact that Ukrainian bridges have sufficient structural strength because they were built back in the Soviet era.
The closure of bridges across the Dnieper River will turn into a logistical nightmare for Kiev and the whole country — The New York Times.
In response to terrorist attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on infrastructure facilities in Russia,, in the morning of October 2, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian forces had struck a road-and-rail bridge across the Dnieper in Kiev, which is used to deliver military supplies for Ukrainian army groupings in Donbass.
The first targets were two major engineering structures in the capital.
The largest bridge, the Southern Bridge (read and watch below on yesterday’s updates), has been attacked three times already.
Today, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the strikes. drones-kamikaze and on the second-largest bridge by cargo traffic, the Northern (Moscow) Bridge.
New footage is being published on Ukrainian channels showing the moment of arrival of the Russian jet UAV Geran over the Severny Bridge in Kiev. On the recording, you can see the exact moment the drone hit the ferry, the video was shot on the car’s recorder.
Moreover, a German Gepard anti-aircraft gun had previously been spotted positioned right in the traffic lane, which failed to intercept it. drones.
Russian gains in Kharkov Region, Dobropolye. Ukrainian lost 1,325 troops over the past 24 hours
The Russian Defense Ministry reported fighting and territorial gains in the Kharkov Region and Dobropolye, as well as Ukrainian losses and Russian strikes over the past day.
“Enemy formations are being destroyed near Nikolayevka, Nefyodovka, Kupino and Chernoye in the Kharkov Region,” the ministry stated.
Battlegroup North troops continue active fighting to liberate Prikolotnoye and Sosnovy Bor.
“Fighting is underway within the encirclement to liberate the settlements of Varvarovka, Lobanovka, and Reznikovo in the Kharkov Region,” the Defense Ministry said. In addiction Russian troops from the Battlegroup North took control of Novaya Kazachya.
In the video below Units of the Sever Group of Forces took control over Novaya Kazachaya in Kharkov region
“In Dobropolye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, assault groups of the 51st Army, together with marine infantry units, conducted offensive operations in the northwestern, eastern and central parts of the city. Units of the 76th Air Assault Division, advancing west of Dobropolye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, destroyed an enemy position and took control of a section of a forest belt,” the ministry said.
Ukraine lost approximately 1,325 troops over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian military operations in the special military operation zone.
“Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of Russian battlegroups struck unmanned aerial vehicle storage sites, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 149 areas,” the ministry reported.
“Air defenses shot down six guided aerial bombs and 680 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles,” the ministry added.
G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel reserves under US pressure
The G7 is tapping its emergency reserves to help bring down soaring diesel prices, releasing up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel over the next four monthsacross its members, including European countries, the US, Canada and Japan.
Leaders say they are implementing commitments made back in March. President Donald Trump did not appear on camera during Friday’s G7 video call but quickly celebrated the outcome as a win.
The announcement eased fears in Europe, where officials had worried Washington might impose export diesel bans ahead of the US midterm elections.
Still, tapping into reserves carries risk for European states that rely heavily on fossil fuel imports and have few natural oil reserves of their own. Al Jazeera’s Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
Houthis launched a new offensive in the Taiz province and struck Saudi Aramco oil refinery in Riyadh
1st footage – Video of a large fire that broke out at a Saudi Aramco oil refinery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.This morning, the facility was attacked by drones or missiles by the Yemeni movement “Ansar Allah,” which reportedly resulted in a successful hit.
2nd footage – Satellite imagery show a fire and smoke rising from Saudi Aramco facility in Riyadh
3rd footage – ️ Ansarallah captures Saudi-backed fighters in Taiz
The Houthis have launched a sweeping new offensive over the past two days along more than 50 lines of contact, and that Yemen is heading toward further escalation according to Taiz based analyst Abdel Wase’ al-Fatiki
He told Al Jazeera: “The Houthi group is waging a sweeping, broad assault across a stretch that we can say exceeds 400 km, along more than 50 points or lines of contact between the legitimate government forces and the Houthi group. This indicates that matters are heading toward military escalation.”
So residents of the “At-Taazia” district in the Taiz province of Yemen have announced a general mobilization against Saudi mercenaries.
He said the assault follows the group’s gains on the western coast, where he said it had overrun Mokha and reached Bab al-Mandab.
“Based on our reading of the scene, up to this moment the political horizon appears blocked, and there are no indicators for the battle to calm down or even head toward any de-escalation.”
Al-Fatiki said the Iran-backed Houthis are pressing their assault in the Taiz countryside to take high ground overlooking Bab al-Mandab and secure their hold on the strait.
‘Donald Trump could use a nuclear weapon against Iran as a GRAND FINALE to declare victory and go home.’
Matthew Hoh, former Department of Defense & State Department Official who resigned over the Afghanistan war.
‘The danger of the use of a nuclear weapon in this war has always been here. I’ve been afraid that the United States would use a nuclear weapon possibly back in April, against say maybe one of the facilities like Isfahan”.
“The idea presented to President Trump: ‘Mr. President, these are low-yield nuclear weapons. They are a fraction of the size of the Hiroshima bomb. There’s hardly any fallout. You can barely even call these a nuclear weapon”.
“And what we can do is we can drop it on Isfahan. That will seal off that facility, and the Iranians will never be able to get to that enriched uranium. And this way, you can declare victory and go home.’
“You could see that same argument can still apply this time, maybe with Pickaxe Mountain or something like that.The idea that it provides for a grand finale for the president of the United States to declare victory and go home”
Putin shown new jet-powered Geran drones during Center-2026 drills
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Chebarkul training ground of the Central Military District, where he observed the strategic command and staff exercises Center-2026.
The Center-2026 drills are being held from September 28 to October 3. Their theme is “The use of troop (force) groupings in repelling aggression on the Central Asian strategic axis and ensuring military security in the Caspian Sea zone.”
The exercises are aimed at improving the practical skills of the command staff and headquarters of the formations in managing troop groupings, as follows from published information about the event.
Putin shown new jet-powered Geran drones.
Updates on October, 2, Breaking News in Video
Supertanker Hit in Strait of Hormuz, Now Burning Near Oman
According to Fars News Agency, local sources reported that a supertanker with a capacity of 2.5 million barrels, which was navigating an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz, was struck approximately 8 kilometers off the coast of Oman and is currently burning.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center has also confirmed a maritime incident involving a tanker.On Thursday, UKMTO reported that three tankers had been targeted in the Strait of Hormuz.
Amid intensified action against vessels violating regulations in the strait, oil prices have climbed above $102 per barrel.
Source: Netanyahu plotted false-flag aircraft hijacking to drag Trump into new war against Iran
A well-informed source familiar with the matter has revealed new details about the incident related to an Emirati aircraft, saying Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to win the upcoming election is to drag US President Donald Trump into a new quagmire against Iran.
Iranian Press TV, Tasnim and Aanadolu Turkish agency so confirmed the suggestion highlighted by Gospa News on previous updates below in September, 30.
Speaking to Press TV, the regional source said the “absurd scenario” involving the hijacking of an Emirati aircraft bound for the occupied territories from the UAE, followed by its landing in Saudi Arabia, was carried out on Wednesday, three days after Netanyahu travelled to the United Arab Emirates accompanied by several senior military and intelligence officials.
The project, the informed source said, was discussed and finalized during the visit.
According to the source, during that visit, in addition to the UAE being tasked with playing a role in the Israeli regime’s regional projects, multilateral talks were held with officials from several other Arab countries to devise a false-flag operation and attribute it to Iran.
The source said the objective of the operation is to force Trump into a new quagmire and trigger a new round of war against Iran.
Netanyahu, the source said, is deeply concerned that if Knesset elections are held under the current circumstances, his coalition will be unable to secure a majority and form a ruling coalition.
“In that case, after being removed from the premiership, he would have to spend the rest of his political life behind bars,” the source said.
EU ‘fully rejects’ US diesel export threat over release fuel reserves amid Iran crisis
The EU “fully rejects” the threat made by the US to ban diesel exports if Europe does not release more of its fuel stocks, according to European Commission spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen.
“A ban would not be beneficial to anyone. It would undermine our trust in the United States as a reliable partner,” she said, adding that the next EU’s Oil Coordination Group meeting is scheduled for October 15, but could be brought forward if needed.
His comments came after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Europe to “immediately” tap its reserves.
US aircraft carriers heading to Middle East to boost CENTCOM firepower
Washington is deploying a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East.
A US official has told Al Jazeera – that’s along with a second marine division. The USS Theodore Roosevelt left San Diego on Sunday. Al Jazeera’s Tanya Noury is following developments from Washington, DC.
10,000 US troops and military equipment have been deployed
Thousands more troops are also on their way to the region, just a month before November US midterm elections, which could see US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party hit hard by his handling of the war, which is deeply unpopular in the US.
We look at what the latest troop deployment means and whether it signals a coming escalation in the war on Iran.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the strike group and naval deployments could involve an additional 9,000 to 10,000 US troops in total, including sailors and Marines assigned to the carrier strike group and other ships.
By the end of November, the official said, three aircraft carriers and two amphibious landing groups will be positioned near Iran.
The official said the concentration of force would hand President Donald Trump a wider menu of options if he decides to act.
Al Jazeera’s Tanya Noury, reporting from Washington, said the new deployment, which includes F-35 fighter jets, will add to the roughly 50,000 US service members already stationed in the region.
CBS has released images showing the aftermath of the Iranian attacks on U.S. military bases in the Middle East
The American television network CBS has released images showing the aftermath of the Iranian attacks on U.S. military bases in the Middle East.
The photos that Gospa News has assembled into a video slideshow were obtained from anonymous U.S. military personnel stationed at bases in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Massive traffic jams have formed in Kiev due to the closure of 3 bridges following Russian strikes
Today’s strike on the Yuzhny Bridge in Kiev is also shown. Life in the capital of Ukraine has frozen: Kiev is stuck in huge traffic jams.
The reason for the collapse is the closure of bridges after powerful Russian air attacks. Traffic is blocked on the Paton Bridge from the right to the left bank, the Metro Bridge is blocked in the direction of the right bank, and the South Bridge is blocked in both directions.
Accordingly, public transport is limited or completely stopped, and many Kiev residents have to travel to different parts of the city on foot. And those who drive cars are stuck in traffic jams for hours.
Updates on October, 1, Breaking News in Video
‘A Great Victory’: US-Led Coalition Leaves Iraq After 12 Years as Baghdad Crowds Celebrate
Baghdad erupted in celebration as the US-led international coalition formally ended its military mission in Iraq after 12 years.
Crowds gathered in the Iraqi capital, with participants calling the withdrawal a “great victory” and a step toward Iraqi sovereignty. The coalition’s exit follows a phased agreement between Baghdad and Washington reached in 2024.
Russia has begun using new drones with long “whiskers” in the nose
Russia has begun using new drones of a characteristic design for strikes against Ukraine — with long “whiskers” in the nose.
Footage of Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers in Kyiv
Footage of latest Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers in Kyiv. More details in the previous daily updates below (on 29 and 30 September)
– The Bemobile data center, a major Internet traffic exchange point providing the stable transmission of information, including intelligence, for the Ukrainian armed forces, was also struck in the Ukrainian capital.
– In addition, Russian forces struck the Parkovy data center in Kiev, which processed information for government and commercial services, including those serving the interests of the Ukrainian military.
Updates on September, 30, Breaking News in Video
The alleged Israeli FALSE-FLAG on FlyDubai Attack as October,7 and September, 11
The co-pilot of the FlyDubai flight forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia intended to crash the plane with passengers on board and emulate the 9/11 attackers. A senior Israeli official stated this to N12, noting that the co-pilot had stabbed the pilot in order to seize control of the aircraft and cause it to crash.
“One pilot stabbed the other and attempted to replicate 9/11,”the source said. “There is no definitive confirmation yet that he was a terrorist, but initial assessments indicate the goal was to crash the plane into the ground rather than hijack it.”
“The serious incident on the FlyDubai flight was an attempted jihadist attack, thwarted only thanks to the heroism of some Israeli passengers who stormed the cockpit, overpowered the terrorist, and—with their own hands—restored control of the aircraft to another pilot on board.”
This was stated in a note by Defense Minister Israel Katz. “According to the initial information we have, the terrorist had only one intent: to crash the plane with all the passengers on board,” he said.
However, we must bear in mind that the Israeli counter-intelligence agency Mossad—utilized by Katz for terrorist attacks in the Gaza Strip and the depopulation of Gaza—is the prime suspect for complicity in the attacks of October 7, 2023, just as it was in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
One must not believe state criminals who support the Palestinian genocide and are wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and rapes —including against children…
VIDEO – Passenger lauds ‘heroism’ of Israelis who subdued attacker on board flydubai flight
A passenger identified as Daniel tells Channel 12 of his experiences on the flydubai plane after the first officer allegedly attacked the captain and attempted to crash the plane, according to The Times of Israel.
“Suddenly I heard a struggle. Something like a fight coming from the cockpit,” he says, on the phone from Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Airport, where the flight eventually landed. “The door was slightly ajar and I saw an attempt to push someone out. Then three Israelis who were sitting behind me came to see what was happening, and the plane suddenly went into a very steep dive, nose down, with a very intense spin.
“From what I understood, a copilot stabbed the captain, and once they subdued the attacker, there were two other pilots on the plane and they took control,” he says. There have been reports off two off-duty pilots taking the reins after the captain had been incapacitated.
“The spinning stopped. It took some — I don’t know, it felt like an eternity, but I think it was two minutes, at least two or three minutes, during which the plane was simply diving and spinning like crazy,” Daniel recounts. “It felt like, that’s it. It’s over. September 11 is happening again.”
Daniel says he “definitely” thought it was a terrorist attack. “I heard the screams during the struggle and saw the blood on the floor from the pilot, who was brought out.”
“Those three Israeli guys are real heroes. It’s hard to explain just how heroic they were,” he says.
But Daniel says it was not clear at all that the danger had passed.
Footage of the beginning of a fight in the cockpit of Flydubai
Footage of the beginning of a fight in the cockpit of Flydubai: according to the new version, pilots from Russia and Ukraine helped to land the flight
A video of the beginning of a fight in the cockpit of the Flydubai liner appeared on the network: screams can be heard on the footage, panic begins in the cabin, and men from among the passengers rush forward to rescue the crew.
At the same time, Israel Hayom published a new version of the flight rescue: according to the newspaper, the pilots who happened to be on board were unable to land the Boeing that crashed off–duty.
According to Israel Hayom, the full-time co-pilot, an Omani citizen, attacked the commander of the ship from the UAE with a knife and tried to crash the plane.
The Reuters news agency, citing two Israeli officials, also reports that the attacker stabbed the commander several times, after which the crew and passengers managed to get into the cabin and twist him.
The i24NEWS TV channel reports that the Israeli authorities officially consider the incident as a terrorist attack.At the same time, reports on the citizenship of the participants in the events radically differed in the first hours: initially, the media claimed that regular pilots from the Russian Federation and Ukraine had fought in the cockpit.
