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🇺🇸📣 US AMBASSADOR TO UN: Russia & Iran Have a "Symbiotic Relationship" – But Warns Moscow of Consequences, Touts Saudi Nuclear Deal with Caveats

In a series of statements, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz painted a picture of Russian-Iranian cooperation, threatened "bad things" if assistance continues, and defended a US-Saudi nuclear deal that keeps enrichment out of Riyadh's hands – for now.

🇷🇺🇮🇷 On Russia-Iran ties: "They have a symbiotic relationship" – Iran provides drones and technology to Moscow.

🗣️ On Zelensky's claims (Russia surveilling Gulf states & US installations): Trump has "put both Putin and Xi on notice that bad things will happen" if they assist Iran.

🇸🇦🇺🇸 On the US-Saudi nuclear deal: No enrichment technology provided to the Saudis – "that will be done here in the United States." The deal mirrors the UAE's 123 Agreement with full inspections.

#US #Russia #Iran #SaudiArabia #NuclearDeal #UN #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Hypocrisy #ThinkBRICS
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 NEW GAZA DEAL: Israel Approves Multinational Force & "Board of Peace" Pilot – But Hamas Remains Armed, Yellow Line Stays

Israel's Security Cabinet has approved a US‑drafted proposal for Gaza – a multinational force, a technocratic Palestinian government, and a pilot project in Rafah. But the occupation continues, Hamas is not disarmed, and Israel refuses to withdraw.

🏛️ Board of Peace (BOP) – a US‑led initiative, with CEO Nikolay Mladenov and Trump envoy Aryeh Lightstone meeting Netanyahu last week. Described as "useful and productive."

🛡️ International Stabilisation Force (ISF) – entry approved by Israel's Security Cabinet. Initial deployment of ~200 personnel from countries with peace agreements with Israel (Uganda, Morocco).

🏗️ Rafah pilot project – temporary structures built; residents must undergo "strict vetting" to ensure no ties to Hamas. Area managed by a Palestinian technocratic government with ISF backing.

#Gaza 🇵🇸 #Israel 🇮🇱 #US 🇺🇸 #BoardOfPeace #Occupation #BRICS
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🇮🇳📢 THE CJP PROTEST: When Young India Demanded Accountability – And Got It 🇮🇳

A student-led movement over exam leaks forced a minister's resignation and challenged the idea of political invincibility. The barricades are down, but the questions remain.

🎓 49‑day protest – driven by young Indians, amplified through Instagram, sustained by physical mobilisation.

📉 Union Education Minister resigned – a direct response to the movement's demands.

📊 152 major exam leaks in the last decade – affecting an estimated 7.5 crore (75 million) students and job aspirants.

🧠 More than half of India's population is under 30 – the median age is around 28. This is a young country, and it's demanding accountability.

👉 Read the full analysis here: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/the-cjp-protest-and-the-limits-of

#India 🇮🇳 #CJPProtest #YouthPower #Accountability #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #Democracy #ExamReform #StudentActivism
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🇺🇸📉 GUARDIAN "SHAMEFUL": Pentagon Accused of Cover-Up Over US Casualties in Iran War 🇺🇸🇮🇷

As the US-Iran war drags on, the Pentagon has not held a press briefing for two and a half months. Critics say the administration is hiding the true human cost of Trump's war of choice – fearing a public backlash before the midterms.

📊 18 US troops killed, roughly 430 injured – but the Pentagon initially failed to disclose figures, only belatedly acknowledging them in a social media post.

📉 Pentagon website lowered death count from 18 to 14 – blamed on "a temporary data disruption."

🚫 No press briefings since May – the Pentagon has expelled major outlets (NYT, NPR, Politico), replaced them with Trump‑friendly media, and restricted reporter movement.

💰 $37.5 billion spent – but no coherent strategy, no clear off‑ramp.

🗣️ Former Defence Secretary Leon Panetta: "There's a deliberate effort to withhold information… a shameful approach."

#US #IranWar #Pentagon #CoverUp #BRICS #GlobalSouth
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🇮🇷🇺🇦🇮🇱 Iran Accuses Zelensky

The fallout from the Caspian Sea strike is escalating.

Iran has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of attacking an Iranian commercial vessel "at Israel's behest," claiming the strike killed a sailor and violated international law.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has warned both the EU and Russia that the incident "cannot go unanswered," vowing to defend Iran's national interests.

Ukraine, however, maintains the vessel was transporting military-related cargo, while Iran insists it was carrying only civilian goods.

The incident adds another layer of tension as the Ukraine conflict increasingly intersects with the broader Middle East crisis.

Source: RT

#Iran #Ukraine #Israel #Geopolitics
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🇨🇳🇧🇷 China and Brazil Deepen Strategic Ties

Beijing and Brasília are moving closer.

In a phone call with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to strengthen bilateral and multilateral coordination, highlighting the growing China-Brazil partnership as a pillar of stability in an increasingly turbulent world.

Xi called for deeper cooperation within BRICS and the broader Global South, stressing the need to defend multilateralism, reform global governance, and oppose external interference.

Lula welcomed expanded cooperation in AI, energy, and critical minerals, while inviting more Chinese investment into Brazil's economy.

As global power dynamics shift, China and Brazil are positioning themselves as key voices of the Global South.

Source: Xinhua

#China #Brazil #BRICS #GlobalSouth
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The Iran-US Conflict: Consequences for BRICS and SCO
It appears that the military-political confrontation between Iran and the United States is gradually becoming chronic. This means that a new source of permanent instability is emerging in southwestern Eurasia, one that will continually influence many processes in play across this vast global macro-region. This is especially true, given that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a permanent member of such important regional and global associations as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO...  Read more »
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Florence’s Fontana del Porcellino is famous for a simple good-luck ritual: rub the boar’s nose and drop a coin into the grate below.


Legend says that if the coin falls through, your wish will come true — and you’ll return to Florence.


For centuries, the ritual worked just fine.


Now it’s a lot harder, with beggars snatching coins out of the air before they even reach the grate


The coins tourists throw into the fountain are supposed to go to hospitals and orphanages across Italy

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🇳🇪🇫🇷 Niger Accuses France! Tensions between Niger and France are escalating again.

Niger's transitional leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, has accused French intelligence of preparing a third attack on the country's main airport, alleging Paris trained and supported militants behind the deadly June assault in Niamey.

According to Tchiani, the attack was aimed at key military and government facilities following the withdrawal of foreign troops from Niger.

France has repeatedly denied accusations of backing armed groups or interfering in Niger's internal affairs.

The claims highlight the deepening rift between France and the Alliance of Sahel States, as former French colonies continue to distance themselves from Paris and reshape regional security partnerships.

Source: RT

#Niger #France #Sahel #Geopolitics
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🇮🇳🇺🇦 India sends a rare diplomatic message to Kyiv.

New Delhi has summoned Ukraine's ambassador after repeated Black Sea attacks on commercial vessels killed Indian seafarers, calling the targeting of civilian shipping "unacceptable."

Ukraine expressed condolences but argued that the maritime threat stems from Russia's military operations, urging greater international pressure on Moscow.

With five Indian seafarers reported killed since April, India is now urging its citizens to carefully assess the risks before accepting jobs on vessels operating in the Black Sea.

As the war spills deeper into global trade routes, even countries outside the conflict are paying the price.

Source: NDTV / ANI

#India #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #BlackSea
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New Publication | BRICS Perspective
The BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio is pleased to announce the publication of the article “From Brazil to India: Continuity over Rupture in BRICS’ Path to 2026,” by Marta Fernández and Maria...

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🌍 Slovenia's dramatic U-turn on Palestine has activists sounding the alarm!

Far-right leader Janez Janša’s new government is rapidly reversing the previous administration’s progressive stance by removing the Palestinian flag, freezing recognition of Palestine, planning to move its embassy to Jerusalem, and welcoming Israel’s first embassy in Ljubljana. This sharp shift normalizes ties with Israel while public pro-Palestine sentiment remains strong and civil society faces growing pressure.

💭 What does this European reversal mean for Global South solidarity with Palestine—and should progressive voices worldwide push back harder against such policy flips?

#PalestineSolidarity #GlobalSouth #Slovenia #FreePalestine
Source: Savage Minds
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🌍 The West declared Russia isolated—yet the Global South had other plans!

Far from becoming a global pariah after the military operation in Ukraine, Russia has deepened ties across the non-Western world, turning the UAE into a sanctions-busting hub, leveraging BRICS diplomacy, and drawing on historical solidarity in places like South Africa. Many nations refused the binary West-vs-Russia choice and kept engaging on their own terms.

💬 Does the Global South’s openness to Russia prove that multipolar alliances are rewriting the rules of international power—and should more countries follow this independent path?

