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[00:00:27] to get lot of money, all of
[00:00:39] Who controls the Strait of Hormuz? The United States and Iran both blame each
[00:00:43] other. Tensions in the Middle East are high, and the USS Lincoln aircraft
[00:00:46] carrier has not docked for a long time, causing many people to break down and want to jump into
[00:00:50] the sea. The US midterm elections are approaching, and the Republican Party has spent
[00:00:54] a lot of money on advertising to block Democratic Senate candidates.
[00:00:57] Real-time observation, United States. The unwritten rules behind
[00:01:01] the midterm elections. Russian President Putin landed on the disputed
[00:01:05] Russian-Japanese island for the first time, and Japan strongly protested. The US
[00:01:09] Department of Homeland Security spent huge sums of money to equip immigration law
[00:01:13] enforcement officers with electric gloves, which drew widespread
[00:01:15] criticism.
[00:01:32] the United States and Iran are still at odds over the issue of the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:01:36] According to Iran's Fars News Agency reported today, Hossein Taeb,
[00:01:39] the head of Iran's Basij militia, said that the Strait of Hormuz is under
[00:01:43] Iranian management and control, and that Iran's national security is fully
[00:01:47] guaranteed and operating smoothly. Taeb also said that the United States is trying
[00:01:51] to disrupt the existing situation by creating a new
[00:01:55] round of conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the US claims that Iran does not have naval and air
[00:01:59] power,
[00:02:02] the provocative attempt has failed again. US President Trump posted on social media
[00:02:06] on the 12th, declaring that the United States completely controls the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:02:10] and that the United States will continue to control the strait. He also said that Iran now
[00:02:14] has neither a navy nor an air force, and is powerless
[00:02:17] against the US naval blockade. The Strait of Hormuz has long
[00:02:21] been the most important and convenient channel for Persian Gulf oil
[00:02:24] exports, but its shipping capacity has been severely damaged
[00:02:28] by the US-Iran war. According to the New York Times reported on the 12th,
[00:02:32] multiple Persian Gulf countries are withdrawing billions of dollars to build oil
[00:02:36] pipelines that bypass the Strait of Hormuz to reduce geopolitical risks.
[00:02:40] According to data from the maritime tracking company Kpler,
[00:02:43] as of last week, the amount of crude oil exported through the Strait of Hormuz
[00:02:47] has dropped to about 3.7 million barrels per day, while on
[00:02:51] February 28th, before the United States and Israel launched military strikes against
[00:02:55] Iran, about 20 million barrels of crude oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz
[00:02:59] every day. US media reported that multiple countries in the region are currently
[00:03:03] actively seeking permanent solutions to bypass the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:03:06] for example, in the port city of Fujairah, facing
[00:03:10] the Gulf of Oman, workers are laying a new crude oil pipeline.
[00:03:14] This pipeline runs parallel to the existing oil pipeline
[00:03:18] and is used to transport crude oil from onshore oil fields
[00:03:21] in Abu Dhabi. This project aims to double Abu Dhabi's bypass
[00:03:25] capacity to 3.6 million barrels per day, thereby
[00:03:29] enabling Abu Dhabi to
[00:04:00] after this pipeline successfully diverted about 7 million barrels of oil
[00:04:03] per day, Kuwait is discussing with Saudi Arabia
[00:04:07] and other Arab countries the construction of an oil
[00:04:11] pipeline aimed at connecting Kuwaiti oil fields to ports along the Red
[00:04:15] Sea or within Oman. According to Jordan's state television
[00:04:18] reported, Iraq and Jordan have also resumed a long-shelved
[00:04:22] oil pipeline project. If the pipeline is built, it can
[00:04:26] transport up to 1 million barrels of crude oil per day to the Red Sea coast.
[00:05:00] In early July, he attended the NATO summit in Ankara, the capital of Turkey,
[00:05:04] and when he left, he did not take Air Force One, the presidential plane, but secretly
[00:05:07] changed to a military aircraft. The Wall Street Journal previously
[00:05:11] reported that Israel
[00:05:23] informed the US at the time that Iran might attack Trump's plane with a ground-to-air missile. The Washington Post reported on the 12th, citing multiple US sources, that the intelligence agency received this intelligence from Israel, but considered it to be
[00:05:26] of low credibility. US intelligence officials believe that Israel's warning
[00:05:30] to the US was more intended to influence Trump's decision and his
[00:05:34] Middle East policy. One official said that Israel regards
[00:05:38] Iran as the biggest threat at this stage, and Turkey as a mid-term threat.
