🇮🇷🇺🇸 TWO FISHING BOATS HIT IN PERSIAN GULF — FISHERMEN REPORTED MISSING

A reported US strike has turned a confrontation at sea into a search-and-rescue operation.

🔹 🎣 Target: Two fishing boats were reportedly struck in the Persian Gulf, according to Mehr News.

🔹 📍 Location: The incident was reported roughly 12 miles from Larak Island and 30 miles from Bandar Kangan.

🔹 🚨 Missing fishermen: Several people aboard the vessels are reportedly missing as rescue teams search the area.

🔹 ❗ Status unclear: The condition and whereabouts of those reported missing remain under review.

#Iran #US #PersianGulf #Larak #Fishing #War #MiddleEast #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇺🇸🇮🇷 AMERICA'S WAR MACHINE GOES 24/7 — TRUMP BOASTS OF RECORD WEAPONS PRODUCTION

While Washington talks diplomacy, America's defense factories are being pushed into overdrive.

🔹 🏭 24/7 production: Trump says US defense factories are operating around the clock and expanding capacity.

🔹 🚀 Priority weapons: He specifically highlighted Patriot, THAAD, Tomahawk and other Standard Missile systems.

🔹 🌍 Middle East focus: Trump says weapons are being delivered daily to US forces in the Middle East and elsewhere.

🔹 ⚔️ Industrial mobilization: Trump claims new large-scale defense plants are being built at a rate of four to five at a time.

#USA #Iran #Trump #Military #Weapons #MiddleEast #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇮🇷🇸🇦🇴🇲🇾🇪🇺🇸🇹🇷 IRAN LAYS OUT ITS REGIONAL CASE: HORMUZ, YEMEN, SANCTIONS AND TURKEY

🔹 🌊 HORMUZ: Iranian spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says Saudi Arabia requested the postponement of a Gulf foreign ministers' meeting where Iran and Oman planned to present a joint understanding on safe maritime routes through the Strait of Hormuz. He called it a missed opportunity for regional cooperation.

🔹 🇾🇪 YEMEN: Tehran denies intervening in Yemen, saying Yemenis make their own decisions and describing the Houthis as an “independent Yemeni party.”

🔹 🇸🇦🛢️ SAUDI PIPELINE: Baghaei categorically rejects US allegations that Iran was involved in the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil pipeline, accusing Washington of repeatedly producing “false news and false claims.”

🔹 🇹🇷 TURKEY: Tehran says relations with Ankara remain strong, with foreign ministers in continuous contact.

#Iran #SaudiArabia #Oman #Yemen #StraitOfHormuz #Turkey #US #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 TRUMP: RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AGREE TO STOP STRIKING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

Washington announces a limited de-escalation — but Zelenskyy already doubts Moscow will honor it.

🔹 ⚡ Energy infrastructure: Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to stop striking each other's energy facilities.

🔹 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Limited de-escalation: The reported agreement covers energy infrastructure specifically, not a comprehensive ceasefire or end to hostilities.

🔹 🇺🇦 Zelenskyy's reaction: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed doubts that Russia will abide by the agreement.

🔹 🛡️ Kyiv's condition: Zelenskyy says Ukraine is prepared to uphold the arrangement if its partners are ready to enforce it.

🔹 🕊️ The test: The agreement's credibility will depend on whether strikes actually stop — and whether violations trigger consequences.

#Russia #Ukraine #Trump #Zelenskyy #War #Energy #Diplomacy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇮🇷🇺🇳 IAEA CHIEF CALLS ON IRAN TO RE-ENGAGE — BUT SAYS DIPLOMACY IS STILL POSSIBLE

Grossi says the nuclear standoff can still move from confrontation toward verification — if Tehran and the IAEA return to cooperation.

🔹 ☢️ Iran: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi renewed his call for Tehran to re-engage with the agency over its nuclear programme.

🔹 🔍 Verification: Grossi says safeguards work and verification of the programme's peaceful nature must continue, warning that without cooperation there can be no predictability, reassurance or trust.

🔹 🇮🇷 Iran's security concerns: The IAEA chief said the agency remains ready to work with Tehran to resolve outstanding issues while respecting Iran's security concerns.

#Iran #IAEA #Nuclear #Grossi #UN #Diplomacy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇨🇳🇺🇸 CHINA WARNS: AI IS BECOMING A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY

🔹 🤖 Four threats: Chinese Minister of State Security Chen Yixin identified deepfakes and propaganda, AI-enabled cyberattacks, data leaks, and accelerated military competition as core risks.

🔹 🧠 Information warfare: Chen warned that AI-generated deepfakes could be used to wage a “propaganda war” against China and manipulate public opinion.

🔹 💻 Cybersecurity: AI could dramatically lower the technical barriers to cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, potentially allowing less-skilled actors to conduct more sophisticated operations.

🔹 ⚔️ AI changes warfare: Chen pointed to US AI deployment in the war with Iran as evidence that warfare has been “fundamentally transformed.”

🔹 🇺🇸 US models singled out: Chen specifically identified foreign AI systems, including Claude Mythos and GPT-5.5-Cyber, as cybersecurity concerns.

#China #USA #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity #Technology #Geopolitics #BRICS #GlobalSouth

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