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The Hormuz Report Iran has completely ruled out reopening the Strait of Hormuz or entering negotiations until Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are removed from power, according to a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, per WANA News Agency. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, Khamenei’s political adviser, made the declaration in a message marking 200 days of public presence. “Our fighters will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until criminal Trump and bloodthirsty Netanyahu are removed from power,” Zolghadr said, calling it the “first stage” of Iran’s revenge. The statement sets an explicit political condition for reopening one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. Meanwhile, the national average diesel price hit a record $9.999. Inventories sit at 106.3 million barrels — 13% below the five-year average. Refineries are running at 97.8% capacity with little room to produce more. Diesel has risen 74% in nine months. Farmers and truckers are paying 63% more than last...

Katie Halper Palestinian Youth Movement organizer Belal Elsiesy breaks down the paper trail proving United Airlines transported lethal weapons components directly to Israel on routine passenger flights.

Glenn Diesen Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, the former Finance Minister of Greece, and the author of numerous bestselling books. Varoufakis discusses how the EU is a cartel designed by the U.S. that is no longer fit for purpose. The German economic locomotive has broken down; the EU no longer has an economic model, its foreign policy is consumed by war, and it has already become a technological colony. Varoufakis also argues that China can now pull the plug on the U.S. economy if it chooses to do so.

Owen Jones Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza , by investigative journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed, is out now.

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Breaking Points Krystal and Saagar discuss the fallout from the Houthis taking the Bab al-Mandeb strait.

Democracy Now! Did Saudi Arabia play a role in the planning and execution of the September 11 attacks of 2001? That question was raised immediately after the attack, when 15 of the 19 hijackers were revealed to be Saudi citizens, and it has only grown louder in the 25 years since as more evidence emerged of the attackers’ connections to Saudi figures inside the United States.

Geopolitical Economy Report Trump's attacks on BRICS have backfired, forcing China, India, and Russia closer together. The Global South-led organization held a summit in New Delhi, where leaders discussed plans to challenge the US dollar system, by connecting new payment systems using local currencies. Ben Norton explains.

Danny Haiphong Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi discusses Iran's major support for Yemen's ongoing offensive against US-Saudi forces and the game changing shift in the war.

The Young Turks The Houthis captured the major Red Sea port of Mokha. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks .