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So we’ve got some updates on why the CIA director secretly flew to Moscow on Tuesday including an assessment that a ‘critical shortage’ of interceptors in Europe, may be leading Putin to consider the dangerous gamble of attacking NATO directly.

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https://kyivindependent.com/baltics-assessment-of-russia-threat-unchanged-after-cia-directors-moscow-visit/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0....8/27/us/politics/cia
https://apnews.com/article/pat....riot-missiles-iran-w
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The U.S. Navy has finished clearing Iran's minefield out of the Strait of Hormuz — more than 100 objects located on the seabed over four months, and the international shipping lanes are open. But the multinational center that merchant captains actually steer by still rates the waterway SEVERE, and mine danger areas are still active. Here's what actually happened, and why the real version hits harder than the headline.
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David Hookstead talks about Iran activating special forces and elite units from the IRGC to take to the streets as rumors are spreading that new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei might be dead. Another ship was also bombed, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared new comments.

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1:14 Iran Black Ops Deployed
3:13 Another Ship Bombed
4:11 Is The Supreme Leader Dead?
6:42 Secret Iran Nuclear Site
7:44 Iran Starting To Move
8:11 Rapid Updates
9:32 Hegseth Comments
10:47 Missing Pilots Update
11:41 Reaction

In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief:

- Iran says a proposed agreement with Oman would divide control and revenue from the Strait of Hormuz while barring American warships from the strategic waterway.

- Chinese technology is helping Russia transform Iranian-designed Shahed drones into faster weapons increasingly similar to low-cost cruise missiles.

- Washington disrupts an alleged Chinese cyberespionage operation that targeted sensitive American agencies, including the Justice Department, NASA and the Federal Reserve.

- Switzerland considers stricter neutrality rules that could end peacetime cooperation with NATO and weaken Western sanctions against Russia.

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David Hookstead talks about President Donald Trump and the U.S. military taking out more narco-terrorist targets and the capture of a major cartel leader. There is also confirmation that U.S. Special Forces are operating on the ground in multiple countries against the cartels. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also offered new comments about the targeting of cartels.

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1:15 Narco Terrorists Crushed
3:48 Major Leader Captured
5:17 Special Forces Moving In
8:26 Hegseth Comments
10:02 Reaction

در این قسمت از برنامه، مجتبا پورمحسن در گزارش روزش، به جزئیات اختصاصی از طرح جمهوری اسلامی برای احیای اداره عملیات ویژه در وزارت اطلاعات می‌پردازد و از ماموریت این واحد برای ترور ترامپ و نتانیاهو و فرزندان‌شان در انتقام خون علی خامنه‌ای می‌گوید.

کمبود شدید بنزین در تهران و دیگر استان‌ها هر روز پمپ‌بنزین‌های بیشتری را به تعطیلی می‌کشاند و این بحران به بمبی ساعتی زیر پای جمهوری اسلامی تبدیل شده است.
اگرچه این وضعیت لزوماً نشانه فروپاشی فوری نیست، اما جنس بحران‌ها از جنس فروپاشی است. شیرازه امور در حال از هم پاشیدن است و حکومت توان کنترل بحران‌ها را از دست داده است.

Things are going to get creative

Ukraine is pretty much out of missile interceptors, so now what?

We know they’re trying to get more and there’s of course the domestic program that hopefully will be ready soon but the other option is to target the archer rather than shooting down the arrows. And that’s something NATO is helping with.

Today we’re joined by Colonel Valerii Vyshnivskyi of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center to discuss a new challenge: persistent airfield denial. This is part of a series of innovation challenges put on by NATO where companies from alliance countries submit their solutions and compete for the potential to receive support to develop their products.

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:

- The United States completes a months-long operation to clear the principal shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz, undermining Iran’s attempt to use the mines as leverage against Washington.

- Armenia moves toward abandoning Russia’s answer to NATO and applying for European Union membership, threatening another major setback for Moscow’s influence.

- The U.S.–Canada trade conflict escalates as Ottawa imposes retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in American goods following the collapse of negotiations.

- In today’s Back of the Brief, CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes an unannounced trip to Moscow for undisclosed meetings with Russian officials.

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در این قسمت از برنامه، مجتبا پورمحسن در گزارش روزش، به موانع پیش روی ترامپ برای موفقیت عملیات طرد اقتصادی جمهوری اسلامی و نقش چین در موفقیت این طرح می‌پردازد و معصومه طاهرخانی، تحلیل‌گر اقتصادی، از شوک ارزی قریب‌الوقوع در ایران می‌گوید.

نسبت کارزار اقتصادی آمریکا با مبارزات مردم ایران را باید بر اساس یک اصل بنیادین سنجید: هر تحول بین‌المللی که جمهوری اسلامی و ساختار سرکوب آن را تضعیف کند، به نفع مردم است.
بر همین اساس،مردمِ خواهان سرنگونی از افزایش فشارها و توافق نکردن ترامپ با جمهوری اسلامی استقبال می‌کنند و خواهان تاثیر عملی این کارزار در سرنگونی سریع‌تر جمهوری اسلامی هستند.

David Hookstead talks about CIA director John Ratcliffe taking a secret trip to Russia to meet with Kremlin officials as fears of war explode. Is a war with Russia imminent? A joint Russia-Chinese facility was also bombed.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
1:22 Secret CIA Mission To Russia
4:15 Putin Cancels Event
4:52 What Is Happening?
7:10 Russia/China Target Hit
7:52 Reaction

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:

- Russia crosses a dangerous new threshold in Ukraine, deploying a fully autonomous, AI-guided drone that selected its final target without human approval in an attack that killed three civilians.

- Despite continuing hostilities between the United States and Iran, Washington prepares to return diplomats to Middle Eastern embassies evacuated during the war—a sign the administration does not expect full-scale fighting to resume soon.

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Ukraine and Great Britain are building a defense partnership that could reshape modern warfare. Greg Terry joins Alex from Ukraine to examine Britain’s planned access to Ukraine’s Avenger AI Labs, a battlefield database containing roughly five million images of tanks, artillery, drones, and other military assets.

They also discuss British cooperation involving technology and classified component information connected to SCALP and Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The significance extends far beyond individual weapons: Ukraine’s battlefield experience, technological innovation, and rapidly expanding defense partnerships are changing how Europe prepares for future conflicts.

Greg and Alex reflect on Ukraine’s Independence Day, the Budapest Memorandum, the Kremlin’s furious reaction to British support, and Russia’s partnerships with North Korea and Iran. They also confront the difficult questions ahead—from manpower and mobilization to deep strikes, Russian infrastructure, and the possibility of a longer war.

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ملت شریف ایران، تمام تلاش ما در کافه اندیشه این است که صدای مردم ایران، ایرانگرایی، شهریار ایران زمین- رضا شاه دوم - و خاندان
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