Professor Jiang Xueqin: New World Order – Iran War Ends U.S. Empire ….

Jiang Xueqin: New World Order – Iran War Ends U.S. Empire

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Mar 9, 2026

Prof. Xueqin Jiang discusses the wider consequences of the war against Iran: The US empire commits suicide, Israel increasingly becomes a theocracy, Gulf States collapse, Iran rebuilds as a regional power, instability spreads to East Asia, Europe’s relevance continues to collapse as it fails to adjust to the new world, Russia will escalate in a big way, and China will fail to preserve the rules of the old world order that made it so prosperous.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – do you know about the Doomsday Clock? Now we need to know and can. This video is informative. “We are in a global arms race”

Mar 9, 2026

Bulletin Science and Security Board member Jon B. Wolfsthal discusses the nuclear weapons issues that factored into the 2026 Doomsday Clock decision. Wolfsthal is currently the US nuclear weapon policy fellow at PAX sapiens. He was previously the director of global risk at the Federation of American Scientists and was a former national security affairs special assistant to US President Barack Obama.

On January 27, 2026, the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight in its history. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board, which sets the Clock, called for urgent action to limit nuclear arsenals, create international guidelines on the use of AI, and form multilateral agreements to address global biological threats.

You can read their statement here: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-cloc… Additionally, you can read the sidebar on nuclear risk here: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-cloc… Timestamps: 00:0000:23: What is the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists? 00:2402:15: Setting the Doomsday Clock 02:1603:52: Current state of nuclear risk 03:5305:04: An era of nuclear instability? 05:0506:37: Nuclear weapons testing – what is the threat? 06:3807:42: Greater risk for nuclear conflict today? 07:4309:23: North Korea? 09:2410:59: Concern about other nations getting nuclear weapons 11:0012:34: Chinese nuclear stockpile 12:3514:20: New AI developments that cause concern? 14:2115:51: As AI is integrated into society, are we going to lose our ability to supervise it? 15:5217:54: Moving the Clock backwards?

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Mario Nawfal: Iran’s new Supreme leader … his father, mother, wife, niece, nephew, sister and brother-in-law all dead in a week ….

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Iran’s new Supreme leader is not only more radical than his father, but he lost his father, mother, wife, son, his niece, his nephew, his sister, and his brother-in-law in a week. And you expect him to be more friendly to the U.S. than his father? Remember, his father had a religious fatwa AGAINST the development of nuclear weapons If this is a regime change or regime modification operation, so far it’s going terribly wrong

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New Atlas: Reviewing the first vinyl spinner with a CD player mid-turntable

Reviewing the first vinyl spinner with a CD player mid-turntable

By Paul Ridden

March 06, 2026

The Analog+ is the first turntable we've seen with a CD player in the middle of the turntable

The Analog+ is the first turntable we’ve seen with a CD player in the middle of the turntable

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Vinyl records have been finding more and more new ears in recent years, and Mixx Audio has a novel turntable to help keep the groove moving – one that also rocks a CD player plonked right in the middle of the platter, as well as flexible connectivity.

Though there are doubtless numerous round pegs in the music-listening world that don’t neatly fit into square format-type holes, streaming appears to be the dominant force according to those who produce the stats relating to how we consume music.

Those of us who appreciate the tactile, almost ritualistic experience of removing a paper sleeve from a card skin before sliding out a grooved slab of vinyl. Folks who get snappy with a disc of shiny plastic from a jewel case. Or even the kind of people who keep a hexagonal pencil within reach at all times in case of tape tangles. We’re all a dying breed.

But there are signs of revolt. Our numbers are tiny compared to the dominant species, but sales of physical music media still cause a glitch in the purely digital Matrix. In the case of vinyl albums, sales have been steadily rising for more than a decade.

In fact, as I tap these words into my laptop the air is filled with sounds picked up and amplified by a diamond point as it navigates a chaotic yet orderly landscape of teeny tracks pressed into a 12 inches of circular gorgeousness spinning at 33.3 revolutions per minute. So excuse me if I wax lyrical.

I also have a CD transport as part of my hi-fi setup, for those times I need to feast on digital perfection. These separates are cabled into an integrated amplifier that feeds commanding floorstanders. It’s a setup that takes up a considerable chunk of my living room floor space.

