🛢️ CAIRO — Egypt's PM says alternatives exist. European spot desks want proof. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Damietta is Egypt's primary LNG export terminal — a drone hit there cuts Europe's marginal supply. Cairo's 'alternatives' statement targets European buyers already repricing. Egypt's remaining capacity is the thin buffer holding spot LNG prices. If the claim doesn't hold, importers move immediately.
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Iran is rebuilding ballistic missiles underground. Pickaxe Mountain back in focus. UN Security Council votes in three days. Brent above $102. Day 199 reveals none of the war's core objectives have truly been achieved.
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Iran riproduce missili balistici sottoterra. Pickaxe Mountain torna al centro. Il Consiglio di Sicurezza ONU vota tra tre giorni. Brent oltre $102. Il giorno 199 rivela che nessun obiettivo della guerra è stato davvero raggiunto.
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📉 ASIA — Oil shock exports to equities; rate hikes are doing Tehran's work for free. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Asian markets falling as oil holds above $100 signals the second-order transmission: energy inflation forces central bank tightening, compressing valuations without any direct strike. For Japan, South Korea, and India — major
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🇨🇳 BEIJING — Trump buries the China-Iran link the day Hormuz stays shut. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Acknowledging Chinese entities helped Iran kill US troops forces a response against Beijing — one Trump won't make while Hormuz stays closed and trade talks are live. His dismissal protects the bilateral architecture at the