Andy Burnham made Kyiv—not Washington, Berlin, or Paris—the destination of his first foreign trip as prime minister. Arriving on August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day, he joined European leaders in co-chairing a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. But Burnham’s trip was more than a symbolic show of support.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provided Qatar with direct guarantees that any Iranian military strike carried out on Qatari territory would be limited to Al Udeid Air Base, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Eagle Intelligence Reports.
The Lebanese Army is expressing reservations over any direct coordination with Israeli forces, while Berri and the Islamic Group move to restrict the implementation track of the U.S.-backed agreement and prevent its domestic repercussions.
Andy Burnham has entered Downing Street at a moment when British bases are supporting an ongoing American war. U.S. aircraft operate from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean under an authorization Keir Starmer granted in March. Burnham did not choose it, yet he now owns it.
As Washington continues military operations against Iran, the debate over the campaign is shifting from the scale of the damage inflicted to the question of what would follow if the Islamic Republic’s ruling structure were to collapse.
A decade ago, an international court ruled unambiguously in favor of the Philippines and against China’s claims in the South China Sea. Although the arbitration no longer constrains China, it remains strategically important as the legal foundation through which states legitimize and coordinate balancing against Beijing.
Eurasia is absorbing a series of strategic shocks. Russia is mired in its war in Ukraine. Israel and the United States have fought a war with Iran. A decades-long Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict has ended, and a new confrontation between Afghanistan and Pakistan looms.
Several Spanish entities are working to build a judicial pathway toward a criminal investigation of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, sources familiar with the effort told Eagle Intelligence Reports. The effort centers on Sánchez’s role in the Spanish government’s 2021 $61 million rescue of Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas.
Europe cherishes freedom and the rule of law, Emmanuel Macron told the French armed forces on Monday. It stands ready to fight for both “at the cost of blood.” For seven decades, that was the standard script in American foreign policy. Under Trump, that may be changing.
Amid escalating tensions, the United States has announced a significant expansion of sanctions on Iran as part of a campaign aimed at severing the economic lifelines Tehran relies on to generate revenue and evade sanctions.
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