The Analog+ tonearm ends in an AT3600L moving magnet cartridge out of the box
The Analog+ tonearm ends in an AT3600L moving magnet cartridge out of the box

But what if I wanted to downsize, or was new to physical music formats? Mixx Audio has a novel solution with the Analog+ system. This essentially puts a CD player into the same chassis as a turntable. I’ve seen this kind of thing before in combo systems from the likes of Victrola and Lenco, but I’ve certainly not come across a machine where the CD player was positioned in the center of the belt-driven platter.

Diving right in

The Mixx system powers on in CD mode. But before you can load and listen, the output path will need to be set. The Analog+ sports RCA connectors around back for cabling up to the line-in/auxiliary ports of an external hi-fi amp. The UK audio brand has also baked in Bluetooth connectivity for routing wireless audio to a portable speaker or BT headphones – which I found to be pretty straightforward. Whatever your output poison, volume is raised or lowered through the cabled amp or wireless device.

Pushing down the bottom edge of the plastic door releases the lock and the lid opens to accept a Compact Disc. After that’s locked and loaded, gently closing the door starts the mechanism and the disc spins, the player starts auto reading and then playback begins. Track control is via an IR remote or buttons to the front of the housing, where it’s possible to pause, skip, repeat and so on.

To get your vinyl groove going, you’ll need to select the vinyl record mode via the remote or front panel, and also choose 7- or 12-inch along with the appropriate playback speed. The CD door needs to be closed and the thin rubbery mat placed on the platter before lining up the center hole of the record with the short spindle and placing the vinyl on the ABS platter.

After selecting VR mode on the remote or front panel, popping an album (or single) on the platter, playback is fully automatic
After selecting VR mode on the remote or front panel, popping an album (or single) on the platter, playback is fully automatic

Out of the box, the stylus protector will need to be removed before pressing the play button on the remote or the front panel. Everything after that is automatic. The drive engages and spins the platter to the selected speed.

The built-in servo raises the tonearm – rather noisily if truth be told – and moves the business end over to a pre-calibrated position above the lead-in grooves. The stylus is then lowered for play, with the grinding sounds of the servo simultaneously silenced.

Since this action is fully automatic, the cartridge cannot be picked up and the stylus moved to a preferred track, but you can push the forward (or back) button on the remote or front panel to engage skip mode. The system can’t read specific track locations, so will raise the tonearm and move it forward or back by a pre-determined amount before lowering the stylus again to resume playback.

Long-pressing these buttons will keep the tonearm moving beyond the presets – stopping a little after button release to lower the stylus. However, I found nailing the exact spot of the short lead ins to tracks quite tricky. On the plus side, this difficulty encouraged me to listen to full sides – and appreciate the album as a whole instead of track skipping to favorites.

Of note here is baked-in electronic speed regulation “that ensures consistent, warble-free playback across every track.” When the stylus reaches the run-out grooves, the tonearm is raised and returned to the cradle – which I, as someone who is often guilty of ignoring the click and pop of finished sides for far too long, found welcome.

I couldn’t see any obvious way to adjust things like tracking force or balance and the like, and was informed that everything has been preset “to around 3.5 ± 0.5g. Because of the way the tonearm is servo controlled it’s not adjustable as a manual tonearm may be.” The company does anticipate users being able to replace the belt when needed though, with Mixx saying that its customer support “would provide guidance on how to do it with a replacement belt which we will release as a separate item for purchase.”

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We’re grooving now

Pop the lid, load in a CD, power on and play through a portable Bluetooth speaker
Pop the lid, load in a CD, power on and play through a portable Bluetooth speaker

The quality of sound output over cables will depend on the amplifier the Analog+ is connected to. Given the wallet-friendly price point of this combo system, I opted to dust off an old budget Marantz integrated unit highly regarded at the time of release for punching above its hi-fi weight.

As such, dancing in the digital space via CDs proved reliable with both newer and – ahem – more weathered releases brought down from loft storage, with playback being about as crisp as you’d expect (16-bit/44.1-kHz is supported for regular CDs, though loading a disc packing WAV files could bump that to 48 kHz). My listening experience here wasn’t as engaging and inviting as when I use my Audiolab CD transport, but I wouldn’t expect it to be given the Mixx system’s price tag.

I should add that I found myself occasionally getting totally absorbed in the hypnotics offered by some of the more adventurous CD designs in my collections as I gawped through the lid as they spun at speed during testing, including Humdinger from UK blues titans The Hoax and Black Sabbath’s epic 13.

