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🇪🇬🇱🇾🇹🇩 Despite cross-border violence in the area, Egypt has begun constructing a massive land route linking the country with Libya and Chad.

Satellite imagery confirms work is under way on the first 75 km of the highway from East Oweinat to Libya, within Egyptian territory.

🔗 AfriMEOSINT

🇯🇵 Japan spent record $96 bn in yen interventions: ministry

Japan spent 15.4 trillion yen ($96 billion) to boost the yen between late July and late August, the finance ministry said Friday, the largest monthly intervention on record.

The July intervention was the first time since 2011 when the United States and Japan -- and other G7 members -- sold yen to stop it rising after a huge earthquake.

The last time Washington and Tokyo bought yen was 1998.

Experts say the Trump administration also acted to reduce the US trade deficit -- a weak yen helps Japanese exporters -- and to help Japan invest $550 billion in the United States as promised under a 2025 trade deal.

While good for its big exporters like Sony and Toyota, a weak yen inflates import costs for resource-poor Japan, especially oil just as the Middle East war strangles supplies from the Gulf.

🔗 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260828-japan-spent-record-96-bn-in-yen-interventions-ministry

🇻🇪🛢🇺🇸📝 Trump is of course a liar about using Venezuelan heavy crude oil to refill the SPR.

The SPR has strict quality requirements such as a maximum of 1.99% sulfur content. Venezuelan oil is 5.7% sulfur, which is considered insanely "sour." It also happens to be highly acidic which would eat away at the storage cave walls, likely causing cave-ins and collapse.

There are other requirements, too, such as API gravity. Venezuelan oil doesn't qualify. If you pour it in, you can never get it back out. Too sludgy. It basically just becomes a giant "tar cave" of sludge that's unpumpable.

So once again, Trump is lying about the whole thing. There's much more to this story, too, such as the fact that the 65 billion barrels of oil can't possibly be tapped without at least A FULL DECADE of infrastructure investment in Venezuela, and at least $100 billion in investment funds, plus you have to find all the experts around the world who know how to do these things and somehow entice them to move to what is effectively a war zone where local resistance groups will be targeting them constantly.

So nope, your gas prices aren't going to get any better tomorrow. It's all just smoke and mirrors. As usual.

🔗 Health Ranger

🇺🇸 Department of War secretly installed conservative military veterans (Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Thomas Anderson, who goes by the X/Twitter handle 'Cynical Publius') with large online followings in government roles, as they amplify War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s viewpoints and attack those who scrutinize Trump.

This revelation comes a week after DataRepublican was exposed as a Dept of War employee.

🔗 Shadow of Ezra

🇦🇫🇺🇸 The Taliban is offering U.S. companies access to Afghanistan’s vast mineral resources as it seeks sanctions relief and the release of frozen assets.

Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Kabul would welcome U.S. investment in mining, infrastructure, agriculture and trade.

Afghanistan is estimated to hold more than $1 trillion in largely untapped minerals, including copper, lithium, cobalt and gold.

The outreach comes as the Taliban tries to end its diplomatic isolation despite criticism over severe restrictions on women and girls.

Trump has shown little interest in closer ties and has instead called for the return of Bagram air base, which the Taliban rejects.

Source: FT

🔗 Clash Report

🇹🇷🪖⚡️ — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

I would like to emphasize that the Mecca Alliance does not nullify or replace our country’s obligations arising from NATO, as well as from other alliances and agreements.

🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰⚡️ — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

Let me underline that the Mecca Alliance was, from the outset, established with the intention of expanding.

However, it is essential that its foundations be laid very carefully and solidly at the initial stage.

🇹🇷❌🇮🇱 — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

Netanyahu, who has become a common enemy of humanity and the international community—and I underline, Netanyahu himself, a criminal and a perpetrator of genocide—is not someone who should be taken seriously at this point.

Netanyahu and the mentality he represents pose a threat not only to Türkiye but to global security as a whole. It would be a grave mistake to view this as merely Türkiye’s problem.

It is now necessary to put an end to the harm that this perpetrator of genocide, Netanyahu, is inflicting on the region, on Israel, on the Jewish people, and on the entire world.

🇹🇷❌🇮🇱 — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

This criminal, Netanyahu, who takes pleasure in shedding Palestinian blood and Muslim blood, must now be stopped.

The path he is pursuing is causing immense harm to Israel, to Palestine, and to the entire region.

When you look at his statements, it is clear that he does not want the establishment of a Palestinian state. He does not want to relinquish the ongoing occupations in countries across the region. He wants this genocidal and occupying approach to continue.

This is no longer a threat only to us; it is a major threat to the entire region and to the international community. The international system must fight against the threat posed by Netanyahu.