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🚨Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan have been passing messages between the U.S. and Iran over the past two days in an effort to de-escalate, U.S. source says 🚨Senior officials from the three countries held separate talks with White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the U.S. source says 🚨"The mediation is ongoing and making progress. The discussion is about ending the war and resolving all outstanding issues. We hope to have answers soon," the source says

🇺🇸 Ich sehe gerade, wie offen in Washington ausgesprochen wird, was lange vorbereitet wurde: Pete Hegseth stellt klar: US-Munition soll primär den USA dienen – nicht der Ukraine. Das ist keine technische Debatte über Bestände. Das ist eine politische Entscheidung über Prioritäten. 👉 Und ja – solche Aussagen muss man ernst nehmen. Sie zeigen, wohin sich die US-Politik bewegt, 👉 …und, die Ukraine könnte Shahed-Drohnen für ein paar Tausend Dollar abfangen – und die USA schiessen weiter Millionenraketen darauf. Das ist keine Fähigkeitslücke. Das ist eine Entscheidung.

Rheinmetall CEO confirms my reporting. All stockpiles in Europe, the Mideast, and US are basically empty. Cannibalization of INDOPACOM Arsenal, which began a little bit last week, will begin in earnest. It will take years, if ever, to recover. Moscow and Beijing know this.

BIG: German Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger on Iran War: If it lasts another month, I think we will nearly have no missiles available.

The strangest gift exchange ever OSCE Chairman Ingnazio Cassis brought a music box playing Tchaikovsky’s composition as a gift for Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. "To remind them that Russia is part of Europe," Cassis added. "To remind them that Russia is part of history," Lavrov replied, handing him a music box with an image of the Kremlin.