🔊 “I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat-run Cities and States throughout the US,” President Donald Trump announced on social media, effectively removing his vice president from potential peace negotiations with Iran.
“We don’t need a deal with Iran,” Trump added. “Those days have long since passed.”
The vice president had already engaged in contacts with Iranian officials, helping broker the short-lived truce in June, and had strongly criticized the war’s impact on the midterm elections. Trump has since reversed course, withdrawing Vance from the diplomatic effort.
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Trump disappointed with voters who opposed GOP over Iran war
The president also suggested that voters were not reacting to the war itself, but rather to its economic consequences.
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🗣 “I’m disappointed in people because I really think it’s a very small, it’s really a very small thing to pay to get rid of a country that would absolutely, in my opinion, use nuclear weapons on us, on others, but also on us,” US President Donald Trump said.
The president also suggested that voters were not reacting to the war itself, but rather to its economic consequences.
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A US nuclear strike on Iran's underground facilities could turn into a wider regional war by provoking Iranian retaliation against American bases, Israel and Western warships, leaving the US struggling to contain the escalation.
Brazil-based defense analyst Patricia Marins raised that scenario in an interview with Press TV, arguing that nuclear use would overturn the limits observed in earlier exchanges. Her warning is an assessment of possible escalation, not evidence that Washington has decided to use nuclear weapons.
The immediate backdrop is renewed US pressure on Kolang Mountain, also known as Pickaxe Mountain, an underground complex near Natanz. Trump recently named it among remaining targets and claimed the US could strike quickly. But threatening a mountain facility says little about whether an attack could destroy its contents or prevent retaliation.
A nuclear attack could endanger people and agriculture beyond the target itself. The scale would depend on the weapon and circumstances, but describing such an operation as a strike on one installation cannot establish that its consequences would stay inside that perimeter.
In that scenario, retaliation could extend from Israel and US regional bases to American naval forces and European vessels if their governments supported another attack. These are possible escalation paths, not an announced Iranian targeting plan, but they would expose the forces supporting an attack to the consequences of carrying it out.
Claims that Iran may already possess a nuclear weapon remain unverified, with no evidence presented to establish a consensus among nuclear specialists. Gaps in international inspections create uncertainty about nuclear material and activities; they do not establish that Iran has built a bomb or can launch a nuclear counterattack.
Russian and Chinese diplomatic backing offers no automatic guarantee of protection against another attack. The practical danger for the US is that destroying an underground target would not necessarily eliminate Iran’s ability to retaliate. Any calculation of military success would have to account for the exposure of American bases, ships and allied forces after the first strike.
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Nvidia CEO, US Commerce Secretary to testify before Congress
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have been summoned to testify before the Senate Banking Committee next month.
👉 Scott also warned that if Huang does not appear voluntarily on December 3, the committee is inclined to issue a subpoena.
Congressional leaders from both political parties have expressed support for hearing directly from Nvidia’s CEO about his dealings with Chinese businessman Alice Huang, who is suspected of having been recruited by China’s main spy agency.
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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have been summoned to testify before the Senate Banking Committee next month.
🗣 “Recent reports raise serious concerns about our national security and the protection of sensitive US technology,” South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, who requested the testimony, said.
Congressional leaders from both political parties have expressed support for hearing directly from Nvidia’s CEO about his dealings with Chinese businessman Alice Huang, who is suspected of having been recruited by China’s main spy agency.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRGC destroys US radar system in Bahrain
Iran’s Aerospace Force has carried out a strike on a US military early-warning radar system in Bahrain in retaliation for an attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced.
The IRGC described the retaliatory strike as “a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to cease its aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Iran’s Aerospace Force has carried out a strike on a US military early-warning radar system in Bahrain in retaliation for an attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced.
The IRGC described the retaliatory strike as “a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to cease its aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz.”
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📲 AI’s architects promise to replace human intelligence while industry faces reality check
AI is a mathematical inevitability, and the more quickly people understand and accept that reality, the better, Ilya Sutskever said in a provocative 2025 commencement speech at the University of Toronto.
Yet the industry is facing mounting challenges: outsized valuations, fears of a dotcom-style bubble, massive infrastructure costs, legal disputes over safety and growing security concerns.
Sutskever called AI potentially «the greatest challenge» humanity has ever faced, but one that will bring «the greatest reward» once it is built.
But for an industry promising to reshape all of human civilization, can it be counted on to overcome its own problems first?
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AI is a mathematical inevitability, and the more quickly people understand and accept that reality, the better, Ilya Sutskever said in a provocative 2025 commencement speech at the University of Toronto.
