Mario Nawfal

🇸🇦🇺🇸🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia is about to become America's next bond market problem. Philip Pilkington joins the show with the numbers nobody else has run: 85% of Saudi imports are paid for by oil exports, down 60-70% and falling, meaning Saudi has to raid its foreign exchange reserves just to keep shelves stocked. The number: $80-100 billion every 6 months, almost exactly what Japan sold during its bond crisis a few weeks ago. "Basically, you're talking about another Japan-style event every 6 months, and they'll be stacked on top of each other." Saudi selling reserves means selling U.S. Treasury bonds, pushing yields higher, on top of Japan, on top of potentially Britain next... MBS chose to burn through reserves rather than let the riyal fall and crush living standards, and Pilkington's verdict is blunt: "What were they thinking getting into a fight like this?" The Houthis capturing the last major city before Taiz today only makes the math worse. @philippilk

🇮🇷 Iran's Secretary of National Security Mohsen Rezaei says Trump was DUPED by NETANYAHU into a disastrous war with Iran. He claims the U.S. Navy failed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and has now resorted to smuggling. Calling American naval operations “smuggling” is quite a choice of words from a country accused of using shadow fleets to evade sanctions. Writer: Oliver

WHILE THE ARAB WORLD CONTINUES FIGHTING ONE ANOTHER, ISRAEL IS PLAYING CHESS

🚨🇺🇸🇸🇦🇾🇪 Trump is reportedly considering U.S. military ACTION against the Houthis, after deadly strikes... The attacks on Saudi killed at least 13 people, including an American citizen. Sec. Rubio issued a direct warning to the Houthis: “They must stop now.” An American death could bring the U.S. directly into ANOTHER confrontation with Yemen's Houthis. And just before the midterms... Writer: Samuel t.co/I3wwX2T2KM

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇺🇦 Riyadh's airport has been struck at least 3x this week. The Houthis warned they'd hit it again the moment Saudi reopened it. Then they did. An American was killed in one of the strikes, keeping the door open for Trump to get involved before the midterms... The Future Investment Initiative, Saudi's answer to Davos, opens in 2 weeks with Larry Fink, Jamie Dimon, and Ray Dalio scheduled to attend. One executive told the FT: "I have no idea what's going on." On the ground in Yemen, the Houthis are still advancing around Taiz and show no signs of stopping. On Ukraine, everyone says they want a deal, the Donbas remains the sticking point, and Putin expected a 72-hour victory parade through Kyiv... The SAME miscalculation Trump made on Iran! Trump said this AM the Ukraine war could end this year. Brandon's verdict: "If I'm repeating what the president says, I'm probably wrong." @WeTheBrandon

Correction: The image above is a B-1B Lancer. This is a B-52 👇 t.co/QIiu5LDYrg

Israel is playing chess while the rest of the region plays checkers. Countries that don’t even recognize it (like Saudi) are already depending on it (helping against the Houthis and striking Iran-backed militias) Also the U.S. left a security vacuum for countries that want military deterrence against Iran, and Israel is the only other military both capable and willing to fill this void. No one else can or will strike Iran if a Gulf ally like the UAE was attacked So while the Arab world continues fighting one another, Israel continues expanding its territory, military, and strategic influence in the region. Love ’em or hate ’em, their strategic planning is second to none

377,000 dead in the 2015-2021 war 💔

EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT GAZA, BUT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THE SUFFERING OF THE YEMENI PEOPLE

🇺🇸🇨🇳 The B-52 first flew in 1952, and the Navy now wants it firing a missile that can find an enemy warship on its own. Lockheed Martin is set to wire the stealthy LRASM onto the bomber, which means every heavy bomber in the Air Force will be able to hunt ships. The missile skims in hard to detect, locks on with an infrared seeker that never broadcasts radar, and can team up with other missiles mid-flight to overwhelm a target’s defenses. All of it is aimed at China’s growing fleet, where one B-52 hanging back hundreds of miles could unload a whole salvo at a carrier group before anyone sees it coming. The plan keeps the B-52 flying until at least 2050, when its design will be pushing 100, and somewhere a 1952 Boeing engineer is feeling very smug😅 Source: The War Zone / Writer: Daniel

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@the_andrey_x Thanks for the amazing work u do!