Moving to vinyl, I was surprised at the warm and pleasant listening offered via the stock AT3600L MM cartridge given its budget ranking. It didn’t touch the performance of the Ortofon resident in my living-room turntable of course – but that cost me about the same as this full system when I bought it a few years back. For casual listening the vinyl mode of the Analog+ is more than up to the task of delivering satisfying sonics.

Mixx told me that it is possible to upgrade the MM cartridge if desired, but any replacement would need to weigh about the same as the outgoing AT module, given the factory presets involved.

The built-in phono stage also did a pretty decent job of output duties, which means that most users won’t even have to think about investing in an external pre-amp or making sure that the Analog+ is hooked up to an amplifier rocking its own phono circuit.

I happened to have an old NAD phono pre-amp kicking around so added that into the setup loop to serve as a boosting bridge between the combo unit and my amp, which did yield an instant quality and volume boost – though as I said, for most listeners the Mixx stock setup should work well enough without.

To BT or not to BT, that is the question

This system also supports Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity. Die-hard analogers will probably cry foul at this inclusion, particularly for vinyl playback. But I found the convenience very much worth any perceived loss in quality.

For example, I like to listen to music while I cook. But if I wanted to fry up some vinyl I would either have to turn up the volume on my living-room setup or pack up the turntable, amp and speakers and set up in the kitchen. By contrast, I can now simply power on my BT speaker, pair with the Analog+ and play.

Purists won’t appreciate the compression of the digitized stream for vinyl playback, but this setup is unmatched for convenience. At the end of the day, I’d say that having options is a huge tick in the plus column – even if they’re not all useful or agreeable to everyone.

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And for folks new to the vinyl universe, not having to immediately invest in audio separates like a pre-amp, amplifier, cables, speakers and so on is another huge bonus in my opinion.

The bottom line

The Analog+ can be had in either black or white, and rocks a retro minimalist design
The Analog+ can be had in either black or white, and rocks a retro minimalist design

If CDs and Bluetooth were around when I started my vinyl journey, then I likely would have appreciated a combo system like this for its flexibility and ease of use. The Analog+ on my review bench did exactly what it said on the box, and did it well for something rocking a budget-friendly price tag. Extra bonus points for doing it in a way we’ve not seen before.

“The Analog+ is the first system of its kind to integrate a CD player directly into the turntable,” said Mixx CEO Prash Vadgama. “We wanted to create something truly distinctive, a product that celebrates the heritage of analogue music while embracing modern convenience.” Job done I reckon.

This Mixx combo unit has already launched in Europe, and is now available in the US via Sam’s Club for US$239. It’s due to land on Amazon US from March 26.

Product page: Mixx Analog+

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GOV.UK: On the shoulders of Giants, what can Ireland learn … protection of children from Abusive Parents

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Government moves to protect children from abusive parents through new Courts and Tribunals Bill

Children will be better protected from abusive parents as the Government moves to abolish the presumption of parental involvement in the new Courts and Tribunal Bill – a landmark piece of legislation to fix the justice system after years of neglect. From:Ministry of Justice and The Rt Hon David Lammy MP

Published7 March 2026

  • Government to repeal presumption of parental involvement through new Courts and Tribunal Bill
  • Landmark repeal in honour of Claire Throssell and her remarkable campaign to keep children safe
  • Move part of Government’s Plan for Change to deliver fairer and faster justice for victims

The presumption of parental involvement was introduced into the Children Act 1989 to help ensure children could maintain a relationship with both parents after separation. However, evidence shows that the current process can leave children at risk of harm.

While the current law contains safeguards that allow involvement to be restricted where it harms a child’s welfare, repealing this provision and legislating through the Courts and Tribunal Bill sends a clear message that the Government is putting children’s welfare and safety first.

The change means the courts will no longer start from an assumption that parental involvement is always in a child’s best interest, and instead adopt an open-minded inquiry into what is in a child’s best interests. If parents are a threat to their child’s safety, they should expect to have their involvement restricted, for example through courts ordering supervised contact, involvement limited to written communication, or by ordering that there should be no involvement at all.

Rooted in the clear principle that every child deserves to be safe, the repeal will now go through Parliament and will be removed from the Children Act 1989.

The vital measure – long campaigned for by Claire Throssell in memory of her two children – is a key part of the Government’s Plan for Change to protect children, deliver fairer and faster justice for victims and fix the system through reform, investment and modernisation.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said:

Every child deserves to be safe, every victim deserves to be heard, and every family deserves a justice system they can trust. We need to make sure that what happened to Claire and her children never happens again.

