Mario Nawfal

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Daily news recap: Brent crude just topped $110 for the first time since May... and the oil market is betting this war gets worse. The traders moving billions of dollars through oil markets see intelligence most people never will, and the price they're paying points to a long fight: "The market is saying that, hey, we expect this to continue and not just a 3 or 4 day strike, but we expect this to descend into the escalation trap." Nobody bids oil to $110 because they expect a quick weekend of airstrikes. @WeTheBrandon

🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRGC claims a supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude hit a mine and exploded in Hormuz... and says the ship was running dark with US military support The Guard's navy told IRGC-tied Tasnim that the vessel took an "unauthorised" route with its tracking and radar switched off, hit a mine, and is now burning, and it added a line for the insurers: "The Strait of Hormuz is closed." Source: Tasnim, CENTCOM / Writer: Daniel

🇻🇳 In Vietnam, you can have dinner surrounded by HUNDREDS of hungry fish At King Koi Coffee Garden, customers sit on little islands in the middle of a pond while colorful koi swim around their tables You can even buy fish food and feed your VERY curious dinner companions 😂 Writer: Sol t.co/dvELwCD8y9

🚨🇺🇸 A MASSIVE TREE came crashing down on a woman's minivan while she was stuck in traffic in Santa Clarita, California. The terrifying moment happened as powerful Santa Ana winds battered the area, with gusts potentially reaching 70 mph. The woman managed to escape with minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. What a day for the poor woman! Writer: Sol t.co/F0VLW8hkGn

🇾🇪 Houthis strike Saudi-backed coalition command center in Aden. Reports say missiles hit the center and weapons depots, while two more landed at Aden International Airport just 100m from an active runway where a passenger flight was preparing for take-off None of the passengers were injured. Yemeni authorities and Houthis both confirm strikes. Details still emerging. It also follows a deadly attack on the presidential palace the day before. Writer: Bri t.co/NQlKkjl2A5

🇺🇸Bro WTF, this is WAY too real. Paused it three times and still can’t tell it’s not her. A fake Jenna Ortega account pulled 104M views and $100k a month selling chats with AI. It looks so perfectly real that you can't trust your own eyes anymore…scary! Writer: Bri t.co/t1Br7abuhZ

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Daily News Recap: America may be down to a handful of its biggest bunker busters... and the war plan is being bent around what's left After the strikes on Natanz, the stockpile of GBU 57s is reportedly running thin, replacements are years away, and planners are reaching for whatever is still on the shelf: "They're not tailoring strategy and tactics for real ends, ways and means. They're just tailoring to what they have available in the arsenal, which of course is not how you wage a war." Every week this standoff drags on with the cupboard this bare, Tehran's hand gets stronger. @WeTheBrandon

🚨🇺🇸 The shortest-serving press secretary in US history breaks her silence Katie Zacharia held exactly one briefing before Trump told reporters he'd asked her, "Katie, is this for you?" Her statement: "President Trump is a kind, wonderful, gracious, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and hardworking man. I wish more Americans appreciated him. No one will ever make America great the way he has and continues to. It was an honor to work for him." She beat Anthony Scaramucci's 11 days by six, though he was communications director, and the old press secretary record was Gerald Ford's spokesman quitting after a month over the Nixon pardon. Z Zacharia's week undid itself on a résumé line: Trump introduced her as an attorney, she'd called herself one for years, and she isn't... Writer: Daniel

🚨🇺🇸 Terrifying footage from San Juan Capistrano as the Norte Fire rages uncontrollably A resident captured this as flames closed in on their house… So far over 400 acres BURNED, several homes DESTROYED. Evacuations underway. Writer: Bri t.co/K3f9sUh9Bv

🇮🇷🇸🇦 Iran flatly denies having ANYTHING to do with the latest Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia Saudi says Tehran has encouraged the attacks on the Kingdom but Iran says the Houthis act on their own interests. But when they are both ready to talk, Iran has kindly offered to play peace negotiator…pretty rich coming from them. Since July the Houthis have hit Red Sea tankers, oil facilities and Riyadh’s airport. One strike there killed 13 people. Source: Middle East Eye / Writer: Bri

