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🇮🇱🇧🇪⚡️- Israel has been using at least one civilian cargo airline to move military equipment across the world.
Belgian media RTL revealed today that Belgian authorities uncovered military equipment from the United Kingdom that was supposed to be loaded as the cargo of a Challenge Airlines aircraft in Liège's airport in late March. Belgium had banned the transit of military equipment destined to Israel several weeks prior to this discovery.
Challenge Airlines is an Israeli civilian company specialized in non-standard air cargo but has never mentioned military equipment on their website nor on their registered cargo. This airline has been operating numerous flights between Tel-Aviv, the U.S. and Belgium for months.
Belgian media RTL revealed today that Belgian authorities uncovered military equipment from the United Kingdom that was supposed to be loaded as the cargo of a Challenge Airlines aircraft in Liège's airport in late March. Belgium had banned the transit of military equipment destined to Israel several weeks prior to this discovery.
Challenge Airlines is an Israeli civilian company specialized in non-standard air cargo but has never mentioned military equipment on their website nor on their registered cargo. This airline has been operating numerous flights between Tel-Aviv, the U.S. and Belgium for months.
📢 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 President Trump tells Iran that they "have no cards" other than the Strait of Hormuz.
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🛢 🇺🇸 📈 US crude oil exports are skyrocketing:
US Gulf Coast crude exports are on track to average a record 4.90 million barrels a day in April based on current loadings.
That would be up +23%, or +930,000 barrels per day since March, and up +30%, or +1.12 million barrels per day since February.
At the current pace, May exports will exceed 5.0 million barrels a day for the first time in history.
This comes as Asian buyers are securing US cargoes to offset the loss of Middle Eastern supply while flows from the Strait of Hormuz remain significantly limited.
For May alone, 28 supertankers are already lined up to carry US crude, compared to 5 typically booked at this point in a month.
Global demand for American oil has never been higher.
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US Gulf Coast crude exports are on track to average a record 4.90 million barrels a day in April based on current loadings.
That would be up +23%, or +930,000 barrels per day since March, and up +30%, or +1.12 million barrels per day since February.
At the current pace, May exports will exceed 5.0 million barrels a day for the first time in history.
This comes as Asian buyers are securing US cargoes to offset the loss of Middle Eastern supply while flows from the Strait of Hormuz remain significantly limited.
For May alone, 28 supertankers are already lined up to carry US crude, compared to 5 typically booked at this point in a month.
Global demand for American oil has never been higher.
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🌾 🇺🇸 🏜 With wheat barely a foot tall, the flag leaf is already emerging—a sign the crop is rushing to reproduce under stress, leaving too little structure to support a harvest. Less than 10% may be harvested in West Texas.
https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/wheat/harvest-hopes-fade-winter-wheat-withers-west-texas-fields
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https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/wheat/harvest-hopes-fade-winter-wheat-withers-west-texas-fields
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Harvest Hopes Fade as Winter Wheat Withers in West Texas Fields
With wheat barely a foot tall, the flag leaf is already emerging—a sign the crop is rushing to reproduce under stress, leaving too little structure to support a harvest. Less than 10% may be harvested in West Texas.
⛰️ 🇺🇸 🏞 Colorado’s worst snowpack year on record
The latest forecasts for Colorado River water supply are strikingly poor, and the impacts of a dry winter on the region are starting to come into sharp, upsetting focus.
Wide swaths of the Rocky Mountains saw meager snowfall, setting the region on course for the driest conditions in recorded history.
That shortage could threaten major reservoirs, dams and the water supply for central Arizona. About 85% of the Colorado River starts as mountain snow, largely in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
“The notion that a wet April, May, June, might save us is quickly leaving the building,” said Nels Bjarke, a research scientist with the Western Water Assessment. “There is a possibility that we could experience the driest or historical low flows on record.”
Dave DuBois, the New Mexico state climatologist, said those dry conditions would have widespread consequences such as enhanced wildfire risk. He said ranchers may be forced to cut their herds because of limited ability to grow cattle feed.
https://www.kjzz.org/science/2026-04-07/dismal-depressing-and-seriously-dry-low-snow-threatens-colorado-river-water-supply
The latest forecasts for Colorado River water supply are strikingly poor, and the impacts of a dry winter on the region are starting to come into sharp, upsetting focus.
Wide swaths of the Rocky Mountains saw meager snowfall, setting the region on course for the driest conditions in recorded history.
That shortage could threaten major reservoirs, dams and the water supply for central Arizona. About 85% of the Colorado River starts as mountain snow, largely in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
“The notion that a wet April, May, June, might save us is quickly leaving the building,” said Nels Bjarke, a research scientist with the Western Water Assessment. “There is a possibility that we could experience the driest or historical low flows on record.”
Dave DuBois, the New Mexico state climatologist, said those dry conditions would have widespread consequences such as enhanced wildfire risk. He said ranchers may be forced to cut their herds because of limited ability to grow cattle feed.
https://www.kjzz.org/science/2026-04-07/dismal-depressing-and-seriously-dry-low-snow-threatens-colorado-river-water-supply
⛰️ 🇺🇸 🏞 A century ago when the Colorado River Compact was agreed upon, the Colorado River Basin had a population of about 200,000. Today that figure is 40,000,000. But do go on blaming climate change: “Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future.”