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 An ARMED ISRAELI SETTLER reportedly entered a Palestinian family’s private property, confronting residents, children, and activists. He was carrying a club and firearm and allegedly called police after claiming, “I’m on my own land.” Israeli soldiers then reportedly forced Palestinians away from their own gardens as the confrontation escalated. The settler can be seen sitting on a growing olive tree…just to be an ass. Fortunately, he is shown driving away at the end of the clip. He is gone for now, but probably not for long... Source: m.kirmic (Instagram) / Writer: Marie

🇺🇸 3D-printed meat is now appearing on American grocery shelves, as engineered alternatives move from labs and restaurants into everyday retail. Five companies have received approvals for cultivated animal products, including chicken, salmon and pork fat, though most remain limited to restaurants and small-scale launches for now. Industry insiders say cultivated meat could become very common in supermarkets by the end of the decade. If everything wasn’t fake enough already, now you can look forward to artificial steak joining the grocery list. Writer: Mhedi t.co/hye1FkiG8f

And no, I don’t think Iran was behind it

No, the hijacking of the FlyDubai flight was NOT an Israeli false flag

@CarmineSabia Well said

🇸🇦🇮🇱 Extraordinary scenes unfolding between Israelis and Saudis in Tabuk... Israeli passengers from the diverted FlyDubai flight were seen receiving care from Saudi medical teams after the emergency landing. Saudi authorities confirmed the passengers were assisted at the airport while both injured pilots were taken to the hospital. Hours earlier, these passengers had no idea whether they would even make it safely to the ground... Writer: Samuel t.co/LBengfKDn9

Credit for the footage belongs to freelance journalist @Alsakaniali 🙏

Israel's Finance Minister called for annexing this Lebanese territory mentioned above, just yesterday: "I would like us to annex at lease as far as the Yello Line in Gaza and as far as the Litani River in lebanon. I think we need to go to war in Judea and Samaira (West Bank) to dismantle the Palestinian Authority" Ben Gvir, Israel's National Security minister, also called for the annexation of that land And Israel's Defense Minister said Lebanese civilians can never return to their homes that once existed, All this while homes are being demolished After seeing what happened in Gaza, what would you expect me to believe Jonathan I know you do not agree with the above statements. But what if they are dictating policy more than you realize, have you considered that possibility?

🇱🇧🇮🇱 Entire Shia towns in southern Lebanon are being ERASED from the map. Christian villages next door? Largely left standing... At some point, “security” stops explaining the pattern. So here’s the question nobody wants to touch: is this really about Hezbollah, or about reshaping the border and deciding who gets to return to this land? Writer: Samuel t.co/iF9zgMHDpi

🇾🇪🇸🇦 Houthi air defenses firing against PLC/Saudi UAVs above northern Houthi-controlled Yemen. The situation remains highly volatile, with Saudi-backed Yemeni forces working to repel Ansarallah. The rapid fighting has reportedly killed hundreds of combatants and civilians and displaced over 130,000 people in a matter of weeks. Source: @TabzLIVE on TG / Writer: Michael

Note/correction: The image of the suspects above has been digitally-enhanced (not by us). Here is the original image we had posted. t.co/EepU78R5Nu

🚨🇬🇧🇺🇸 The UK and U.S. have a local farmer to thank for alerting police to a potential terrorist attack... She was driving home from a party, when she spotted what appeared to be 3 abandoned white vans. They were blocking a country road. She turned her car around in confusion and then spotted them: Men in BALACLAVAS headed in the direction of the U.S. air base RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK. She sped away and called the authorities; the masked men were apprehended within 25 mins... INCREDIBLE!! 👏 Source: The Telegraph / Writer: Marie

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🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 New leaked photos reportedly show a bomb shelter at a Kuwait base taken out by a direct drone hit The images show buildings flattened with debris thrown across the surrounding ground, the airfield wrecked, and one hardened bunker destroyed, which is the structure troops are trained to sprint into the second sirens go off. ABC obtained its own set this week covering three bases in Kuwait plus Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia, where American aircraft were partially evacuated, and CBS ran leaked photos days earlier. The Pentagon has said nothing about the damage across eight countries and declined to comment. Eighteen Americans have been killed and 824 wounded since February, and a senior service member told ABC the bases are irreparably damaged and would take DECADES to rebuild. Troops keep leaking these photos because their own leadership will not say any of it out loud, and that is what should worry people most. When the men and women getting shot at trust reporters more than their chain of command, the Pentagon has already lost the argument about whether the public deserves to know. Source: Meidas News, ABC News / Writer: Daniel

@ianbremmer It’s always a pleasure to have you on Ian

Thank you for fighting for free speech and helping journalists break out of the control of platforms Congratulations James

🇺🇸🇮🇷 One tanker ETF is up 3,600 percent this year, which tells you everything about who is actually getting paid in this war... Breakwave's fund does nothing but hold shipping freight futures. It has gained more than thirty-six times its value since January, and when oil dipped over the summer it barely flinched. David Lin watched that and drew the obvious conclusion. Once shipowners start charging war prices, they don't stop. The numbers behind it are absurd. Moving oil out of the Gulf ran about $50,000 a day before February. It now runs close to a million, turning a ten-day voyage from half a million dollars into ten. The Fed hiked 25 basis points today, unanimously, and the first question put to Kevin Warsh was whether any of it matters when the Fed can't reopen a strait. He agreed that it can't. So the cost keeps moving down the chain until it reaches a grocery bill this winter. @davidlin_TV