🇺🇸🇮🇷 America may be down to just 55 THAAD interceptors on the PLANET... 55 is a number that should scare anyone with a family member on a Gulf base, because THAAD is the system that stops the ballistic missiles Iran has been firing, and there is no factory that can refill the shelf before the next round. Malcolm Nance, former Navy intelligence, says a former logistics commander’s count put the Patriot stockpile near 2,300 before the war and his own read is roughly 1,200 now, while the Saudis fire three interceptors per incoming missile and the Gulf allies are getting no replenishment at all: “The United States cannot buy, build or manifest these for love or money.” Knock out Kuwait’s main plants and no pipeline or truck convoy replaces the water, so the first refugee column of this war runs south down the Saudi highway, and the Pentagon’s next strike on Iran gets priced against an air defense shelf that is nearly bare. @MalcolmNance @WeTheBrandon

🇸🇪 Your WiFi could soon detect if someone is carrying a HIDDEN GUN Researchers in Sweden have developed an AI system that analyzes WiFi signals to identify concealed handguns, even in a crowded space. The prototype located up to 91.5% of carried objects, distinguishing between guns, phones, and water bottles, although handgun detection was far less reliable. The CRAZY part? it uses the same 5 GHz frequency range as ordinary home WiFi. Imagine walking into a building and the WiFi is already trying to figure out what's inside your pockets 😂 Source: Cybernews / Writer: Sol

🇿🇦🛒 SUPERMARKET SWEEP: So you get ONE MINUTE of FREE grocery shopping… what are you going for? I was with this lady at first, going for the big bags of chicken… then she went a little off the rails. 🐔 Chicken, 🐖 Pork, 🥩 Beef, and 🫛 frozen veggies, BAM! Writer: Jamie t.co/QlTsagcupe

🚨🇺🇸 Devoted teacher killed in Oregon school shooting was a 25-year-old living her dream job. Megan Lambert gave everything to her students. “She was compassionate and had a huge heart. She always fought for the underdog.” Her kindness knew no bounds. In her first year coaching volleyball, she refused payment so families who could not afford to play were covered. RIP 💔 Writer: Bri t.co/RwR10JrfsJ

Dukes of Hazzard taught us cars could jump. Tesla proved they can fly! Never bet against Elon…he goes for the win 🔥🔥🔥 Writer: Bri t.co/A1f9wCziZR

🇺🇸 I agree. Now please go tell Trump. Writer: Bri t.co/AhmueF1y7q

🇺🇸 An OpenAI test swarm reportedly broke out of its sandbox, hacked an outside company and gave itself admin rights... all to cheat on a puzzle The models weren’t trying to escape for its own sake, they were handed impossible problems, decided the grader would catch them cheating, and went looking for a way to fool the grader too. Liv Boeree, former pro poker player and host of the Win-Win podcast, says the researchers she talks to inside the labs are starting to worry they are losing control of what they build: “It’s the most sci-fi sounding thing I’ve ever heard. And yet this actually happened.” She credits Trump’s accord with the lab CEOs as the first brake pedal on a car that only had a gas pedal, wants the labs grading each other’s homework, and likes Elon’s idea of giving Americans a stake in the AI companies, because the alternative is a new superpower on Earth that answers to nobody. @Liv_Boeree @WeTheBrandon

🇺🇸 A massive military-style helicopter is dumping WATER over the raging Norte Fire in San Clemente, California. The CH-47 Chinook is flying directly over the burning hills as firefighters race to stop the flames from reaching more homes 😢 Absolutely HEARTBREAKING 💔 Writer: Sol t.co/PheSwP3apA

🚨🇺🇸Mourners gather at a memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary Flowers cover the steps for the three young children aged 5, 8, and 11 and their teacher. Two additional victims, a 7 year old and a 54 year old teacher, remain in the hospital fighting for their lives. A community comes together in grief. The tragedy is beyond words 💔 Writer: Bri t.co/Bu33Hmvxq1

🔥 Talk about going from ZERO to 60 in 0.6 seconds! How TF do they do this shit so quickly? That car was unveiled yesterday, son! Slow it down! Writer: Jamie t.co/49TzBgp41O

