Tim Mak

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands. Before protests in Iran were about freedom, but these one are different. They're about food, Mehdi said. Mehdi, an agriculture expert, knows what drought has done to #Iran and believes the country is at a tipping point.

How a drought drives Iran’s protests

Protests sparked by drastic inflation are raging all over Iran. Mehdi has spent years watching Iran’s water shortage drive the country to a tippi...

Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today: The UK now has confirmed a legal basis for the #UK military to forcibly board and detain shadow fleet vessels, #BBC reports. This follows British troops assisting the U.S. in forcibly boarding a Russian shadow fleet tanker.

UK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believe

Existing law could be used to approve the use of military force to stop sanction-busting ships operated by Russia and Iran.

NEWSFLASH: #Kyiv mayor calls on city residents to leave if possible as power/heating conditions worsen; water supply cut off to many due to last night's attack. More than 1K settlements across #Ukraine remain without power; #Russia used nuke-capable missile to target energy.