🇫🇷🤝🇨🇾 France and Cyprus will sign a defense pact allowing the deployment of French troops on the island

The agreement “will provide for the presence of French forces on Cypriot territory, strictly for humanitarian purposes,” according to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides.

The agreement has stirred controversy since plans for it were announced in April by Christodoulides during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the island.

The Turkish Cypriot administration declared the agreement null and void soon after it was announced and expressed concerns that it could alter the balance of power on the island, disregard the rights of the Turkish Cypriots and create tensions. The Turkish Cypriot administration also argued that the Republic of Cyprus lacks the authority to sign such an agreement on behalf of the island as a whole.

🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/france-cyprus-pact-for-french-deployment/

🇵🇪🗳 Rightwing candidate, Keiko Fujimori, is leading with less than 1% in the 2nd round of the Peruvian presidential elections against her opponent, Roberto Sánchez.

With 89.6% of the vote counted, the results could still change.

This is Fujimori's 4th attempt at becoming the president of Peru, having lost three previous presidential elections.

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🇮🇱🤝🇸🇴 As Israel comes under Houthi fire once again, it is worth noting that Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro is expected to visit Israel next week.

Israel has been in talks with the local government in Somaliland to build an airbase from which to target Ansarullah (Houthis).

🔗 AfriMEOSINT

🇳🇱 The Netherlands also has its Henry Nowak cases.

In July 2020, 14-year-old Tamar from Marken was hit by a car on a dark dike road and left to die. Her body was later found in the berm.
What happened next is deeply disturbing.

The police initially told her mother that the driver was German. Days later the truth came out: it was four Iraqis in the car. The mother was told they withheld the real background because they didn’t want to create a "Wilders-effect" — they didn’t want to give Geert Wilders political ammunition.

Even worse: evidence strongly suggests Tamar’s body was moved after the accident. The driver didn’t just flee, they dragged her off the road and left her there like an animal.

The driver received only a €1,500 fine for looking at his phone while driving. He then disappeared completely. The fine was returned “undeliverable” and for years he was untraceable.

Only after years of fighting by the family (including going to court to force prosecution), a breakthrough came in March 2026: the now 33-year old Jamal is finally being prosecuted for causing the fatal accident and leaving the scene.

Just like Henry Nowak in Southampton — an innocent young person dies, authorities seem more focused on protecting a narrative and avoiding “political incorrectness” than on delivering swift justice.
A 14-year-old girl dies on a Dutch dike. The system lies about the identity of the driver, gives him a slap on the wrist, loses him for years, and only after massive pressure does real prosecution begin.

This is not just a traffic accident. This is a story about truth, accountability, and what happens when institutions put ideology before grieving families.

Her name was Tamar.
She was 14.
She deserved better.

🔗 https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/verdachte-van-doodrijden-tamar-14-uit-marken-nu-alsnog-voor-de-rechter~ac743bef/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F

📎 House of Poem

🇺🇸 The man that "calls all the shots" is pleading with Israel and Iran to stop attacking each other.

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🇮🇱🇺🇸📝: Benjamin Netanyahu by ordering the strike on Dahiyeh, Beirut, causing Iran to retaliate put himself in a position where if he doesn't continue escalating the war with Iran, Hezbollah and the rest of the Axis of Resistance, it will destroy his political career and legacy.

Netanyahu humiliating Trump by ignoring every plea he makes to not escalate isn't part of a cunning political maneuver, its a desperate act in the fight for political survival at home.

Israel will hold Parliamentary elections this autumn and support is shaky for Netanyahu's coalition for multiple reasons:

🔶 He's trying to slow boil the Haredi parties into tolerating ultra-orthodox Jews being conscripted into the IDF to address the manpower shortages

🔶 Netanyahu still hasn't properly addressed the security failures on October 7th 2023 and why was Hamas able to pull off the operation without Israel knowing beforehand

🔶 Israelis after ~3 years of constant war have gotten tired of the constant missile threats, especially those in the northern regions who are under a permanent threat from Hezbollah. This is aggravating Israel's brain drain

🔶 Most importantly, Netanyahu has nothing to show for after ~3 years of war. Hamas hasn't disarmed, Hezbollah hasn't been defeated, in fact, it has grown more lethal (18 IDF soldiers were killed in the past month with hundreds injured), the Houthis haven't been deterred from attacking shipping in the Red Sea nor Israel and Iran is no longer afraid of lobbying missiles at Israel

🔶 Israel has become the most despised country in the West, its traditional ally

Under Netanyahu the security of Israel has worsened significantly, its public image has been utterly destroyed and Israel's enemies have grown stronger and bolder. Israel's bet on unleashing a nihilistic murder spree across the Middle East since October 7th blew up in Netanyahu's face and he's not going to let himself be held accountable.

