Iranian media releases photos of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei with late former President Ebrahim Raisi.

Raisi died in a helicopter crash in 2024.

Is Iran hinting that the younger Khamenei is dead?

🇮🇷 Iran's speaker Ghalibaf feels US wants to start a new war.

US and Iran have had hardline stance on a number of issues top of them nuclear enrichment.

Russia says Iran has a right to nuclear technology.

🇺🇸 🇮🇱 USA - Israeli relations

JUST IN - Trump says Netanyahu "will do whatever I want him to do. He's a great guy," adding, "I'm right now, at 99% in Israel. I could run for Prime Minister. So, maybe after I do this I'll go to Israel run for Prime Minister."

🇨🇳🇷🇺 Russia - China meet

Vladimir Putin met with Premier of the State Council of the PRC Li Qiang in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

❗⚡ Kanye West says he made Elon Musk

🤖 Perplexity adds Web Search to Agent Models

Why it matters: Perplexity’s Agent Models docs now list Web Search and describe it as providing “source-grounded context.”

Builders using Perplexity agents for grounded retrieval should review the new capability and test it in their integration.

🇺🇸 🇨🇺 ❗ The U.S. Department of Justice announces the indictment of Raúl Castro and several others with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals.

Trump tells journalists, 'we have to help Cuban people'.

❗🇺🇸🇷🇺 Don't wanna say that: Trump rules out Maduro-like military action against Cuba.

❗ Big reversal: The US just lifted sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese — the sharp critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories.

This comes just one week after a federal judge ruled the sanctions violated her freedom of speech.

Treasury quietly updated its site today, removing her under “International Criminal Court-related Designation Removal.”

Is this free speech win… or strategic backdown? What’s your take on this timing?"

🚨 Hundreds marched in Buenos Aires today against President Javier Milei’s austerity measures — this time targeting deep cuts to healthcare and rising medicine costs.

Protesters say the reduced funding is pushing public hospitals and access to treatments into crisis, making it harder for ordinary Argentines to get care.

Has Milei’s “chainsaw” approach — been saving the economy or strangling essential services?

What’s your take? Is time up Milei?

🤖 LangChain releases langchain-fireworks 1.4.0

Why it matters: The LangChain release feed now lists langchain-fireworks 1.4.0. Teams using the Fireworks integration should review the release and verify compatibility before upgrading.

Analysis by ModelsWar.com

🇨🇳🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin and Trump could sit down as early as November.

The Kremlin says a potential meeting may happen on the sidelines of the APEC summit in China, according to top aide Yury Ushakov.

The will be the second face-to-face since Trump’s return to the White House

With Ukraine, energy deals, and global tensions on the table — this one could move the needle.

Is it just optics or what do you think they’d actually discus?

❗ Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir is in Tehran right now — leading high-level talks to mediate and revive negotiations aimed at ending the US-Iran war.

He arrived with a senior delegation carrying fresh proposals, as Pakistan positions itself as the key broker between Washington and Tehran.

Can Pakistan actually pull off a lasting deal before the ceasefire window closes?"

❗ Pakistan's Munir arrives in Tehran after IRGC cleared the airspace.

'Iran airspace completely cleared' in repeat of final hours to March war — Pentagon colonel

❗China is blocking a senior Pentagon official’s visit to Beijing — until Trump decides on the massive $14 billion arms package for Taiwan.

The proposed trip by the Pentagon’s top policy official is now in limbo as Beijing pressures the White House.

High-stakes leverage play in which China briefly holds the cards.

What’s your read — will Trump approve the deal, or use it as a bargaining chip with Xi?"

Wow! Chinese President Xi Jinping set to visit North Korea.

Don't you think this is very strange; what is everyone preparing for?

❗ The US has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean as tensions with Cuba continue to rise.

The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group just entered the region — coinciding with the fresh DOJ indictment against Raúl Castro and ongoing pressure on the Cuban regime.

Is this routine presence or the start of something more serious in America’s backyard?"