As the regime hardens its stance against Washington and presents a facade of "business as usual," life for the people of Iran have become a nightmare. The technology and industrial sectors have laid off hundreds of thousands of workers, and 2 million people have been pushed out of the labor market. Medicine prices have jumped 400%, and patients are giving up treatment. As the economy collapses, the regime is only tightening the pressure.
Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, delivered a blistering speech condemning the global rise in antisemitism and accusing media outlets of caving to social media pressure – producing coverage he called one-sided and sometimes dangerous.
The bloc's foreign ministers struck a political agreement on new punitive measures targeting violent Israeli settlers in Judea and Samaria.
They come in barrages, confuse troops and continue to claim victims. Hezbollah sees that explosive drones are working and is increasing the pace. Meanwhile, the IDF already warns: "There is currently no systemic solution." How what was once a secondary threat has become something that could turn into an impossible war of attrition?
The meeting between a US president and Xi will be the first in nearly a decade. On the agenda: pressure on Iran, trade and Taiwan. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called the US sanctions on Chinese companies "illegal." A senior Taiwanese official told Bloomberg: "We fear being on the menu."