[00:05:51] US intelligence agencies and the military considered the existing threat and suggested he change planes. A US official said that despite
[00:05:55] the CIA's doubts about the credibility of Israeli intelligence, the intelligence
[00:05:59] agency still developed a plan to have Trump quietly change to another
[00:06:02] plane, because Trump had previously been assassinated
[00:06:06] three times, and the intelligence agency was unwilling to take any risks. Currently, the
[00:06:10] CIA and Israel have
[00:06:15] not yet responded to this matter. The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was deployed in the Middle East due to the Iran war, and has been at
[00:06:19] sea for more than eight months. The length of its
[00:06:23] deployment, its long time without docking, and the repeated extensions of its deployment
[00:06:27] period, with no end in sight, have caused about 5,000 crew members to feel
[00:06:30] ups and downs, plus poor living conditions, many people have had mental
[00:06:34] breakdowns and attempted to jump into the sea.
[00:06:37] According to the US Military Times reported on the 12th, Annabelle Roma's government
[00:06:41] is trying to jump into the sea.
[00:06:58] one of the crew members. His time at sea has been continuously extended, and he is currently on medical leave. After failing to jump into the sea, he only spoke to Roma a few times. The report also mentioned that two other people failed to jump into the sea, and many crew members were depressed and exhausted when contacting their relatives. According to the New York Post reported on the 11th,
[00:07:01] many crew members have reported suicidal thoughts,
[00:07:05] and one crew member said that everyone wants to go home quickly. In
[00:07:09] April this year, some media exposed Lincoln Hao's living
[00:07:22] facilities
[00:07:29] that were broken for weeks and extended periods with no hot
[00:07:32] water for showering, the family say their loved ones have
[00:07:36] described food shortages and standing in line at the ship's store for
[00:07:39] an hour or more, even while it often...
[00:09:12] invested about 51 million yuan.
[00:09:19] Democrats also invested heavily
[00:09:21] in the Michigan primary election. Data from
[00:09:29] influence companies shows that he received about 7.5 million US dollars in advertising support, while his opponent, the Democrat, received more than 60 million US dollars in advertising.
[00:09:51] The huge financial investment by the two US parties in Michigan is just a microcosm of the election spending war. According to estimates,
[00:09:54] the advertising spending level for this year's US midterm elections will set
[00:09:58] a new record.
[00:10:01] According to a report from the US Axios news website, as of now,
[00:10:05] the Senate leadership PAC has invested 354 million
[00:10:09] US dollars nationwide for the midterm elections. The PAC...
[00:10:25] A forecast report released shows that the advertising
[00:10:28] spending for the US midterm elections scheduled for November this year is expected
[00:10:32] to reach 11.6 billion US dollars, which will set
[00:10:36] a new record for federal election cycle spending, including presidential
[00:10:40] elections. Part of the reason for this is the sharp increase
[00:10:43] in spending for federal Senate races in some states. The report estimates
[00:10:47] that the advertising spending for this year's midterm elections will exceed
[00:10:51] 11.2 billion US dollars for the 2024 presidential election and 8.9
[00:10:55] billion US dollars for the 2022 midterm elections. According to reports, election funds will be concentrated in several
[00:10:59] key battles, including close federal Senate and gubernatorial
[00:11:02] races in Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, Texas, and Maine,
[00:11:06] leading to increased campaign advertising spending.
[00:11:10] Where does such a huge amount of money come from? The vast
[00:11:14] majority of campaign funds come from fundraising, including individuals
[00:11:18] and some political action committees. According to a report by Fortune
[00:11:22] magazine at the end of July, US billionaires alone have invested
[00:11:26] hundreds of millions of US dollars in the 2026 midterm elections. Super
[00:11:29] PACs appear to be making advance arrangements, increasing investment
[00:11:33] in swing states to gain votes and advantage. However, we will
[00:11:37] see that super PACs are actually a channel and backdoor for huge
[00:11:41] campaign funds, and behind them, various interest groups are still
[00:11:45] playing a role, such as the National Rifle Association of the United States
[00:11:49] which has always been investing, and its core goal is to influence US
[00:11:53] gun control policies to benefit itself.
[00:12:00] reserved space. In addition, in recent years, the cryptocurrency industry has also increased its investment. At the same time, under the background
[00:12:03] of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the pro-Israel lobbying groups in the United States
[00:12:07] are indirectly, and even secretly, influencing
[00:12:11] this year's midterm elections and US politics.
