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00:00:27to get lot of money, all of
00:00:39Who controls the Strait of Hormuz? The United States and Iran both blame each
00:00:43other. Tensions in the Middle East are high, and the USS Lincoln aircraft
00:00:46carrier has not docked for a long time, causing many people to break down and want to jump into
00:00:50the sea. The US midterm elections are approaching, and the Republican Party has spent
00:00:54a lot of money on advertising to block Democratic Senate candidates.
00:00:57Real-time observation, United States. The unwritten rules behind
00:01:01the midterm elections. Russian President Putin landed on the disputed
00:01:05Russian-Japanese island for the first time, and Japan strongly protested. The US
00:01:09Department of Homeland Security spent huge sums of money to equip immigration law
00:01:13enforcement officers with electric gloves, which drew widespread
00:01:15criticism.
00:01:32the United States and Iran are still at odds over the issue of the Strait of Hormuz.
00:01:36According to Iran's Fars News Agency reported today, Hossein Taeb,
00:01:39the head of Iran's Basij militia, said that the Strait of Hormuz is under
00:01:43Iranian management and control, and that Iran's national security is fully
00:01:47guaranteed and operating smoothly. Taeb also said that the United States is trying
00:01:51to disrupt the existing situation by creating a new
00:01:55round of conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the US claims that Iran does not have naval and air
00:01:59power,
00:02:02the provocative attempt has failed again. US President Trump posted on social media
00:02:06on the 12th, declaring that the United States completely controls the Strait of Hormuz,
00:02:10and that the United States will continue to control the strait. He also said that Iran now
00:02:14has neither a navy nor an air force, and is powerless
00:02:17against the US naval blockade. The Strait of Hormuz has long
00:02:21been the most important and convenient channel for Persian Gulf oil
00:02:24exports, but its shipping capacity has been severely damaged
00:02:28by the US-Iran war. According to the New York Times reported on the 12th,
00:02:32multiple Persian Gulf countries are withdrawing billions of dollars to build oil
00:02:36pipelines that bypass the Strait of Hormuz to reduce geopolitical risks.
00:02:40According to data from the maritime tracking company Kpler,
00:02:43as of last week, the amount of crude oil exported through the Strait of Hormuz
00:02:47has dropped to about 3.7 million barrels per day, while on
00:02:51February 28th, before the United States and Israel launched military strikes against
00:02:55Iran, about 20 million barrels of crude oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz
00:02:59every day. US media reported that multiple countries in the region are currently
00:03:03actively seeking permanent solutions to bypass the Strait of Hormuz,
00:03:06for example, in the port city of Fujairah, facing
00:03:10the Gulf of Oman, workers are laying a new crude oil pipeline.
00:03:14This pipeline runs parallel to the existing oil pipeline
00:03:18and is used to transport crude oil from onshore oil fields
00:03:21in Abu Dhabi. This project aims to double Abu Dhabi's bypass
00:03:25capacity to 3.6 million barrels per day, thereby
00:03:29enabling Abu Dhabi to
00:04:00after this pipeline successfully diverted about 7 million barrels of oil
00:04:03per day, Kuwait is discussing with Saudi Arabia
00:04:07and other Arab countries the construction of an oil
00:04:11pipeline aimed at connecting Kuwaiti oil fields to ports along the Red
00:04:15Sea or within Oman. According to Jordan's state television
00:04:18reported, Iraq and Jordan have also resumed a long-shelved
00:04:22oil pipeline project. If the pipeline is built, it can
00:04:26transport up to 1 million barrels of crude oil per day to the Red Sea coast.
00:05:00In early July, he attended the NATO summit in Ankara, the capital of Turkey,
00:05:04and when he left, he did not take Air Force One, the presidential plane, but secretly
00:05:07changed to a military aircraft. The Wall Street Journal previously
00:05:11reported that Israel
00:05:23informed 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
00:05:26of low credibility. US intelligence officials believe that Israel's warning
00:05:30to the US was more intended to influence Trump's decision and his
00:05:34Middle East policy. One official said that Israel regards
00:05:38Iran as the biggest threat at this stage, and Turkey as a mid-term threat.
00:05:51US intelligence agencies and the military considered the existing threat and suggested he change planes. A US official said that despite
00:05:55the CIA's doubts about the credibility of Israeli intelligence, the intelligence
00:05:59agency still developed a plan to have Trump quietly change to another
00:06:02plane, because Trump had previously been assassinated
00:06:06three times, and the intelligence agency was unwilling to take any risks. Currently, the
00:06:10CIA and Israel have
00:06:15not 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
00:06:19sea for more than eight months. The length of its
00:06:23deployment, its long time without docking, and the repeated extensions of its deployment
00:06:27period, with no end in sight, have caused about 5,000 crew members to feel
00:06:30ups and downs, plus poor living conditions, many people have had mental
00:06:34breakdowns and attempted to jump into the sea.
00:06:37According to the US Military Times reported on the 12th, Annabelle Roma's government
00:06:41is trying to jump into the sea.
00:06:58one 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,
00:07:01many crew members have reported suicidal thoughts,
00:07:05and one crew member said that everyone wants to go home quickly. In
00:07:09April this year, some media exposed Lincoln Hao's living
00:07:22facilities
00:07:29that were broken for weeks and extended periods with no hot
00:07:32water for showering, the family say their loved ones have
00:07:36described food shortages and standing in line at the ship's store for
00:07:39an hour or more, even while it often...
00:09:12invested about 51 million yuan.
00:09:19Democrats also invested heavily
00:09:21in the Michigan primary election. Data from
00:09:29influence 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.
00:09:51The huge financial investment by the two US parties in Michigan is just a microcosm of the election spending war. According to estimates,
00:09:54the advertising spending level for this year's US midterm elections will set
00:09:58a new record.
00:10:01According to a report from the US Axios news website, as of now,
00:10:05the Senate leadership PAC has invested 354 million
00:10:09US dollars nationwide for the midterm elections. The PAC...
00:10:25A forecast report released shows that the advertising
00:10:28spending for the US midterm elections scheduled for November this year is expected
00:10:32to reach 11.6 billion US dollars, which will set
00:10:36a new record for federal election cycle spending, including presidential
00:10:40elections. Part of the reason for this is the sharp increase
00:10:43in spending for federal Senate races in some states. The report estimates
00:10:47that the advertising spending for this year's midterm elections will exceed
00:10:5111.2 billion US dollars for the 2024 presidential election and 8.9
00:10:55billion US dollars for the 2022 midterm elections. According to reports, election funds will be concentrated in several
00:10:59key battles, including close federal Senate and gubernatorial
00:11:02races in Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, Texas, and Maine,
00:11:06leading to increased campaign advertising spending.
00:11:10Where does such a huge amount of money come from? The vast
00:11:14majority of campaign funds come from fundraising, including individuals
00:11:18and some political action committees. According to a report by Fortune
00:11:22magazine at the end of July, US billionaires alone have invested
00:11:26hundreds of millions of US dollars in the 2026 midterm elections. Super
00:11:29PACs appear to be making advance arrangements, increasing investment
00:11:33in swing states to gain votes and advantage. However, we will
00:11:37see that super PACs are actually a channel and backdoor for huge
00:11:41campaign funds, and behind them, various interest groups are still
00:11:45playing a role, such as the National Rifle Association of the United States
00:11:49which has always been investing, and its core goal is to influence US
00:11:53gun control policies to benefit itself.
00:12:00reserved space. In addition, in recent years, the cryptocurrency industry has also increased its investment. At the same time, under the background
00:12:03of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the pro-Israel lobbying groups in the United States
00:12:07are indirectly, and even secretly, influencing
00:12:11this year's midterm elections and US politics.
