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VIDEO: Trump’s War 🇺🇸 : Psychologist Dr John Gartner, formerly of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, on Trump’s “malignant narcissism.” He says the world is in a “helluva lot of trouble” #Iran #Trump #Netanyahu

“A sharp increase in Spitting”…

40% WHEAT HARVEST RISK: EU LIFTS DUTIES AS GLOBAL FERTILIZER PRICES SOAR The European Union has suspended tariffs on essential fertilizers in a direct response to the supply chaos caused by the Iran conflict. As the Strait of Hormuz remains nearly closed and fertilizer trade grinds to a halt, prices are rising everywhere and threatening the next harvests. This one-year duty waiver on urea and ammonia is designed to prevent the agri-food catastrophe the United Nations has already flagged as a real possibility. THE EU TARIFF WAIVER ➡️ The Council of the EU approved a temporary one-year suspension of customs duties on key nitrogen-based fertilisers including urea and ammonia. ➡️ Imports from Russia and Belarus are completely excluded from the relief to protect European producers. ➡️ The help comes with a strict quota equal to 2024 most-favoured-nation import volumes plus twenty percent of the previous Russian and Belarusian shipments. THE GLOBAL PRICE SURGE ➡️ Fertilizer prices have jumped sharply worldwide following the near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz. ➡️ Around one third of all global fertiliser trade normally passes through that narrow waterway along Iran's coast. ➡️ The EU itself imported two million tonnes of ammonia and five point nine million tonnes of urea last year, making the price spike impossible to ignore even with low direct Middle East dependence. THE FARMER WARNING ➡️ Regions where planting is already underway are displaying the first clear signs of stress from rising input costs. ➡️ Australian wheat growers are planting less this season and now risk a harvest up to forty percent smaller than usual. ➡️ Rice supplies throughout Asia are expected to fall this year as the conflict combines with an emerging El Nino weather event. THE BOTTOM LINE The European Union is buying precious time with this tariff suspension to keep its farms running smoothly. Yet the Iran war has exposed a dangerous truth: the global food system sits on a knife edge, and one prolonged blockade could push millions toward hunger. This is how fast a single chokepoint can turn into an empty plate crisis. #FertilizerCrisis #IranWar #FoodSecurity #EUAction #HormuzBlockade #GlobalAgriculture #SupplyShock

Iran deal was imminent within hours on Saturday Still no Iran deal

WTI now below $90 as traders bet on peace deal breakthrough 👀 oilprice.com/futures/wti/

🔥In a statement, the brigade said: “Firefighters are currently responding to a fire on Golders Green Road in #Golders_Green. #London #UK x.com/ferozwala/stat… 📌“The fire has occurred by a building which is three storeys, with a shop on the ground floor and premises above. 📌“The fire is producing a significant amount of smoke and we’re advising people in the area to keep their windows and doors shut at this time. 📌“A number of road closures are in place, including on Golders Green Road near the junction with Beverley Gardens. 📌“Please avoid the area whilst firefighters work to extinguish the fire.”

Finally, some accurate advertising from the BBC

As long as there are daily headlines about Israel killing civilians with no consequence or remorse, markets will go up

Books shall be written.

It appears that Russia is not going to try its luck at supplying Cuba with much-needed fuel amid the US-led fuel blockade of the island nation. After drifting for five weeks in the Sargasso Sea, the US-sanctioned, Russian-flagged Handymax tanker UNIVERSAL (9384306) has now deviated 1200nm southeast. #OOTT #Cuba #Tankers

🚨🇵🇱Chaos in Bialystok, Poland where local authorities under PM Donald Tusk are attacking polish patriots trying to enter a city council meeting on migrants! They’re blocking locals from debating the controversial EU Migration Pact. Pure tyranny!

From @adempalabiyik_ | a child, killed by the israelis, sealed in concrete in Gaza whose recovered body was missing vital organs #NeverForget

.@faizashaheen: "Firstly on Blair, he should be held accountable for what he did with the Iraq War, when he lied to all of us, I just find it shameful that he can come out & expect to give us advice on anything" Spot on.

Hormuz “has to be open” because closure is illegal, says @StateDept Get a ticket to reality, Che. This is the real world. You and your boss fucked it up. Now stop whining about fairness and do your job. Surrender and hope things return to something resembling early 2026. #Hormuz #Iran #Oil #Geopolitics #EnergyCrisis

PICTURE: Smoke pours from Rosneft oil refinery in Tuapse 🇷🇺 following NATO/Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure overnight. #oil #oott #Russia #Ukraine #NATO

UK HOUSEHOLD ENERGY BILLS TO RISE BY 13% FROM JULY TO TWO-YEAR HIGH

ℹ️ #ManchesterAirport - Major disruption between Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly expected until 10:00

Speaking to @connellmcshane on @NewsNation tonight, I discussed how the United States’ abhorrent slaughtering of more than a hundred children in Minab, combined with Trump threatening to wipe out Iran’s entire civilization all but ensured it would be impossible to achieve our ultimate, and truly only, objective of total regime change in Iran.

Israel and USA continue to do everything they can to avoid peace in the Middle East. Zionist airstrikes on eastern Lebanon tonight,

The implementation of the Morgenthau Plan of population replacement and de-industrialisation of Germany is making good progress

MORE THAN 40% OF GERMANY’S YOUTH HAVE MIGRANT BACKGROUNDS More than 40% of young people in Germany are children of migrants. In many major cities, more than half of all children and teenagers already come from migrant backgrounds, including Turkish, Syrian, Afghan, Ukrainian, and others. According to Destatis, the nationwide figure among young people has reached 42–43%, while in some districts of large cities it already exceeds 70%.