#GlobalSouth #BRICS #MultipolarWorld #RussiaUkraine
Source: NYT
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A school nurse and her wife confronted a couple at the Issaquah Farmers Market in Washington over the husband’s Charlie Kirk shirt and hat.

The pair celebrated Kirk’s d***h, called people ‘maggots’ and mocked Jesus — while the couple stayed calm and kept recording.

Many on X are now calling for the nurse to be fired

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🇬🇧🇺🇦 ZELENSKY MEETS UK PM BURNHAM – "Very Warm" Talks on Missile Supplies & Joint Tech

Ukraine's leader is in Britain for talks with the new Prime Minister – the first foreign leader hosted by Burnham since taking office. The agenda: anti‑ballistic missile supplies, military tech cooperation, and a "close partnership."

🤝 First foreign leader hosted by Burnham – meeting at a Royal Navy base, observing UK‑led training for Ukrainian forces.

🛡️ Anti‑ballistic missile supplies a major focus – to protect Ukraine's critical infrastructure during winter.

🔬 Joint military technology projects on the table.

📅 Burnham intends to visit Ukraine soon – and described the meeting as "very warm." "We got on very well indeed… this is going to be a close partnership."

#UK 🇬🇧 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Zelensky #Burnham
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🇨🇳🌍 CHINA EXPANDS FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFRICA – But De-Dollarisation Remains a Long Game 🇨🇳

Beijing is laying the tracks for a future without the dollar – but the yuan's role is still minor, and China itself is in no rush.

🏦 China-Africa yuan payments – Standard Bank (Africa’s largest) now handles direct yuan payments through ICBC, operating in 21 African countries.

📈 Trade growth – China-Africa trade grew 14% annually (2000‑2024). China eliminated import tariffs on African products from May 1.

💵 Yuan still minor – 5th most-used trade currency, ~8.5% of global transactions. Most energy and agricultural commodities still trade in dollars.

🧠 China is reluctant to accelerate – Beijing holds massive dollar reserves, wants to maintain export competitiveness, and will not fully liberalise its capital account.

👉 Read the full analysis: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/china-establishes-financial-mechanisms

#DeDollarization #China #Africa #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Yuan #ThinkBRICS
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A food vendor was livestreaming from the Bite of Seattle festival when gunfire erupted in the background, sending crowds fleeing beneath the Space Needle.

Three people were killed and four others injured, including a two-year-old boy. Police arrested one suspect and are searching for another believed to have fled the scene

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🇫🇷🇩🇪 FRANCE & GERMANY SEEK GRAND BARGAIN – EU Protectionism Wrapped in “Strategic Autonomy”

Paris and Berlin are negotiating a deal to strengthen EU industrial defences – including tougher “Made in Europe” rules and a possible softening of the 2035 combustion engine ban. The message? Europe is closing its market, even as it lectures the world on free trade.

🏭 The bargain – France wants tougher “Made in Europe” provisions in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act. Germany wants to weaken the 2035 combustion engine ban to save its carmakers (Volkswagen faces 100,000 job cuts).

🤝 Mutual concessions – Berlin would support French-style procurement protections; Paris would allow greater flexibility on combustion engines.

⚠️ Political timing – Macron is term‑limited, Le Pen is leading polls and has vowed to slash EU contributions. This may be the last chance for a Franco‑German push.

#EU #France #Germany #Protectionism #GreenDeal #BRICS #GlobalSouth
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🇺🇸📶 US MARSHALS 20+ ALLIES FOR 6G RACE – "Counterweight" to China

Washington is launching a global partnership to accelerate 6G development – an explicit effort to blunt China's telecom influence.

🤝 20+ countries – including UK, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada – join a Trump administration initiative to coordinate 6G policy, standards, and security.

🎯 Explicit counterweight to China – aimed at Huawei, ZTE, and Beijing's telecom ambitions, ahead of next year's World Radiocommunication Conference in Shanghai.

🛡️ National security framing – the U.S. is still paying billions to rip Huawei/ZTE gear from rural networks.

🧠 The list – includes European nations, Asian allies, and Latin American countries (Costa Rica, Panama, Paraguay). Notably absent: China, Russia, Brazil, India, South Africa.

#6G #US #China #TechRace #Huawei #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Telecom #Standards #ThinkBRICS
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A Tucson police officer stopped a mass shing just 10 seconds after the gunman opened fre on a crowd, injuring nine people.

Police say suspect David French, who was already on probation over a 2024 shing, tried to flee before the officer sht and wounded him

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