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25 May 2026 15:37

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump's disapproval rating is now higher than it was after January 6th 2021.

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25 May 2026 15:37

🇺🇸 - Happy Memorial Day – Honor those who served in the greatest military ever, and her glorious Empire.

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25 May 2026 12:37

🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱 Trump withdrew from key diplomatic proposals with Iran following phone call with Netanyahu

The media coverage surrounding recent diplomatic efforts between the US and Iran has vastly outpaced the actual progress achieved in negotiations, according to Iranian affairs analyst Hassan Ahmadian.

​Speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic, Ahmadian stated that US President Donald Trump retroactively withdrew from two critical components of the proposals, which had previously secured mutual acceptance from both sides through intermediaries.

​The analyst revealed that Trump altered positions regarding a comprehensive ceasefire provision intended to encompass Lebanon, as well as the unfreezing of specified Iranian assets.

​Ahmadian noted that this sudden policy shift occurred immediately following a telephone conversation between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

🔗 The Cradle

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25 May 2026 04:37

💥 🇷🇸 👮‍♂️ Protesters and riot police clashed in Belgrade after tens of thousands of people flooded the capital for an anti-government demonstration.

Read about the second-largest protest in Serbia since the fall of president Slobodan Milošević in 2000

Between 180,000 and 190,000 people turned out for the protest, reported Arhiv javnih skupova (AJS), an independent group comprising journalists, activists and academics specialising in counting the number of demonstrators.

Students now say they plan to challenge Mr Vučić at the approaching elections that they hope will oust the Right-wing populist government. Mr Vučić said this week that the ballot could be held between September and November this year.

Serbia is formally seeking European Union entry but has maintained close ties with Russia and China.

📎 The Telegraph

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25 May 2026 04:32

🇻🇪⚡️ — Prisoners at a detention center in Barinas, Venezuela, staged a rooftop protest on Sunday, setting mattresses on fire and demanding the removal of the prison director, whom they accuse of overseeing guards who shot unarmed inmates.

➡️ Inmates said they were peacefully protesting when prison staff opened fire and left some wounded.

➡️ The inmates accuse prison director Elvis Macuare Guerrero of banning visits, confiscating clothes, and pressuring prisoners to sell drugs.

➡️ Outside the prison, relatives clashed with National Guard officers carrying riot shields as they stormed the facility, and family members reported hearing screams and explosions shortly after security forces moved into the jail.

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25 May 2026 04:20

📝 🇹🇷 🗳 Erdoğan’s tightening grip on Turkey: the next election is already being decided

The removal of an opposition party leader and closure of a liberal university show an authoritarian democracy moving closer to one-man rule

Turkey’s next presidential election is scheduled for 2028. Many think it will come sooner. But by the time ballots are actually cast, the outcome may already have been decided – especially after the last few days.

On Thursday, an appeals court removed the head of the opposition Republican People’s party (CHP), Özgür Özel, by annulling its 2023 leadership contest. The 51-year-old was credited with reviving the CHP, which trounced the ruling Justice and Development party in 2024’s local elections. He was also one of the few senior figures not caught in a sweeping crackdown that has led to hundreds of CHP officials and politicians being arrested. Human Rights Watch says that the justice system has been weaponised against the opposition. A mass corruption trial opened in March, with defendants including the Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested last year on the day that he was chosen as the CHP’s presidential candidate. He could face a sentence of more than 1,900 years if convicted on all counts.

Thursday’s decision was widely seen as an effort to further subdue and split the CHP, which called it a “judicial coup”. Mr Özel’s unpopular predecessor Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu – who lost the 2023 election to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan despite a surge in opposition to the president – has been reinstated.

Mr Erdoğan has pursued an increasingly authoritarian path since coming to power in 2003, notably following the Gezi Park protests in 2013 and especially the coup attempt 10 years ago. He pushed through constitutional changes that replaced the parliamentary system with a highly centralised presidential one. His acolytes control the media. Civil society has been pummelled. On Thursday, he signed a decree closing a private university known as a centre of liberal views.

There is a two-term presidential limit, but Mr Erdoğan would be able to run again in the event of early elections. His detente with Kurds could also bring support from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy party to change the constitution. The bleak state of the economy is unlikely to improve given Turkey’s heavy dependence on fuel imports.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/24/the-guardian-view-on-erdogans-tightening-grip-on-turkey-the-next-election-is-already-being-decided

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25 May 2026 04:10

⚡️🇹🇷 Turkey currently faces "some" political crises.

