Sunshades are up at Khmeimim Air Base, Syria - https://t.co/OdbKwKaOWv

BREAKING: Police to ban mass rally and march on Saturday to call for universal suffrage on fifth anniversary of failed Hong Kong electoral reform package, sources reveal https://t.co/BaMiq0gr0g

@weathermodels_ Accumulated wind swaths are highly informative for quickly visualizing impacts along the storm track e.g. maximum sustained winds from HWRF 18z. Each step is 3-hours -- so also see the storm movement slow down on approach to FL coastline.…

Updated recon report from just before the NHC advisory for #Dorian 16 nautical mile eye 992MB pressure (likely not the lowest measured but they have to send in a report) Max flight level winds displaced a little to the west of the flight center (288 degrees…

The displacement of the max flight temps may not be significant, just suggests Dorian is not 100% perfectly aligned in the vertical, but could also just be a temporary formative deal

Kim Jong Un is expanding his arsenal right under Trump's nose while the president legitimizes human rights abuses: Expert https://t.co/Tfr78yKmfm

The funds for Ukraine can’t be spent while they’re under review and the money expires at the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year. https://t.co/mDmBFmYXUM

👁 spy an 👁!

Latest recon message in from the aircraft out there, pressure down to 988MB - eye has contracted from 16 to 12 nautical miles wide #Dorian

In what was the worst-kept surprise, China formally anounces that there will be a military parade on Oct 1

She's still as bright as a burned out light bulb. Can't fix stupid. https://t.co/IDPOD5nbeg

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Oooh - some lightning popping up over the last 15 mins or so in the main feeder band to the east of #Dorian - not 100% sure if that means anything but first time I've seen that so far this storm

Turkey to start preliminary talks with Russia over Su-35, Su-57 - https://t.co/oDhocPNOb5

#China military says will make 'new' contributions to #HongKong's stability. #HongKongProtests https://t.co/Cqjmq6Mvyt

A #US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by #China in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger #Beijing at a time of rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies. https://t.co/lv7jbi2J3j

#Cuba|n Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez urged Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday to help end #US sanctions on #Venezuela in their third meeting since May on the South American country’s political and humanitarian crisis. #Canada https:/…

B-2 stealth bomber has made its first-ever visit to increasingly strategic Iceland: https://t.co/WdubAyPdlE

With first kits of HS-15 shipped to Japan and successful ability to print as orders come in the new Armaments In Mini store is now up.. https://t.co/e1cAAcREtC The current kit available on the store for order reserving is the HS-15. #retweet #startup #3Dprinting…

Intensification has slowed down as #Dorian is feeling some shear imbalance on the W and E side of its COC. Biggest challenge should be tomorrow night. It is over high tropical cyclone heat potential so this has been key in it getting to formidable cat.1 status…

#UPDATE Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe, says World Health Organization. WHO declares disease is no longer considered eliminated in the UK, Greece, the Czech Republic and Albania https://t.co/PRzsBjZU1D