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🪖🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte: Build up your armed forces. Make sure we make those investments and keep Ukraine strong. We must keep our eyes on the objective: preparing ourselves for the possibility of a major Russian threat that could one day trigger Article 5.
🪖🇷🇺🇪🇺⚡️ — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte: The whole of Russian industry is producing for the war economy. In Europe, the automotive industry produces cars. We must gradually start looking at how the automotive industry and other industries can also help produce defense equipment.
🇸🇩❌🇸🇩 — Brigadier General Al-Hadi Hamdallah Al-Bashir, the deputy commander of the Sudanese army's Al Sayyed brigade, was killed by the RSF on the Kordofan axis yesterday.
🪖🇺🇸⚡️ — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the U.S. midterms: I sent Trump a short message the next day. In short: "Keep your chin up, and we carry on." America alone is bigger than all the other 31 allies combined. The Americans are vital for Europe's defense and for supporting Ukraine in Russia's war against it. We really cannot do without them.
🇮🇷⚡️ — An Iranian health official tells The Times that iodine tablets are being distributed to Iranian communities near nuclear facilities to protect against potential radiation exposure caused by an Israeli-American strike, adding that this has been done every war but Iranian officials are now treating a potential strike more seriously, stating that "Trump can no longer be trusted. He may go through with this crime". An Iranian political analyst close to Masoud Pezeshkian's government tells The Times that senior Iranian government officials, the IRGC, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Army all believes that war is imminent and Pickaxe Mountain would be targeted.
🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — Iran's IRGC Aerospace Force announces shooting down a U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle UCAV equipped with an extended range kit at Qeshm Island, Iran.
🇸🇦⚡️ — A local source informs Tabz that there has been irregular military activity in Jeddah, coastal southwestern KSA; military trucks have been moving, and multiple C-130 Hercules transport aircraft have been observed flying in with transponders disabled. Jeddah is home to King Faisal Naval Base, responsible for Royal Saudi Naval Forces operations in the Red Sea. This may be related to this. King Abdullah AB/King Abdulaziz Int'l Airport dual civilian-military airfield is also located in Jeddah.
🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — The Houthis (Ansarallah) released footage of their operations against the Saudi-backed PLC forces across several locations in the strategic Kahboub mountain range east of Bab al-Mandab.
🇺🇸⚡️ — President Trump via Truth Social: As President, I am 100% in favor of Super Intelligence (SI), and will work with the many States in the U.S. that want to become RICH by having them. They are GOLD, and only foolish leadership will say “NO” to the riches they bring!
🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 — Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarallah) announced they targeted King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, with a drone, noting the strike disrupted air traffic.
🇺🇸🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️ — The U.S. and Iran are nearing a possible breakthrough in negotiations to end the war, with Tehran signaling a willingness to discuss previously excluded aspects of its nuclear program, according to Bloomberg, citing a diplomat with knowledge of the talks. Iran is still reviewing proposals presented by Qatar, the main mediator.
🇸🇦❌🇾🇪 — A Royal Saudi Air Force airstrike targeted a market in the Al-Wazi'yah District of Yemen's Taiz Governorate earlier today. At least 40 dead and wounded civilians have been reported by Houthi-run Al-Masirah.
🇧🇪⚡️ — Belgium’s King Philippe rejected Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s resignation on Friday and ordered him to resume budget negotiations after talks collapsed earlier this week. Following consultations, leaders of the five-party coalition pledged to seek a compromise on a three-year budget plan. De Wever, who has struggled to secure support for his proposals to tackle Belgium’s debt, must report back to the king on November 16.
🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡️ — UKMTO has received a late report from yesterday of an explosion involving a tanker approximately 16 nautical miles east of Khasab, Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz. The explosion occurred at the waterline on the tanker's port side while it was sailing outbound through the strait. All crew members are safe and accounted for, and the tanker remains operational, continuing its voyage under its own power.
🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump posted a Newsmax headline: NEWSMAX: “Trump is a Winner, and he’s right on Iran!”
🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡️ — The Saudi-led coalition claims that they intercepted a drone in Saudi Arabia's Mecca Province.
🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️ — Netanyahu spokesperson Doron Spielman: It's been decades now that the American people, the American government, Democrat and Republican, have understood that military aid to Israel is also helping a strong Israel and also is helping Israel confront enemies that are a danger to the West, like Iran. Today, Israel has a thriving economy. We have a very strong military and defense industry. And while this aid has been incredibly important, Prime Minister Netanyahu has been working with President Trump to make the correct transition out from aid towards partnership and mutual investment.
🇺🇸⚡️ — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has temporarily blocked construction of President Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, just after the National Capital Planning Commission approved the project. The judge ordered a two-week suspension of construction as legal challenges argue that the monument lacks congressional authorization and would overshadow Arlington National Cemetery.
🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡️ — At least four Iran-linked vessels have been observed loitering near undersea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Oman, according to maritime intelligence firm Windward. It has raised concerns about possible cable surveillance or sabotage. No attacks have been carried out so far.
🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iran’s IRGC Navy announced that two oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz via “unauthorized routes.” It said the vessels switched off their navigation systems and attempted to pass with U.S. military support.