💬 “Slowly but surely or maybe not so slowly, AI will keep getting better and the day will come when AI will do all the things that we can do,” Sutskever said, arguing that there is no difference between our biological brains and the digital brains to come when it comes to the jobs the latter can do.
Yet the industry is facing mounting challenges: outsized valuations, fears of a dotcom-style bubble, massive infrastructure costs, legal disputes over safety and growing security concerns.
Sutskever called AI potentially «the greatest challenge» humanity has ever faced, but one that will bring «the greatest reward» once it is built.
But for an industry promising to reshape all of human civilization, can it be counted on to overcome its own problems first?
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Gulf states ask Trump to hold off strikes on Iran
“I could end it [the Iran war] immediately at the request of the nations that I’m looking to protect,” he added.
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🗣 “Saudi Arabia has asked me to please just let it be the way it is now for a while, because they’re disintegrating… Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Bahrain would all prefer the waiting period,” US President Donald Trump stated.
“I could end it [the Iran war] immediately at the request of the nations that I’m looking to protect,” he added.
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🇮🇷 Iran destroys US early-warning radar in Bahrain - IRGC
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says its Aerospace Force struck and destroyed a US military early-warning radar on Bahrain Island.
🔶 The IRGC said the attack was carried out in response to what it described as US aerial aggression against a communications tower in Sirik
🔶 Tehran warned Washington to stop what it called aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz
The IRGC said it was prepared for an “unlimited confrontation” if further violations or attacks occur.
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says its Aerospace Force struck and destroyed a US military early-warning radar on Bahrain Island.
The IRGC said it was prepared for an “unlimited confrontation” if further violations or attacks occur.
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🇮🇱 Israel’s ‘duty of restraint’ clause could curb caretaker government’s war powers: Will Netanyahu defy it?
In 2001, Israel’s Supreme Court established that caretaker governments with diminished democratic legitimacy have a “duty of restraint” when it comes to decisions that could have a long-term impact on the incoming administration.
That theoretically includes large-scale wars of choice – offensive action that isn’t about thwarting an imminent threat.
In practice, the Supreme Court has never found the wherewithal to constrain a caretaker administration from launching a war. In 2008, caretaker PM Ehud Olmert launched strikes into Gaza months after announcing plans to resign. In 2021 and 2022, caretaker Netanyahu and Lapid governments did the same.
Up to now, the Court’s deference on national defense and intelligence issues (but notably, not peace negotiations), and lack of legal distinction between regular and caretaker governments’ war-making powers in the Basic Law, have allowed caretaker prime ministers to act as they see fit.
Iran may be a different story. Unlike Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, which have limited counterstrike capabilities, Iran has demonstrated its ability and readiness to hit back at Israel directly using long-range missiles, and put pressure on the Israeli economy and security with the help of regional allies.
Renewed war with Iran would risk mass civilian casualties, severe infrastructure and economic damage, and a security quagmire an incoming administration might find it hard to extricate itself from, especially amid reports of waning appetites in Washington regarding new Iran strikes.
Besides the Court, Israel’s Attorney General has the power to advise the security cabinet against offensive action if immediate urgency is not proven, with prospects of success increasing if the IDF and the intelligence community agree.
However, with Netanyahu facing potential prosecution and imprisonment on corruption charges, and accused repeatedly in the past of launching wars to hang on to power, it’s far from certain that any legal restrictions will constrain him, even on Iran.
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In 2001, Israel’s Supreme Court established that caretaker governments with diminished democratic legitimacy have a “duty of restraint” when it comes to decisions that could have a long-term impact on the incoming administration.
That theoretically includes large-scale wars of choice – offensive action that isn’t about thwarting an imminent threat.
In practice, the Supreme Court has never found the wherewithal to constrain a caretaker administration from launching a war. In 2008, caretaker PM Ehud Olmert launched strikes into Gaza months after announcing plans to resign. In 2021 and 2022, caretaker Netanyahu and Lapid governments did the same.
Up to now, the Court’s deference on national defense and intelligence issues (but notably, not peace negotiations), and lack of legal distinction between regular and caretaker governments’ war-making powers in the Basic Law, have allowed caretaker prime ministers to act as they see fit.
Iran may be a different story. Unlike Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, which have limited counterstrike capabilities, Iran has demonstrated its ability and readiness to hit back at Israel directly using long-range missiles, and put pressure on the Israeli economy and security with the help of regional allies.