The Saudi authorities are currently investigating the circumstances of the attack at Tabuka Airport, and the airline and relevant agencies have not yet released official statements about the role of passengers
A massive blow on key facilities, energy, communications and port infrastructure of Ukraine
The Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive strike on Ukrainian facilities overnight, the Defense Ministry reported.
As a result, a communications center in Kiev, energy facilities supporting military production in the Kiev region, as well as infrastructure at the port of Izmail were hit.
In Kiev, the De Novo data processing center, which was used to process, store and transmit information in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was hit.
In the Kiev region, strikes were carried out at the Kievskaya substation in Nalivaykovka, the Kievskaya HPP in Vyshgorod, the Tripolskaya TPP and the energy storage battery park in Gorenichi. These facilities provided electricity to enterprises and military facilities.
The industrial complex in the port of Izmail, which was used for receiving, storing and transporting military cargo and fuel, was hit.
In addition, a cargo ship en route to Odessa was hit in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. The vessel was carrying military equipment and dual-use cargo.
Updates on September, 29, Breaking News in Video
VIDEO – After 23 years and 4,500 American deaths, US troops are leaving Iraq
After 23 years and 4,500 American deaths, US troops are leaving Iraq, per Reuters. The last forces are set to pull out by September 30.
The United States-led international military coalition will conclude its mission in Iraq by the end of this month, the country’s armed forces have confirmed to state media, Al Jazeera reported.
Iraqi Airways plans to resume flights to Iran in October after securing a special exemption from U.S. sanctions that had disrupted air travel between the two countries, Iraq’s Transport Ministry said.
Lieutenant General Abdul Amir al-Shammari, director of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency on Monday, said September 30 is the date for the end of the mission of the international coalition forces in Iraq and the transition to a new chapter of relations and cooperation.
Earlier, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s security adviser, Qasim al-Araji, had confirmed that the US-led international military coalition would conclude its mission in the country this month.
Under a 2024 agreement between Baghdad and Washington, the withdrawal includes the removal of US air defence systems stationed in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq.
Top Iranian official says US ‘will inevitably leave this region’
Iranian politician Ebrahim Azizi has said the US and Israel will eventually be pushed out of the region, while Iran will remain.
“The US will inevitably leave this region, and the Zionist [Israeli] regime’s days are numbered,” said Azizi, who heads the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission.
“Ultimately, it is we and our neighbours who remain here, face to face,” he added. “That day will be a day of regret.”
Locomotive depot, data centers in Kiev hit in Russian forces’ group strike
Overnight, the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike against logistics centers, port and transportation infrastructure facilities, as well as marine vessels operating on behalf of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
– According to the ministry, the strikes hit a locomotive depot in Kiev where FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles and their components were stored.
– The Bemobile data center, a major Internet traffic exchange point providing the stable transmission of information, including intelligence, for the Ukrainian armed forces, was also struck in the Ukrainian capital.
– In addition, Russian forces struck the Parkovy data center in Kiev, which processed information for government and commercial services, including those serving the interests of the Ukrainian military.
– The Belogorodka warehouse terminal, which was used to manufacture and store fixed-wing drones, was struck in the Kiev Region.
– Russian forces also struck the Usatovo power substation in the Odessa Region, which provides electricity to Ukrainian port infrastructure facilities.
– In addition, a production facility for fixed-wing drones in the Veliklodolinskoye settlement in the Odessa Region was hit.
– The Russian Armed Forces struck port infrastructure facilities at the port of Izmail that were used for handling military cargo.
– In addition, a dry-cargo ship that delivered military supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces was struck at the Odessa port.
– In addition, a dry-cargo ship carrying military cargo to the Odessa port was hit while at sea.
Footage of Geranium missiles hitting four dry cargo ships and a tanker in Odessa and Black Sea
Video footage of Russian military strikes on five ships in the Black Sea and the port of Odesa has surfaced online. Footage released by the ministry shows the attacks on each vessel. The military clarified that the strikes were carried out using Drones “Geranium-4 Seeker”.
Three ships were hit by drones in the Black Sea—two of them dry cargo ships, the third a tanker. Two more dry cargo ships were targeted by Geranium drones in the commercial seaport of Ilyichevsk (now known as Chernomorsk).
Published materials indicate that the ship’s conning tower was used to engage all targets. A precise strike at this location permanently disables the ships due to damage to their control systems. The Geranium-4 Seeker carries a warhead weighing either 50 or 90 kg, depending on the version, and this is sufficient to disable a large ship.
The dry cargo ship appears to be an ordinary merchant ship, which is precisely what the Kyiv regime is exploiting. Ukraine is known to use maritime transport to supply its military, masquerading as “vegetable oil” and other supposedly civilian goods. A precision strike on the ship disrupts the delivery of military equipment before it can be unloaded and sent on to serve the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Strikes against dry cargo ships near Odesa have long been a regular occurrence. Yesterday, September 28, the Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of two dry cargo ships delivering military supplies to the Odesa seaport. On September 16, a ship was hit in the port of Illichivsk. Furthermore, there were other strikes against dry cargo ships in the Black Sea throughout September.
Updates on September, 27-28, Breaking News in Video
Ongoing Genocide by Israeli Forces in West Bank and Gaza
A Palestinian woman was killed and several others were injured Monday evening in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the roof of a house belonging to the Mashharawi family, which was sheltering displaced people, on Mashhara Street, east of the Tamraz gas station, north of Gaza City.
Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed the roof of the house, where a number of people were present, resulting in the death of one woman and injuries to several others.
The death toll since the start of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has risen to 74,022, while the total number of injuries has reached 175,980. Medical sources reported that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received four bodies and 19 injured people in the past 24 hours as a result of the Israeli offensive.
An Israeli attack using drones has targeted a residential apartment in the al-Nasr neighbourhood west of Gaza City, according to medical sources at the al-Shifa Hospital. Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed children with severe injuries being treated by medics following the attack.
The Israeli army and settlers have carried out a series of raids, arrests and attacks against Palestinians and property across the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces used stun-grenades and rubber bullets as they raided the Abu Taiyeh neighbourhood in the town of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.Israeli forces raided the village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah city. Israeli forces arrested Qusai Najib Nasan from his home in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
Israeli settlers stormed the al-Uzair shrine in the town of Ortta in the Nablus governorate.
Israeli forces used earthmovers to block the entrance to the Ein al-Beida area in the city of Jericho.
Palestinian journalist Nujoud Hamed was released after two weeks in Israeli detention. Hundreds of Palestinians were forced to wait for hours after Israeli forces set up checkpoints at Jaba, Qalandiya, Anata and al-Jib, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
BREAKING: Five British men arrested over suspected terrorism offences near RAF Fairford
UK police say five men arrested over suspected terrorism and explosives offences near RAF Fairford are British nationals aged between 23 and 25 who live in London.
The suspects were detained on Sunday after reports of three large white vans heading towards RAF Fairford, a base used by US forces to launch strikes on Iran. Police say they are pursuing new leads and possible motives, while bomb disposal teams continue examining vehicles at the scene.
Counterterrorism police have urged against speculation over a possible link to Iran. Iran’s embassy in London has rejected speculation connecting Tehran to the arrests, calling the claims “unfounded and malicious.” Al Jazeera’s Camille Nedelec reports from Fairford, UK.
Iran’s embassy in London condemned in a statement on Monday the “fabricated speculations” linking Tehran to the incident.
No evidence links the event to Yemen’s Houthis, yet it must not be forgotten that the British Prime Minister recently declared full support for the Saudis in a war that has been ongoing for over a decade (see the September 22 update below).
Consequently, for the past few days, Great Britain has effectively been at war with the Red Sea separatists—who have declared war on no one other than those supporting the criminal theocratic regime in Riyadh.
Pentagon Quietly Adds 37 Wounded Troops to Iran War Tally
The Pentagon’s public tally of US troops wounded during the Iran war increased by 37 this week, without an explanation from the Defense Department about when or how the injuries occurred, Al Manar Lebanese TV rin English eported.
The increase includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to a review of the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, a public database tracking US military personnel killed and wounded during overseas conflicts and operations.
As of Wednesday, DCAS listed 861 US troops as wounded during the Iran conflict. More than half of those cases are categorized in the database under ‘Overseas Operations’ following the start of a July ceasefire between Washington and Tehran that subsequently collapsed.
Trump Rejects Iran 7-Day Ceasefire Plan, Likely To Renew Bombing After Midterms
President Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms, U.S. officials said.
Tehran’s proposal would have reopened the Strait of Hormuz and resumed nuclear talks in return for the U.S. lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, which is causing deep damage to the country’s economy. Trump says openly that Tehran is begging for a deal after the midterms that dismantles its nuclear program.
But privately Trump is skeptical Iran would meet his demands and has told his staff that he sees a renewed bombing campaign as likely, the officials said.
Where do we go from here? So much for oil prices being artificially kept down, as the entire Friday drop is set to be erased.
Trump is reportedly expected to resume bombing Iran after the midterm elections, WSJ says.
Iran’s military has warned that all US deployment centres and interests in the Middle East will be targeted if Washington “makes a mistake” against the country, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Earlier, Iran proposed a seven-day roadmap to end the war, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi telling reporters that Tehran is ready to begin implementing the plan as soon as the US agrees to it.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Iran’s President Pezeshkian has blamed the US for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, saying “it was America that blocked our paths”. He also said Tehran “no longer trust[s] talks with Washington” after its “repeated attacks and sanctions following every negotiation”
Yemeni government forces announce capture of Mount Numan in Lahij
Forces loyal to the Yemeni government have announced the capture of the summit of the strategic Mount Numan and the Dar al-Kafir area in Lahij province.
According to a statement from the forces, a rapid military operation was launched overnight targeting the summit of Mount Numan, which overlooks the al-Waziiyah and al-Madaribah districts in the southern province of Lahij, as well as the Dar al-Kafir area.
The operation began with a controlled infiltration manoeuvre that led to the encirclement of the area, followed by an advance into the positions during the morning hours, the statement said.
Houthi-affiliated elements were forced to retreat, leaving behind casualties as well as weapons and ammunition, it added.
Updates on September, 24-25, Breaking News in Video
Russian Armed Forces hit logistical, storage terminals used to support Ukrainian army
The Russian Armed Forces delivered drone strikes against logistical installations, warehouses and marine vessels delivering goods for the Ukrainian army, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“The Russian Armed Forces made drone strikes today against logistical and warehousing terminals used in interests of supporting operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and against marine vessels involved in delivering military goods to Ukraine,” the ministry said.
An archive video on previous attacjs in the lates days – see details on updates at September, 22
The Russian Armed Forces also hit a dry cargo ship sailing to deliver military supplies for the Ukrainian army, the ministry noted. A drone depot was also hit in the Odessa Region of Ukraine, it said.
“As a result of strikes in the Odessa Region, an unmanned aerial vehicles depot was engaged in Novye Belyary settlement of the Odessa Region,” the ministry added.
The MAP of Massive Strike on Ukraine with over 52 Missiles and 600 drones
Massive Strike on Ukraine — 24 September 2026. Approximate visualization of the day-long attack
Weapons used against Ukraine:
Up to 600 Geran/Gerbera-type strike UAVs
Up to 10 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles — from Bryansk Oblast
Up to 10 Zircon hypersonic missiles — from Kursk and Rostov Oblasts
About 32 “Banderol” small cruise missiles — from the airspace over the Sea of Azov and Kursk Oblast
Main targets of the attack:
Kyiv
Odessa
Western regions of Ukraine
The triangles indicate drone attacks, the “pens” the missile attacks.
Russian Defense Ministry reports on Ukrainian army encirclement, losses near Dobropolye
Russia’s Center battlegroup continues to destroy the encircled enemy in Dobropolye in the DPR and is advancing in the direction of Aleksandrovka, the Defense Ministry said.
It said all enemy attacks and attempts to break out of the encirclement are being repelled. Ukraine is suffering significant losses near Dobropolye, with an average of 30 to 50 militants killed each day.
he Dobropolye direction“is one of the key to achieving results in the complete liberation of Donbass and is of fundamental importance for conducting successful offensive operations of the United Group of Forces.”
With the liberation of Dobropolye, “the threat of the enemy losing the main fortified area of the armed forces of Ukraine in the territory of Donbass – the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka agglomeration – increases significantly.”
Damage, casualties reported in Russia during drone attack on Volga area city of Ulyanovsk
A massive drone attack is currently under way in Russia’s Volga area city of Ulyanovsk, with casualties and damage to civilian and industrial infrastructure reported, Governor Alexey Russkikh wrote on the Max messenger.
“Air defenses and our mobile fire groups continue to repel a massive drone attack on the city of Ulyanovsk,” he said. “Damage to industrial and civilian infrastructure has been recorded.”
“Casualties have also been reported, and they are receiving the necessary medical assistance,” the governor added.
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
UN human rights experts say there are reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran that killed at least 177 civilians, BBC reported
The US previously denied striking Lamerd and said it was investigating what happened in Minab. A State Department official said the US did not give credibility to the findings in the report.
They said killings by security forces occurred on “a staggering and unprecedented scale” across all 31 provinces but the report failed to give even the slightest consideration to the investigations conducted by Tehran’s police authorities and the footage showing rioters wielding automatic rifles—such as Kalashnikovs—and displaying a level of training characteristic of ISIS terrorists, who are frequently employed as mercenaries in the Middle East by Israeli and Anglo-American intelligence agencies.
Iran has also not yet commented on the findings, but it has previously rejected allegations of systematic violations of human rights.
Israeli attacks kill at least six Palestinians across Gaza amid ceasefire
Israel carried out multiple attacks in Gaza. At least six people have been killed on Thursday. Israeli forces struck a vehicle in az-Zawayda, killing one person and injuring eight others.
Another strike targeted Gaza City while Israeli forces opened fire on a group of people in the south of the strip. Israel continues to carry out near-daily strikes across Gaza in violation of a ceasefire agreement signed nearly a year ago. Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili has more on the attacks from Gaza City.
UN delegates walk out on Netanyahu as Abbas urges end to Israeli occupation
Dozens of diplomats at the UN General Assembly have staged a walkout for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech.
The moment of protest took place right as Netanyahu took to the podium. It followed a speech by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas who addressed the UN General Assembly by video after the US denied him a visa. Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reports from the UN headquarters in New York.
Yemen launches preemptive strikes on Saudi positions in Jizan and Riyadh
Yemen’s Armed Forces have carried out a preemptive and extensive operation against Saudi military positions in the Jizan region, targeting command centers, weapons depots and troop concentrations.
In a statement on Thursday, military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the operation came amid an escalation of Saudi attacks on Yemen’s border areas in Sa’ada and Hajjah, including the launch of more than 200 missiles from Jizan.
He said Yemeni forces had also monitored a major buildup of Saudi troops near the border in preparation for further aggression.
“By the grace of Allah Almighty, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a preemptive, qualitative and extensive operation using dozens of ballistic missiles and drones,”Saree said.
According to the spokesman, the strikes targeted operations rooms, command and control centers, weapons depots and other key sites linked to Saudi reinforcements in the al-Tuwal area of Jizan, including the Sixth Emergency Division.