[00:12:15] So at this time, we will see that the essence of money
[00:12:19] politics in the United States is actually a trade-off of interests. If the relevant
[00:12:23] investments can further influence
[00:12:25] the political landscape within the United States, and gain greater space for self-promotion,
[00:12:29] legislation, and legal support, then for the interest groups related to this
[00:12:33] industry, they will obtain the expected benefits. Therefore, at this time, we will see that
[00:12:36] money politics brings not unity and stability to the United States, but
[00:12:40] intensifies political struggles and increases division. The core
[00:12:44] demand of politics today is not to respond to the needs and interests of
[00:12:48] the public, but to deliberately ignore the most basic
[00:12:52] problems that ordinary Americans truly want to change. And at this time,
[00:15:28] Japan and the US claim that Putin himself directly expressed his stance on the issue of the Southern Kuril
[00:15:32] Islands, which is extremely rare and clearly sends a message to the Japanese
[00:15:35] government.
[00:15:57] Russia calls them the Southern Kuril Islands, while Japan calls them the Northern Territories. The Southern Kuril Islands are currently under actual Russian control. The Russian Sakhalin Oblast
[00:16:01] governs.
[00:16:05] Most local residents are Russians.
[00:16:10] and their families. Due to the dispute over the ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories, Russia and Japan have not signed a
[00:16:14] peace treaty since the end of World War II.
[00:16:17] Why did Putin choose to land on the disputed
[00:16:21] Russian-Japanese island at this time, and what kind of signal is he sending to the outside world? Let's look
[00:16:25] at the interpretation of Zhang Hong, a researcher at the Institute of Russia, Eastern
[00:16:29] Europe and Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
[00:16:31] Putin's first landing on the Southern Kuril Islands. The timing and
[00:16:34] setting were very carefully chosen. First. Sending a clear
[00:16:38] signal of territorial claims, emphasizing sovereignty.
[00:16:42] Putin, as the supreme head of state, visited and inspected the Iturup
[00:16:46] Island's seafood processing plant, sending a signal that
[00:16:50] this is not a bargaining chip, but Russia's long-term
[00:16:53] cultivation. Second, to warn Japan, shatter Tokyo's
[00:16:57] island fantasy, and define the territorial issue as a
[00:17:01] result of World War II. Putin explicitly stated in South
[00:17:04] Sakhalin that the ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands
[00:17:08] has been confirmed by international documents as a reality established
[00:17:12] by the results of World War II, and that Japan's claims are groundless.
[00:17:16] This is equivalent to raising the negotiation threshold to the level of the post-war order,
[00:17:20] and implicitly closing the negotiation space. Third,
[00:17:24] to demonstrate strategic deterrence and power, and to gain security
[00:17:27] discourse power. To break the Western narrative that Russia is bogged down in the Ukrainian
[00:17:31] crisis and cannot afford to deal with the Far East, and to tell Japan
[00:17:35] and its allies that Russia is capable of taking care of
[00:17:43] the East. Fourth, the Japanese Ministry of Defense's recently released 2026 Defense White Paper raised Russia's so-called threat level. Putin's trip was a direct response to this, proving
[00:17:47] to the outside world that Russia still has the ability to maintain
[00:17:51] its territorial and maritime security in the Far East.
[00:17:54] According to a notice recently issued by the U.S. Department
[00:17:58] of Homeland Security, its subordinate Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend
[00:18:02] 20 million U.S. dollars before March next year to purchase
[00:18:06] electric shock gloves for law enforcement
[00:18:14] personnel. This has drawn criticism from civil rights organizations.
[00:18:16] These electric gloves are manufactured by a company in Kentucky,
[00:18:20] U.S. Law enforcement officers can activate the electric shock mode
[00:18:24] by pressing a button. This device needs to be in direct contact with
[00:18:28] human skin, and generates pain by releasing voltage to make
[00:18:31] non-compliant individuals obey orders. According to the company's instructions, its
[00:18:35] voltage is much lower than that of
[00:18:42] a taser, and will not leave burns. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security calls these gloves a "de-escalation device," but critics are concerned that equipping immigration law
[00:18:46] enforcement officers with such tools could lead to an escalation
[00:18:50] of force. The National Immigration Law Center of the United States issued
[00:18:54] a statement saying that equipping law enforcement officers who lack
[00:18:57] adequate training with electric gloves to harm our neighbors
[00:19:01] is disgraceful and barbaric. Analysts are also concerned that
[00:19:05] equipping law enforcement officers with electric gloves that leave no marks
[00:19:09] go forward to ice and where we are now, this is um,
[00:19:13] this is asking for intense trouble for the
[00:19:16] American public, ice is not known for
[00:19:19] deescalation, uh, the the rules of engagement for ice
[00:19:23] are not understood, and with this mandate from the white house of
[00:19:26] 200, 2,00 arrests a day, yeah,
[00:19:30] uh, you are now have sort of issued ice to sort of go around, touch
[00:19:34] people and zap them and say that they're not compliant,
[00:20:07] The jury selection process started in Oakland Federal Court. The police
[00:20:11] accused the company's social media platform of causing
[00:20:15] harm to young people and demanded huge compensation.