This Government’s priority is to bring our justice system back from the brink. That means making sure the safety and welfare of children remains at the heart of every decision, and that’s why we are repealing the presumption of parental involvement through the Courts and Tribunal Bill.

This is a landmark moment that I want to dedicate to the remarkable Claire Throssell, and to the memory of her two children, Jack and Paul. Her selfless campaign is helping us rebuild a justice system that is fair, compassionate, and with children’s safety at its heart.

Claire Throssell, MBE, Women’s Aid Ambassador:  

For a decade, I have been campaigning with Women’s Aid to change the family courts system to make sure that no child is ever again placed at risk of further harm from abusive parents.

Seeing that the presumption of parental contact will finally be repealed, and in the memory of my sons, Jack and Paul, is deeply meaningful. No child should have to hold out a hand for help in darkness, saying that they were hurt by someone who was meant to protect them. No parents should have to hold their children as they die, from the abuse of a perpetrator, as I did eleven years ago.

Today’s measures come as the Courts and Tribunal Bill is set to reach Second Reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday 10 March, a key milestone to fix the justice system after years of neglect.  

Among the pragmatic reforms included within the new Bill are:

  • New ‘Swift Courts’ which will see cases with a likely sentence of three years or less heard by a Judge alone – estimated to take 20% less time than a jury trial.
  • Handing courts the power to decide where cases are heard no longer allowing criminals to game the system and torment their victims.
  • Guaranteed jury trials for the most serious and almost all indictable offences – including rape, murder, aggravated burglary, blackmail, people trafficking, grievous bodily harm and the most serious drug offences.
  • Judge-only trials for particularly technical and lengthy fraud and financial offences freeing up jurors who have to give up months of their lives to hear particularly burdensome cases.
  • Giving magistrates the power to hand down sentences of up to 18 months so more cases can be heard by magistrates, freeing up Crown Court time for the most serious offences. This could go up to two years if needed.

Farah Nazeer, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid, comments: 

We are delighted to see the Courts and Tribunals Bill includes plans to repeal the presumption of parental involvement from the Children Act. Over 20 years ago, we published our first report on child homicides as a result of unsafe contact, with each death being entirely preventable. Finally, we have been heard and these children have been recognised. The repeal of the presumption is a historic campaign win for Women’s Aid, our sector partners, the survivors we work with and of course our ambassador, Claire Throssell MBE.  

Claire’s two sons, Jack and Paul, were murdered by their abusive father as a direct result of unsafe contact, which had been authorised by the family court, despite the pleas from Claire and her children. To have this change in their memory is deeply meaningful. Once this law is passed, we are hopeful that children’s safety and wellbeing will be at the heart of family courts, with the system now protecting them, instead of being used as a weapon by abusers. 

Today’s news comes just two weeks on from the Deputy Prime Minister’s keynote speech in which he outlined his vision for a modernised justice system.

Alongside record investment in the Crown Court so judges can hear as many cases as possible next year, the Deputy Prime Minister also announced plans for a new AI courts assistant and National Listing Framework to standardise listing and limit unnecessary delays for victims, and specialist ‘Blitz’ courts surge to tackle backlog of assault against emergency workers.

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The Harvard Gazette: ‘A moment of real possibility’ in Alzheimer’s care. Comment: Cognitive Reserve, is common to all. People who have TBI or stroke realise the benefit of having same

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‘A moment of real possibility’ in Alzheimer’s care

Panel at Radcliffe on Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer’s research panelists Cara Croft (from left), Ganga Bey, Jennifer Gatchel, Leyla Akay, and Immaculata De Vivo.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer

Alvin Powell

Harvard Staff Writer

March 6, 2026 6 min read

Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide

Alzheimer’s disease is widely believed to be caused by accumulating amyloid plaques in the brain, which trigger cascading effects that cause damage. But efforts to reduce amyloid plaques haven’t reversed cognitive decline, causing some to wonder whether something else is going on.

Leyla Akay, director of biology at the Boston area startup TAC Therapeutics, is among them — and thinks that “something else” might be fat metabolism, or, more precisely, disruptions to normal fat metabolism in the brain.

Akay, who spoke at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on Thursday, pointed out that the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug donanemab reduces amyloid beta plaques in the brain, but that it only slows cognitive decline and doesn’t reverse it.