He added that missile launch sites and platforms at the al-Daghareer camp in Jizan, as well as several other Saudi military camps in the region, were also targeted.
Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced via Telegram other two new military operations in response to the ongoing Saudi aggression on Yemen.
The first targeted a sensitive target in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and the second targeted Aramco facilities in Yanbu, the statement mentioned.
US steps up military activity near Iran: reconnaissance aircraft have reportedly been spotted around the Strait of Hormuz
The US has stepped up military activity around the Strait of Hormuz, with reconnaissance aircraft spotted near Iranian territory and additional fighter jets reportedly deployed to the region, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, citing sources.
US reconnaissance aircraft were observed overnight near the Iranian islands of Qeshm and Hengam, while aircraft and small drones were also seen over Kermanshah Province in western Iran, according to people familiar with the matter.
Washington has also reportedly transferred 12 F-16 fighter jets from Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany to the region, the source said, adding that the increased activity could signal a possible escalation.
The reported activity comes as oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has risen sharply. TankerTrackers, a vessel-tracking service, said this week that crude flows across the US Navy blockade line have doubled in less than a month to around 13 million barrels per day (bpd). It estimated actual Hormuz transits at about 10.35 million bpd after excluding exports from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates and Mina al-Fahal in Oman.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico allowed back at the White House after judge blocked Trump’s ban
CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists were allowed back at the White House Thursday, nearly a week after President Donald Trump banned them.
The reinstatement came after a judge ruled that the administration had to temporarily restore their access.
A federal judge ordered that the White House immediately restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying that President Donald Trump’s directive barring the three news outlets last week was most likely unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a 14-day temporary restraining order reinstating the outlets’ access while their legal challenge proceeds.
Updates on September, 23, Breaking News in Video
Blasting Words vs any Peace in Ukraine by Secret British Agent Zelensky
In an interview with the *Wall Street Journal*—conducted on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and a meeting with Trump where he renewed his request for a license to produce American Patriot anti-missile rockets—the Ukrainian president dropped the mask and revealed his true identity as a secret agent for His Majesty King Charles of England.
Now, Zelensky has made two highly explosive statements opposing peace: no ceding of Donbas territories already captured by Russia and annexed to the Federation, and full steam ahead with the bombing of energy infrastructure.
This explains the warning issued yesterday by a Russian politician regarding the risk of carpet-bombing Kyiv as we reported below in the yesterday’s updates…
VIDEO – Ukrainian President: “I Refused Trump’s Request to not HIT Russian Refineries. No ceding of Territories ”
1st footage – Overdue, in an interview with the WSJ, said that he allegedly refused Trump’s request not to hit Russian refineries.
The Ukrainian president argued to Trump that diesel fuel prices around the world had skyrocketed mainly because of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Which, however, is not far from the truth. And Trump is only trying to shift responsibility for the energy crisis in the world.
Well, the dwarf concluded with another “GIVE, GIVE” and a demand for help in opposing Russia.: “Since everyone wants to resolve the issue of diesel prices in this way, then Ukraine needs to help stop Putin with his blackouts in Ukraine and force him to stop attacking civilian infrastructure. “
Although it would seem that Trump’s demand to stop attacks on Russian refineries and blackouts in Ukraine has nothing to do with it…
2nd Footage – Zelensky once again stated in an interview after meeting with Trump that they would not cede any territories.
It is the point of the territories that is now a stumbling block for concluding a peace agreement.
Alleged Kiev-backed Terrorist Act in Moscow Region: Teen SET FIRE to Fuel Pump
In the Moscow region, a 17-year-old teenager set fire to a fuel pump at a gas station, a police car and his own future, following the instructions of strangers from a messenger, likely Ukranian ones.
No one was injured. A criminal case has been opened, Irina Volk said. Volk is a Russian police major general and, as journalist, the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Russian Drone Storm in Kiev and Ukraine vs Railway and Gas Station
Many footagesof Russian Drone strikes on Kiev and Ukraine:
Kiev Geran-5 working in railway infrastructures and unknown target
The aftermath of a Geran drone strike in Vishneve, Kyiv Oblast, last night.
This morning, using Geran-4 and Geran-5 jet-powered drones, strikes were carried out on two gas stations in the city of Kyiv.
Iran has begun forming BASIJ battalions (as US National Guard) composed entirely of WOMEN
Iran has begun forming Basij (roughly analogous to US National Guard) battalions composed entirely of women. The first battalion has been officially established in Tehran.
They operate as Rapid-Response Forces and receive FPV drone training.
Updates on September, 22, Breaking News in Video
Russia is sending message to the people of Kiev: “Run away from the capital while you can”
This was stated by the ex-adviser to the first head of the DPR, Alexander Kazakov, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports.
“With a multiple increase in not only the number, but also the power of our strikes, the number of civilian casualties has not increased. At one time there was a surge, there were many deaths among civilians in different cities of Ukraine. And now, despite the fact that we strike both at night and during the day, there are very few victims”.
«But earlier it seemed that we were making the habitat unsuitable for normal living, encouraging people to leave – without deaths, without violence. But it looks like every blow we hit Kiev is a text message to the people of Kiev: get the hell out of the city, because you’re out of harm’s way. We don’t want civilian casualties».
«That is, the bad news is that we are chasing civilian targets. And a good one is for the sake of saving the lives of peaceful people. And according to various sources, the population of Kiev has begun to seriously decrease» Kazakov said.
Rogorov: “The Ukrainian Nazis destroyed a school for 170 studentsin Zaporizhia region”
Zereikh’s militants purposefully destroyed a secondary school that housed a polling station in the village of Prishib in the Mikhailovsky district of the Zaporizhia region.
«The Nazis destroyed the school. As a result of the Bandera attack, the left wing of the building, the glazing and the roof were seriously damaged. It is a functioning school with 170 students»Vladimir Rogov wrote on The Voice of the People and News-Pravda.
«Thank God, there were no casualties: there were no people in the building or nearby at the time of the attack» he added.
Early voting was taking place at the polling station, and by the time of the attack, the polling station was no longer working, and the voting procedure in the area ended ahead of schedule.
UK PM Burnham sends RAF to help defend Saudi Arabia. British Politicians blame this Move
Andy Burnham has arrived in New York for his second foreign visit since he entered No 10. The Prime Minister hadn’t even stepped off the plane before making his first announcement of the trip, confirming that Britain will give military support to Saudi Arabia to fight the Houthis in Yemen.
An RAF aircraft will assist the Saudi military with air-to-air refuelling to prevent further strikes on its oil facilities after frequent drone and missile attacks by the Houthis on the country’s southern towns, key Red Sea ports and energy infrastructure.
Burnham’s trip to the UN General Assembly has been pitched as a chance to talk up Britain’s role on the world stage.
He said the move was intended to protect British interests and regional security, particularly the continued flow of oil through key maritime routes.
The announcement comes amid renewed escalation between Yemen’s armed forces and Saudi Arabia. Riyadh has sought additional military assistance from allies including the United States, Britain, France, Pakistan and Egypt.
The deployment would make Britain a direct military support partner in Saudi Arabia’s war against Yemen, adding RAF assistance to London’s longstanding military cooperation with Riyadh.
A Saudi fighter shot down by Houtis in the latest days
Britain’s decision has drawn criticism, including from former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who described the move as a “terrible and shameful decision,” saying it would deepen Britain’s involvement in the war and its military ties with Saudi Arabia.
The decision has also faced criticism on social media. One user, Sharon, said she was “disgusted with Burnham,” saying that the Labour government was on “the wrong side of history.”
It remains to be seen how the RAF might react if one of its refueling aircraft were hit by a Houthi missile. Would they be ready to deploy their powerful stealth F-35B Lightning IIs armed with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles?
Italy has, in fact, relocated its Eurofighters from the Saudi base at Ta’if after an Italian Air Force aircraft was destroyed in one of the many attacks by Yemeni separatists.
Below the video of a RAF F-35B at Cosford Airshow 2026
Fallout from Hormuz: Grievances over Fuel Prices and Supply Shortages Spark Global Protests
The rising cost of energy products like diesel and petroleum has sparked protests — even turning into violent clashes and riots — around the world in Syria, Guatemala, Portugal, France, and the Philippines, Soufan Center wrote in its daily geopolitical analysis IntelBrief.
Governments are experiencing increased political friction as the availability and cost of key energy products and household items, such as kerosene, steadily rise ahead of winter.
Countries are also experiencing a severe supply shortage of other key resources, such as fertilizer and helium, stunted by strikes on oil tankers, increased costs of farming inputs, and blocked sulfur and nitrogen exports.
While public grievances and demonstrations may push governments to approve subsidies and temporary price caps, prices will continue to rise as the U.S.-Iran war — and its resulting chokehold on key trade pathways like the Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb Strait — endures.
Houthis battle for strategic heights in Yemen as thousands more flee homes
Fighting continues to rage in Yemen, with the Houthi rebels battling Saudi-backed government forces for control of strategic mountains near the Red Sea and the leader of the Iran-aligned group warning the United States against direct military involvement in the conflict, Al Jazeera reported.
The clashes on Monday come amid mounting regional tensions set off by the US and Israel’s war on Iran. They also followed a report by The New York Times that US President Donald Trump had ordered air attacks against the Houthis on Sunday, only to call them off at the last minute.
The renewed hostilities have killed at least 674 people (almost all Saudi-backed Yemeni soldiers as video below show) and displaced more than 158,000, officials said.
According to Al Jazeera witnesses, the Houthis – who seized Yemen’s Red Sea coast this month, including the port of Mocha – are now battling to take the Kahboub Mountains in Taiz and Lahj provinces. Control of the strategic heights, which overlook the Bab al-Mandeb strait and Mayyun Island in the Red Sea, would allow the Houthis to sever the coast from the remaining government-held south.
Updates on September, 21, Breaking News in Video
POTUS BANNED by US Network!!! White House press pool TV channels refuse to cover events with Trump
Major US television companies will not broadcast live events featuring US President Donald Trump in protest against the deprivation of access to the White House for three outlets, Politico quoted a letter from Bryan Boughton, head of the Washington branch of the Fox News channel as saying.
“This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President,” Boughton wrote in the email obtained by Politico.
The letter said that the television companies took this step after Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. The paper says the main television companies in the White House press pool include Fox News, CBS, ABC, and NBC.
Contrary to standard practice, the White House Monday schedule distributed on the evening of September 20 lacks a point about which television company will be responsible for broadcasting events involving the president. Politico said that the refusal may create difficulties with the flow of photographs and videos related to Trump’s activities at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
On September 18, Trump denied access to the White House to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico for spreading false information about his administration. He said that the list of banned media could be expanded, but he allowed for the possibility of reversing his decision. Correspondents and technical staff of the media outlets lost access to the White House on September 19.
IRGC Air Defenses Destroy Another US MQ-1 Drone over Strait of Hormuz
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Force has intercepted and destroyed another MQ-1 drone belonging to the US military over the Strait of Hormuz, according to Al Manar Lebanese TV.
The IRGC announced the development on Monday, saying the aircraft was brought down using the Aerospace Force’s new air-defense system operating under the control of Iran’s Integrated Air-Defense Network.
It has been removed from the operational fleets of the US Navy and Air Force for several years and replaced by the MQ-9.
Its re-entrance into service has been attributed to the US Army’s having lost a large number of MQ-9 drones to the Islamic Republic’s defensive operations (details on Pentagon Watchdog report in the updates below on Sptmber, 15)
Below archive video when the IRGC posted footage of defeat of American MQ-9 Reaper on its resources
The US Congressional Budget Office has confirmed the loss of at least 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones since February 28, when the United States and the Israeli regime began their latest round of unprovoked aggression against the Islamic Republic. According to figures released by the office, those losses amount to approximately $720 million.
The IRGC, however, has put the number at 53.
IRGC threatens to change geography of war, deploy new weapons if war resumes
The IRGC spokesman said on Monday that a renewed US attack would prompt Iran to change both the geography of the conflict and the weapons it employed, Iranian IRNA Agency reported.
Iran’s armed forces remain fully prepared and will not hesitate to defend the country’s independence, security and territorial integrity, army commander-in-chief Amir Hatami said on Monday.
Iran says the “world will be astonished” by the new weapons it will use if the US attacks again, as Iranian legislators submit a bill to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to New York on Tuesday to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, state news agency IRNA reported.
Qatar has been exchanging ideas for about two weeks on reviving Iran talks, while its mediators are shuttling between capitals and working with Tehran and Washington to restart negotiations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari told Bloomberg.
Donald Trump said he is in a “deciding mode” over Iran, weighing military action, continued economic pressure or a deal, and told Fox News that “very big things” could happen soon.
The US Virtual Embassy in Iran urged American citizens to leave the country immediately on Sunday, warning of possible flight cancellations and airspace closures and citing the potential for rapid regional escalation.
Harsh Russian Retaliation vs Massive Ukrainian Attack on Moscow
As was easily predicted, Russia’s retaliation was swift following the massive Ukrainian attack on Moscow—ordered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a furious escalation that took place yesterday on the very day of the parliamentary elections for the Duma (details below in the yesterday’s updates).
ussian forces launched strikes overnight on logistics centers, warehouses and ports in Ukraine, as well as vessels involved in supporting the Ukrainian military, the Defense Ministry reported.
“Tonight, Russian forces launched strikes with UAVs against logistics centers, warehouses and ports in Ukraine, as well as vessels involved in supporting the Ukrainian military,”the ministry said.
“As a result of the strike, the following targets were hit: <…> in the Odessa Region: at the port of Odessa, a bulk carrier that had delivered cargo intended to support the Ukrainian military. At the port of Izmail, port infrastructure facilities used to unload and store military cargo. In addition, a bulk carrier carrying cargo intended to support the Ukrainian armed forces to the port of Odessa was hit while crossing the sea,” the statement said.
Below there are some videos confirming attacks by the Russian army on military and logistical facilities in Kyiv and five other regions.
The Russian Armed Forces attacked military installations in 6 regions of Ukraine at night
Ukrainian monitoring counted 172 UAVs launched from Russian territory, of which 147 were allegedly “shot down/suppressed.”
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the following facilities were affected in the Kiev region:
the “BDU Logistic” logistics center in the village of Schastye, where military goods were stored and distributed (see specific video below);
the gas distribution station in Boyarka (photo 1). Local authorities reported arrivals at the sawmill near Fastovo and at the service station near Bucha (photos 2-3).
In the Odessa region, two dry cargo ships and facilities of the Izmail port infrastructure used for unloading and storing military cargo were affected. In addition, a fire was reported in the warehouses of the “Silpo” supermarket (photos 4-5).
In Zaporozhye, the “Interde” shopping center was hit (photo/video 6-7), as well as the university building (see specific video below).
Late in the evening, a combined strike was carried out on targets in Sumy using UMPC and UAVs (photos 9-10).
Zaporozhye ablaze — Russian strikes dismantling Ukraine’s military infrastructure
Zaporozhye ablaze — Russian strikes continue dismantling Ukraine’s military infrastructure and logistics. Heavy strikes hit Zaporozhye tonight, with the “Intrade” shopping mall set alight as a result of the attack.