For example, a new law just passed that solidified the principles and reforms of Ataturk, and that any attempt to change them would be illegal and dealt with the most severe legal sanctions possible, so in essence, you actually no longer even question the concept of secularism within Turkey anymore.

The CHP have also had their offices raided by Turkish police as the CHP internally fractures between those who swear allegiance to Erdogan and those who do not.

@medmannews

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25 May 2026 01:43

🇨🇳🇯🇵🇺🇸⚡️ — Chinese President Xi Jinping sharply criticized Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Japan’s growing military spending during his summit with President Trump, accusing Tokyo of pursuing “remilitarization,” according to FT.

➡️ Xi became unusually vocal and agitated while discussing Japan, making it one of the most heated exchanges of the two-day summit.

➡️ Trump responded by arguing that Japan had been forced to adopt a stronger security posture because of increasing threats from North Korea, though it's unclear if he mentioned China in the same context.

➡️ U.S. officials said Trump also emphasized his respect for the Japanese people and his close relationship with Takaichi during his meeting with Xi.

➡️ A senior U.S. official added that the American delegation reminded Chinese officials about the significant U.S. military presence stationed in Japan.

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24 May 2026 23:37

📢 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Trump on Truth Social:

"Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

📎 realDonaldTrump/116631236648279838">Donald J. Trump

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24 May 2026 19:57

Two main points of dispute in the ongoing MoU discussions:

1. The release of Iran’s frozen assets. Iran wants most of it up front.

2. More importantly: Iran’s objection to Israeli ‘freedom of action’ in Lebanon in case of a ceasefire. Iran insists on an absolute ceasefire in Lebanon.

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24 May 2026 19:56

💧 🇸🇾 📈 Syria: the Euphrates Dam, the country's largest reservoir, has reached water levels not seen since 1988.

It is now at 97% of its capacity, after receiving 3 billion of m³ in recent weeks, thanks to the unusually heavy rainy season in Syria and Turkey.

As a precautionary measure, water releases are being carried out & will reach ~800 m³ per second, which will raise the level of the Euphrates to heights unseen in decades.

Authorities warned people days in advance not to swim or go too close to the river banks.

📎 Qalaat Al Mudiq

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24 May 2026 19:20

✝️ 🇫🇷 ❤️‍🔥 Day 2 of the Pilgrimage to Chartres.

Well over 20,000 pilgrims, including over 200 priests, from 20 different countries attended Pentecost Sunday TLM.

📎 Michael J. Matt

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24 May 2026 16:44

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇵🇰- A senior Iranian source told Reuters earlier today that Iran has not agreed to hand over its highly enriched uranium stockpile, stressing that nuclear issues are not part of the current preliminary agreement with the US.

➡️ "The nuclear issue will be addressed in negotiations for a final agreement and are therefore not part of the current deal. There has been no agreement over Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile to be shipped out of the country," the source said.

@GeoPWatch

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24 May 2026 15:58

🇺🇸🇦🇪 U.S. Air Force KC-135R and KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft were evacuated from Al Dhafra AB in the UAE earlier last week after being deployed there since early April.

They may have been repositioned to Israel or Saudi Arabia.

🔗 Egypt's Intel Observer (@EGYOSINT)

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24 May 2026 15:35

🏹 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Last night and this morning, another large-scale, combined Russian missile and drone attack was carried out on Ukraine.

Missiles launched:

~20 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 4 Tu-95MS strategic bombers at their launch lines over western Kostroma Oblast.

~20 Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from OTRK installations in eastern Bryansk Oblast.

~18 Kalibr cruise missiles launched from 3 surface-carriers at Novorossiysk Naval Base, Krasnodar Krai.

~16 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast.

~10 Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from OTRK installations in northern Kursk Oblast.

~6 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Pochep, Bryansk Oblast.

~6 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles launched from ground-based installations in western Crimea.

~5 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles launched from 5 MiG-31K fighters at their launch lines over eastern Tambov Oblast.

~4 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations in northern Kursk Oblast.

~2 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installation(s) near Liski, Voronezh Oblast.

~2 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installation(s) in Crimea.

~2 Oreshnik Intermediate-range ballistic missiles launched from the Kapustin Yar Testing Ground, Astrakhan Oblast.

