Putin Arrives in Beijing Days After Trump-Xi Summit, Signs Dozens of Deals With Xi

🤝 BEIJING — Xi hosted Trump last week. Putin gets the agreements. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Trump left Beijing with rhetorical Hormuz commitments; Putin arrives days later for dozens of binding bilateral deals. Xi performed alignment with Washington, then immediately delivered substance to Moscow. Tehran gets confirmation its strategic rear is secure. US leverage on Beijing to pressure Iran just got visibly undermined.

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US and France Attribute European Supermarket Cyberattack to Iran

💻 CYBER — Iran's war just jumped from Hormuz to European grocery aisles. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: US and France attributing the attack to Iran marks the first confirmed Iranian strike on European civilian infrastructure. Tehran is opening a European economic front beyond Hormuz. EU states now face a direct hit, activating

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Hegseth Calls Press Conference as Impeachment Resolution Advances in Congress

🎖️ PENTAGON — The Defense Secretary is holding a press conference during an active war, not to brief the war. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Hegseth distracted or removed mid-campaign destabilizes the civilian chain at the worst moment — joint military alignment just confirmed, Nov 9 window still open, Qatar talks unresolved. A weakened SecDef

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Iran-Linked Hackers Targeted French Supermarkets in October Cyberattack

💻 PARIS — France is now a confirmed battlefield, and no one declared it. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: French prosecutors linking the Oct 11 attack to an IRGC unit makes France the first NATO member with official attribution of Iranian cyber aggression during this conflict. Farsi traces and Iranian IPs are legally admissible; Paris

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Tehran Rejects US Talks, Denies Rezai-Vance Meeting in Doha

🚫 TEHRAN — The Qatar channel just lost its last unverified asset. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tasnim denying the Rezai-Vance contact removes the one back-channel signal suggesting Iran was engaging informally. Combined with the seven-conditions ultimatum, Tehran is now publicly locking itself to preconditions Rubio already called outrageous. The Qatar meeting

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US and France Attribute European Supermarket Cyberattack to Iran

Hegseth Calls Press Conference as Impeachment Resolution Advances in Congress

Iran-Linked Hackers Targeted French Supermarkets in October Cyberattack

Tehran Rejects US Talks, Denies Rezai-Vance Meeting in Doha