The strikes are part of an ongoing campaign targeting military infrastructure, rail hubs, and logistics chains across Ukraine. The video show the strikes even on Zaporozhye university building
Russian Iskander Missile struck a machine-building plant in Kherson
A ballistic missile, likely an “Iskander,” struck a machine-building plant in Kherson, where the enemy may have been located, or where their equipment and supplies might have been stored.
Geran drones struck a warehouse military complex in the village of Schastlyve, Kyiv Oblast
Today, using Russian Geran strike drones, a warehouse complex used for military goods in the village of Schastlyve, Kyiv Oblast, was struck.
As a result of the strike, the target was hit and a fire broke out.
Ship transit through Strait of Hormuz falls threefold over weekend — Reuters
Commercial vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz fell threefold on September 19-20 compared with the previous weekend amid a stalemate in negotiations between the United States and Iran, Reuters reported, citing data from analytics firm Kpler.
According to the data, only 12 vessels passed through the strait over the past weekend, compared with 35 vessels on September 12-13. Reuters noted that before the conflict between the United States and Iran began, around 125 vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz per day.
The United States and Israel began a war with Iran on February 28. In June, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding providing for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. However, on the night of July 8, the United States resumed large-scale strikes on Iran, accusing it of violating the terms of the agreements reached regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
Putin’s Party United Russia ahead in Duma election with 71.17% of ballots processed
The United Russia party, who supports President Putin, is ahead in the Duma election with 57.53% of the vote, with 71.17% of ballots counted, data from the Central Election Commission (CEC) showed.
It is followed by the CPRF with 14%, the LDPR with 8.73%, New People with 7.97%, and A Just Russia with 5.03%, according to the early results.
Russia’s ruling party maintains a constitutional majority in the lower chamber of parliament and can claim approximately 331 seats there for now.
Updates on September, 20, Breaking News in Video
Iran will keep Strait of Hormuz closed until US accepts its terms — parliamentary speaker
Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping until the US accepts the terms presented by Tehran, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said.
“Iran will not return to the previous conditions for negotiations or reopen the Strait of Hormuz until these conditions are met, the Iranian people’s legitimate rights are recognized and the US fulfills its commitments,”the parliamentary press service quoted him as saying.
Earlier, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said that Iranian authorities have conveyed their conditions for ending the war to the US through Qatari mediators. They are awaiting a response from US President Donald Trump.
Russian air defenses down 1,110 Ukrainian drones overnight
Russian air defenses detected and destroyed 1,110 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“On-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 1,110 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Tambov, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Smolensk, Oryol, Rostov, Volgograd and Saratov regions, the Samara Region, the Krasnodar Region, the Moscow Region and the Republic of Crimea, as well as over the Black Sea,” the Defense Ministry said.
Zelensky’s Furious escalation: “the biggest attack ever” on Moscow
“Our long-range strikes had a significant impact in the Moscow region last night. One of Russia’s key oil industry facilities and an aggressor logistics site were hit. We are talking about billions of dollars that fuel the war machine. The systems used included the FP-1, RZ-100, MICH-2000, Palianytsia, Vendetta, Liutyi, Bars, Flamingo, Sichen, and Pelican. I thank our fighters for their precision: the Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Unmanned Systems Forces, Special Operations Forces, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, and the Foreign Intelligence Service. Sanctions were also imposed on a facility in the Voronezh region. Moscow must end its brutal war and choose peace instead of building layered air defense rings at the expense of other regions. Measures aimed at de-escalation—regarding energy and food security—are on the table. What is needed is political will.”
This was stated on social media by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Mayor reports damage at Moscow oil refinery. 338 drones destroyed while approaching Moscow
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said a facility on the premises of the Moscow Refinery was damaged as a result of the ongoing drone attack on the Russian capital.
“The attack on Moscow by enemy drones is ongoing. A facility on the premises of the Moscow Oil Refinery has sustained damage, but no casualties were reported,” the mayor wrote on the Max messenger.
Russian air defenses destroyed 338 drones approaching Moscow starting from midnight Sunday Moscow time (9:00 p.m. GMT on Saturday), according to TASS calculations based on Mayor Sergey Sobyanin’s report.
In his latest report, the mayor said another 152 drones have been destroyed while approaching Moscow by the Russian Defense Ministry’s air defense forces
“First responders are working in areas where fragments fell,” he wrote on the Max messenger.
US security alerts across Middle East due to fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis could “escalate rapidly”
The US has issued security alerts for its citizens across the Middle East, warning of further escalation between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
The notices cover Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman.
”Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise heightened vigilance and be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures, and travel disruptions,” the US State Department said on Saturday night.
”Iranian-supported Houthis have engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including civilian airports. This military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly,” the notice read, urging Americans to refrain from traveling to the Middle East.
”Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other US interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world, including U.S. businesses and other institutions,” it added.
Axios reporter Barak Ravid said that US President Donald Trump had cut short his weekend stay at Camp David and would return to the White House on Saturday evening, one day earlier than planned.
CNN national security analyst Alex Plitsas cited sources as saying that Trump held a meeting at Camp David to “deliberate and review Yemen strike options.”
ABC News previously reported, citing US officials, that Washington would limit its involvement to providing intelligence and targeting assistance to Saudi Arabia.
New US sanctions law undermines Ukraine peace efforts – Kremlin
The major US sanctions law signed by President Donald Trump this week will undermine efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
On Friday, Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which authorizes tougher restrictions on Moscow and tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil and gas.
“Clearly, this cannot have a positive effect,” Peskov told RIA Novosti on Saturday when asked how the law would affect prospects for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine and a possible “breakthrough” in Russian-US relations.
Named after the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a vocal supporter of Ukraine who co-authored the original bill with Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal in 2025, the legislation remained stalled for months as Trump pursued diplomacy with Russia and resisted placing sole blame for the conflict on Moscow. Trump’s envoys also discussed normalizing economic ties with their Russian counterparts.
The Senate passed the measure 86-11 last month, followed by the House on Wednesday in a 262-159 vote.
Russian Forces Hit Tanker Carrying Fuel For Ukrainian Military in Odessa Region – MoD
Russian forces struck a tanker in the port of Chernomorsk that had delivered fuel and lubricants for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
“As a result of the strikes on the port of Chernomorsk in the Odessa region, a tanker-type vessel that delivered fuel and lubricants for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit,” the ministry said.
Russian forces continue targeting Ukrainian military infrastructure, including logistics centers used to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Since July, Russia has intensified strikes along Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, with military logistics hubs and vessels linked to supply operations among the reported targets. Moscow says the strikes are aimed at disrupting Ukrainian supply lines and limiting the movement of military equipment and resources.
It’s Official: Trump announces Permanent Security Arrangement for Greenland
President Trump says the U.S. will immediately begin work on an expanded military presence in Greenland following a new security arrangement.
Marco Rubio said Greenland will “FOREVER be part of the strategic defense area of North America” and that adversaries will be excluded from Greenland and the surrounding region.
The administration says the arrangement provides the U.S. with expanded security access and advantages over the prior framework, effectively allowing America to secure Greenland as though it were part of the U.S. without changing its territorial status.
Updates on September, 19, Breaking News in Video
Exclusive: PUTIN and TRUMP Opposite Statements on NATO War for Ukraine
1st Footage – President Putin says European leaders are openly declaring that they are preparing for war with Russia
2nd Footage – Trump: Russia has been attacking Europe for a long time.
“Well, I think they have already attacked Ukraine’s allies. They have been attacking Ukraine’s allies for about five years now,” the US president said.
Russia says not to start dialogue with those asserting Russophobia, neo·Nazism — Zakharova
Russia does not see as its partners or interlocutors those who espouse Russophobia, neo·Nazism, or any other manifestation of misanthropy, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview with TASS following the International Youth Festival.
“We are standing up to those who pursue a Russophobic policy,”the diplomat said. “We do not see as our partners or even interlocutors those who profess Russophobia, racism, neo·Nazism, or any manifestation of this misanthropic ideology.”
However, Zakharova said that everyone who “comes to Russia with love, and perhaps even for love,” is always welcomed with open arms.
As Houthis grab Bab al-Mandeb, US appears willing to watch from sidelines
Excerpt by Caolán Magee originally published on Al Jazeera
United States officials met Houthi representatives at the US embassy in the Omani capital, Muscat, over the weekend after the Iran-aligned movement seized thousands of square kilometres of territory in just a few days.
With strategically important islands and large stretches of Yemen’s Red Sea coast now under Houthi control, the group has tightened its grip on the Bab al-Mandeb Strait – a crucial chokepoint for global shipping and energy supplies.
During the talks, the Houthis assured US officials that they had no intention of attacking US shipping in the Red Sea, saying their restrictions would apply only to vessels linked to Saudi Arabia.
But that would still leave two of the world’s most important shipping routes facing serious disruption, with traffic through the Strait of Hormuz restricted for the past six months. Any further disruption could drive global oil and consumer prices even higher, creating another political headache for US President Donald Trump ahead of midterm elections in November.
Iran retains initiative in Strait of Hormuz despite US claims: Armed Forces spokesman
Iranian armed forces spokesman has rejected the latest “false and ridiculous” US claims about the Strait of Hormuz, saying the initiative in the strategic waterway is firmly in Iran’s hands, Iranian Press TV reported.
Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said on Saturday that the recent claims by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) commander regarding the escort of one billion barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz over the past two months were “false” and “ridiculous.”
He added that the CENTCOM commander’s claims were more a failed psychological operation than a reflection of reality.
Tehran says conditions for ending war sent to US via Qatar
Iran’s security chief Moshen Rezaei tells Al Jazeera conditions for ending war – stopping attacks on all fronts, release of frozen Iranian funds, end of blockade – have been sent to US via mediator Qatar, and are awaiting a response from US President Donald Trump.
Iran’s top security official Mohsen Rezaei has told Al Jazeera that Tehran has conveyed its conditions for ending the war to the White House through Qatari mediators. He says the demands include an end to the war on all fronts, the release of frozen Iranian assets and the lifting of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports.
Iranian oil sales reach two-year high despite US blockade, says government department
Iran’s Plan and Budget Organisation says oil sales have reached a two-year high despite the US naval blockade aimed at preventing Iranian exports.
Oil sales exceeded $3bn in September, the highest monthly figure in two years, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The report does not state how Iran has continued to export oil despite the US blockade.
Houthis in Yemen say ‘sensitive’ sites attacked in Riyadh: even to the residence of the Saudi Crown Prince
«Houthi fighters in Yemen say they attacked “sensitive” sites in Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, as well as an Aramco oil facility in Yanbu, according to a statement via spokesman Ameen Hayyan» Al Jazeera reported.
According to News-pravda sources, Last night, Yemeni Houthi rebels carried out missile strikes on the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. At least five ballistic missiles launched from Yemen were aimed at the city.
The attack’s primary target is believed to have been a military airbase located on the outskirts of the Saudi capital. Footage published online shows the Saudi Arabian air force’s failed attempt. Defense Using a Patriot air defense system, one of the Yemeni missiles was intercepted. A missile was reported to have landed near Riyadh International Airport and a series of powerful explosions within the city.
At the same time, the Houthis launched a missile strike on the country residence of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The facility is located in Medina Governorate, 20 kilometers north of the city of Al-Ula. The distance from the residence to the Yemeni border is over 1200 kilometers.
«The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out two successful military operations using a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. in response to the great slander accusing Yemen, the land of faith and wisdom, of targeting Mecca, and in defense of Mecca against the insults of the Korah of the age, the Najdi Saudi horn of Satan» the statement reads according to Al Manara Lebanese TV.
«And in response to the continued aggression of the criminal Saudi enemy against our dear people with its F-15 and Typhoon warplanes, which take off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif bases, which have reached 732 airstrikes up to date, leaving martyrs and wounded among the civilians and destruction of civilian infrastructure.In response to the Saudi enemy’s criminal attempts to target the capital, Sana’a, using ISIS-style tactics, including indiscriminate bombings targeting civilians» Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced
Satellite Footage of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline severely damaged by Houthis missile
Updates on September, 18, Breaking News in Video
The EU Faces a Historic Crisis Over the Halt in Saudi Crude Oil Supplies
Saudi Arabia WON’T allocate Europeans CRUDE OIL next month — Bloomberg. Saudi Aramco will cease sales to European refiners due to the attacks on East-West pipeline as we reported in the previous updates on September, 16.
The reaction of Europe Commission through the president Ursula Von der Leyen statement.
Odessa. Main center of the railway attacked. The VIDEO OF DRONE BLASTING
The main center of the railway was attacked — the authorities abandoned the people and fled. Two jet drones attacked the building of “Ukrzaliznytsia” Information and Computing Center in Odessa.
This implies the collapse of the train control system, the operation of stations and marshalling yards. Even before that, trains to Odessa were delayed for a day due to air battles over the railway, and passengers were cooing in the open air.
The official reports of the IWC do not mention it at all, the gauleiters modestly call it an “administrative building” and focus on fires and destruction from the blast wave in residential buildings and shopping malls.
Saudi Arabia cancels crude shipments to European customers
Saudi Arabia has informed its European customers of the cancellation of some crude oil shipments scheduled for loading in late September, Reuters reported citing three informed sources.
The world’s largest crude oil exporter closed its East-West pipeline following a strike targeting it last week (read detalied updates below), and faces challenges from the Yemeni Armed Forces’ advance in Yemen in the Red Sea area and continued shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier, a Yemeni military source told al-Masirah TV that the Yemeni Armed Forces had carried out a targeted operation against Saudi troop concentrations, buildups, and reinforcements in the al-Jawf desert, north of the al-Kanais area.
The source said the operation followed sustained monitoring of Saudi forces and affiliated armed groups along the border and desert fronts, and that the strikes achieved direct hits after the targeted formations’ movements had been tracked and intelligence reconnaissance completed.
Houthis say ‘locally made surface-to-air missile’ brought down Saudi fighter jet
We have more updates from Houthis military spokesperson Yahya Saree, who claimed Houthi forces downed a Saudi F-15 fighter jet over Yemeni territory.
“In the face of this brutal aggression against our country and people, the Yemeni armed forces – with God’s help and grace – were able to shoot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet while it was conducting hostile operations in support of its military buildup in the airspace of Marib governorate,” he said in a statement.
“The downing was achieved using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile.”
After claiming to have shot down a Saudi jet, the Houthis say they also “engaged” two Saudi F-15s searching for the wreckage of the initially downed aircraft.
So far this week, Saudi jets have launched more than 450 strikes targeting Taiz, Lahj, al-Jawf, Hajjah, Marib, Saada and al-Bayda, military spokesman Yahya Saree said. There have been civilian casualties, he added.
Saudi coalition intercepts, destroys drone headed for Mecca
Saudi Arabia says that a drone launched by the Houthis towards Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, has been intercepted and destroyed. A Houthi statement said claims that the group had targeted the city were a “nauseating lie”.
Saudi Arabia has said that a drone launched by the Houthis towards Mecca has been intercepted and destroyed, in an escalation that could threaten the holy city.
