BRICS Update

🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱 Victor Gao, Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG): "China Is NOT Arming Iran. Tehran Is Successfully Defending Itself Against US & Israel"

🐻 Start your week right by catching up on all the key news of the past 24 hours: ➡️Russian Ministry of Defense issues a statement about the situation in Mali, and here's what is known about Kidal, and why it might be early for the West to declare victory ➡️If you don't understand the whole Mali situation - watch this ➡️Malian government confirmed the death of Defense Minister General Sadio Camara, killed during coordinated terrorist attacks on April 25. ➡️Ukrainians in Poland are protesting against the corruption of the Zelensky regime ➡️Kharkov is experiencing major issues with power ➡️А cargo vessel was seized off the Somali coast ➡️Russian Defense Minister awards the North Korean fighters who helped liberate the Kursk region ➡️Trump comments on the shooters manifesto, and declares he is not a pedophile ➡️Larry Johnson breaks down the security failures at last night's assassination attempt on our show ➡️Iranian Foreign Minister visited Oman, and arrives in Moscow.

🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Americans pay for the weapons to kill innocent people.

🇹🇷President Erdogan on Friday announced a fiscal incentive package that would, among other measures, grant incoming foreign residents a 20-year exemption from Turkish tax on foreign-source income and capital gains. The proposal still requires parliamentary approval, and Erdogan did not specify a date for submission of the legislative package. Speaking at the Dolmabahce Working Office in Istanbul during the “Turkey Century Strong Center for Investment Program” event, Erdogan described the measures as a “radical step” and said his government was “determined to make Turkey a global center of attraction.” Individuals who have not been Turkish tax residents for at least three years could, under the proposed rules, relocate to Turkey and pay no Turkish tax on their foreign-source income for 20 years. Only domestically earned income would fall within the Turkish tax net. Inheritance and gift tax for qualifying individuals would drop to a flat 1%. Turkey’s standard rates currently range from 1% to 30%.

🐻 Everything you need to know about the past 24 hours: ➡️A number of channels claimed that British aircraft shot down Russian drones in Ukrainian airspace - but it's not true ➡️Dnepropetrovsk was under attack for over 20 hours - oil storage facilities were hit, as well as some other things ➡️The Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin arrived in DPRK on a working visit ➡️Trump told Fox News he canceled Witkoff and Kushner’s trip to Islamabad - but that apparently happened after the Iranian delegation left Pakistan ➡️Jihadist forces attempting to storm Kati, a strategically vital suburb of the capital Bamako, were decisively crushed by the Malian army and Russia's African Corps ➡️Azov headquarters were targeted in Zaporozhye ➡️A terrorist attack reported in Colombia ➡️There was a shooting attempt at the White House Correspondests' Dinner, and the alleged shooter was caught.

🇺🇸 Video of JD Vance and Donald Trump being evacuated from the stage of the White House Correspondents dinner event.

🇺🇸⚡️White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt before the White House Correspondents Dinner: There will be some shots fired tonight in the room.

🇱🇧⚡️🇮🇱 All the Lebanese journalists you see in the photo have been assassinated by Israel Ali Shoaib Mohammad Shari Fatima Fatoni Mohammad Fatoni Suzan Khalil Hussein Hamoud Ghada Al-Daikh Amal Khalil

🇮🇳 🇮🇱 250 Indians move to occupied Palestine claiming descent from lost biblical tribe — TRT “It is our promised land… ancestors’ land” — Lea from India “7,000 more ‘Bnei Menashe’ (‘Sons of Manasseh’) still in India” 1,200 to be moved EVERY YEAR

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 US military bases and equipment across the Persian Gulf region suffered damage far worse than publicly acknowledged, with repairs expected to cost billions of dollars, according to NBC. ➡️Iran hit dozens of targets across US bases in seven Middle East countries, striking warehouses, command HQs, aircraft hangars, satellite comms infrastructure, runways, high-end radar systems, and dozens of aircraft. ➡️In the early days of the war, an Iranian F-5 fighter jet bombed Camp Buehring in Kuwait — despite the base having air defenses. It's described as the first time an enemy fixed-wing aircraft has struck a US military base in years. This is huge on its own — the F-5 is a 1960s-era aircraft, essentially obsolete by any modern standard. Iran got a fixed-wing strike through US air defenses with a plane that predates disco. ➡️Iran used missiles, drones, and F-5 fighter jets — contradicting earlier US claims that the Iranian air force had failed to deploy fixed-wing aircraft against American targets.

🇺🇸 More images have surfaced online of food portions being served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, amid ongoing logistics issues during its deployment to the Middle East.

🇺🇸⚡️🇨🇳🇮🇷 New US Sanctions Hit China-Iran Energy Ties, Target Key Refinery and Shipping Network The US Treasury’s OFAC has launched another economic terrorism by targeting China’s Hengli Petrochemical refinery — a major 400,000 barrels-per-day facility — along with nearly 40 vessels operating in Iran’s 'shadow fleet'. Nevertheless, in the face of this pressure, Iran continues to export its oil, proving the strength and ingenuity of its energy sector and its partners. Legitimate commerce between Iran, China, and independent countries cannot be dictated by Washington.

🐻 Here are the key things you need to know about the past 24 hours: ➡️Trump announces the extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon for three weeks ➡️China bans exports of dual-use items to seven European entities over arms sales to Taiwan ➡️Russia once again lowers the key interest rate ➡️Zelensky comes to Saudi Arabia ➡️Pete Hegseth claims the US controls the Strait of Hormuz ➡️Russia and Ukraine carry out another POW exchange ➡️The White House claims that Iran wants to talk to them directly but the Iranian Foreign Minister says there will be no direct negotiations in Pakistan ➡️Russia hits Dnepropetrovsk hard.

🇵🇸⚡️🇮🇱 Israel’s Gaza genocide hasn’t stopped. Israeli strike in Gaza City kills three, wounds others — bodies left severely mutilated.

🇺🇸 Trump has slapped sanctions on a major Chinese oil refinery and around 40 shipping firms and tankers moving Iranian crude — following through on his threat to hit anyone doing business with Tehran. The move is part of Washington's escalating campaign to strangle Iran's oil revenues.

🇺🇸🇪🇺The EU and the US have reached an agreement in the field of critical minerals (REMs). The aim is to reduce dependence on China.

🇨🇳🇮🇷 The Chinese Embassy in Iran has again urged its citizens to leave the country as soon as possible due to ongoing security risks.

🇵🇸 A child carrying her younger brother in one hand, and in the other, a drink of water for her family in Gaza, amidst severe displacement and a scarcity of the most basic necessities of life.

🇺🇸 Three US aircraft carriers operating simultaneously in West Asia for the first time in decades — CENTCOM

🇪🇺 Europe's gas prices could spike further as the EU bans spot purchases of Russian LNG starting Saturday. The move comes at the worst possible time, with the war in Iran having already sent regional gas prices up roughly 40%, and Europe needing to replenish depleted storage ahead of next winter. The spot ban could cut 2.8-3.5 million tonnes of Russian LNG annually, around 3% of the bloc's total LNG imports last year. Long-term contract flows continue until year's end. Russia still covers about 12% of EU gas needs, including pipeline supplies. The European Commission can declare an emergency and temporarily lift the ban if the situation deteriorates, but analysts at Energy Aspects say that's unlikely to happen fast given the reputational cost of reversing course so soon. The real crunch comes January 1, 2027, when long-term flows expire too.