[00:20:19] This case's jury selection process began on
[00:20:23] the 12th. The trial is expected to start on the 18th. Reuters reported
[00:20:26] that the trial process may last seven weeks. The company's
[00:20:30] CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Head of Photos, Mosseri, are
[00:20:34] all expected to testify. Four state attorneys general, from
[00:20:38] California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey, accused
[00:20:42] the company of deliberately designing addictive product mechanisms that
[00:20:46] cause harm to teenagers.
[00:21:06] and in this time it's California, Colorado, Kentucky and
[00:21:09] New Jersey trying their own versions of that,
[00:21:13] and if they're successful and they're able
[00:21:17] the remaining states have not uh... this yet are going to look and
[00:21:21] say, oh great, we have unpareceptive practice laws and and we can bring these suits as
[00:21:25] well. there are potential for large damages
[00:21:28] here, and think even more
[00:21:30] importantly, there could be what's called injunctive relief,
[00:21:34] and when injunctive relief essentially is where the court says to a
[00:21:38] party, you kind of change what you're doing. it's a
[00:21:41] huge threat to the company, some folks have been throwing
[00:21:44] around the word existential, and i think that's
[00:21:48] a fair word for.
[00:23:28] in order to remove the debris that is being excavated as quickly
[00:23:32] as possible. The more volunteers there are, the faster
[00:23:35] we will be able to reach and remove debris. We believe
[00:23:39] that we will find life here. Hope is the last
[00:23:42] thing we lose, so we are willing to stay up until
[00:23:46] late or as many hours as necessary to complete this
[00:23:49] task. Many citizens also voluntarily came to the scene to bring water
[00:23:53] and food to the search and rescue teams fighting for the evacuation.
[00:23:57] Currently, some areas in Pereira have not yet restored water and electricity
[00:24:01] supply, but people still choose to help each other.
[00:24:05] Above the ruins, the lights never go out. Below the ruins, hope
[00:24:07] is still waiting. Affected by continuous high temperatures
[00:24:11] and drought, the water level of the Danube River, Europe's second largest river,
[00:24:15] has significantly decreased recently. Near Prahovo, eastern Serbia, the remains
[00:24:19] of many German warships from World War II, which were originally
[00:24:23] submerged at the bottom of the river, have re-emerged, and this special
[00:24:26] war history has once again
[00:24:28] entered people's sight.
[00:24:31] In normal years, the place where I am now should have been a
[00:24:35] river channel covered by water. However, due to continuous high temperatures and drought, this
[00:24:39] place has become a bare sandbar. Along with the sandbar,
[00:24:42] several German warships from World War II
[00:24:46] also appeared. With the historic drop in the water level of the Danube,
[00:24:50] they reappeared decades later. Behind these shipwrecks is a
[00:24:54] war story that happened more than 80 years ago. In September
[00:24:58] 1944, as the Soviet Red Army advanced into the Balkan Peninsula, the
[00:25:01] German army scuttled its ships during its retreat to block the Soviet advance.
[00:25:05] It is understood that about 200 German warships sank near Prahovo.
[00:25:09] Some of the shipwrecks were removed after the war, but others remained
[00:25:13] at the bottom of the river because they contained explosives. With the recent
[00:25:17] significant drop in river water levels, more warship wrecks have re-emerged. Trenutni
[00:25:20] nivo je 130 u minusu,
[00:25:23] u nekim situacijama bio je čak i
[00:25:26] 750, preko 700,
[00:25:30] ovo je najniži nivo dunava koji
[00:25:32] ja pamtim, tako da je sve ovo
[00:25:35] izašlo. The Danube River flows through more than 2,800 states and countries.
[00:25:41] This year's high temperatures and low water levels have affected the country's shipping and power industries.
[00:25:49] 。
[00:25:56] The wrecks of warships that re-emerged decades later are not only a re-emergence of that war history,
[00:26:00] but also a direct reflection of
[00:26:02] the continuous decline of the Danube's water level. French Minister for Ecological Transition, Monique Barbi, stated on the 12th that the French
[00:26:06] National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) initially estimated that
[00:26:10] the direct and indirect economic losses caused by the high temperatures
[00:26:14] in France in the summer of 2026