The Saudi-led coalition spokesperson, Turki al-Maliki, said Royal Saudi Air Defence Forces intercepted the hostile drone before it entered the restricted airspace on Tuesday evening.
Al-Maliki condemned the incident as an attempt to frighten worshippers and harm civilians, warning that the security of the two holy mosques and pilgrims is a “red line”.
The Houthis have previously denied targeting Mecca, saying that they do not target holy sites.
In a statement to Yemen’s SABA news agency on Tuesday, a Houthi military source strongly rejected the claim that Houthi forces pose a threat to the city of Mecca or other Islamic holy sites.
Saudi Arabia issued a security alert on Tuesday in the holy city of Mecca for the first time since the Houthis last attempted to target the sacred area in 2017.
The alert of potential danger in Mecca was swiftly lifted after a few minutes. The same alert was activated for Taif and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city.
Poland is reinforcing its northeastern flank near the Russian Kaliningrad region
Poland is reinforcing its northeastern flank and deploying a new batch of equipment to the 16th Mechanized Division, stationed near the Kaliningrad region, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania.
The new vehicles include South Korean K2 Black Panther tanks. As part of the rearmament effort, plans are in place to deploy up to 180 units of military hardware to this sector.
This comes after Germany decided to deploy new troops near the borders with Russia (see yesterday’s update below).
NATO jet shoots down suspected Russian drone over Lithuania
An Italian fighter jet flying for NATO has brought down what officials said was a suspected Russian drone in Lithuanian airspace.
According to Lithuania’s national crisis management centre, the drone entered the country’s airspace on Tuesday from Belarus and was shot down near the small settlement of Pratkunai in central Lithuania, just north of the country’s second-largest city, Kaunas.
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said on social media the drone was carrying an explosive. Debris from the device was being examined to determine if it was from Russia or another country.
The intervention by the Italian fighter jet demonstrated “the value of the Atlantic alliance” and “what it means to be an ally”, Kaunas said after meeting crews who were at the scene.
IDF chief floats legal action against ‘NAZA’ film, orders probe of leaked material
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on Monday instructed the military’s top legal official to examine legal action against the film “NAZA” and those involved in it, saying it defamed the military, and separately ordered an investigation into the leaking of classified material used in its production.
His comments came shortly after IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin issued a statement inviting the documentary’s filmmakers to allow military officials to view the film in full so that the IDF could respond in a “substantive manner.” So far, the military has only reacted to clips of the movie posted online, and has not yet seen the full documentary.
The 80-minute film by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor — whose title is a Hebrew acronym meaning collateral damage — claims to explore AI-powered strikes by Israel in the Gaza Strip it alleges have led to civilian deaths, including testimonies from 24 purported Israeli intelligence soldiers. The film won a special jury prize this week at the Venice Film Festival, where it debuted.
Updates on September, 15, Breaking News in Video
Disastrous Pentagon Report on Operation Epic Fury vs Iran
A new Pentagon Inspector General Report revealed that Operation Epic Fury cost an estimated $33.4 billion between February 28 and June 30, 2026, leading to critical munitions shortages.
“Operation Epic Fury (OEF) was launched by U.S. forces on February 28, 2026, as a joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran. The operation was carried out through coordinated air, land, sea, cyber, and space capabilities,” the report maintained accxording to Al Manar Lebanese TV.
“Before the operation began, the United States had already strengthened its military presence and regional partnerships. Thousands of service members, fighter aircraft, refueling tankers, aircraft carriers, supplies, and intelligence assets were moved into the region. During the major combat phase from February 28 to April 7, U.S. forces reportedly struck about 13,500 targets and conducted approximately 36,000 combat sorties and more than 1,800 fire missions. Targets included missile bases, air defenses, command centers, naval facilities, weapons-storage sites, and parts of Iran’s defense industry.”
The Strait of Hormuz became a major focus of the operation because of its importance to international shipping and energy supplies, the Pentagon report added.
Pentagon watchdog says Iran war has led to munitions shortfall
«The Pentagon’s inspector general released its first report on the war with Iran, saying the conflict has resulted in a shortfall of U.S. munitions and “bottlenecks” in supply chains as the Trump administration works to replenish weaponry» NBC News confirmed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has denied reports that the U.S. is running low on munitions.
The congressionally mandated report is one of the first public accountings from any government agency detailing the cost, scope and scale of the U.S. and Israel-led conflict to the U.S. military, the State Department and other agencies.
Dozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealed
The Pentagon watchdog has revealed that the United States lost dozens of aircraft, including at least 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones, and that hundreds of buildings and structures used by the US were damaged or destroyed by Iranian attacks during the conflict, Al Jazeera TV also reported.
Throughout the war – beginning with the US-Israel attacks on Iran in late February – Tehran has routinely bombed US bases and assets in the Gulf region. For most of those attacks, Gulf countries and Washington said the incoming strikes had been intercepted and thwarted.
The Pentagon’s report paints a picture of significant damage and losses running into millions of dollars to US forces and facilities in the region, far more than previously acknowledged.
“The conflict also affected U.S. diplomatic operations throughout the region. Iranian strikes damaged U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, with estimated damage of about $184 million. Approximately 3,500 diplomatic personnel were at some point on authorized or ordered departure or outside their posts. Several facilities, including U.S. diplomatic missions in Baghdad and Beirut, temporarily closed or suspended operations.”
“Protecting and evacuating American citizens became another major U.S. government responsibility,” the Pentagon report noted.
Germany sends troops to NATO-Russia border as WW3 fears explode
Germany is poised to send 1,000 soldiers to NATO’s eastern flank amid fears Russia could launch an attack or even an invasion into the Baltic states. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has ordered that the first compulsory assignments begin by the end of September, according to an exclusive report by the German newspaper BILD.
The move comes as Berlin races to establish a permanent military presence on NATO’s eastern flank. Germany plans to have 4,800 troops permanently stationed in Lithuania by the end of 2027 as part of its commitment to strengthen the alliance’s defences in the Baltic region. However, recruitment for the brigade has fallen far short of requirements, with only about 60% of the necessary posts filled by volunteers.
NATO Secretary General Rutte threatens Putin after an attack on a train close to Polish border
The Secretary General of the alliance, Mark Rutte, said:
“Yesterday’s attack on a passenger train in Ukraine shows how desperate Putin has become. He believes that he can prevent us from supporting Ukraine and undermine our unity. He’s wrong. Our response is to increase Ukraine’s support so that it has everything it needs for self—defense.”
It is not clear which train we are talking about, the Russian Armed Forces are methodically removing the railway infrastructure every day. Probably, the speech is about a “train” with Boris Johnson.
He added: “Russia continues to wage a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, while incurring enormous losses — more than 40,000 people a month. Russia is experiencing difficulties in Ukraine and continues to launch reckless and dangerous attacks, including on civilian infrastructure facilities near NATO territory.”
Earlier, he and Zelensky talked about Russia’s losses of 30-35 thousand per month. It’s unclear where they got it from, but they repeat it regularly.
Ukrainian servicemen shot, tortured civilians in Kursk Region — human rights commissioner
Ukrainian servicemen tortured residents of the Kursk Region, shooting some of them right in their own homes, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova stated.
“When they [the Ukrainian troops] invaded the Kursk Region, more than 2,000 people found themselves in a terrible situation. Many civilians were shot in their homes. Elderly people were killed, and even children were murdered,” she said, displaying artifacts from her office at the “Historical Catastrophe: 21st-Century Neo-Nazism” exhibition.
Lantratova showed a trident-shaped branding iron used by Ukrainian servicemen to brand soldiers and civilians in the Kursk Region, just as the Nazis had branded Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War.
She also demonstraited a drill bit that Ukrainian neo-Nazis used to drill into a clergyman’s legs. “A civilian woman recounted that after such torture, it took her a long time to learn to walk again,” the ombudswoman said.
NATO intelligence services find evidence linking Kiev to Leipzig incident
The intelligence agencies of NATO member states, having probed the circumstances of the “drone incident” in Leipzig, informed national authorities that there was no evidence of Russian involvement; on the contrary, they pointed to a “Ukrainian trace,” the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) press bureau said.
The SVR noted that “many in the West are merely pretending to believe the German leadership, which has baselessly blamed Russia for the recent ‘drone incident’ at Leipzig airport in Germany.”
“In public, the allies express complete solidarity with Berlin, which allegedly became a victim of a ‘Russian provocation.’ However, behind the scenes, things look quite different,” the statement pointed out.
“According to reliable information available to the SVR, NATO member states’ intelligence services informed their national authorities that there was not even the slightest evidence of Russian involvement. On the contrary, they pointed to numerous signs of a ‘Ukrainian trace.’ Government agencies were advised to refrain from making definitive, and certainly not public, statements about Moscow’s guilt,” the press bureau emphasized.
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Israeli minister threatens to revoke filmmakers’ citizenship over Gaza film
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has said that he will move to revoke the citizenship of filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their documentary on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, NAZA, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
In an X post on Sunday, Zohar called the documentary “vile” and its win at the film festival “shocking”. He accused the filmmakers of harming the country “just to get applause from antisemites around the world”.
The minister said that Abraham and Szor’s actions “constitute treason against the state” despite the contents were supported even by many UN reports…
“As culture minister, I will act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship of these despicable creators for treason against the state,” he wrote.
Israeli insiders expose system behind mass killing in Gaza in new film
Testimony from 24 Israeli military and intelligence insiders has exposed the systems, policies, and surveillance methods used by the Israeli occupation to facilitate the mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including AI-assisted targeting and strikes carried out despite the anticipated deaths of entire families.
The revelations feature in NAZA, a new documentary by Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor that premiered Thursday at the Venice International Film Festival.
Produced by The Guardian, the film takes its title from an Israeli military acronym referring to civilians expected to be killed in an attack and examines how intelligence gathering, automated targeting, and predetermined civilian casualty estimates were incorporated into Israeli military operations in Gaza.
The interviewees include intelligence officers and soldiers directly involved in surveillance and remote targeting. Their identities were concealed, with interviews filmed at night on rooftops in Tel Aviv and participants’ appearances and voices digitally altered.
YAF strike King Khalid Air Base, vow wider response to Saudi attacks
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced carrying out a large-scale and top-tier military operation targeting the King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, in response to the escalating Saudi aggression against Yemen.
In a statement issued on Monday, YAF spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the operation targeted military facilities and infrastructure across the base, including aircraft hangars, radars, runways, ammunition depots, and more.
The operation involved “dozens of ballistic missiles and drones,” the statement said, adding that the strikes achieved “precise and direct hits” and inflicted “significant losses” on the base.
Brigadier General Saree also said the operation came in response to more than 300 Saudi airstrikes launched over the previous five days using F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets. According to the statement, the strikes targeted most Yemeni provinces and were launched from the Khamis Mushait and Taif air bases.
Saudi Arabia has suspended its East-West oil pipeline after drone attacks
Saudi Arabia has suspended its East-West oil pipeline after drone attacks, cutting off the kingdom’s only crude export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. It said this move was taken as a “precaution” and that the drone attack had originated from Iraq.
The pipeline shutdown comes as Gulf oil exports have already plummeted and maritime routes face new threats. With no restart date set, the impact on supplies to Europe and Asia will depend on the duration of the stoppage.
Iraq says the drone that targeted Saudi Arabia was launched from Maysan province. The local operations commander has been dismissed, while Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered an investigation into those behind the attack.
Iran says it will meet representatives from Iraq and Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss safe shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz and what Tehran described as shared regional security.
US Central Command says it has redirected 99 commercial vessels as part of Washington’s blockade of Iran.
Yemen’s Houthis Attacks targeting Saudi energy facilities
Yemen’s Houthis have launched missiles and drones targeting Saudi energy facilities, including Aramco-linked facilities in Jizan.
Fires were reported, raising fresh concerns over regional energy security. But why does an attack on Saudi oil infrastructure matter to the world? Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s biggest oil producers. Any serious disruption to its energy infrastructure could impact global markets.
Here’s what the world could face: Higher oil & fuel prices: Higher transportation costs, More inflation pressure ,Greater risks for regional shipping- Pakistan has also condemned the attacks and called on Iran to help rein in the Houthis. However, Pakistan has not announced any immediate military action. If attacks continue, this could become more than a Middle East conflict — it could become a global energy and economic issue.
Russian drone strike hits train near Poland-Ukraine border
Russia launched a barrage of strikes on western Ukraine in the early hours of Sunday, hitting the engine of a passenger train near the border with Poland, according to Ukrainian Railways.
Ukrainian and Polish authorities said a separate drone attack caused two lorries to catch fire less than 1km (0.6 miles) from the Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossing. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, described the attack as Vladimir Putin’s ‘terror knocking directly on the doors of the EU and Nato’
The Russian Armed Forces hit gas stations and trucks on the border of Ukraine and Poland at night
The Russian Armed Forces hit gas stations and trucks on the border of Ukraine and Poland at night.
The Poles warned earlier that the Russian Armed Forces plan to start working with logistics in western Ukraine in the coming days. Well, here we go. The main thing is every day and 2-3 months in a row.
“Systematic Hunt for Civilians’: Rosatom Chief Accuses Ukraine Over ZNPP Attacks to Nuclear Plant
Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev has accused Ukraine of carrying out attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and surrounding areas, claiming strikes have targeted the plant’s infrastructure, civilians and workers in Enerhodar.
He called nuclear safety an “absolute priority” and urged the IAEA to identify those responsible for the attacks.
Updates on September, 11, Breaking News in Video
Houthis take over Red Sea coastline expanding their grip over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait
Yahya Saree, military spokesperson for the Houthis, says they have expelled Saudi-backed forces from six districts and that maritime navigation remains safe for all shipping companies except Saudi ships.
After seizing the crucial city of Mocha, the Houthis have taken control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coastline, expanding their grip over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important trade routes.
Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement occupied the port city of Moha on the west coast of Yemen
Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement occupied the port city of Moha on the west coast of Yemen and expanded control over the islands in the Red Sea.
Among them are Perim (Miyun), located directly in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Zukar and the Hanish Islands. The Houthis held a military parade in Mokha.
Saudi-backed government forces are retreating to the south. The leadership of Ansar Allah offered amnesty to the fighters who would lay down their weapons, after which some units stopped resisting.
Bab el-Mandeb is of particular importance for shipments from the Persian Gulf: About 10-12% of world trade passes through it. After restrictions on movement through Hormuz, Saudi Arabia redirected part of its oil exports through the Red Sea, and now the Houthis have taken up positions directly along this route.
Yemeni army liberates Red Sea coast, kills 100s of Saudi mercenaries
The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the country’s military units have taken control of hundreds of kilometers of land in the country’s strategic western provinces of Hudaydah and Ta’izz, and are making a rapid advance toward the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait in a major blow to Saudi-backed mercenaries.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced in a televised statement on Friday afternoon that Yemeni troops and allied fighters from popular committees could drive Saudi-sponsored mercenary forces out of six districts in both provinces, and purge 5,400 square kilometers of land of the militants.