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Total missiles launched:

~30 Iskander-K cruise missiles
~30 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles
~20 Kh-101 cruise missiles
~18 Kalibr cruise missiles
~6 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles
~5 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles
~2 Oreshnik Intermediate-range ballistic missiles

~111 missiles in total.

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Ukrainian air defence work:

As of the time of writing, it appears that Ukrainian air defence was able to intercept at least 8 Kalibrs, 6 Iskander-M/S-400s, 5 Kh-101s, and 5 Iskander-Ks (minimum 24 interceptions in total).

📎 AMK Mapping

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25 May 2026 15:37

🇻🇦⚡️- Today, Pope Leo XIV has released his first encyclical letter, Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.

The full letter can be found here for your own reading if you wish, but I have attached some abstracts that I believe provide a very broad summary of some points and are short enough to fit into a telegram message, as there is simply too much to put in so few words.

"Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. Each generation inherits the task of shaping its own era, of guiding history to become a place where the dignity of every person is safeguarded, justice is promoted and fraternity is made possible. Yet every era also runs the risk of creating an inhumane and more unjust world. Whenever humanity is in danger of marring its true identity, we Christians lift our eyes to the Incarnate God, knowing that it is 'only in the mystery of the Word made flesh that the mystery of humanity truly becomes clear.'  In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness.

The Holy Spirit challenges us today regarding our relationship with technology and the ongoing digital revolution. Technology has the power to heal, connect, educate and protect our common home; but it can also divide, exclude and generate new forms of injustice. In the abstract, technology in and of itself is not a solution to humanity’s problems, just as it is not inherently evil. In practice, however, technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate and use it. Therefore, the primary choice is not between a 'yes' or 'no' to technology, but rather between constructing Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem; between a power that claims to dominate the heavens and a people who work together in the presence of God to rebuild the walls of fraternal coexistence.

The danger of humanity becoming a victim of its own achievements was already clearly recognized by Saint Paul VI, who warned that 'the most extraordinary scientific progress, the most astounding technical feats and the most amazing economic growth, unless accompanied by authentic moral and social progress, will in the long run go against man.' For this reason, technological progress — valuable in itself — requires careful discernment of the anthropological vision that guides it and the ends it pursues.

With the heart of a shepherd and a father, I ask everyone to abandon the construction of yet another Tower of Babel and to join forces in building up the common good, so that humanity will never lose its beauty, and the world once again will come to recognize the human heart as the place where God desires to dwell.

It now falls to us to face the challenges of our time with clarity of thought and responsibility. It is necessary to establish adequate regulatory tools capable of upholding justice and curbing the distorting effects of technological power.

In the era of artificial intelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. True progress always stems from a heart open to others, an intelligence willing to listen and a will that seeks what unites rather than what separates"

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25 May 2026 15:37

🇨🇳🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡- "The Iran-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce, a private bilateral trade body representing Iranian and Pakistani business interests, has accused the United Arab Emirates of actively obstructing Iran’s integration into the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), in a bid to prevent [Pakistan's] Gwadar Port from becoming a rival to Dubai," - Fars News.

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25 May 2026 10:57

🇺🇸❌🛢 - The rumor about an imminent deal between the US and Iran, originating from US officials, is having the intended effect on the oil market.

Brent crude futures fell $4.71 to $98.83 a barrel, the lowest level in 2 weeks.

Despite the suspected effort from the Trump administration to manipulate the oil market, physical barrels are largely unaffected in price and trades at a large premium ($30-$60) over paper barrels. Nevertheless, large and timely insider bets, coordinated with Axios headlines are still making outsizied gains.

@GeoPWatch

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25 May 2026 04:33

Female inmates at a remote jail in Western Australia were allegedly raped by male prisoners who scaled a fence during an hours-long riot.

The West Kimberley Regional Prison is "designed to support Aboriginal culture, kinship and connection to country".

https://www.noticer.news/west-kimberley-regional-prison-riot-women-assaulted/

Follow: @NoticerNews

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25 May 2026 04:22

🇻🇪🇺🇸🇨🇺🇳🇮⚡️ — Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado:

Cuba will be free, Venezuela will be free, and Nicaragua will be free.

We are talking about a process that will allow, for the first time in history, the Americas to be free of communism and dictatorship for the first time.

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25 May 2026 04:15

🇹🇷 🇹🇷 👮‍♂️ Turkish riot police stormed the headquarters of Turkey’s main opposition party earlier today, the CHP, in Ankara after a court decision annulled the leadership of party chairman Özgür Özel.

