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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- "Russia has given up on replacing the US dollar with the Chinese yuan in international trade. The yuan has not gained significant ground internationally, remaining under 3% of global trade settlements and falling in global payment rankings," - Business Insider.

🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇳⚡️- Mexico has removed approximately 1,100 steel mills from its approved import registry after discovering that many did not exist. The crackdown is intended to prevent Chinese and other foreign steel from entering the United States through Mexico under preferential North American trade rules. Mexican officials say imports from Vietnam have fallen 80%, while steel and aluminum imports from other countries, including China, have declined approximately 30%.

🇺🇸🇰🇵⚡️- The FBI announced today that North Korean hackers have stolen over $400 million dollars in the last 18 months using what is known as the "FaceStealer" scheme.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- An explosion was heard in Bander Lengeh, southern Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Visuals of US one-way drones operating over southern Iran right now.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Another explosion was heard moments ago in Sirik, southern Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Two US airstrikes on Sirik, southern Iran, approximately an hour ago.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 - 5 USAF cargo aircraft (2 C-17 Globemaster IIIs and 3 C-5M Super Galaxies) are currently departing the Middle East after taking off from multiple bases across CENTCOM’s area of responsibility. @GeoPWatch

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- President Trump also says he is considering a military campaign against Cuba.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: "I want to destroy Iran 100%. 98% is not enough for me. In fact, I am considering launching an attack on Iran soon." - President Trump tells Hugh Hewitt of Salem News Channel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "I will not hesitate to use military force against Iran again if necessary, and I may do so now." - President Trump tells Hugh Hewitt of Salem News Channel.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧⚡️- U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Tyner, who works with NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, has been arrested in Britain on charges of spying for Russia after being caught in a sting operation.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- Reuters has reported that former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a third woman, an Nvidia employee.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- IRNA reports that the US carried out two airstrikes against Sirik, southern Iran around an hour ago.

🇺🇸⚡️- Secretary of War Hegseth has awarded the US Army Sentinel, who has been identified as Specialist Iglesias, with the Joint Service Commendation Medal.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- Reuters reports that the Trump administration is considering removing Howard Lutnick from his position as Secretary of Commerce after the Jensen Huang scandal, despite President Trump maintaining "full confidence" in him, according to a White House source.

🇮🇷⚡️- Preliminary reports of blasts in Sirik, southern Iran.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before House Republicans, per Fox News.

🇬🇧⚡️- The UK Health Security Agency published a report indicating an average of 400 people per week developed antibiotic resistance last year in the UK. Blood infections resistant to antibiotics are up by 17% between 2019 and 2025 in the UK according to the health report.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "Court documents unsealed days ago in a civil lawsuit filed by the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund showed the Trump administration as recently as mid-October said it had plans to deport the Iranians to Iran, even as the war there drags on, via an unnamed third country. The lawsuit was filed in July and alleges that the U.S. government illegally shared confidential information about Iranians seeking asylum in the U.S. with Iranian officials." - Excerpt from the AP News article.