🇮🇷 IRAN HAS AN ARMY OF FEMALE NINJAS Thousands of Iranian women have trained in ninjutsu since 1989, mastering swords, acrobatics, and traditional Japanese martial arts. They're called KUNOICHI, and estimates suggest around 25,000 women have participated over the years. 😮 Writer: Sol t.co/GHMLSiNSvP

🚨🇺🇸🦎 GRAB YOUR TIN FOIL HATS! ARE LIZARD PEOPLE REAL?! A former US Army sniper claims elite JSOC troops killed three bipedal, mildly reptilian-looking beings with fingers near Area 51 after one soldier was killed by an energy weapon. Nick Betts says he heard the story from a drunk operator in Poland during a Ukraine documentary, and another soldier choke-slammed him for asking about it. Officials maintain there is no evidence of extraterrestrials. I bet there was also no drunk operator in Poland, or a documentary! Writer: Jamie t.co/kcEZme5uJC

🇹🇳 I never imagined myself as a Mercedes-type. For some reason, I’m starting to see the appeal. Writer: Jamie t.co/b1wKt5HHZz

🇺🇸 This is what residents in San Clemente, California, are seeing from their streets 😢 A massive wall of FIRE stretches across the hillside, just behind a row of homes, as thick smoke swallows the sky. The Norte Fire is getting DANGEROUSLY close to people's backyards. Writer: Sol t.co/bX8VdrUWfJ

🇦🇷🇧🇷 Iguazu Falls CHOSE VIOLENCE Writer: Sol t.co/WXdXsfR7A8

🤢🇪🇺🇺🇦 I smell a traitor among us! Someone’s been unleashing silent but deadly fury upon the European Council Press Corps. While the reporters and photogs were gaggling and awaiting Zelenskyy’s presser, someone in their midst laid a rotten egg! He’s been dubbed the ‘phantom farter ’ because it’s happened before, and the hunt is on! There will be consequences… Writer: Jamie t.co/vxTsXhJTnK

🇦🇱 CHAOS IN ALBANIA: PROTESTERS HAVE STORMED AND TRASHED THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY Anti-government demonstrators in Tirana have broken into the building during violent protests over education costs, corruption, and growing anger at PM Edi Rama. The latest escalation began Tuesday with student protests at the Education Ministry. Police have used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon. Writer: Sol t.co/P91abFjj0i

🇪🇺🇷🇺 Europe spent 4 years betting on a Ukrainian shield in front and America behind it... and now a former top German general's warning is coming true Russia wins, Washington pulls back, and Europe stands alone across the line from a very angry neighbor, which is close to how Germany's former armed forces chief described the endgame three years ago. Glenn Diesen, a professor in Norway, says the whole European model ran on cheap Russian energy, Russian markets and American backing, and all three are gone at once: "The Europeans don't really have a role in this new world." Weapons factories won't replace an economy, so the leaders polling near 10% will keep selling confrontation, and the ones who replace them will go to Moscow for a deal, because a Europe that cuts out its largest country was never going to hold. @Glenn_Diesen @WeTheBrandon

🇺🇸 A cargo helicopter with nobody at the controls dodged a surprise no-fly zone and landed itself in front of the Army... the pilot in the seat never touched a thing Airbus took its MQ-72C, a drone version of the Lakota helicopter the Army already flies, to Huntsville last week and ran five flights on its own dime. The aircraft held complex hover patterns, flew normal airfield traffic, and when operators dropped a no-fly zone into the middle of its route it rerouted itself without anyone touching the controls. A safety pilot sat aboard the whole time and never took over. In other tests it took commands from a tablet. The Marines have been paying for this to resupply island outposts in a Pacific fight. The Army’s interest is simpler: its new tiltrotors will fly air assaults 500 miles in one hop, and the 101st Airborne’s commander says you can’t sling-load a Humvee under something moving 250 knots, so the beans and bullets need their own ride. The Iran war showed what happens to supply lines under drone and missile fire. A helicopter that delivers ammo without a pilot to lose is the answer that just landed in the Army’s lap, already built with somebody else’s money. Source: The War Zone / Writer: Daniel