Police used tear gas and rubber bullets as party members barricaded entrances to the building and attempted to block officers from entering.

(via BBC)

📎 POPULAR FRONT

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25 May 2026 03:37

🇻🇪🇺🇸⚡️ — President Delcy Rodríguez has consolidated her hold on power in Venezuela with support from the U.S., while free elections continue to be delayed and President Trump is not prioritizing the issue, WSJ reports.

Rodríguez, once sanctioned by the U.S. and closely associated with Venezuela’s socialist leadership, has repositioned herself as a pragmatic partner for the Trump administration, hosting American officials and energy executives in Caracas while promoting long-term economic cooperation.

U.S. officials view Rodríguez as cooperative, business-friendly, and capable of maintaining stability during a period of regional and global energy uncertainty.

Rodríguez has told Washington she supports elections eventually but argues sanctions must first be lifted so Venezuela can restore infrastructure and economic activity before any vote takes place.

Elections aren’t even on Trump’s mind at this point, said a senior administration official.

Since January, after the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. commandos, Washington has overseen millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil, with proceeds being held in a special U.S. State Department-controlled fund.

Despite the improved relationship with Washington, Rodríguez’s domestic approval rating has slipped to around 30% amid continuing hyperinflation, unemployment, and power shortages.

Critics and opposition figures argue the political changes under Rodríguez remain largely cosmetic, saying much of the existing power structure established under Maduro is still intact. They point to cabinet reshuffles and security-sector changes while noting her brother continues to hold a powerful position in the legislature.

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25 May 2026 00:56

🔽 🇺🇸 🛢 US oil prices fall toward $92 per barrel, now down over -5%, as markets react to a potential US-Iran peace deal.

📎 KobeissiLetter

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24 May 2026 23:20

📢 🇧🇴 🇧🇴 Bolivian Vice President Edman Lara has publicly distanced himself from President Rodrigo Paz, demanding an end to the government’s repression after a protester was allegedly killed during a state operation to forcibly clear roadblocks amid nationwide protests over fuel shortages, economic conditions, and the government’s crackdown on opposition movements.

In a public statement, Lara accused the government of responding to “hunger, fear, and the exhaustion of the people” with “repression and arrest warrants,” and said police sent under the banner of a “humanitarian operation” brought “tear gas, dynamite, and mothers screaming and begging for it to stop.” Right-wing groups are calling for a “state of exception” to crack down further on the protests.

The Paz government denies responsibility for the killing, which would raise the death toll linked to the unrest to at least three. Authorities claim the government operation was needed to allow food, fuel, and medicine through, though protest groups say ambulances and humanitarian aid were already being permitted.

“They are trying to justify repression against indigenous communities and the left,” Claudia Herbas of Alianza Popular told Drop Site contributor Joseph Bouchard.

📎 DropSite News

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24 May 2026 19:57

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: ‘The MoU between Iran and America may be cancelled’ – Tasnim

@Middle_East_Spectator

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24 May 2026 19:44

📢 🇿🇦 ⚪️ CEO of Orania, the Afrikaner town in South Africa, explains “concentration politics”:

“Set people in a specific piece of land, build your own institutions, and do your own labour.” - Joost Strydom for Europa

Orania is a self-governed Afrikaner community in South Africa focused on cultural preservation, self-reliance, and building its own institutions.

📎 Europa

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24 May 2026 18:36

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇶🇦 - Anti-US senator Lindsey Graham has yet again threatened America's reliable partners in the region, this time including Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

In the past, other partners, such as NATO ally Turkey, were threatened with military action.

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24 May 2026 16:21

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump, on Truth Social, says his deal will be the ‘exact opposite’ of Obama’s deal

He says the U.S. is in no rush to sign a deal and both sides must take their time, and he urges Iran to join the Abraham Accords.

@Middle_East_Spectator

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24 May 2026 15:49

🇺🇸🇬🇷 High-resolution satellite imagery provides a clear view of the U.S. Air Force assets deployed at Chania Airport in Crete, including:

3× RC-135W Rivet Joint SIGINT aircraft

6× KC-135R aerial refueling aircraft

2× EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft

🔗 EGYOSINT

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24 May 2026 15:15

📢 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Marco Rubio on racism against Indians:

"Every country in the world has stupid people."

"I'm sure there are stupid people here, there are stupid people in the United States that make dumb comments all the time."

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