IRGC says it downed a US MQ-9 over Qeshm Island at 10:12 local with a new air defense system. Fifth in a week, 53rd claimed overall.

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$3.5bn for submarines and frigates, filed the same week as the Falklands bill. The law is the claim; the fleet is the enforcement: https://youtu.be/rbCXJYUx9Xw

#Falklands #Malvinas #Argentina #Sovereignty

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The Falklands bill Argentina just sent to Congress puts a price on licences Stanley never had the authority to grant. A claim is settled by paperwork, not by parades: https://youtu.be/lzoSZgwpFwA

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A $3.5bn order for submarines and frigates, filed the same week as the Falklands bill. Nobody buys hulls for the South Atlantic to keep fishing licences on paper: the law is the claim, the fleet is the enforcement

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The Falklands bill Buenos Aires just sent to Congress does two things London actually feels: it fines and disbars companies working licences Stanley had no authority to grant, and it treats foreign-funded opinion o

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Russia's Foreign Ministry presented a report contesting the 2022 Bucha account, alleging falsification and international involvement. Zakharova bills the findings as 'shocking'.

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There is oil under the Falklands and a licence deadline running on it. The filings decide more than the speeches do: https://youtu.be/lzoSZgwpFwA

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In 1980 Whitehall wrote a plan to hand the Falklands to Argentina. Parliament killed it. Then London did the same deal with other islands and buried the file. The trail: https://youtu.be/rbCXJYUx9Xw

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Aramco is repairing its 1,200 km East-West pipeline, struck September 10. The line carries crude to Yanbu and bypasses Hormuz. One pumping station took the hit.

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Saudi Arabia halted the East-West pipeline from Abqaiq to Yanbu. 4-6 million barrels a day of export capacity offline. Brent $104, WTI $101.

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US Navy is buying warships abroad while China's shipyards outbuild America's. The bottleneck is not the budget, it is the dry docks.

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UN charter UNO136H, an Embraer ERJ-145 flying Amman-Aden over the Red Sea, turned toward Sanaa today, then back. No Sanaa leg was scheduled. Follow the aircraft, not the press release.

#Yemen #RedSea #Houthis

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Ceuta is 20 km of land border between Africa and the European Union. When crossings spike, Spain sends in the army and Morocco opens or closes the tap.

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Houthi representatives told US officials in Oman they would not attack American shipping, per Axios and Reuters. The Red Sea ceasefire is holding in practice while talks continue.

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The Home Office paid almost 9,000 people up to £3,000 each to leave Britain after their visas expired. Taxpayers funded it over two years.

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