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The latest in US-Iran war260 developments
Trump says US could strike Iran as soon as Sunday, or reach a deal
Trump says the US could attack Iran "as soon as" Sunday, or reach a "beautiful deal". The Wall Street Journal reports the Pentagon has given him options including nuclear sites, infrastructure and islands. Al Arabiya says Iran offered to reopen Hormuz if the US ends its port blockade, now 100 days old, with Brent above $116. President Pezeshkian blames Washington for the collapse of interim-deal talks, and chief negotiator Ghalibaf skipped a BRICS forum in New Delhi.
Sunday 25 October
Whether the US attacks Iran is the question hanging over the day: Trump says a strike could come as soon as Sunday, or a deal could. Tehran's chief negotiator has skipped an international forum, and talks on an interim agreement have collapsed.
The Gulf is on edge in other ways. Missiles and drones keep flying toward Riyadh, while Russia and Ukraine trade blows on energy infrastructure. Israel heads into an election on Tuesday with neither side near a majority.
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Russian barrages hit Ukraine's power grid again; Ukraine strikes inside Russia
added 04:00Russia-Ukraine war · 387 developments
Russian attacks on energy sites left more than 500,000 people without power on October 23, and another barrage on October 24 used 126 drones. Ukrenergo says outage schedules will apply on Sunday. Ukraine hit a plant in Tolyatti, and a large drone attack struck Belgorod. Zelensky says the US sent only 24 Patriot missiles in three months. Explosions were heard in Vinnytsia region early today. The EU plans to cover about €46.7bn of Ukraine's €70bn budget gap.
From Suspilne
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Coalition downs drones and a ballistic missile over Riyadh as Houthi attacks continue
added 04:00Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia · 235 developments
Overnight the Saudi-led coalition destroyed two drones and a Houthi ballistic missile over the Riyadh region, and civil defence issued an alert before saying the danger had passed. On October 24 Saudi Arabia intercepted missiles fired toward Mecca and Medina, and the GCC condemned the attack. Riyadh's airport reopens from Sunday after a two-week closure, but the Houthis renewed their warning that it is a military target.
From Reuters, Middle East Eye
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Israel's election: Eisenkot's bloc leads final polls, but neither side nears 61 seats
added 04:00Israel's October election campaign · 87 developments
Israel votes on Tuesday, October 27. Final TV polls put Eisenkot's bloc at 52-56 seats against about 50 for Netanyahu's, both short of the 61 needed. Trump endorsed Netanyahu, who urged Israelis to prepare for sanctions and floated cryptocurrency to get around them; Eisenkot and the Bank of Israel governor rejected the idea. Organizers say over 100,000 rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday for a state inquiry into October 7. Israel will close all West Bank land crossings on election day.
From The Times of Israel, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera English, Haaretz
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California pushes back on DOJ demand to sequester 20,000 alleged noncitizen ballots
added 04:00DOJ non-citizen voter list dispute in California · 7 developments
The Justice Department says about 20,000 noncitizens received mail-in ballots in California. It wants the state to verify the list within 48 hours and set those votes aside before processing. A court has ordered California to respond to the emergency request. State leaders and election officials have rebuked the push, warning it could disenfranchise citizens less than two weeks before the midterms.
From The Guardian · World
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NYT: Sanctioned Russian gas giant Novatek secretly funded Alaska LNG project
added 04:00Polar Train LNG Alaska project and Novatek · 2 developments
The New York Times reports that Novatek, the sanctioned Russian energy company, secretly funded a US gas project in Alaska. Sources told the paper the project was part of an energy deal that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner discussed during their September visit to the Kremlin.
From The Kyiv Independent
Elsewhere
Fighting resumed around Taiz in Yemen, besieged by the Houthis for 20 days, as the UN warned time is running out for aid. Iran's foreign ministry told France, Germany and the UK that Istanbul-style forums should examine the root causes of the conflict, not serve as public relations. Bulgarians are voting for president in a field of 27; acting President Iliana Iotova and ex-caretaker PM Andrey Gyurov lead polls. A magnitude 6.16 earthquake struck the Vanuatu islands on Sunday, GFZ said, after a magnitude 7.2 quake off Vanuatu on Saturday. Mali's military raised the death toll from an attack to 54; victims were buried on site and nine survivors were evacuated to Menaka. A study found summer heat killed about 50,000 people in Europe and cost €17bn in GDP, with nearly two-thirds of deaths linked to climate change.
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03From the feed
Seen in the feed.
00:21 · Al Jazeera English
Trump says US could strike Iran as soon as Sunday, or reach a deal
US-Iran war03:08 · Al Jazeera English
Trump says US could strike Iran as soon as Sunday, or reach a deal
US-Iran war00:10 · Reuters
Coalition downs drones and a ballistic missile over Riyadh as Houthi attacks continue
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia00:00 · The Times of Israel
Israel's election: Eisenkot's bloc leads final polls, but neither side nears 61 seats
Israel's October election campaign01:59 · Al Jazeera English
Israel's election: Eisenkot's bloc leads final polls, but neither side nears 61 seats
Israel's October election campaign03:30 · Al Jazeera English
Yemen war03:00 · Reuters
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake off Vanuatu04The room
What X, Reddit and 4chan make of it.
