‘The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again — Much more to follow.’ Iranian state TV just named eight major Middle Eastern bridges as potential wartime targets. Regional chokepoints are now on notice.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran FM Araghchi reacts after a major bridge in Iran was destroyed in a U.S. strike. “Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender. It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy …

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Norway updates its wartime preparedness laws, allowing the government to requisition private property in a declared state of war or national emergency.

The Norwegian government has begun informing citizens about the possibility of property requisitioning in wartime. The letters have no practical significance in peacetime, but warn that in the event of war, the state may requisition private property, according to euronews. Thousands …

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China activates ‘wartime footing’ to counter Trump’s tariff blitz…Mao-era defiance resurfaces… Beijing seeks allies against escalating trade war…

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on “wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to four people familiar with the …

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NATO chairman suggests considering a preemptive strike against Russia, urging businesses to prepare for wartime conditions.

🚨NATO WARNS BUSINESSES: PREPARE FOR 'WARTIME SCENARIO' Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of NATO’s Military Committee, urged businesses to adjust production and distribution to withstand disruptions from global adversaries like Russia and China. Speaking in Brussels, Bauer emphasized… pic.twitter.com/Pu5fyAwsBt — Mario …

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Ukrainian trust in Zelensky at wartime low: survey

Ukrainians’ trust in President Volodymyr Zelensky has fallen below 60 percent for the first time since Russia’s February 2022 invasion, according to a leading poll published Friday. Zelensky has faced many challenges in the past year, including a failed summer counteroffensive, a …

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Johnson calls himself a “Wartime Speaker”

That means… “This is a war that never ends, It just goes on and on my friends.” https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/-exactly-mike-johnson-see-wartime-speaker-rcna148147 Got anymore of them Wartime Speaker jobs around? Do they require rigged elections? Those kind with lots of Mexican and Chinese votes? …

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