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#Saudi-led coalition claim it retakes several key areas around #BabAlMandeb Strait
100 fighter jets carry out operations
But #Houthis claim advance on #Taiz, #Yemen 3rd-largest city
Scott Lucas
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After speaking with #Zelensky about support for #Kyiv, France's #Macron condemns #Russia escalating strikes on civilian infrastructure
“We will yield neither to intimidation nor to Russia’s escalation"
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#Romania authorities: 2 people illed and 11 crew were rescued after a fire on the ship Royad Mammadov in the Black Sea outside Romania’s territorial waters
#Zelensky: Russian drones were responsible
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Oil tanker crossing #StraitOfHormuz turned back after it was hailed by #Iran Revolutionary Guards and told that it might be targeted
Incident occurred 20 km (11 nautical miles) north of Khasab, #Oman
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Head of #Saudi oil company Aramco: Global squeeze on crude oil and refined fuels, triggered by #IranWar, likely to worsen
Refilling global stockpiles could take 2 years
"Until Hormuz fully reopens and confidence returns, the crude reality is that pressure at both ends of barrel will intensify"
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#Iran Govt high-level meeting on Saturday about the economic damage of US War
Senior official Mohsen Rezaei: "Circumstances [are] among the most difficult periods the country has faced”
President Pezeshkian: Govt “has adopted a new posture to manage the special conditions"
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Assessing #Putin speech to Valdai Discussion Club and what it indicates about #Russia invasion of #Ukraine
"It's just more of the same. After 4 1/2 years, Putin makes it clear that his war aims are still the maximum"
Taking apart Putin statements on Russia economy
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EA on ANewz: #Ukraine --- Reading #Putin Signals (Cormac Smith)
https://eaworldview.com/2026/10/ukraine-reading-putin-signals/
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Looking Back on “ #Ireland and the Making of #America” (Liam Kennedy/Michelle May/Scott Lucas)
https://eaworldview.com/2026/10/looking-back-ireland-making-of-america/
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Middle East oil exports surpass pre-war level last week for 1st time since start of #IranWar
Weekly average rose for several days above pre-conflict average of 18m barrels per day
Despite rise, Brent crude oil price stands at $101.50 per barrel, compared to just $60+ pre-war
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UPDATES: US War on #Iran, Day 221 --- #Trump Camp Sending 3rd Aircraft Carrier
#IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #Yemen #SaudiArabia #Houthis #Israel #Lebanon
https://eaworldview.com/2026/10/us-war-on-iran-trump-3rd-aircraft-carrier/
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Looking Back on “ #Ireland and the Making of #America” (Liam Kennedy/Michelle May/Scott Lucas)
https://eaworldview.com/2026/10/looking-back-ireland-making-of-america/
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#Ukraine and #Russia control nearly 35% of world’s wheat exports, w particular significance for Africa & Middle East: “This is threatening some of poorest people on earth.”
“Russia could stop this war tomorrow & get out of Ukraine. This is direct result of Russian illegal war"
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EA on Pakistan TV: #Ukraine — The #BlackSea Blockades Are Choking Grain Exports (Cormac Smith with Sana Maqbool)
#Russia #UkraineWar #SeaOfAzov
https://eaworldview.com/2026/10/ukraine-black-sea-blockades/
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Reviewing the incident, which threatened to crash #FlyDubai flight with 182 passengers
As co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami is being questioned, claims leaked to media about him and his possible motive.
Amid #IranWar & #Israel election — iessential to avoid speculation & to rely on verified, unbiased info
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#EU Ambassador to #Ukraine responds to Russian threats
"Russia has a message for foreign diplomats in Kyiv: leave, or risk your lives
Our answer: We are staying
The EU Delegation is staying
Threatening us will not stop Europe’s support for Ukraine. It only reminds us why that support matters!"
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EA-Ukraine VideoCast: What is the Meaning of "Glory to #Ukraine"? (Scott Lucas with Daniel Tkiie and Sofia Nazarenko)
#SlavaUkraini #UkraineWar #Russia
https://eaworldview.com/2026/10/ea-ukraine-videocast-what-is-the-meaning-of-glory-to-ukraine/
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Tanker in #StraitOfHormuz struck by a projectile, damaging the engine room
Crew is reportedly safe
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#Iran Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf: #StraitOfHormuz will not reopen until 7 conditions, based on June's Memo of Understanding, are met
US "must understand that the period of dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands is over"
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UN Human Rights Office documents killing or injuring of 15,280 civilians from Jan to Aug 2026, 55% increase from same period in 2025
Russian strikes on schools, medical centers, apartment buildings, railways, and shops as people across #Ukraine live in "constant dread"
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#Zelensky cites #Putin order to "attack infrastructure, logistics, and especially to attack in the cities, in the villages, everywhere, roads, schools, hospitals. To pressure people to leave the capital, leave different cities: this is goal of operation"
"We have to respond in any way"
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UPDATES: US War on #Iran, Day 220 --- #Trump Camp Sending 3rd Aircraft Carrier
#IranWar #USSTheodoreRoosevelt #StraitOfHormuz
https://eaworldview.com/2026/10/us-war-on-iran-trump-3rd-aircraft-carrier/
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#Yemen 's #Houthis: #Saudi forces launch 26 strikes on capital Sana'a today, a day after the first attacks in years
No deadlines were given on casualties
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#Trump Admin in discussion w #Kremlin about a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit 1) major Trump donor and 2) Middle Eastern business executives w close ties to Trump envoys #Witkoff and #Kushner thru #Albania resort project and World Liberty Financial