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[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING: 🇬🇧🇮🇷 2 days as Prime Minister, and Burnham is taking the UK in to war

The New UK PM Burnham has approved the use of UK bases for US strikes on Iran, per CBS

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: President Trump announces that the US will now allow ALL airline carriers to fly directly to Lebanon after his meeting with Lebanon’s President Aoun.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Multiple US Air Force B-1 Lancer heavy strategic bombers departed the UK shortly after Trump directly threatened strikes on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility.

The UK's new Prime Minister Burnham has also just approved the use of UK bases for US strikes on Iran, per Bloomberg.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Unfortunately the Rule passed just now and no debate or vote was allowed on section 219, integration of US military technology and supply chains with Israel’s.

The NDAA will receive a recorded vote tomorrow with section 219 in it. I’ll vote no.

[Douglas Macgregor @DougAMacgregor]

Chief of Armed forces in Ukraine, fired.

[The Iranian Letter @TheIranianzg3z]

BREAKING: Any prospect of U.S.–Iran talks appears to be collapsing further. Iranian officials have publicly ridiculed President Trump’s suggestion that Tehran is eager to negotiate.

Responding to Trump’s remarks that Iran ���desperately” wants a meeting, a member of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the only encounter Iranians seek with Trump is one of revenge, mocking the President’s comments and rejecting the idea that Tehran is pushing for negotiations.

[DD Geopolitics @DD_Geopolitics]

🇧🇫 The President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore, has vowed never to allow the practice of Sharia Law in the country.

Traore issued the warning during a nationwide broadcast, where he frowned at citizens of the country studying Sharia Law in Saudi Arabia.

The President said such students should focus on acquiring technological skills that would help develop Burkina Faso and not Sharia Law.

According to Traore, such students should remain where they are and not return to Burkina Faso.

He said:
“I am a Muslim, but everyone in Burkina Faso has the right to practice their own religion, there will never be Sharia law in this country.

To those Burkinabè studying Sharia law in Saudi Arabia, do not return to Burkina Faso.

“Instead of acquiring technological knowledge and skills that can help develop our country, you chose to study Sharia law. Stay where you are, you won’t be allowed back here.”

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

🚨BREAKING: Iranian Ababil-3 Drones Are Reportedly Patrolling The Skies Of Kuwait

This indicates that U.S. air defences have been severely degraded. Iranian drones freely do reconnaissance over Kuwaiti airspace.

If confirmed, this is a significant development.

[Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter]

The one fundamental flaw in Applebaum’s screed is that Russia is winning on all fronts.

Last time I checked it was Kiev’s streets filled with protesters, while Moscow’s streets are filled with citizens going about their daily business.

Ukraine is increasingly isolated while Russia engages constructively with the entirety of the world that isn’t under the thumb of the US/EU cabal.

It’s the Russian army that advances relentlessly.

It’s the Ukrainian side that kidnaps men off the street to feed into the meat grinder.

It’s Russian missiles and drones devastating Ukraine while Ukraine harasses Russia with drone-based photo ops.

It’s Ukrainian drone factories going “boom” while Russian defense industry rolls on unimpeded.

The Russian economy that is growing and garnering tens of billions of dollars in foreign investments in June alone while the Ukrainian economy exists solely off of foreign handouts.

Putin is under no pressure.

Zelensky is besieged.

So the fact is Ukraine is being erased as a viable nation state.

People like Anne Applebaum are facilitating this erasure by injecting a deliberately misleading narrative into the mix which is picked up by Ukrainian people desperate to believe in the notion that Ukraine can somehow defeat Russia if only the West continues to underwrite the conflict.

Meanwhile Ukrainian men are becoming an extinct breed.

And without men, there is no Ukraine.

[Dominic Michael Tripi @DMichaelTripi]

NEW: Trump allies believe the President has now exhausted most options to exit the Iran war and are now “afraid” a longstanding, unpopular, expensive conflict is inevitable, causing major anxiety about GOP chances in midterm elections, per Politico.

[RT @RT_com]

Trump warns Gulf allies of major Iran escalation next week — Nick Fuentes

'If we destroy Iran's energy sector, they’ll destroy the Gulf’s'

'It's not just that 20% of the world's oil will be stuck in the Gulf. 20% of the world's oil will be rendered inaccessible for years'

[Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli]

The CPC terminal attacks looked like a temporary disruption.

Kazakhstan is now stopping the pipeline to the Black Sea entirely.