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🇺🇸📞🇮🇱🇮🇷 — US President Donald J. Trump announces a new ceasefire between Iran and Israel:

Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on “Peace” are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.
The Blockade will remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a “Final Deal” is reached.

Things should move quickly.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

President DONALD J. TRUMP

@BellumActaNews

🇮🇷🤝🇱🇧🇱🇧 Khatam al Anbiya Central Headquarters says the IRGC will launch more missiles at Israel if the IAF resumes its bombing campaign in southern Lebanon, not just Beirut

🔗 https://t.iss.one/Tasnimnews/421166

🇮🇱🕊🇮🇷 Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid, told i24 News:

The current round of fighting does not serve any strategic purpose of the State of Israel. When a war is imposed on us, we need to strike with overwhelming and disproportionate force. War alone cannot become our automatic response to every problem.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Hezbollah rocket barrage into Kiryat Shmona

@Middle_East_Spectator

🛢 OPEC crude production fell to a fresh 40-year low last month as the continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz forced another round of production shut-ins across the Gulf region. The group, now reduced to 11 members following the UAE's departure, saw output decline by 1.2 million barrels per day to 16.33 million barrels per day.

Iran and Kuwait accounted for more than 1 million barrels per day of the total decline, while Iraq recorded a modest recovery in output. Saudi Arabia's production fell by a further 240,000 barrels per day to 6.57 million barrels per day, leaving output down 37% from February levels. While extensive pipeline infrastructure has prevented a more dramatic decline - compared with production losses of around 80% in Kuwait and 70% in Iraq - it nevertheless highlights the kingdom's limited ability to offset regional supply disruptions while key export routes remain constrained.

Outside the Gulf, Venezuela continued to benefit from US involvement and its relative insulation from the crisis, with production rising to a fresh seven-year high of 1.18 million barrels per day.
Data from Bloomberg's monthly production survey.

🔗 Ole Hansen

🗳 🇵🇪 📊 Peru, presidential election (second round):

Preliminary results, 93.0% counted

Fujimori (FP, right): 50.1% (-0.1)
Sánchez (JPP, left): 49.9% (+0.1)

(+/- vs. 92.1% counted)

📎 America Elects

🇪🇺❌🇮🇷 EU imposes sanctions over Strait of Hormuz closure, targets Iranian officials

The European Union has slapped sanctions on Iranian officials and an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) command unit today, exposing Brussels' lack of leverage as Washington's aggression against Iran continues to choke off global energy corridors. With the strategic Strait of Hormuz effectively shut down due to the ongoing warfare, the 27-nation bloc has found itself largely frozen out of the geopolitical theater, reduced to deploying economic penalties while global markets face severe disruptions.

According to an official statement, the EU blacklisted Mohammad Akbarzadeh, a key political and media figure within the IRGC's naval wing, alongside the corps' Hormozgan Provincial Command, which oversees naval operations along the vital waterway. The bloc also targeted Hamid Hosseini, a representative of Iran’s oil exporters union, subjecting him to a asset freeze and travel bans in an attempt to penalize Tehran for exercising control over its territorial waters.

While the US-led war wreaks havoc on international supply chains, European capitals are scrambling to assemble a post-conflict response. Spearheaded by Paris and London, plans are underway to deploy a European naval mission to the Strait of Hormuz once active hostilities cease. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas suggested that the bloc's existing Aspides naval mission, currently deployed in the Red Sea, could eventually be reassigned to the strategic chokepoint to reassert a European maritime presence in the region.

🔗 The Cradle

🇵🇪 — This is the fourth time that Keiko Fujimori has reached the presidential runoff in Peru.

➡️ In 2011, she received 7.49 million votes and lost to Ollanta Humala by 445,000 votes.

➡️ In 2016, she received 8.55 million votes and lost to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski by just 41,000 votes.

➡️ In 2021, she received 8.79 million votes and lost to Pedro Castillo by just 44,000 votes.

➡️ In 2026, she has already received more than 8.34 million votes with 85.4% of the ballots counted, so she will likely surpass 9 million votes. We will see whether that is enough this time.