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Nuclear deals, heat and hacked sandboxes

Trump escalates Iran war as Saudi deal and AI breach expose weaker safeguards

The overnight brief has a familiar shape: hard power moves faster than the rules meant to contain it. Washington threatened Iran, armed Saudi Arabia’s nuclear ambitions, while software and climate systems showed their own uncomfortable limits.

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The Middle East after Gaza

Iran launched new retaliatory strikes against US bases in Kuwait, and Houthis attacked Saudi oil tankers in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, expanding the conflict to a second critical maritime chokepoint.

EU fines Google €890 million for self-preferencing in Search and anti-steering on Play Store · Pollar