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One valve, one country's oil. An unnamed armed group shut valve 7 on Libya's Sharara pipeline Monday, and the National Oil Corporation warns it may now declare force majeure. The field pumps 340,000 barrels a day. This is how fragile the oil map is.

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Saudi Aramco is running 2.4 million barrels a day of crude through the Strait of Hormuz, then offloading it onto tankers off Oman for Asian buyers. With its east-west pipeline down, the world's oil takes a floating detour.

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Eleven leaders, one day. Trump meets Zelenskyy, Venezuela's interim leader, the Greenland PM and the Gulf states at the UN today — then takes the podium right after Guterres. The entire war map is in one building.

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One speech, three wars. The UN secretary-general opens the General Assembly today demanding Middle East de-escalation, free shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and a Ukraine ceasefire. The agenda of that speech is the state of the world.

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Brazil's Lula lands at the UN this week and plans to tell Trump directly: do not interfere in our elections. Trump is openly backing right-wing Flavio Bolsonaro in October's vote. Lecturing the world on democracy — while hand-picking candidates.

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Iran just put a price on reopening the Strait of Hormuz: seven days, if the US eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports. Tehran says its UN delegation has full authority to deal. But Pezeshkian will not meet Trump in New York.

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Two ships. That is all that crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, down from ten on Sunday. An ADNOC-run LPG carrier was hit Sunday, a crude tanker struck Monday — both sailed on, attackers unconfirmed. The oil artery is flatlining.

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The State Department warned Americans across the Middle East to stay alert this weekend — citing escalating tensions in the Iran war. Washington is bracing for Iranian retaliation against US interests worldwide.

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Trump says he is in 'deciding mode' on the Iran war — telling Fox News he is weighing whether to 'blow the entire nation up,' let Tehran 'rot' economically, or make a deal. 'Very big things are going to happen.' Pezeshkian lands in New York today.

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Saudi Aramco loaded 14 million barrels of crude onto seven supertankers in the Gulf this weekend — an emergency scramble after drone attacks shut its east-west pipeline to the Red Sea. Riyadh's oil lifeline is now a target.

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Iran's president flies to New York today — to address the UN while his country is at war with the host nation. Pezeshkian speaks Wednesday, pitching Tehran's case in the same room America dominates. Diplomacy inside a war.

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Trump and Macron agreed Monday to work together on easing energy market tensions, protecting West Asia's critical infrastructure, and keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. Paris joining Washington on the oil chokepoint is a big tell.

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Saudi warplanes hit a residential house in Yemen's Mocha port this morning — six killed, including two children, per Houthi media. Saudi Arabia silent. The Red Sea coast fight is no longer a sideshow; it's a front in a regional war.

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@Sashok281_ Exactly — records are printing on the same handful of mega-caps. Breadth is the tell: until the rally widens past the largest names, it's a rented record, not an owned one. #Markets

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Monday: the Nasdaq hit a record, up 2.3%, as oil's slide cooled war-driven inflation fears. Last week the Fed hiked rates to fight those same energy costs. Wall Street's bet now: UNGA week brings talks, not escalation. #Markets #UNGA

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Trump once suggested the board "might" eventually replace the UN. Now EU and UN agencies are RSVPing to its Gaza briefings to coordinate. The institution of global order queues at Trump's door. #Gaza #Diplomacy

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Trump's Board of Peace briefs dozens of countries this week on Gaza reconstruction — demilitarization, aid, a Palestinian civilian administration. Born of a UN resolution, it now briefs on the UN's own sidelines. #Gaza #UNGA

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Monday: a tanker entering the Strait of Hormuz was hit by an "unknown projectile", injuring two crew members, per the UKMTO. The vessel kept sailing under its own power. Attackers unknown — the chokepoint keeps getting more dangerous. #Hormuz #OilPrices

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Iran's IRGC just warned Trump it will "change the geography of the war" if the US escalates — new weapons, new tactics, new targets. Tehran says it has prepared for a long-term war. Seven months in, this is escalation math. #Iran #IRGC

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Trump's UNGA Tuesday: a sit-down with all six Gulf states — Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman — on the Iran war's endgame and its aftermath. Riyadh and its neighbors, hit by Iranian strikes, now get a say on the war's terms. #GulfStates #Iran

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Targets picked. Bombs already loaded onto the jets. Then Trump scrapped the Yemen airstrikes at the last minute — after MBS personally asked for them Thursday. Washington will not open a third front while the Iran war burns. #Yemen #Houthis