He noted that the gains were made as part of a large-scale military operation, dubbed “Allah is stronger in might and stronger in inflicting punishment.”
Saree went on to say that Yemeni Armed Forces and their allies also defeated seven divisions of Saudi-backed mercenary forces, composed of 38 brigades, killing and wounding hundreds of militants and taking many more as captives.
Furthermore, the Yemeni forces liberated a large number of prisoners who were being kept in inhumane conditions in detention facilities overseen by Saudi mercenaries.
The building of the Kyivstar division was hit in Kiev
The building of the Kyivstar division was hit in Kiev. The blow was confirmed by Zelensky.
It is reported that a Geran-4 jet UAV was used for the attack. Local services are trying to eliminate the consequences of the impact.
Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls to Single Digits
Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell to seven on Thursday from 11 the previous day, well below the 10-day average of 15, Reuters reported on Friday, citing preliminary ship-tracking data.
Of the seven vessels, two Panamax ships exited the strait, one carrying fertiliser and the other sailing in ballast, according to data from ship tracker Kpler as of 0306 GMT.
Five vessels entered the strait, including a Panamax vessel carrying dry bulk cargo, a Handysize vessel laden with steel, a Handysize vessel carrying grains, a medium-range tanker loaded with dirty petroleum products, and a Supramax vessel carrying dry bulk cargo.
Monument with the names of Bandera was destroyed in Poland
Monument with the names of Bandera was destroyed in Poland
Polish MEP Grzegorz Brown demolished an obelisk for UPA supporters* on the border with Ukraine.
“This obelisk insults the memory of Poles who became victims of genocide,” he said.
UPA is a neonazi extremist organization banned in Russia.
Updates on September, 9, Breaking News in Video
US warships pushed away 400km from Strait of Hormuz amid ‘severe attrition’: IRGC
The United States lacks the capacity to maintain a long-term military presence in West Asia, the spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says, noting that American warships have been forced to retreat 400 kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz amid severe logistical and morale attrition, Iranian Press Tv reported.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said the US military is facing unsustainable wear and tear on both its personnel and naval assets, rendering its current posture in the region untenable.
“The US certainly will not be able to continue this situation for a long time, as it faces severe attrition, both in terms of the morale of its military forces in the region and its weapons and warships.”
He said naval deployments require massive logistical undertakings, and the financial and operational costs are becoming unbearable for Washington in the face of Iran’s asymmetric deterrence.
IRGC says maritime restricted zone to extend into Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea
An IRGC spokesperson says a restricted area extending from Chabahar in Iran into parts of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea will be announced.
Any ship that passes through the area will be sanctioned, he said, adding that its exact coordinates will be announced.
His comments come after Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was quoted by state media on Sunday as saying Iran would establish a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days.
The vessel traffic in the main Strait of Oil routes – Al Jazeera map
Iran strikes two US destroyers with ballistic missiles
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reported successful ballistic missile strikes on two US destroyers.
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Airspace Forces carried out a ballistic missile attack on the DDG-119 and DDG-53 warships, equipped with Aegis systems and cruise missiles, as part of an operation,” the IRGC said in a statement cited by Iran’s state broadcaster.
According to the statement, the strikes inflicted significant damage on the ships.
Marandi: Iran’s capture of US vessel signals new phase of war
Iran’s reported capture of a US unmanned underwater vessel in the Strait of Hormuz demonstrates the country’s growing electronic warfare capabilities and could mark a new and more intense phase of the war, Iranian academic and political analyst Dr. Mohammad Marandi revealed.
Speaking on Al Mayadeen’s The Grand Standoff: Iran and the World, Marandi described the seizure of the vessel as a “major achievement”, arguing that its capture intact showed Iran’s ability to penetrate highly advanced US technology and could use the equipment to further develop its own capabilities.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy announced on Tuesday that its forces captured a US unmanned underwater vehicle at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, in a “complex intelligence and military effort” carried out at dawn.
“The very fact that the Iranians were able to capture it intact shows that US technology is not as good as it is presented to us as being,” Marandi stressed.
VIDEO – Iran captures unmanned US submarine as sea warfare intensifies
The IRGC says its naval forces “trapped one of the most modern, intelligent, unmanned submarines of the terrorist US army at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz”.
Iranian state media identified the vessel as a Dive-LD – an autonomous underwater vehicle built by California-based defence firm Anduril Industries.
The submersible, about six metres (20 feet) long, is designed for long-duration missions such as surveillance, seabed mapping, and mine detection. The US said the vessel “malfunctioned a day ago”.
U.S. forces launched a series of strikes on five Iranian oil tankers overnight
Overnight, US forces in the region launched a series of strikes on five Iranian oil tankers — four in the Gulf of Oman and one off Kharq Island. According to the Pentagon, this is a response to two attempts by the IRGC in the last 48 hours to hit an American warship with ballistic missiles; the crews of the ships were ordered to abandon decks, tankers were disabled.
In response, the Iranians launched about 20 ballistic missiles at the Muwaffaq al-Salti base in Jordan, where American forces are stationed. The Jordanian army announced the interception of 18 rockets, two more fell in deserted areas. According to official data, there are no casualties or serious damage.
Why US-Iran war over Hormuz is threatening the Gulf’s waters
The war on Iran is increasingly being fought at sea, with both sides targeting oil tankers and other vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
The tit-for-tat attacks have turned Hormuz into a potential environmental tinderbox. With tankers carrying millions of barrels of crude and petroleum products passing through or waiting around the waterway, a successful strike could trigger a fire, a sinking – or a major oil spill.
“Sensitive habitats such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds and coastal sediments may retain pollutants for much longer,” Hussein Samh Al Masroori, associate professor at Sultan Qaboos University, told Al Jazeera.
He says that oil and petroleum hydrocarbons can directly affect fish, corals, plankton and other marine organisms. Fish eggs and larvae can be particularly vulnerable.
Wafaa Akila: Eight-year-old Gaza girl killed by Israel on first day of school
Sunday was the first day of school for eight-year-old Wafaa Akila. Wafaa never made it home. She was killed alongside her father by an Israeli strike on their car in western Gaza. Israel says it was targeting a ‘Hamas militant.’
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IRGC ballistic missile retaliation forces US aircraft carrier, destroyer to flee. And struck 3 US Oil Tanks
In the cover image: a frame grab footage captured on September 5, 2026 shows the immediate aftermath of a strike by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy against a vessel in retaliation for earlier American attacks on Iranian tankers and the screenshot of the CENTCOM VIDEO on US Military attacks on Iranian oil tankers
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Force has launched several ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrierand an American destroyer participating in Washington’s illegal naval blockade against the Islamic Republic, forcing the vessels to flee, Iranian Press TV reported.
Only USS George Washington aircraft carrier is near the Persian Gulf at the moment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Saturday that the Iranian armed forces would respond more forcefully if the US military continued its “acts of aggression,” creating insecurity and harassing Iranian ships, or maintained its naval blockade of Iran.
He added that the Iranian armed forces would target US military vessels in the region “more severely than before” if Washington persisted with such actions.
The force staged the reprisal against the vessels “belonging to the child-killing, aggressor US military that had been harassing Iranian vessels and participating in the blockade,” the Corps said in a statement on Saturday.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy announces striking three United States-linked vessels and three trespassing oil tankers in retaliation for earlier American attacks on Iranian tankers.
“This morning, the terrorist and aggressor US military, in a brutal act born of desperation from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, attacked three oil tankers belonging to the Islamic Republic, causing damage,” the force said in a statement on Saturday.
In response, “the fighters of the IRGC Navy targeted three oil tankers traveling along an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as three vessels affiliated with the child-killing United States, in other areas,” it added.
Al Jazeera confirmed the issues:
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it attacked three US-affiliated vessels and three oil tankers using an “unauthorised” route in the Strait of Hormuz.
The claim came after the US military said it struck and destroyed three Iranian crude oil tankers in retaliation for attacks on US warships.
In an exclusive video released a few hours earlier, the IRGC showed it had continuous surveillance of naval traffic and its sights set on US-linked vessels moving in the Strait of Hormuz (watch video in the previous update below).
According to Central Command (CENTCOM) reports, an aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer intercepted and avoided the attack, immediately taking offensive action, striking three Iranian vessels.
According to the Pentagon, the vessels were part of a multibillion-dollar covert financial network used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to support proxy militias in the area.
Iran condemns US attacks on oil tankers as violation of international law
«The US has targeted an Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island with four projectiles, further escalating Washington’s terrorist aggression against Iran» Iranian Press TV reported.
Several explosions were heard on Saturday from the direction of the Persian Gulf in the area around Kharg Island, according to reports from the island.
A local source said an Iranian tanker was struck about six nautical miles from the island after being targeted by four projectiles fired by US forces. The attack caused no casualties, while the tanker’s crew was evacuated from the vessel.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it «struck three Iranian oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy ships»
US Central Command says one of the tankers – the M/T Kylo – has sunk in the Gulf of Oman, joining “Iran’s navy at the bottom of the sea”.
If it were true, it would represent yet another war crime for an attack on a civilian ship with consequent environmental disaster due to the spill of crude oil into the sea… Precisely for this reason it seems that this statement is unreliable.
The attack comes as the US has intensified its aggression against Iran in recent days, carrying out strikes on several locations across the country. On Monday, US armed forces attacked Iran’s Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, martyring three people.
On Tuesday, US missile strikes hit three locations near Ahvaz and Aghajari in Khuzestan Province, martyring seven people and wounding eight others, according to Khuzestan provincial officials.
On the same day, US forces struck a residential building in Kuhestak in Hormozgan Province while a wedding reception was taking place, martyring at least five people and wounding 68 others, including women and children.
In response to the attacks, Iran’s Armed Forces launched a series of retaliatory missile and drone strikes against US military positions in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned that any continuation of US military aggression would trigger “heavier, broader and more devastating responses,” while cautioning countries cooperating with the US military that they would face the consequences.
‘US escort is a big lie’: IRGC unveils previously unreleased footage of decisive action against non-compliant vessels
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled previously unreleased footage of its decisive action against non-compliant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, debunking the United States’ allegations of effectively supporting trespassing vessels’ transit through the waterway, according to Iranian Press TV.
On Saturday, the Corps unveiled the footage displaying “decisive management of the waterway” by its Navy.
The footage initially featured short clips of US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooper respectively claiming the strait to be “open,” alleging Washington’s “control” over the waterway, and the American military’s having cleared the mines that have been planted to prevent illegal passage through the chokepoint.
Afterwards, it showed the IRGC Navy conducting close surveillance of and surgically engaging non-compliant vessels on several occasions.
The vessel traffic in the main Strait of Oil routes – Al Jazeera map
The Corps accompanied release of the footage with a firm warning to vessels relying on the US’s claims of the waterway being “open” and Washington’s allegations of being able to provide effective escorts for illegal transit through the route.
Updates on September, 4, Breaking News in Video
Russian Drone hit Ukrainian Security Service headquarters in central Kiev
Members of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) argue with their colleagues from the GRU military intelligence and shoot each other, demonstrating a lack of cooperation and concern for national security (video in the previous updates below).
So Russia would have take advantage of the situation to strike the SBU headquarters in Kiev with likely a drone. Although no official confirmation or admission of the attack has come so far from the Russian Ministry of Defense
According to Ukrainian media and specialized sources, citing sources within the agency, the target of the precision strike was the office of the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Oleksandr Poklad.
A kamikaze drone crashed into the roof and exploded right inside the target room. General Poklad was not in the building on Volodymyrska Street at the time of the attack, thus managing to escape elimination.
“The commander of the SBU (the intelligence agency whose headquarters in Kiev was hit today by an alleged Russian UAV – ed), Oleksandr Poklad, reported on preparations for our active response to the Russian attacks. The geographic scope of our response has been defined. The right moment will be chosen to ensure concrete results.”
Even though the Russian news agency TASS reported only a mysterious explosion as confirmed by Zelensky in the first statement.
«An explosion rocked the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) headquarters in central Kiev, Vladimir Zelensky reported» Tass wrote.
According to a post on his Telegram channel, the explosion occurred near the office of the SBU director, a position currently held by Alexander Poklad. Zelensky reacted to the explosion immediately; the post on his Telegram channel appeared just seconds after the first reports of the explosion appeared on Ukrainian media Telegram channels. The head of the Kiev regime added that he had already spoken with Poklad.
SBU headquarters in Kiev on fire
Ukrainian media outlets are publishing photos of the scene showing thick smoke rising above the building. The SBU headquarters is located in the heart of Kiev. The four-story building has an attic extension and occupies an entire city block.
Israel kills 3 in Gaza as far-right minister plans for Palestinian removals
Israeli attacks have killed at least three people and injured several others across Gaza, as Israeli officials push a plan calling for the removal of Palestinians from the Strip, Al Mayadeen Lebanese TV reported.
An Israeli drone strike on Thursday in the Rimal neighbourhood of western Gaza City killed one person and injured several others, medical sources told Al Jazeera reporters on the ground.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency said the Israeli drone had fired at least two missiles at a group of civilians in the neighbourhood.
Separately, two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in the northern town of Beit Lahia when Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Wafa reported (more details in the yesterday’s updates).
The video of previous deadly IDF attack below
The Israeli military meanwhile claimed that its forces had identified two “terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line” in northern Gaza, who they then “eliminated in order to remove the threat they posed”. The so-called Yellow Line is a buffer zone within Gaza established as part of the “ceasefire”.
The ongoing Israeli attacks come despite a United States-brokered “ceasefire” that came into effect in October. Although major fighting halted in the strip after the agreement, deadly Israeli strikes have continued.
While Israeli attacks continue, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir revealed on Thursday a plan for the removal of the roughly two million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip within seven years.
Israeli strike kills 3-year-old child in Gaza
On augus, 30, 2026 a deadly Israeli strike on Deir el-Balah killed two Palestinians including a 3-year-old child.
Their deaths come amid near-daily Israeli attacks despite the so-called ceasefire, with at least 1,303 Palestinians killed and 4,336 injured since it began.
FOX NEWS – Pentagon to Keep 50,000 Troops Deployed in Middle East Deep into 2027
️Pentagon to Keep 50,000 Troops Deployed in Middle East Deep into 2027
Secretary of US Department of War Pete Hegseth is extending military deployments in the Middle East into 2027,with around 50,000 US troops and 19 warships to remain in the region.
Zelensky Promises to Fire Deputy Heads of GUR and SBU After Recent Kiev Shootout
A shootout between two of Ukraine’s top intelligence agencies has wounded at least three security officials, highlighting internal divisions within Kyiv’s security establishment.
️ Zelensky Promises to Fire Deputy Heads of GUR and SBU after the incident.
Ukrainian outlets report that one of the SBU officers involved in the shootout has been charged with abuse of office, while a GUR serviceman faces charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.
The slow-motion footage shows one of the GUR servicemen pulling a pistol from his holster and pointing it at the SBU officer — who immediately responds with a burst of gunfire to the legs.
Ukrainian Naval Drone destroyed in Sochi, NATO weapons store WIPED near Kiev
1st Footage – Ukrainian naval drone destroyed during attack on Sochi port
While no critical infrastructure is visible in this footage, the video was initially published by Ukrainian channels. This highlights how quickly the Kiev army scrapes social media, including local district chats.
