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Primarily following/discussing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine/etc. Other shenanigans on occasion as well. 🙃

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

American troops will be out of their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, ending a military presence that spanned more than two decades and cost 4,500 American lives. Iran and its allies in the country are treating the pullout as a victory. Reuters.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

Breaking: Multiple Ukrainian power stations have come under a Russian attack, targeted by both ballistic missiles and Geran-5 drones.

Power surges can be seen from CHP-5, and power outages have been reported in some areas of the capital.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

IRAN: Regime forces and armed anti-regime militants are clashing in Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

The province has seen repeated attacks in recent weeks.

[World Source News @Worldsource24]

BREAKING: Sweden, Germany, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Italy and France asked their citizens to leave Iran ASAP.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Major Ukrainian attack drone raid into Russia ongoing tonight, with local channels reporting hundreds of drones heading towards the Volga River basin route.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Anthropic warned of “existential risks” AI poses to humanity

The company warns that advanced models may try to resist being shut down, hide and distort information, manipulate people, and behave like blackmailers.

Anthropic safety researcher Evan Hubinger estimates the probability that AI will begin killing people within the next 10 years at more than 10%. In September, another company researcher, Jacob Coxon, resigned over concerns that AI could get out of control.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates also warned that uncontrolled AI could lead to large-scale cyberattacks, the creation of biological weapons, and the destruction of critical infrastructure. He called on authorities to regulate the development of the technology.

Donald Trump previously called concerns surrounding AI a hoax and opposed excessive restrictions, saying that it was necessary to stay ahead of China.

[D @SpasticWeaselS]

Enough.

[Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper]

BREAKING — President Trump signs an executive order directing every federal agency to begin integrating with America(dot)gov, creating a single AI-powered gateway for U.S. government services.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree banning the export of cash exceeding 1 million rubles from Russia to neighboring countries. The text was published by the Kremlin.

[GeoInsider @InsiderGeo]

Russia no longer produces new Tu-95MS strategic bombers, meaning every bomber lost is effectively an irreplaceable loss, The Tu-160M is the only strategic bomber still being produced, but the programme is slow and heavily focused on modernisation. Russia also no longer produces the Tu-22M3.

After Operation Spiderweb, accidents and other losses, Russia’s bomber fleet remains difficult to replace. Every additional aircraft lost means less long-range strike capacity and fewer cruise missiles launched against Ukraine from bombers.

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

❗️Ukraine has received a new NASAMS air defense system and an accompanying package of missiles from the United States and Norway, President Zelensky announced. France and Germany have also recently supplied additional missiles to strengthen Ukrainian air defenses. NASAMS can use AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinders, as well as extended-range AMRAAM-ER interceptors. #Ukraine

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

UK counter terror police confirmed that no improvised explosive devices were found at RAF Fairford, though a quantity of petrol was recovered. Five men have been released on police bail and remain under investigation with strict conditions attached.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

A bounty of 10 billion tomans is now on offer from the Iranian Army for any Iranian who captures an American soldier, dead or alive, per the army's spokesperson.

[D @SpasticWeaselS]

@Osint613 Smoke and mirrors.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

British counter terrorism police have carried out searches at properties in London tied to the arrests made near the U.S. bomber base in the country.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

Estonia's Internal Secret Service has concluded Russia of carrying out an arson attack in Tallinn on Milrem Robotics during the night of September 14.

The Estonian foreign ministry will summon Russia’s Chargé d’affaires.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

WSJ: The U.S. Navy and Gulf oil producers have grown more effective at blocking or evading Iranian attacks, letting more tankers move through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's ability to choke off oil flows, and to use that threat as leverage in talks with Washington, is eroding. The concern is that Tehran turns to military escalation to strengthen its hand.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

War Secretary Hegseth will announce a 20 percent cut to admiral and general slots across the Army, Navy and Air Force, two Pentagon officials told The Hill. He unveils it Wednesday at his State of the Force address in Quantico, Virginia, to junior officers and enlisted leaders. Service branches have until Jan. 1 to implement, with some positions downgraded rather than cut.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Britain offered Finland and the Baltic states a “nuclear umbrella”

British nuclear-powered submarines are to form the backbone of the deterrence system.

According to Commander of the Royal Navy Gwyn Jenkins, the new nuclear deterrence would extend to JEF units and would not require activation of Article 5 of NATO.

The JEF includes the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Netherlands.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

A Russian Tu-95MS Bear heavy bomber crashed on takeoff in Amur this evening during a training flight.

The airframe is a total loss, with no survivors reported.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

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2 sources in different factions of the Iranian regime tell Iranwire, that political leaders across different factions of the IRGC believe "Mojtaba Khamenei’s leadership, purportedly assisted by artificial intelligence, is unsustainable and actively weakens the system"

Once hostilities end and an agreement is reached, a new Supreme Leader will be selected.