CPC carries roughly 80% of Kazakhstan's crude oil exports, and no alternative comes close to replacing it.
This is not a shipping delay.

It is a production cut.

https://t.co/xypHlF1x4K

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇫🇷 France bans social media for children under the age of 15.

[Douglas Macgregor @DougAMacgregor]

BREAKING: Bahrain under Iranian attack.

Minister of Interior tells citizens to take cover and find nearest safe place.

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: Multiple U.S. B-1 bombers have taken off from RAF Fairford in the UK after Donald Trump announced the U.S. would strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, a heavily fortified nuclear site near Natanz.

Trump said, "We're going to take out Pickaxe Mountain. Tell the Iranians to be ready," later adding, "We'll be hitting that area very probably pretty soon. There's not a thing they can do about it."

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Israeli intelligence believes Iran moved thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges into tunnels beneath Pickaxe Mountain following the June 2025 war. The site is estimated to lie 300–450 feet beneath solid rock, and military experts say even the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator may be unable to destroy the underground complex.

The U.S. has struck Iran for 10 straight nights, but Pickaxe remains untouched. Trump has called it a "nice big fat shot" target. The strategic problem is stark: the U.S. may be able to strike the mountain — but not the nuclear infrastructure buried beneath it.

[The Iranian Letter @TheIranianzg3z]

BREAKING: President Trump says Jordan bears responsibility for the deaths of three American servicemembers, arguing that Jordanian-operated defenses failed to stop the attack.

“They did slip something through in Jordan. If we had other operators, that wouldn’t have happened. When you let other people do your job, it sometimes doesn’t work very well.”

Trump also vowed that the U.S. would strike Pickaxe Mountain and any other site Iran is believed to be using for its nuclear program.

He further claimed that Iran is “begging to reach a deal” and asserted that the U.S. has destroyed Iran’s navy, air force, radar, air defenses, and “98% some say 99%” of its missiles and drones, saying, “We’re winning very strongly.”

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨JUST IN: Telegram will launch native non-custodial Gram wallet for all users this summer.

Founder Pavel Durov said the rollout will bring instant, zero-fee crypto transactions to Telegram’s more than 1 billion users worldwide.

[DD Geopolitics @DD_Geopolitics]

🇾🇪��🇦 Saudi Arabia built the East–West Pipeline specifically to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, carrying crude across the country to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.

But that escape route now ends inside another potential blockade zone.

The pipeline can transport roughly 7 million barrels per day, although around 2 million barrels are used by domestic refineries, leaving approximately 5 million barrels per day available for export through Yanbu. Saudi Arabia has redirected much of its energy trade toward the Red Sea since shipping through Hormuz became increasingly dangerous.

Those tankers must still sail south through the Bab el-Mandeb to reach Asian buyers. Yemen’s declared naval blockade therefore threatens the very route Riyadh expanded to escape Iranian control of Hormuz. Reuters estimates that the Red Sea corridor now carries around 7% of global energy supplies.

Meanwhile, the West’s emergency cushion is rapidly thinning. The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to approximately 311 million barrels, its lowest level since 1983, after more than 100 million barrels were released during the conflict. Global inventories are also running dangerously low.

Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz bypass has not been physically rendered inoperable. The pipeline can still deliver oil to Yanbu. But if tankers cannot safely leave the Red Sea for Asia, its value as an export escape route is effectively neutralized.

The bypass now leads directly into another chokepoint and the west is fucked.

[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

Oil prices and bond yields continue to rise, with oil above $85 and yields on 10- and 30-year Treasuries now at 4.63% & 5.14%, respectively. These trends will likely continue and are bearish for the economy and corporate earnings. How much longer can stock investors ignore this?

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

The global helium supply chain is tightening:

China's helium imports from Qatar have collapsed to near zero, from a peak of ~65 million cubic feet in late-2025, the lowest on record.

Imports from Russia have declined -50 million cubic feet over the last 2 quarters, to ~38.5 million cubic feet, the lowest since Q3 2025.

The drop comes as the Iran War disrupts exports from Qatar, which supplied ~33% of global helium before the conflict,

As a result, spot helium prices for immediate delivery have roughly DOUBLED over the last 4 months.

Meanwhile, China has introduced new export controls on helium, despite not being a major producer itself, as the country relies heavily on imports to supply critical industries, including semiconductor manufacturing and medical equipment.

China has also been an important transit route for Russian helium into Europe since direct EU imports from Russia were restricted.

Helium supply is being squeezed from multiple directions.