2nd footage – Leaked footage from the aftermath of the devestated NATO weapons store close to Kiev
It’s now believed more than 40 died when the Russians struck the depot, situated in the middle of a residential area
Updates on September, 3, Breaking News in Video
SHOCKING VIDEO – At Least 3 US Troops Killed in Jordan Base in IRGC Retaliation. Their corpses Burned
The IRGC said its Aerospace Force launched on Wednesday a heavy ballistic missile attack against a US Marine Corps barracks in Jordan in response to the aggression on Sirik wedding cerimony.
The IRGC said the missile strikes killed a large number of US forces, at least 3 dead and 30 injured according Western media too, and destroyed several important facilities and attack helicopters at the base.
As shown in the video shared by Middle Report on Instagram, the barracks were engulfed in a terrible fire and it is feared that the bodies of the deceased were burned by the flames.
The IRGC has accused the United States of a long-standing “dark record” of attacks on wedding gatherings, demanding that US leaders answer to the international public for repeated aggression against civilians, IRIB reported.
According to the statement, the attack was carried out during the second wave of an operation named “Punishment of the Aggressor,” under the religious code “Ya Rasul Allah (PBUH).”
The IRGC identified the targeted facility as Camp Titin, located on the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba as we reported in the yesterday’s updates below…
Iran says it targeted Kuwait, UAE over US military support
Iran says it has attacked bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates “in response to America’s crimes against the Iranian people”.
Kuwait has condemned the repeated Iranian attacks on the country, describing them as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty and a direct threat to its security and stability.
VIDEO – “Horrific, appalling”: Iran urges UN Security Council to condemn deadly US attack on wedding ceremony
Iran has called on the UN Security Council to condemn an unprovoked and deadly US attack on a residential home hosting a wedding ceremony in southern Islamic Republic that led to the martyrdom of five civilians, including a four-year-old child, and injured more than 70 others.
Gholamhossein Darzi, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador and chargé d’affaires to the United Nations, made the appeal in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of the Security Council on Wednesday following a new wave of such American strikes targeting southern Iranian cities, which together claimed the lives of at least 18 people and wounded 108 others.
Guided-glide munition ‘most likely’ used in deadly Iran wedding attack. IRGC vows Revenge
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that the blood of those killed in a US attack on a wedding ceremony in Kouhestak, Hormozgan Province, “will never go unanswered” and that it will ultimately “catch up with those who ordered and carried out this heinous crime.”, Iranian Press TV wrote.
State media reports debris recovered from a home attacked in southern Iran during a wedding celebration was “most likely” from a US-made, AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon – a guided-glide munition, Al Jazeera has reported.
Broadcaster IRIB said images released by US Central Command of attacks in southern Iran showed a F/A-18 Super Hornet loaded with a similar munition.
The targeted house was 200 metres (650 feet) from a communications tower, and the strike could not have been an error given the munition’s accuracy, reports said.
Iranian Shahed-136 drone striking a radar installation at the U.S. naval facility in Bahrain
Footage circulating online allegedly shows an Iranian Shahed-136-type drone striking a radar installation at the U.S. naval facility in Bahrain, home to the Fifth Fleet, on September, 2, 2026 (more details in the yesterday updates).
Iran claims it targeted U.S. military infrastructure, while Bahrain says its air defenses intercepted Iranian drones. The exact impact and extent of damage remain independently unconfirmed. The attack is confirmed. The specific “direct hit on Fifth Fleet HQ” claim is not yet independently verified.
Israeli forces storm West Bank town in sweeping raids
Israeli forces stormed the town of Sebastia in the occupied West Bank at dawn on Thursday amid heavy military deployment and sweeping house-to-house raids, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Local sources cited by the agency reported that the Israeli forces brought military reinforcements into the town before raiding several homes and arresting people.
The sources said that Israeli forces also stormed the village of Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, and deployed across several neighbourhoods, while additional forces raided the village of Duma, south of the governorate.
Two Palestinians martyred as Israeli forces escalate West Bank raids
Two Palestinians were martyred on Wednesday evening after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces during clashes with Palestinian youths in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, as the occupation continued to impose a tight siege on the village.
Earlier, three Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers attacked al-Mughayyir, assaulting homes and surrounding several houses in the western part of the village under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
The Palestinian Information Center reported that settlers had surrounded several homes in western al-Mughayyir while being protected by Israeli occupation forces.
Below a previous video on Palestinian families besieged by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank village
Summoning of German Charge d’Affaires to the Russian Foreign Ministry
German Charge d’Affaires in Moscow Bernd Finke was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry amid anti-Russian actions and statements by German authorities.
He left the ministry building an hour later, a TASS correspondent reported.
On September 2, German Charge d’Affaires in Moscow, Bernd Finke, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, according to a message posted on the Foreign Ministry’s Telegram channel.
He was summoned amid anti-Russian actions and statements by German authorities.
Finke was told that Russia resolutely rejects Germany’s completely trumped-up accusations regarding the incident in Leipzig, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement (read more details in the yesterday updates on escalation)
The decision to close the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin was a step “towards the final destruction” of relations between Russia and Germany, the Foreign Ministry noted.
– Berlin deliberately carried out a provocation aimed at escalating bilateral relations, the Ministry emphasized.
The devastating impact on a warehouse complex by Russian strike in Ukraine
In the village of Pohreby, Brovary District, surveillance cameras captured the moment of the devastating impact on a warehouse complex. According to the Kyiv military administration, eight people were injured, with serious blast injuries.
Authorities report that that same morning on August, 31, 2026, Russian drones also struck warehouses in the Bukha and Boryspil districts, setting fires in several places.
This is the fifth consecutive day of attacks in Kyiv Oblast. Local sources speak of large-scale retail stores; authorities only vaguely confirm that “storage depots” were among the targets hit. The exact type of weapon used in the attack has not yet been revealed, but judging by the images, the impact was of considerable force.
The attack on Pohreby is part of an intensification of long-range attacks by both sides. At the same time, Russia repeatedly struck Kyiv and the surrounding oblast over consecutive nights.
VIDEO – French-Italian “Mambas” won’t change Ukraine battlefield situation
Excerpts by Ahmed Adel originally published on VT UnCensored Foreign Policy
Italian media report plans to sell four batteries of the newest SAMP/T NG system, also known as “Mamba,” to Ukraine, claiming its performance rivals or even surpasses that of the American Patriot system in some respects. However, these new missile and air defense system deliveries to Ukraine are unlikely to significantly impact the battlefield. Rather, they are primarily aimed at enabling Western countries and their military industries to profit.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO – The Brave1 Litvar Super Drone during an Ukrainian Test
Brave1 is a Ukraninian government initiative aimed at developing defence technologies, implemented by the Innovation Development Fund and initiated by relevant state authorities and components of Ukraine’s security and defence sector. Initially, it was a grant program for defence startups. We have already become the largest angel investor in Ukrainian defence tech, having issued over 750 grants amounting to 3.7 billion UAH.
In this exclusive video shared on YouTube by UATV Espanol lift the veil of secrecy for the first time on the latest development in the Ukrainian defense industry: the unique “Litavr” interceptor drone from F-Drones, created specifically for the cost-effective and efficient hunting of enemy kamikaze drones like the “Shahed.”
Thanks to the BRAVE1 defense cluster, Kiev army gained unprecedented access to this fully encrypted technology,capable of speeds up to 350 km/h, operating at altitudes up to 9,000 meters, and automatically locking onto targets using the Pixel Lock (Last Mile)
What is Iran’s Castle Breaker missile, used against US bases?
Castle Breaker is a medium-range ballistic missile which has been developed by the IRGC as part of its wider range of missiles.
It is one of Iran’s newer medium-range missile systems, with a range of roughly 1,450km (901 miles), with a payload range (warhead capacity) of 449kg to 590kg (990 pounds to 1,300 pounds).
Kuwait condemns Iranian attack on Saudi tanker
Kuwait has also condemned and denounced the Iranian attack on a tanker belonging to Saudi Arabia, calling it a “heinous” attack that violated international law and is a “direct threat to the security of maritime navigation, its safety, and global energy supplies”.
In a statement, the country’s foreign ministry emphasised the need to immediately halt all “escalatory actions”.
Iranian official rejects US claims denying it targets civilians
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has rejected US CENTCOM’s position that the US does not target civilians.
He has also described a deadly US attack on a wedding celebration in the south of the country as a “war crime”.
“Apparently, he [CENTCOM spokesperson] has forgotten his own military record: Kakarak in 2002, Mukaradeeb in 2004, and Deh Bala and Wech Baghtu in 2008 – documented US attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq that resulted in the deaths of civilians, including women and children,” Baghaei wrote on X.
“He has forgotten something else as well: even Homeland, an American-produced television series, portrayed, in its fourth season, a US drone strike on a wedding in Pakistan – an attack that killed around 40 civilians.
Escalation Russia- Germany: Shutdown of consulate despite Moscow denied involvement in a Drone Incident
The German government has decided to shut down Russia’s consulate general in Bonn from September 18 over an early August drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev strongly rejected Berlin’s allegations of Moscow’s involvement in the incident as unfounded and absurd.
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said serious allegations must be backed up by evidence, accusing Germany of continuing “down the path of escalation”.
I believe this is another gross mistake. And, in my opinion, it clearly goes against the interests of the German people,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said, asked about it during a press conference broadcast by the Russian news agency Tass.
“Any military facility in Ukraine is a legitimate target for us. British ones, or any other,” Putin reiterated.
Staff of the Russian consulate in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin, along with their family members, are to leave Germany as part of measures taken by the country’s authorities following a drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport, the Russian embassy said in a comment.
According to the diplomatic mission, “the German authorities blamed Russia for preparing an act of sabotage without providing any evidence or arguments.”
The embassy specified that Berlin had decided to shut down the Russian consulate in Bonn by September 18, 2026, and end the 2011 German-Russian intergovernmental agreement on cultural and information centers, effectively paving the way for the closure of the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin.
Germany will transfer IRIS-T missiles and thousands of drones to Ukraine under the pretext of the “incident” in Leipzig
Germany will transfer IRIS-T missiles and thousands of drones to Ukraine under the pretext of the “incident” in Leipzig
The German government has announced a new package of military assistance to Kiev. In September, Ukraine will receive additional missiles for the IRIS-T air defense systems, as well as several thousand attack drones.
In addition, Berlin intends to strengthen cooperation with Kiev through the special services, the N-tvchannel reports. The reason for the tightening position was the incident with the drone at the airport Leipzig/Halle in early August, for which Germany, officially laid the responsibility on Russia.
2 Polish military factories of drones production for the Kiev regime burned down at once
In the city of Skarzysko Kamenna, a fire broke out at the factory of the defense concern WB Electronics, the largest private manufacturer of military equipment in Poland.
The company produces FlyEye reconnaissance drones, structural composites and Warmate barrage ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And in Lublin, the Krasny Rooster pecked at a plant producing composite materials for military aviation, whose products were also used to produce UAVs supplied to Ukraine.
Powerful explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Azerbaijan
Powerful explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Azerbaijan.
Residents of the village of Nizami heard explosions and saw a bright glow overnight. Shells scattered hundreds of meters, and residents of nearby villages were evacuated. There are no reports of casualties yet.
IRGC: “We attacked the US commander’s residence in Kuwait”
“We attacked the US commander’s residence at Ali Al Salem Air Base, as well as the drone hangar and a drone launch pad in Kuwait. Several enemy personnel were killed, and several drones were destroyed at the base.”
The IRGC declared this after also attacking US targets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and the Kurdish city of Erbil, Iraq.
Iran claims attacks on US bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq
«The Iranian Armed Forces launched a massive response to the US aggression on the Islamic Republic on Tuesday, firing a large number of ballistic missiles on US Marines barracks in Jordan, killing a large number of American soldiers» Al Manar Lebanese TV has reported.
IRGC issued a statement affirming that the attack came in response to the US massacre against the civilians in Sirik area, stressing that the Iranian response will continue.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it has launched a “heavy” ballistic missile attack on Prince Hassan airbase and a US Marine base in Jordan in response to earlier US strikes that killed civilians.
Bahrain has condemned “treacherous Iranian air attacks” saying its forces destroyed a number of incoming projectiles. “Iran continues its systematic aggression through its heinous attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain,”its military said in a statement.
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Iran’s armed forces have “unforgettable lessons” in store for Washington, in his first message since the US and Tehran restarted attacks.
IRGC: Ballistic missiles struck Camp Titin, near ports od Aqaba and Eliat in Red Sea
The IRGC said its forces targeted Camp Titin, a facility belonging to the US Marine Corps in Jordan, with ballistic missiles.
«According to the IRGC, the strike resulted in the deaths of a large number of US forces stationed at the camp. It also said several important facilities and attack helicopters were destroyed in the attack» Al Mayadeen Lebanese TV has reported.
The IRGC did not provide a specific figure for the number of US personnel it said were killed or give further details about the extent of the damage.
Iranian news agency Tasnim described Camp Titin as being located in a strategically important position at the northern end of the Red Sea, near the ports of Aqaba and Eilat.
The agency said the camp is located a short distance from the Saudi border and is suitable for US Marine Corps training and the protection of maritime infrastructure.
Tasnim said Camp Titin has particular importance for the US Marine Corps and for the rapid deployment of forces.
Senior IRGC official tells Arab states to expel US forces or face strikes
IRGC political deputy General Yadollah Javani has addressed Arab countries, demanding they either expel US forces or face a crushing military response.
“It is better to expel the Americans from your countries and take back the bases,”Javani said in a statement published by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
He warned that Iran’s military has proven that it will retaliate decisively from any staging point used for attacks against Iran, specifically naming Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.
Trump Murdered othe 11 Civilians in US Missile Attacks
Eleven people have been killed in US missile attacks in Iran, including at least four at a wedding celebration in the southern city of Sirik, and seven others in strikes across three locations in Khuzestan province, according to Iranian state media.
The Israeli military intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” in northern Israel after warning sirens were sounded. No injuries were reported.
The Israeli military launched two air strikes on the outskirts of Kfar Reman and Arab Salim in southern Lebanon, our correspondents on the ground reported.
OIL Prices Rose and Global bonds hit multi-decade highs for second day amid US-Iran conflict
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, with Brent crude futures rising 87 cents, or 0.92 percent, to $95.52 a barrel, following the latest exchange of attacks between the US and Iran.
Government bonds sold off sharply on Wednesday, driving borrowing costs to multi-decade highs as the US and Iran trade blows, raising energy prices and inflation fears, according to Reuters.
It was the second day of the market rout, which began after a US strike on Larak Island triggered the latest round of escalation.
The conflict pushed up energy prices, feeding investor fears about inflation and mounting government debt. Consequently, the 10-year government bond hit a near three-year high in the US, a 30-year high in Japan, and a 15-year high in Australia, while prices for German and French 10-year bonds fell to multi-year or record lows.
