France Drops Palantir From Intelligence Ops Over US Dependence Fears

🛡️ PARIS — France's spy network just cut the American cord, mid-crisis. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Lecornu naming US dependence as the threat — not Russia, not Iran — reframes G7 alliance optics mid-MOU window. Palantir processes intelligence metadata; replacing it means French intel runs degraded for months. For Rome and Berlin, this is a template question: who holds your data if Washington pivots? Expect Brussels to accelerate EU sovereign cloud mandates.

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Germany Weighs Funding UK Nuclear Deterrent in European Defence Shift

🛡️ DETERRENCE — Germany funding British nukes would have been unthinkable five years ago. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: German Patriots guarding UK nuclear sites, Berlin co-funding London's deterrent — this redraws European security logic built since 1945. The driver is explicit: hedging against US withdrawal. With Washington consumed by Hormuz, Europe'

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Iran Calls US Sanctions Plan 'Pure Parody' as Bessent Prepares Maximum Pressure

🎭 TEHRAN — Tehran is laughing at the plan it's quietly bleeding from. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Public mockery from the foreign ministry is a domestic performance — Khamenei's faction signaling no capitulation as Bessent's Monday announcement approaches. But the rial at 2M/dollar tells the real story. The

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CIA Director Ratcliffe Makes Secret Moscow Trip, Warns Russia on Iran and Baltic States

🛰️ MOSCOW — Ratcliffe flew to Moscow unannounced; that's not a diplomatic courtesy call. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A CIA director in Moscow — secretly — means Washington is using the one channel Russia still answers. The dual message matters: Baltic warnings are cover; the Iran ask is the substance. If Russia is supplying

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Iran Drone Strike Targets Iranian-Kurdish Group in Iraqi Kurdistan

🎯 KURDISTAN — Tehran is bombing its exiled opposition while signaling it wants a deal. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IRGC drone strikes on Kurdish groups in Iraq are a recurring instrument — but timing against active diplomacy signals Khamenei hardliners asserting control. These groups (KDPI, Komala) are domestic threats, not Hormuz actors. Erbil can'

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Germany Weighs Funding UK Nuclear Deterrent in European Defence Shift

Iran Calls US Sanctions Plan 'Pure Parody' as Bessent Prepares Maximum Pressure

CIA Director Ratcliffe Makes Secret Moscow Trip, Warns Russia on Iran and Baltic States

Iran Drone Strike Targets Iranian-Kurdish Group in Iraqi Kurdistan