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FT exclusive: Russia is planning to halt the flow of Kazakh oil to Germany, threatening a refinery that supplies 90% of the petrol, kerosene and heating fuel to the German capital, its airport and surrounding region ft.trib.al/u25w2bO

France 24 confirms a terrifying report from the Wall Street Journal. Donald Trump was intentionally locked out of the Situation Room during a critical military operation in Iran. He was in such a volatile state, screaming at aides, that top generals restricted his access.

It is a mystery for you because you live on Mars. The European powers built what is called today as Israel. Why would they go against it when it is the first line of Defense against the Global South and the Middle East? Europe and the west wants to subdue the Muslim world in specific and the global south in general. Israel is the head of their spear. That’s not mystery. That’s basic modern history.

The same day the EU once again fails to use its leverage to slow Israel, Von der Leyen states: “We must succeed in completing the European continent so that it is not shaped by Russian, Turkish, or Chinese influence.” Turkey is, for the first time, placed in the same category as Russia and China: a systemic threat, precisely as an imperialist war, boosted by religious fanaticism, rages on the other side of the Mediterranean. And this happens at the very moment Netanyahu is escalating his campaign against Turkey. How Turkey can be seen as a greater threat than Israel by the majority of Europeans is a mystery. This is liberal nationalism laying bare its entrenchment and its clash-of-civilizations logic.

Iran Ignores Negotiations and Puts a Missile on the Street Iran not only ignored Trump’s ultimatums to reopen the strait, but also completely blew off the peace negotiations. Instead, it staged a public event to demonstrate its power, parading one of its medium-range missiles through a public street in front of a large crowd. Iran has interpreted the American blockade as a breach of the ceasefire, and an Iranian analyst close to Ghalibaf stated that the losing side cannot dictate the terms and that the response to the blockade must be military.

JUST IN: 🇨🇳🇵🇭 China warns Philippines it may lose access to emergency energy relief if Manila continues joint military drills with the U.S. near Taiwan. The warning comes amid rising Indo Pacific tensions and growing military cooperation between Washington and Manila. Source: Bloomberg reports

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius declared that Germany should have the strongest army in Europe, and outlined a key goal on this path: Our main goal is to have at least 460,000 military personnel ready for deployment, including active troops and reserves. We will recruit more personnel than there are available vacancies.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 America's Most Advanced Spy Plane Is Heading to Israel Roughly 30 intelligence analysts are on board, processing data and transmitting it DIRECTLY to forces on the ground in real time. This is not passive surveillance. They are getting ready to ATTACK Iran, after they find the Enriched Uranium.

Janice Charette, Canada's lead negotiator, is certainly sounding a different tone than Carney on the US "A hugely important thing, but important to keep in mind at the same time that we do actually have the very best trade deal of any of the major U.S. trading partners" @CdnChamberofCom

China's Foreign Ministry on Taiwan: There is but one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. No one can stop the eventual reunification of China. Reunification is presented as a matter of inevitability, not possibility. Separatist attempts aimed at Taiwan independence are futile and doomed to fail.

These are the numbers that those who follow me saw me mention weeks ago. This CNN figure refers to the total stockpile, so it includes interceptors that are already loaded in launchers back in the United States and will not be leaving there. Therefore, the actual number of interceptors available in the Middle East is much lower. According to CNN, these are the estimates of percentages of U.S. munitions expended in Iran war: 50% THAAD interceptors 50% Patriot interceptors 45% Precision Strike Missiles 30% Tomahawk missiles 20% Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles 20% Standard Missiles (SM-3 and SM-6) edition.cnn.com/2026/04/21/pol…

Dominic LeBlanc on Mexico-US starting formal CUSMA talks: "We're going to get to that stage when we're comfortable that the outline of a deal that's in Canada's interest is attainable. We're not going to sit at a negotiating table to get lists and lists of things, concessions that Canada is supposed to make."

🚨🇰🇿🇷🇺 BREAKING: Russia just cut the pipeline. Kazakh oil transit to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline stops May 1. The northern branch. The one that feeds the PCK refinery in Schwedt. Germany thought it escaped Russian energy dependence. It just traded one master for another. Now Moscow is pulling the plug. The empire is learning. Sanctions do not isolate Russia. They isolate Europe. Broadcast this everywhere. The cold is coming. And Germany is not ready.

NATO's Rutte in Türkiye: The average age here at ASELSAN is just 28… that’s really amazing. This company makes me feel very old. This company is attracting the best people in Türkiye. But we need all companies to do the same.

🇨🇳👨🏻‍🚀🇵🇰Two Pakistani astronauts, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud, are selected to train in China. After the training and assessments, one will travel to China's space station, becoming the first foreign astronaut to enter China Space Station.

🚨Spanish Foreign Minister: ▪️Italy and Germany are preventing the suspension of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel. ▪️When it comes to Ukraine, Germany acts as a moral guardian, but when it comes to Palestine, it plays the three monkeys. Germany is a hypocritical and pathetic state.