“Ultimately, these patients are declining,” said Akay. “It’s fair to ask if we can do better and ask, ‘Are there other potential causes of biological mechanisms contributing to Alzheimer’s disease?’”

During Akay’s doctoral work at MIT, she zeroed in on the APOE4 gene, a mutation of APOE3 and major risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease. APOE4 plays a role in lipid transport in the brain but is worse at the task than APOE3. The result is lipids accumulating inside of brain cells and disruption of nerve cells’ fatty myelin coating, which could affect how nerve signals move through the brain.

When Akay’s lab discovered that inhibiting a molecule called GSK3 beta reduced lipid accumulation inside of brain cells and improved myelination, they started TAC Therapeutics to develop the idea further.

Akay told the audience for the panel, which was part of Radcliffe’s Next in Science series, that early results are promising but there’s a lot of work still to be done.

“A lot of work ahead” was also a theme for other speakers at the event, who spoke about modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s, the possibility of social drivers influencing the condition, and how work continuing on the amyloid beta front includes a focus on the second step in the destructive cascade: the development of tangles of a protein called tau in the brain.

The event was moderated by Immaculata De Vivo, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of epidemiology at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Radcliffe’s faculty co-director of the sciences. De Vivo said dementia — with Alzheimer’s as the leading cause — already affects 55 million people in the world, and that number is set to almost triple by 2050. Despite that gloomy forecast, De Vivo hailed the research moving ahead on several fronts that continues to push the frontiers of knowledge about the feared condition.

She hailed advances in molecular and cellular neuroscience, genetics, and genomics, in our understanding of how environmental conditions increase risk, and how clinical trials and advances in prevention are working to delay onset and slow progression.

“This is a moment of real possibility,” De Vivo said. “Our speakers today are advancing our understanding of dementia from very different vantage points: epidemiology and social drivers of health, clinical research and prevention, neurobiology and model systems, and the role of lipids — fats — and genetics in neurodegeneration.”

Cara Croft, senior lecturer in neuroscience at Queen Mary University of London described work in her lab using mice and naked mole-rats to explore the role of the protein tau in Alzheimer’s disease. Tau accumulates in fibrous tangles in the brain and is believed to be triggered by the initial accumulation of amyloid beta plaques. A key part of her work is examining how neurons can sometimes unravel tau tangles, allowing them to be cleared rather than accumulate.

“We know that proteins can unravel and unclump and that’s something that we want to boost,” Croft said. “Some neurons already have this fast tau unraveling and we want to normalize them all to have this really fast tau unraveling with the idea that this could be a future treatment for Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.”

Reducing risk of developing Alzheimer’s in the first place is possible and may depend in part on our legs and our appetites. Jennifer Gatchel, assistant professor of psychiatry at HMS and Massachusetts General Hospital, said recent work has shown that there is such a thing as a brain-healthy diet. The Mediterranean diet with legumes, fish, and olive oil; the DASH diet focused on lowering blood pressure; and the MIND diet, which combines elements of the two, have all shown benefits in lowering Alzheimer’s risk. Gatchel also pointed to recent work out of MGH that found that physical activity can affect risk. Those who walked more had reduced risk of the condition. And, though walking more was associated with even lower risk, even the lowest level, 3,000 steps per day, brought positive benefits.

“Even small incremental changes can actually have biological effects on our brain, so it doesn’t have to be all or nothing,” Gatchel said. “That was a very, very exciting finding.”

Our position in society may also play a role in our Alzheimer’s risk, according to Ganga Bey, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Bey’s research focuses on how the stressors that come with social hierarchy, made up of socioeconomic factors such as race, gender, and ethnicity, can increase Alzheimer’s risk through stress, diet, blood pressure, and other physiological factors. The result, Bey said, is that Black Americans have twice the risk of Alzheimer’s, and Hispanics 1.5 times the risk, as non-Hispanic white Americans.

“Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are patterned along clear racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines. Some sex or gender disparities exist as well but they are less consistently observed,” Bey said. “What in the environment that is doing all these things and causing so much disease, but is so poorly understood? What is it exactly that we’re referring to and how does it influence the behavior of our genes?”

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Axios: Blowback gets real


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Hello, Monday! Smart Brevity™ count: 1,467 words … 5½ mins. Thanks to Noah Bressner for orchestrating. Edited by Andrew Pantazi and Bill Kole.