Because bonds served as benchmarks for broader borrowing, their rise made mortgages more expensive and increased funding costs for governments.
VIDEO – Moment US strikes on Iranian port city hit wedding party Killing at least 4 People, including a child
Iran says a series of US strikes near its southern port city of Sirik has killed at least four people, including a child at a wedding party. The Health Ministry said 50 others were wounded in the attacks.
Watch the moment the strike hits below:
Updates on AUGUST, 26, Breaking News in Video
Iran says Hormuz remains closed despite Oman route deal
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite a temporary transit agreement with Oman, insisting that Washington must return to its commitments under the memorandum of understanding before the waterway is fully opened.
US President Donald Trump says that all mines have been cleared and detonated from the strait’s international waters and that Tehran has received warnings that any ships laying new mines will be “destroyed”.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs details a temporary arrangement between the Islamic Republic and Oman concerning the Strait of Hormuz, while asserting that reopening of the waterway hinges on realization of Tehran’s demands, according to Iranian Press TV.
Remarking on Tuesday, Kazem Gharibabadi detailed the arrangement that he identified as tentative pending establishment of a “permanent route” during further negotiations between the two sides that are expected to take between 30 and 60 days.
Iran closed the chokepoint following the launch of the latest bout of unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against the country on February 28.
According to Gharibabadi, under the arrangement involving Iran and Oman, the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz will be closed. As part of its violations of the MoU, the US would try to illegally escort vessels through the southern route that runs along the Omani coastline.
Oman has accepted the closure, the official said, adding that the move would be communicated to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Under the arrangement, “vessels entering the Persian Gulf will use Iranian waters, while vessels leaving the Persian Gulf will use Omani territorial waters,” the senior diplomat stated. “Vessels would pass through Iranian waters in both directions,” he added.
He described the arrangement as functioning “like a two-way highway,” with a total width of approximately seven nautical miles.
Gharibabadi stressed that the arrangement agreed with with Oman does not mean that the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened immediately. He said the issue of the arrangement and the question of reopening the strait were separate matters.
Israeli forces raid UNRWA training centre in East Jerusalem, raise Israeli flag
Israeli far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvircelebrated after Israeli forces raided a facility operated by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, in occupied East Jerusalem, expelling employees and hoisting an Israeli flag in the courtyard.
UNRWA and experts say it is a direct breach of international law.
But after the previous bombings of various UNRWA offices and the massacres of UN officials in Palestine, UN Secretary General António Guterres (who earns $227,000 a year) and his other well-paid aides should stop clowning around on the world stage, resign, or intervene with severe sanctions against Israel and the US, which since 2023 have been protecting Israel’s genocide, as confirmed by dozens of UN reports.
It would be enough to put a resolution to a vote in the General Assembly, bypassing the Security Council, where the US continues to exercise its vote. But the real problem is that many Western countries, including Italy, have effectively protected the massacre committed by Zionists in the Holy Land to speculate on the weapons market.
«Israeli so-called National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced on Tuesday the start of operations to dismantle a vocational training center run by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, in the East Al-Quds (Jerusalem) area of Kafr Aqab, near the Qalandiya refugee camp»Al Manar Lebanese TV pointed out.
“Large forces of Israel Police are working together with the relevant authorities to realize the law and get UNRWA out of the area,”Ben Gvir said in a statement.
“An organization whose workers were involved in terrorism, and which served as a front for Hamas time after time, has no right to exist for even another second, and has no place in Jerusalem and the State of Israel.”
Footage from Palestinian media shows Ben Gvir on the scene with Israeli occupation forces at the UNRWA facility.
The Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governorate said Israeli forces ordered UNRWA employees to exit the facility and not return.
Ben Gvir’s announcement comes after the Israeli occupation authorities’ Jerusalem municipality this month greenlit a plan to build a road and an “educational complex” over the 82-dunam area.
Explosion in Ammo Depot in Pishchanka, Ukraine, Kills One and Injures 11
An explosion occurred in Pishchanka, Samar District, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing one person. Another 11 people were injured.
Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported on the consequences of the incident.
The explosion destroyed three private homes. Another 15 houses sustained varying degrees of damage. But according to Russian sources the huge blast happened inside an ammunition depot.
People who were near the epicenter at the time of the explosion were evacuated to a safer location. Access to the hazardous area was temporarily restricted.
Investigators, forensic experts, and other specialized services are working at the site of the explosion in Pishchanka. Oleksandr Hanzha did not specify the cause of the blast, but described the incident as a war crime.
A Health Impact News reader reached out to me today about a Substack Page named The Leah Files, and Leah’s most recent posts about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick’s efforts to intentionally crash the U.S. dollar and replace it with digital stablecoins.
Leah claims to have 20 years of experience in intelligence as a former CIA and NSA employee. She also has a YouTube channel.
Leah appears to have discovered the Trump Administration’s plan to crash the U.S. Dollar and profit from it, and her research appears to be rock solid.
Some of this information I already knew, but she covers the most recent actions by Bessent and ties the pieces together, which was a real eye-opener for me, so I decided to feature her work here on the Health Impact News network.
She gives great background on Scott Bessent and how he has a history of destroying countries’ currencies, and profiting from it.
This is what she wrote regarding Bessent and the actions he took as the U.S. Treasury Secretary during a 13-day period in August of 2026:
Between August 11 and August 24, 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent executed a sequence of decisions that, taken together, amount to the most aggressive restructuring of the American financial system in modern history. He did it in thirteen days and it’s being buried in the news…for good reason.
I am quoting extensive excerpts from her two-article series, and I encourage you to support her work (I did).
THE CURRENCY KILLER: SCOTT BESSENT
He broke five currencies and made billions. Then, he got the keys to the USD. All while having connections to Epstein and Ehud Barak.
Between August 11 and August 24, 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent executed a sequence of decisions that, taken together, amount to the most aggressive restructuring of the American financial system in modern history. He did it in thirteen days and it’s being buried in the news…for good reason.
On August 11, Bessent killed the Corporate Transparency Act and ordered the FinCEN beneficial ownership database deleted. Three days later, the President’s family crypto company received a federal bank charter.
Three days after that, Bessent published rules requiring every stablecoin in America to hold its reserves in Treasury bills. The national debt crossed $40 trillion the next day.
On August 19, he doubled the Treasury’s bond buyback program, the same mechanism he once used to make $3.5 billion breaking Japan’s currency. And on August 24, he announced “Operation Economic Outcast” and threatened to cut entire countries off from the dollar system.
I built a model to measure how close the United States is to a currency crisis.
I took the seven indicators that preceded every major currency collapse since 1992 and checked the U.S. against each one. Unfortunately, all seven are present. The historical record says that has never happened without a crisis following within twenty-four months.
The model turned out to be the easy part. The harder thing to explain is what I found behind the numbers: a system that appears designed not just to weaken the dollar, but to profit from the weakening. And the man running it has spent forty years doing exactly that to other countries.
The Man Behind the US Dollar
Scott Bessent’s career has one through line. He finds countries whose governments are weakening their own currencies, he bets against those currencies, and he collects when they break.
He started on George Soros’s team in the early 1990s. In 1992, Soros shorted the British pound on Black Wednesday and made a billion dollars in a single day.
Bessent was part of that trade, living in London and running the London office at the time. He went on to become Soros Fund Management’s chief investment officer, where he ran what the Wall Street Journal called the most profitable currency bet in the fund’s history: the yen.
Japan’s government had been buying its own bonds to suppress interest rates, which had the side effect of weakening the yen. Bessent recognized the pattern, shorted the currency, and made $3.5 billion when it crashed.
The Wall Street Journal called him “The Man Who Broke the Bank of Japan.” Fortune wrote that he “made a fortune spotting currency manipulation.”
He left Soros in 2015 and started his own fund, Key Square Capital, running the same strategy. Then Donald Trump nominated him for Treasury Secretary, and the man who had spent his career betting against vulnerable currencies was handed control of the most important one on earth.
What he has done since become the US Treasury Secretary with control of the US Dollar is worth a closer look.
He crashed the Iranian rial from 700,000 to 2 million per dollar through sanctions. Rice prices in Iran went up 60% and beef went up 150%. The broader conflict cost American consumers $53 billion in higher gas prices, according to the Dallas Fed.
He used between $20 and $40 billion in American taxpayer money to prop up Argentina’s peso ahead of a political ally’s midterm elections.
He blockaded Cuba’s economy and tourism collapsed by half with rolling blackouts becoming a permanent normalcy. To make matters worse, the country has posted three straight years of negative GDP.
The pattern is consistent. When the target is an adversary, he destroys their currency. When the target is an ally, he props theirs up with American money.
In both cases, the American public pays.
Seven Out of Seven
As an economist, I have studied historical currency collapses for years and I found that eery major one in modern history followed a pattern. I identified seven indicators that were present before the collapse. And I wanted to know how many of those indicators are currently present in the United States.
The answer…all of them.
In the historical record, four of these indicators meant a crisis was likely. Five meant it was almost certain.
I found all seven.
Operation Economic Outcast
On August 24, Bessent held a press conference and announced what he called “the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled against an adversary.”
He sanctioned nearly 60 corporations, individuals, and vessels connected to Iran. He introduced five new categories of secondary sanctions targeting digital assets, cryptocurrency, gold, aviation, and shipping. He seized $1 billion in Iranian cryptocurrency.
Then he said:
“Any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the U.S. dollar system. The clock just started ticking.”
When asked whether Chinese banks would be exempt, he said
“no one is above the reach of U.S. sanctions.”
The Treasury Secretary of the United States just threatened to cut entire nations off from the dollar. He did this while actively weakening the dollar through buybacks. While the debt just crossed $40 trillion. While he had just gutted the financial transparency system, and while the President’s family owns the only federally chartered private digital dollar in existence.
Countries that get cut off from the dollar system still need a way to transact in dollars. The only private digital dollar with a federal bank charter is USD1, owned by the Trump family.
Bessent is driving countries away from the dollar while the President’s family owns the replacement.
The Digital Dollar Play
Let’s play connect the dots.
On January 23, 2025, Trump signed an executive order banning any federal agency from creating a Central Bank Digital Currency. No government digital dollar, ever. He eliminated the only thing that could have competed with a private one.
Two months later, his family’s company, World Liberty Financial, launched USD1, a private stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar and backed by Treasury bills. The Trump family receives 75% of net profits. Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, owns 49%. USD1 now has $4.6 billion in circulation.
In May 2025, Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund routed a $2 billion investment in Binance through USD1 specifically. That single transaction represented 75% of USD1’s total market cap at the time. Eric Trump and Zach Witkoff, the son of Trump’s Middle East envoy, announced the deal from a stage in Dubai.
Congress then passed the GENIUS Act, which requires every stablecoin issuer in the United States to back its tokens with Treasury bills maturing within 93 days. This means every dollar of USD1 in circulation must purchase government debt. Brookings projects that stablecoin holdings of Treasury bills could reach $2.3 trillion by 2030.
On August 14, the OCC, run by Trump appointee Jonathan Gould, granted World Liberty Financial a conditional federal bank charter. The President’s family crypto company can now issue USD1 directly, with federal authority.
Now let’s follow the money through the loop.
The President banned the government from building the competition, then the Trump family built the product. His appointee gave them a bank charter.
Congress passed a law requiring it to buy government debt. His Treasury Secretary is weakening the real dollar to drive adoption of the digital one, and his Treasury Secretary is now cutting countries off from the dollar system, pushing them toward the private replacement his family owns.
Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure reported $1.4 billion in crypto income. That is more than he made from real estate. $550 million came from World Liberty Financial token sales. $600 million came from meme coins. His family has taken at least $1.2 billion in cash from WLF in sixteen months.
Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter reviewed the disclosures and said this level of conflict “would be a violation” for every other executive branch employee.
But there is no enforcement mechanism for a sitting president.
The Epstein Connection
There is one more thread, and it is the one that explains why the financial transparency infrastructure had to be destroyed.
In August 2024, a hacker group called Handala breached the personal email archive of Ehud Barak, the former Prime Minister of Israel.
Barak was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest associates. He visited Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse dozens of times, invested in companies alongside Epstein, and has never denied the relationship.
The emails were published by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a legitimate transparency organization. Journalists Jack Poulson and Harrison Berger spent months going through them and published their findings in September 2025.
What they found was a direct, documented financial relationship between Ehud Barak and Scott Bessent.
The emails show Barak communicating with senior Soros Fund executives about Bessent’s currency trades. They used code names.
Bessent was referred to as “Sterling.” A major yen trade was called “Ichiban,” the Japanese word for number one. There are emails from August 2013, December 2013, May 2014, February 2015, and May 2015 documenting meetings, fund seeding discussions involving $100 million to $450 million, and ongoing financial coordination between Barak and Bessent.
Barak’s corporate structure was designed by Darren Indyke, Epstein’s personal lawyer. Epstein’s Southern Trust Company invested 50% into the entity. The same entity that took consulting payments from Bessent’s fund is the same entity that controlled where Epstein’s money went.
Bessent is also blocking the release of $1.5 billion worth of Epstein’s Suspicious Activity Reports: 4,725 flagged wire transfers from JPMorgan and $378 million from BNY Mellon. Senator Ron Wyden introduced the PETRA bill to force their release. A Republican senator blocked it.
Wyden called Bessent “a willing participant in a cover-up.”
And he is.
On August 11, Bessent killed the Corporate Transparency Act and deleted the FinCEN database. Three days later, the bank charter was approved.
The man with documented financial ties to Epstein’s business partner is not just running the Treasury, he is dismantling the infrastructure that would allow anyone to trace what is happening now.
In Part I of “The Currency Killer”, I showed you how Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is using the same tools he deployed as a hedge fund manager to manipulate the US bond market. He doubled the Treasury buyback program to $4 billion per operation.
He is sitting on a $950 billion war chest.
But a buyback scheme only works if there is demand for the bonds you are buying. Someone has to be on the other side of the trade.
That someone is Howard Lutnick.
Before he became the 41st Secretary of Commerce, Lutnick was the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, one of Wall Street’s largest bond dealers. I did a deep dive on Lutnick, so go check it out on my Substack if you haven’t already.
But in summary, he is, in my opinion, one of the worst of the worst of this administration.
Forbes called him the most hated guy on Wall Street. He was confirmed 51-45 on a strict party-line vote. He co-chaired Trump’s transition and was the 31st largest donor in the 2024 cycle, putting nearly $9 million into MAGA, Inc.
His firm has a client that matters more than any other in this Currency Killer series. That client is Tether, the largest stablecoin in the world, with $185 billion in circulation. Cantor Fitzgerald is Tether’s primary custodian, holding $141 billion in US Treasury bills backing Tether’s reserves.
That makes Tether one of the twenty largest holders of US government debt on earth, bigger than Germany.
But Lutnick did not just manage Tether’s money, he vouched for them publicly, and shaped the law that protects them. His family still profits from the relationship. The stablecoin at the center of all of it has documented ties to terrorism financing, nuclear proliferation, and the global fentanyl trade.
Welcome to the most corrupt administration folks. This is the story of the custodian, ie Howard Lutnick.
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