Expert analyst Tim Anderson confirms a massive fracture between Washington and Tel Aviv. Because the Pentagon lacks the capacity to destroy Iran or control Hormuz, Trump is forced into a humiliating retreat. The Zionist regime is furious over this undeniable defeat.

🚨🇮🇷 Iran may have weapons it hasn't shown the world yet, says Russian expert Iran may have “weapons which have not been precisely identified” to this point, says military expert Yuri Lyamin, commenting on the Iranian parliament speaker’s announcement that Iran has “new cards” it can play if war resumes These could include: 🔸 long-range ballistic and cruise missiles 🔸 new kamikaze drones 🔸 new anti-ship weapons (missiles, torpedoes, mines) Iran is also making other preparations, in case talks fail: 🔸 speedily rebuilding damaged infrastructure 🔸 restocking essentials, from food and medicine to fuel 🔸 clearing damage and demining roads and tunnel entrances near underground missile bases 🔸 accelerating military production, especially at underground factories the US can’t touch

The more interesting part of Von Der Leyen's quote isn't so much Türkiye's new inclusion on the ever-growing list of what the EU considers "malign influence" but it's the "completing the European continent" bit. Concretely what she meant by this, and we know it from the fact her spokesperson literally said that's what she meant (turkiyetoday.com/region/eu-says…), is a reference to the absorption of the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, etc.) into the EU. But note the causality link that she's making between getting these countries in the EU and "freedom from influence". This implies that, basically, she has a zombie-movie logic to the EU: either you are in the interior, or outside it being contaminated - and, eventually, becoming a contaminant yourself. Türkiye, in this framing, is now a zombie: not only contaminated but a contaminant, which makes it all the more urgent, in her logic, to hurry the still-uncontaminated inside before they turn as well. To call this a toxic view of the world would be the understatement of the century. I wrote an article back in January (open.substack.com/pub/arnaudbert…) saying that one of the biggest "grey rhinos" (i.e. a problem that everyone can see is coming but that no-one does anything about) out there is Europe's search for a new ideology, given that liberal hegemonism is dead and Europe now has very little sense of purpose. The point I made was that this isn't something you should take lightly: Europe has amply demonstrated in its history that it has an unparalleled capacity for ideological extremism. Steered in the right direction this gave us beautiful cathedrals and the Enlightenment, but steered in the wrong one it gave us BOTH world wars and multiple genocides. Which means you need to be extremely wary of which way the replacement ideology goes: either constructive (oriented toward building and flourishing) or mobilizational (oriented against an Other). The fact we now have the EU's top official articulating a worldview built around ideological purity and absorption of peripheral states to prevent contamination isn't a reassuring sign...

🇹🇷🇬🇧 Turkey just secured 44 Eurofighter jets from the UK in a $10.7B power move. A full mockup lands at Istanbul's SAHA 2026 expo in May. Why does this matter? It shows that U.S. sanctions don't always stop allies from leveling up. Turkey is now becoming a dominant air power despite being "canceled" by the F-35 program in 2019. Source: Clash Report

China’s🇨🇳 Xi Jinping: "Marxism has provided a strong theoretical weapon for the Chinese revolution, construction and reform, enabling China, an ancient country in the east, to create an unprecedented development miracle in the history of mankind." The miracle: -800 million people brought out of poverty in 4 decades -Extreme poverty eliminated in China -Lifted 98.99 million rural citizens out of poverty since 2013 -Expanded the Belt and Road Initiative to over 150 countries -Has built a larger high speed rail network than the rest of the world put together, expanding it from 10,000KM to over 50,000KM -Installed renewable energy capacity in China is roughly 4× larger than that of the United States today -Made China the world’s largest industrial economy, with manufacturing output now exceeding the US & EU combined -Presided over the largest housing and urbanisation programme in history, moving hundreds of millions into modern cities with infrastructure, utilities, and services. In 2013 730 million lived in cities, in 2025, 954 million lived in cities. An increase of 224 million. -By 2030, China is projected to account for over 40% of the world’s middle class -Average disposable income has increased more than 25x since 1980 (real terms) -China’s middle class already drives the majority of domestic consumption, shifting growth away from exports -China now contributes more to global consumption growth than the US and Europe combined -Steel production: China produces approximately 55% of global steel -Shipbuilding: China accounts for over 50% of global shipbuilding output -China produces more cement than the rest of the world combined ⚡️The renewable energy dominance: -China controls 80%+ of the global solar manufacturing market across the entire supply chain (wafers, cells, panels) -It produces approximately 98% of solar wafers, 92% of solar cells, and 85% of solar panels globally -In 2025 alone, China exported 200+ GW of solar cells, with exports surging over 73% year-on-year -Solar cells & wafers now make up 40%+ of China’s solar exports -China drove over 50% of global solar expansion in 2025 -Chinese battery giant CATL alone holds approximately 42% of the global EV battery market