Water conservation the like of what we have never seen is not a 'nice to have', it is inevitable.
https://theconversation.com/water-conservation-works-but-climate-change-is-outpacing-it-phoenix-denver-and-las-vegas-offer-a-glimpse-of-the-future-279837
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Water conservation the like of what we have never seen is not a 'nice to have', it is inevitable.
https://theconversation.com/water-conservation-works-but-climate-change-is-outpacing-it-phoenix-denver-and-las-vegas-offer-a-glimpse-of-the-future-279837
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📖 🇺🇸 🌡 California just had its hottest and driest March ever recorded.
It was warmer than any April on record since 1895.
Warmer than the average May. And as dry as a typical July.
https://www.aol.com/news/march-record-warmest-dozens-us-161000745.html
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It was warmer than any April on record since 1895.
Warmer than the average May. And as dry as a typical July.
https://www.aol.com/news/march-record-warmest-dozens-us-161000745.html
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👨🌾 🇮🇷 🌡 From war to weather: A 'super El Niño' event poses fresh risks to global food costs
Meteorologists say an unusually powerful El Niño could take shape later this year, exacerbating global food security fears.
The prospect of a “super El Niño” event comes at a time when many have raised the alarm over surging fuel and fertilizer costs amid the Iran war.
"Food prices are being squeezed from both sides: by climate extremes disrupting production in major growing regions, and by a food system still hooked on fossil fuels and therefore exposed to spikes in gas, fertiliser, transport and packaging costs," Jaccarini told CNBC by email.
Roughly one-third of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz, although shipping traffic has virtually ground to a halt since the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on Feb. 28.
The price spikes for fuel and fertilizer come as the U.S. planting season begins in earnest, ramping up fears among U.S. farmers of elevated food prices and lower crop yields.
Asked about the prospect of a powerful El Niño event developing in the wake of the sprawling Middle East crisis, Heyl said: "If you get two negative factors like that combining then it could really be tough going."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/el-nino-food-risks-iran-war-fertilizer-weather.html
Meteorologists say an unusually powerful El Niño could take shape later this year, exacerbating global food security fears.
The prospect of a “super El Niño” event comes at a time when many have raised the alarm over surging fuel and fertilizer costs amid the Iran war.
"Food prices are being squeezed from both sides: by climate extremes disrupting production in major growing regions, and by a food system still hooked on fossil fuels and therefore exposed to spikes in gas, fertiliser, transport and packaging costs," Jaccarini told CNBC by email.
Roughly one-third of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz, although shipping traffic has virtually ground to a halt since the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on Feb. 28.
The price spikes for fuel and fertilizer come as the U.S. planting season begins in earnest, ramping up fears among U.S. farmers of elevated food prices and lower crop yields.
Asked about the prospect of a powerful El Niño event developing in the wake of the sprawling Middle East crisis, Heyl said: "If you get two negative factors like that combining then it could really be tough going."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/el-nino-food-risks-iran-war-fertilizer-weather.html
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From war to weather: A 'super El Niño' event poses fresh risks to global food costs
An unusually powerful El Niño weather event could take shape later this year, exacerbating global food security fears.
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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: ‘In recent conversations with advisors, Trump has conceded that the Strait of Hormuz is unlikely to completely reopen anytime soon’ – Reuters
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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Hezbollah has released a video compilation of FPV drone attacks against Israeli tanks and troop carriers in Lebanon
During this war, Hezbollah has rapidly increased the use of FPV drones after their effectiveness was proven in Ukraine.
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During this war, Hezbollah has rapidly increased the use of FPV drones after their effectiveness was proven in Ukraine.
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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 The Iranian delegation in Islamabad consists of:
– Parliament Speaker, Dr. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf
– Foreign Minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi
– Secretary of the Defense Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian
– Governor of Iran’s Central Bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati
– Various security, political, military, economic, and legal attachés
– Several members of Parliament
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– Parliament Speaker, Dr. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf
– Foreign Minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi
– Secretary of the Defense Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian
– Governor of Iran’s Central Bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati
– Various security, political, military, economic, and legal attachés
– Several members of Parliament
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📢 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will "open up automatically," adding that Iran will "make no money" otherwise.
He thinks that it will be open "fairly soon."
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He thinks that it will be open "fairly soon."
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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: Pakistan has released a list of names from the Iranian delegation
It consists of 86 officials, experts, and media personnel.
Some important names that are attending, which weren’t mentioned in media extensively, are Baqeri Kani, deputy of the SNSC, and Mohammad Nabavian, a notoriously conservative MP.
Overall, this is a VERY heavy delegation which carries a lot of authority and expertise.
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It consists of 86 officials, experts, and media personnel.
Some important names that are attending, which weren’t mentioned in media extensively, are Baqeri Kani, deputy of the SNSC, and Mohammad Nabavian, a notoriously conservative MP.
Overall, this is a VERY heavy delegation which carries a lot of authority and expertise.
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Based on the density and size of the delegation, the talks will definitely take places over multiple days and not only one session.
In fact, the delegation is so extensive and features a multitude of important personalities, that I’m surprised they were all sent.
In fact, the delegation is so extensive and features a multitude of important personalities, that I’m surprised they were all sent.