🇾🇪⚔️🇸🇦 The Saudi Ministry of Energy reports that the Houthis struck the Yanbu — Abqaiq East-West pipeline in the Medina region however they claim that the pipeline is still operational.

The Saudi government has a long trackrecord of playing off Yemeni and Iranian attacks on its infrastructure, claiming damage from "falling debris" when in reality the facilities were directly struck by missiles.

@CIG_telegram

🇾🇪⚔️🇸🇦 Satellite imagery from Nov 8 shows possible signs of damage at Pumping Station 8 along Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline.

It's since been confirmed the pipeline experienced a fire that was quickly extinguished.

🔗 Soar Atlas (@SoarAtlas)

🇨🇳🤝🇺🇸 China extends suspension of new rare earth controls until January

China on Monday announced a two-month extension of export-control waivers ​due to expire this month, preserving ‌part of a wide-ranging deal struck after a summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

China ​introduced export controls on certain rare ​earths in April 2025, only to expand them ⁠further in October of that year, ​dramatically widening their scope and also adding new ​controls on certain diamonds with industrial applications and lithium battery technology. The measures were then paused for ​one year last November after a summit ​in South Korea between Xi and Trump.

The Ministry of ‌Commerce ⁠said in a short statement on Monday that the pause would be extended for two months until January 10. It gave ​no other ​details.

The extension ⁠is part of a broader suspension of trade countermeasures and tariffs ​announced by China on Monday as ​it ⁠negotiates with Washington over an enduring trade deal. Trump is set to travel to Shenzhen ⁠in ​southern China later this ​month for an APEC leaders summit, where he is ​expected to meet with Xi.

🔗 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-extends-suspension-new-rare-earth-controls-until-january-2026-11-09/