Annette Young

From this week’s show ⬇️

"It's a dangerous business": Donald Trump on the Air Canada Express tragedy at New York LaGuardia airport, in which two pilots died. In fact, commercial aviation is extremely safe. But there are deep concerns about air traffic control overstretch in the US independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Turkish Foreign minister Hakan Fidan has been busy making an extraordinary string of calls to his counterparts and senior leaders in Iran, Saudi, Iraq, Egypt, Qatar, EU and Pakistan over the past 48 hours - all focussed on how to end the war

The best way to unblock Hormuz is to go back to the world before the continental drift

President Trump said he ordered a five-day pause on strikes against Iranian power plants after talks with Iranian figures, easing tensions in the ongoing conflict reut.rs/3PBGQD2

Defeat for Meloni. Yet another European country refusing to fit into the "Europe going more & more populist" narrative (3 other examples in 🇫🇷🇸🇮🇩🇪⬆️my earlier posts today) 1st exit polls point to "No" to justice reforms in a referendum very much a test for Meloni in general

🚨An Israeli official told me that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are negotiating with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

Rapid Iran developments this a.m • Trump pauses energy strikes • Witkoff talking to 'top person' • Israeli media: Ghalibaf @mb_ghalibaf • Possible meeting in Pakistan: @BarakRavid • Oil prices see ~10% drop al-monitor.com/live-blog/trum…

BREAKING Planet being pushed beyond limits, all climate indicators 'flashing red', warns UN chief

These were mayoral 🇫🇷 elections, so any national extrapolation is of course hazardous. But if you go by voting in towns with > 100,000 population, one cautious conclusion is this : the broad non-populist centre can hold

This is a serious intervention and well worth reading

🔴 BREAKING - Former French PM Lionel Jospin dies at 88 f24.my/Bolm.x

Even if the war ended tomorrow, we estimate that it would take at least four months to bring energy markets back to some semblance of normalcy: - it will take two to four weeks to rev up oil production, and up to seven weeks to restart Qatar's LNG plant - shippers may hesitate to transit Hormuz until there's been a long stretch without attacks or threats - once they resume, many will be in the wrong place: tankers that haul Middle Eastern oil to Asia are headed to pick up cargoes in America instead, and the round-trip voyage can take 90 days - finally, you'll have to bring refineries and regasification plants back online in importing countries, and that will take several more weeks And this is the optimistic scenario: the longer the war goes on, the longer the consequences will linger. economist.com/finance-and-ec…

The EU is limiting the flow of confidential material to Hungary and leaders are meeting in smaller groups — as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned of long-standing suspicions Viktor Orbán’s government is sharing information with Russia. politico.eu/article/eu-hun…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that 22 countries, including NATO members along with allies such as South Korea and Japan, are coordinating efforts to reopen navigation through the Strait of Hormuz

The left holds Paris. Emmanuel Grégoire is new mayor, succeeding Anne Hidalgo. He beat the right by about 51%-40% say estimates. Many factors mattered, but clear that voters endorsed left's transformation of Paris into biking city. See my @FT column as.ft.com/r/7840a393-8fb…

Israel had a plan to spur a mass rebellion inside Iran, potentially bringing a swift end to the war. That hasn’t happened. nyti.ms/41rXPdz

BREAKING The war in the Middle East could see the world face its worst energy crisis in decades, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol warns, describing the situation as "very severe"

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From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver @thenation published my essay with a few additions in its latest issue with the valued support of the @econhardship. Thanks to both. thenation.com/article/societ…

Leftists win mayoral elections in France’s largest cities while the far right failed to take any major urban centres in Sunday's municipal elections u.afp.com/SLz9