Situational awareness: The Pentagon said a U.S. service member stationed in Saudi Arabia died from injuries sustained in an Iranian attack, bringing the number of American deaths in the war to seven. CENTCOM statement. 

1 big thing: Blowback gets real A line chart that tracks Brent crude oil prices per barrel from January 2022 to March 2026. Prices rose from $78.98 on Jan. 3, 2022, to $87.47 on Jan. 26, 2023, dipped to $82.34 by Feb. 20, 2024, and increased to $102.82 by March 9, 2026, within a $58.92 to $127.98 range.Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Axios Visuals

In the first week of the U.S.–Israel war with Iran, the economic ripples were looking pretty minimal. But as Week 2 begins, the risks to the global economy are growing much more seriousAxios’ Neil Irwin writes.

You can’t decapitate the leadership of a country of 90 million people, with expansive military and intelligence capabilities, in the heart of some of the world’s most economically important supply chains, without a huge cost.

Oil skyrocketed 25% overnight, to just under $120 a barrel, fueling worries that higher energy costs will stoke inflation and curb spending by U.S. consumers. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index plunged more than 5%. That’s the highest oil price since about four years ago, when energy prices surged due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Patrick De Haan — a widely cited gas price expert and an analyst for GasBuddy — estimates an 80% chance the national average gas price will hit $4 per gallon in the next month. It’s currently $3.48.

Zoom in: As of 5 a.m. ET, a barrel of the global crude oil benchmark was going for about $107 on futures markets, up 15% from Friday and 47% from 10 days ago, before the Iran attack. Brent crude prices approached $120 overnight before receding on reports of coordinated global action to release oil reserves.

The risk of a broader economic slump is rising with the disruption to oil supplies. S&P 500 futures are down 1.3% overnight, setting Wall Street up for its third consecutive day of losses.

Japan’s Nikkei index was down 5.2% and South Korea’s KOSPI down 6%, reflecting those economies’ more direct dependence on Middle Eastern oil now at risk of a protracted blockade.

The odds of a U.S. recession this year spiked to 38% in overnight trading on Polymarket, from 24% at the start of the month.

The war has already caused the largest oil disruption in history, taking out roughly 20% of the world’s supply, according to Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy and a former George W. Bush energy adviser.Via Truth Social

Between the lines: Solid GDP growth is no consolation for higher day-to-day prices, which doomed President Biden’s popularity. If the recent energy price surge is sustained, that will be President Trump’s burden as well.Headlines in today’s Wall Street Journal, New York Times🥊 

Reality check: The U.S. economy has proven exceptionally resilient to global shocks — including throughout the Ukraine war, which initially caused an unpleasant spike in prices but not a recession.Share this story.      

2. ⚡ Scoop: Early U.S.-Israel split A woman takes a video of smoke rising from a Tehran oil depot after an Israeli strike on Saturday. Photo: Sasan/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

This exclusive reporting from Axios’ Barak Ravid and Marc Caputo takes you inside the first major U.S.-Israel rift of the Iran war:

Israel’s strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots went far beyond what the U.S. expected when Israel notified it in advance — sparking the first significant disagreement between the allies in more than a week of fighting, according to a U.S. official, an Israeli official and another source with knowledge.

Why it matters: The U.S. is concerned Israeli strikes on infrastructure that serves ordinary Iranians could backfire strategically, rallying Iranian society to support the regime and driving up oil prices.

The Israeli air force’s strikes created large fires in Tehran, igniting flames visible for miles and blanketing the capital in heavy smoke.

An Israeli military official said the strikes were intended in part to tell Iran to stop targeting Israeli civilian infrastructure.🔎 

Behind the scenes: Israeli and U.S. officials said the IDF notified the U.S. military ahead of the strikes.

But a U.S. official said that the U.S. military was surprised by how wide-ranging they were.“We don’t think it was a good idea,” a senior U.S. official said.
An Israeli official said the U.S. message to Israel was “WTF.”🖼️

The big picture: U.S. officials are concerned the footage of burning depots could spook oil markets and push energy prices even higher.

“The president doesn’t like the attack. He wants to save the oil. He doesn’t want to burn it. And it reminds people of higher gas prices,” a Trump adviser told Axios.Share this story.
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John Sweeney: War Diary Day 1,474

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Former MI5 aggent … reveals how Mossad setup a false flag by bombing their own Israeli embassy …. London 1994 …. and blamed it on Palestinian activists.

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Jiang Xueqin: How Iran can CRIPPLE the West in One Move

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