Renewed war with Iran would risk mass civilian casualties, severe infrastructure and economic damage, and a security quagmire an incoming administration might find it hard to extricate itself from, especially amid reports of waning appetites in Washington regarding new Iran strikes.
Besides the Court, Israel’s Attorney General has the power to advise the security cabinet against offensive action if immediate urgency is not proven, with prospects of success increasing if the IDF and the intelligence community agree.
However, with Netanyahu facing potential prosecution and imprisonment on corruption charges, and accused repeatedly in the past of launching wars to hang on to power, it’s far from certain that any legal restrictions will constrain him, even on Iran.
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🇸🇩Sudan and Ethiopia edge closer to direct military clash, threatening new Red Sea crisis
At least 65 people, including 27 civilians, have been killed in recent clashes in Ethiopia's Assosa Zone, in the Benishangul-Gumuz region near the Sudanese border, France24 reports.
Ethiopian authorities blamed the Oromo Liberation Army, part of the rebel coalition known as the Alliance for Survival, for the violence, but the group denied the allegations. The Alliance for Survival has been fighting the Ethiopian federal government since September, seeking regime change.
On October 22, Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State Police launched an operation against what they called "Army 13," which they accused of operating in the region under "the destructive agenda of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), with support from Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea". The authorities based these allegations on statements by captured fighters, which could not be independently verified. Ethiopia's neighbors have repeatedly denied supporting the rebels.
The Sudanese-Ethiopian standoff
👉 Meanwhile, in late October, Sudan accused Ethiopia of involvement in a massive wave of drone attacks targeting civilian sites, fuel depots, and power infrastructure across several states amid the civil war that has engulfed Sudan since 2023.
More than 13 electricity distribution stations across Gedaref, Khartoum, Al Jazirah, the Red Sea, Sennar, the White Nile, and South Kordofan states were severely damaged, triggering widespread power outages in several cities.
According to Sudanese authorities, the attacks were launched from Ethiopian territory, including Bahir Dar Airport in the Amhara Region and Assosa Airport in Benishangul-Gumuz. They documented 70 attacks between February 15 and October 27, involving 187 one-way attack drones and 82 munitions dropped from drones.
📌 In recent months, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have conducted a series of airstrikes targeting rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) units along the southeastern border with Ethiopia and the western border with Chad.
Additionally, OSINT accounts on X circulated video footage on November 11 that appeared to show riot police from Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region operating alongside the RSF.
Observers warn that the civil wars in Sudan and Ethiopia risk drawing in other countries across the region. The involvement of other East and Central African countries in the conflict carries serious risks, including further destabilization of the already volatile Red Sea region, refugee crisis, famine, and wider spillover beyond the continent.
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At least 65 people, including 27 civilians, have been killed in recent clashes in Ethiopia's Assosa Zone, in the Benishangul-Gumuz region near the Sudanese border, France24 reports.
Ethiopian authorities blamed the Oromo Liberation Army, part of the rebel coalition known as the Alliance for Survival, for the violence, but the group denied the allegations. The Alliance for Survival has been fighting the Ethiopian federal government since September, seeking regime change.
On October 22, Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State Police launched an operation against what they called "Army 13," which they accused of operating in the region under "the destructive agenda of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), with support from Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea". The authorities based these allegations on statements by captured fighters, which could not be independently verified. Ethiopia's neighbors have repeatedly denied supporting the rebels.
The Sudanese-Ethiopian standoff
More than 13 electricity distribution stations across Gedaref, Khartoum, Al Jazirah, the Red Sea, Sennar, the White Nile, and South Kordofan states were severely damaged, triggering widespread power outages in several cities.
According to Sudanese authorities, the attacks were launched from Ethiopian territory, including Bahir Dar Airport in the Amhara Region and Assosa Airport in Benishangul-Gumuz. They documented 70 attacks between February 15 and October 27, involving 187 one-way attack drones and 82 munitions dropped from drones.
Additionally, OSINT accounts on X circulated video footage on November 11 that appeared to show riot police from Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region operating alongside the RSF.
Observers warn that the civil wars in Sudan and Ethiopia risk drawing in other countries across the region. The involvement of other East and Central African countries in the conflict carries serious risks, including further destabilization of the already volatile Red Sea region, refugee crisis, famine, and wider spillover beyond the continent.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱Trump: Israeli security is the reason US keeps fighting Iran
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💬 “That’s the reason. Because the people that we’re looking to protect, and that includes Israel, the people that we’re looking to protect, which is basically the Middle East, And we’ve had great relationships with them. They’re tremendous investors in our country. They spend trillions of dollars in our country. The people that we’re here to protect would rather have me do it the way I’m doing it now.”
