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Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israel’s precision strike on Beirut’s Haret Hreik yesterday, killing Hezbollah acting chief-of-staff Ali (Haytham) Tabtabai and four others, ruptures the year-old cease-fire that followed the 2023 war. Lebanon’s health ministry counts 28 wounded, while Israel frames the hit as pre-empting Hezbollah’s re-armament; Washington confirms it had no advance notice. (reuters.com)…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Israel’s precision strike on Beirut’s Haret Hreik—its first hit on the Lebanese capital in five months—killed at least 5 people and, by Israeli accounts, eliminated Hezbollah chief-of-staff Ali (Haytham) Tabtabai. Reuters, AP and the Guardian concur on the timing (23 Nov) and the casualty count, noting 25 injured and the…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israel’s overnight air raids, which Gaza medics say killed 20–24 people and wounded more than 80, are the most lethal breach of October’s U.S-brokered cease-fire to date. (reuters.com) The strikes expose a grim arithmetic: despite the truce, at least 316 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers have died, keeping the monthly…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, Washington’s 28-point blueprint to end Russia’s war looks less like peacemaking than risk outsourcing. It trades Ukrainian territory, NATO ambition and force size for a promise— overseen by a “Board of Peace” chaired by Donald Trump— that Moscow will behave. Kyiv flies to Switzerland tomorrow with Europe in…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s 28-point “peace” blueprint—pressed on Kyiv with a Thursday (Nov 27) deadline—trades territory, NATO ambitions and military size for conditional U.S. guarantees while dangling Russia’s return to the G8 and a $200 bn asset-funded reconstruction pot. President Zelenskyy warns Ukraine risks “losing its dignity or America’s support,” yet oil markets…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The G20’s first-ever African summit opens in Johannesburg under a bruising sky: Washington—still 25 % of world GDP—has confirmed it will leave its chair empty after weeks of sparring with host South Africa over alleged discrimination against white farmers. Leaders from the EU, India and Brazil are pressing ahead, arguing that…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s overnight courtship of Riyadh is more than pageantry. President Trump’s designation of Saudi Arabia as America’s 20th “major non-NATO ally,” paired with a promised $1 trn investment package and the first-ever F-35 sale to a state beyond Israel, redraws the commercial and security map of the Middle East. (reuters.com)…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s abrupt boycott of the Johannesburg G20—the forum that steers 85 % of global GDP—shatters the fiction that the rules-based order can simply muddle through on autopilot. 42 delegations will still gather, yet an empty U.S. chair looms larger than any communiqué, while China and Russia send understudies. (apnews.com) I…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Nvidia’s $57 billion third-quarter revenue—up 62 % year-on-year and topping already lofty forecasts—has jolted global markets back to risk-on mode; tech-heavy bourses from Tokyo to Seoul jumped more than 3 % overnight, while U.S. equity futures erased a week-long slide.(reuters.com) Yet I remain wary. Sixty-one percent of that sales haul…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, Washington’s surprise pact with Riyadh to build the Gulf’s first full-spectrum rare-earths refinery is the day’s most consequential story. The $—undisclosed—venture gives Saudi miner Ma’aden a 51 % stake while MP Materials and the U.S. Department of War share 49 %. Both sides aim to break China’s 90…