Reddit smelled a false flag before the midterms and called the Pentagon options lies, while 4chan cheered Iran's "Israel uninhabitable" threat and argued about missiles and Jews, and X had nothing to say.
r/worldnews · r/politics
Smelled a midterm false flag and distrusted officials
Suspicious, angry, sardonic
- Midterm false flag45%
- Trump's war, midterm stakes25%
- American officials are liars20%
Just more election fear mongering. GOP stinks of desperation and are throwing every bit of shit at the wall. If there is an attack, it will be a false flag by us or Israel.
Midterm false flagr/politicsopen ↗ Because the war was always illegal, so he needs to keep pretending it's always ending (he said it would last 4-6 weeks, and it is now at eight months) and then starting up again for 60-day segments
Trump's war, midterm stakesr/politicsopen ↗ It's American officials making these claims. So, they're lies.
American officials are liarsr/politicsopen ↗
4chan
70 on it/pol/ · /news/
Mocked Iran's threats as bluster, cheered escalation
Mocking, hostile, raucous
- Iran's threats are bluster35%
- Cheering Iran's threat20%
- Trump's war, midterm stakes10%
Where they split
Reddit read the story as a domestic political plot, with the Iran threat itself a pretext. 4chan read it as a test of Iranian resolve and a cue for taunting, with the threat either cheered or dismissed as bluster.
Every camp5 positions, side by side
CampXReddit4chan
- Midterm false flag
The warnings of an Iranian attack on Americans are a domestic fabrication, a fear campaign or false flag timed to the midterms and to justify continuing the war.
Xtoo little to judgeReddit45%4chantoo little to judge - American officials are liars
Whatever US officials and the NYT claim about Iranian plans is lies, recycling the WMD and Northwoods playbook.
Xtoo little to judgeReddit20%4chantoo little to judge - Iran's threats are bluster
Iran's tough talk is empty, the 'apocalyptic' threats are bluffing and the regime is weak, so nothing much will happen.
Xtoo little to judgeReddit5%4chan35% - Cheering Iran's threat
Iran should follow through on threats to hit Israel and the West, and the crowd openly wants the war to escalate against Israel and Jews.
Xtoo little to judgeReddit0%4chan20% - Trump's war, midterm stakes
The war is Trump's failed, unpopular adventure that keeps restarting for political reasons, and Iran's strategy is to help Democrats win.
Xtoo little to judgeReddit25%4chan10%
What was read265 posts and comments, read 04:08 UTCshow
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No X reactions were supplied for this story, so X is absent from the split.
- @MarioNawfal: 🚨 DAILY NEWS RECAP The Middle East is getting uncomfortable again. The U.S. is moving personnel out of regional bases w
- @HormuzReport: BREAKING: Donald Trump is now reportedly leaning toward resuming major bombing campaign against Iran, with Pentagon opti
- @FaytuksNetwork: Trump is leaning toward renewed major combat operations against Iran, officials say. Pentagon options presented to him i
- @UnToldTruthOnX: The best $2 billion Saudi Arabia ever invested. In 2024, Jared Kushner discussed moving Palestinians out of Gaza. Basica
Reddit
Top comments from two threads, one on Turkey's warning and one on the Iran planning report; many drift into Israeli elections, which are noise here.
4chan
Heavy slurs and antisemitic bait in the threads; much of the volume is off-topic Ukraine and Trump-slop back-and-forth, which is noise here.
05Framing
Same story, three framings.
How each outlet put “Trump says US could strike Iran as soon as Sunday, or reach a deal”, in the order they posted. Bias tracking will score each one; for now, read them side by side.
00:00 · RSS
“Iran war live: Trump hints at possible Sunday Iran attack or deal reached Trump says US is considering a possible attack on Iran as soon as Sunday, or it could reach a major deal with Tehran.”
00:21 · X
“US President Donald Trump says the US is considering a possible attack on Iran as soon as Sunday, or could reach a deal. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blames the US for breaking down interim agreement talks. 🔴…”
00:38 · RSS
“Iranians Face Anxious Wait as Threat of Attack Looms The United States and Israel have drawn plans to renew strikes against Iran, but the uncertainty about if or when those attacks might happen has created more anxiety.”
06Sources
Who’s talking.
TelegramXRSSBlueskyone square, 2 posts
- Топор Live99
- Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish97
- Fox Newsfox-news95
- Al Jazeeraaljazeera81
- Suspilne@suspilnenews49
- Middle East Eyemiddle-east-eye47
- Reuters@reuters.com46
- The Guardian · Worldguardian-world40
- The Hinduthe-hindu37
- France 24france-2436
- The Japan Timesthe-japan-times34
- AFP@AFP28
- Associated Press@apnews.com28
- Meduza@meduzalive27
- Bloomberg@bloomberg.com25
- Haaretzhaaretz25
- The New York Timesthe-new-york-times24
- BBC Worldbbc-world19
- Mash@breakingmash19
- The Kyiv Independentthe-kyiv-independent16
- The Times of Israel@TimesofIsrael14
- South China Morning Postsouth-china-morning-post12
- WIREDwired11
- NPRnpr10
- Techmemetechmeme10
- The Vergethe-verge9
- TechCrunchtechcrunch9
- Africanewsafricanews7
- Insider Paper@insiderpaper4
- USGS Earthquakesusgs-earthquakes3
- Ars Technicaars-technica2
- BBC Breaking@BBCBreaking1
- @ai_for_devs1
- DWdw1
- Anthropic@AnthropicAI0
- OpenAI@OpenAI0
- Meduzameduza0
- BNO News@BNONews0
- Faytuks News@Faytuks0
- The Intel Crab@IntelCrab0
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