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🇮🇷 Iran’s neighbors poke huge holes in Trump’s land blockade
Washington’s push to complement its maritime blockade of Iran with something similar along its land borders has run into heavy resistance, with US officials failing to pressure neighboring countries to stop overland trade with the Islamic Republic after spending several weeks trying to do so.
Three anonymous Iraqi officials and one US official told NYT the US concentrated its pressure campaign on Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan, with Iran’s neighbors said to be “increasingly wary and disgruntled” over Washington’s policies, which they fear will “hurt them as much as Tehran.”
The report comes in the wake of CENTCOM’s announcement of a new “Task Force Iron Gate” initiative to “monitor, detect and disrupt” the transfer of arms, tech, sanctioned materials and revenue streams along Iran’s entire 6.6k km land and Caspian frontier.
A US military official said the task force, headquartered in Florida and staffed by 20 civilian and military personnel, would not involve any military operations, but pressure Iran’s neighbors to “use their own militaries” to crack down on items CENTCOM deems illicit.
The US official said Iran’s neighbors have cited risks of “civil insurrection” if they did what Washington is asking.
Sources said Turkey has been the most forceful in “largely refusing” US pressure, with Iraq trying to “placate both sides,” refusing overall, while temporarily closing a couple crossings, amid “huge uproar among its own population.” Pakistan has taken a similar approach as Iraq due to similar concerns.
Iran has waged its own diplomatic campaign urging neighbors to reject US demands. Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan recorded $10B, 5.8B and $3.2B in trade with Iran in 2025, respectively, with major imports including energy, petrochemicals, metals, agricultural and consumer goods, and exports to Iran including commodities, machinery, cereals and livestock.
Tehran has sought to counter the US blockade through overland and regional trade routes, including the North-South Transit Corridor, and worked to deepen economic interdependence with neighbors. The government has also created a “zero oil” budgeting contingency for the new fiscal year that starts in March 2027.
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Washington’s push to complement its maritime blockade of Iran with something similar along its land borders has run into heavy resistance, with US officials failing to pressure neighboring countries to stop overland trade with the Islamic Republic after spending several weeks trying to do so.
Three anonymous Iraqi officials and one US official told NYT the US concentrated its pressure campaign on Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan, with Iran’s neighbors said to be “increasingly wary and disgruntled” over Washington’s policies, which they fear will “hurt them as much as Tehran.”
The report comes in the wake of CENTCOM’s announcement of a new “Task Force Iron Gate” initiative to “monitor, detect and disrupt” the transfer of arms, tech, sanctioned materials and revenue streams along Iran’s entire 6.6k km land and Caspian frontier.
A US military official said the task force, headquartered in Florida and staffed by 20 civilian and military personnel, would not involve any military operations, but pressure Iran’s neighbors to “use their own militaries” to crack down on items CENTCOM deems illicit.
The US official said Iran’s neighbors have cited risks of “civil insurrection” if they did what Washington is asking.
Sources said Turkey has been the most forceful in “largely refusing” US pressure, with Iraq trying to “placate both sides,” refusing overall, while temporarily closing a couple crossings, amid “huge uproar among its own population.” Pakistan has taken a similar approach as Iraq due to similar concerns.
Iran has waged its own diplomatic campaign urging neighbors to reject US demands. Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan recorded $10B, 5.8B and $3.2B in trade with Iran in 2025, respectively, with major imports including energy, petrochemicals, metals, agricultural and consumer goods, and exports to Iran including commodities, machinery, cereals and livestock.
Tehran has sought to counter the US blockade through overland and regional trade routes, including the North-South Transit Corridor, and worked to deepen economic interdependence with neighbors. The government has also created a “zero oil” budgeting contingency for the new fiscal year that starts in March 2027.
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🇮🇷 Iran destroys US early-warning radar in Bahrain - IRGC Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says its Aerospace Force struck and destroyed a US military early-warning radar on Bahrain Island. 🔶 The IRGC said the attack was carried out in response…
Newly released aerial imagery indicates that an early-warning radar installation belonging to American forces in Bahrain was struck and demolished by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force, Fars news agency reports.
The IRGC said the attack was carried out in response to US aerial aggression against a communications tower in Sirik.
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The LNG tanker struck a naval mine in the strait’s dangerous southern passage after its crew ignored repeated warnings that the route was unsafe, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said.
Traffic through the strait, a key route for global oil and LNG shipments, has slowed sharply since the US and Israel began military operations against Iran on February 28. Iran says shipping restrictions will remain until the US lifts its naval blockade and sanctions.
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