00:12:15So at this time, we will see that the essence of money
00:12:19politics in the United States is actually a trade-off of interests. If the relevant
00:12:23investments can further influence
00:12:25the political landscape within the United States, and gain greater space for self-promotion,
00:12:29legislation, and legal support, then for the interest groups related to this
00:12:33industry, they will obtain the expected benefits. Therefore, at this time, we will see that
00:12:36money politics brings not unity and stability to the United States, but
00:12:40intensifies political struggles and increases division. The core
00:12:44demand of politics today is not to respond to the needs and interests of
00:12:48the public, but to deliberately ignore the most basic
00:12:52problems that ordinary Americans truly want to change. And at this time,
00:15:28Japan and the US claim that Putin himself directly expressed his stance on the issue of the Southern Kuril
00:15:32Islands, which is extremely rare and clearly sends a message to the Japanese
00:15:35government.
00:15:57Russia 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
00:16:01governs.
00:16:05Most local residents are Russians.
00:16:10and 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
00:16:14peace treaty since the end of World War II.
00:16:17Why did Putin choose to land on the disputed
00:16:21Russian-Japanese island at this time, and what kind of signal is he sending to the outside world? Let's look
00:16:25at the interpretation of Zhang Hong, a researcher at the Institute of Russia, Eastern
00:16:29Europe and Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
00:16:31Putin's first landing on the Southern Kuril Islands. The timing and
00:16:34setting were very carefully chosen. First. Sending a clear
00:16:38signal of territorial claims, emphasizing sovereignty.
00:16:42Putin, as the supreme head of state, visited and inspected the Iturup
00:16:46Island's seafood processing plant, sending a signal that
00:16:50this is not a bargaining chip, but Russia's long-term
00:16:53cultivation. Second, to warn Japan, shatter Tokyo's
00:16:57island fantasy, and define the territorial issue as a
00:17:01result of World War II. Putin explicitly stated in South
00:17:04Sakhalin that the ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands
00:17:08has been confirmed by international documents as a reality established
00:17:12by the results of World War II, and that Japan's claims are groundless.
00:17:16This is equivalent to raising the negotiation threshold to the level of the post-war order,
00:17:20and implicitly closing the negotiation space. Third,
00:17:24to demonstrate strategic deterrence and power, and to gain security
00:17:27discourse power. To break the Western narrative that Russia is bogged down in the Ukrainian
00:17:31crisis and cannot afford to deal with the Far East, and to tell Japan
00:17:35and its allies that Russia is capable of taking care of
00:17:43the 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
00:17:47to the outside world that Russia still has the ability to maintain
00:17:51its territorial and maritime security in the Far East.
00:17:54According to a notice recently issued by the U.S. Department
00:17:58of Homeland Security, its subordinate Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend
00:18:0220 million U.S. dollars before March next year to purchase
00:18:06electric shock gloves for law enforcement
00:18:14personnel. This has drawn criticism from civil rights organizations.
00:18:16These electric gloves are manufactured by a company in Kentucky,
00:18:20U.S. Law enforcement officers can activate the electric shock mode
00:18:24by pressing a button. This device needs to be in direct contact with
00:18:28human skin, and generates pain by releasing voltage to make
00:18:31non-compliant individuals obey orders. According to the company's instructions, its
00:18:35voltage is much lower than that of
00:18:42a 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
00:18:46enforcement officers with such tools could lead to an escalation
00:18:50of force. The National Immigration Law Center of the United States issued
00:18:54a statement saying that equipping law enforcement officers who lack
00:18:57adequate training with electric gloves to harm our neighbors
00:19:01is disgraceful and barbaric. Analysts are also concerned that
00:19:05equipping law enforcement officers with electric gloves that leave no marks
00:19:09go forward to ice and where we are now, this is um,
00:19:13this is asking for intense trouble for the
00:19:16American public, ice is not known for
00:19:19deescalation, uh, the the rules of engagement for ice
00:19:23are not understood, and with this mandate from the white house of
00:19:26200, 2,00 arrests a day, yeah,
00:19:30uh, you are now have sort of issued ice to sort of go around, touch
00:19:34people and zap them and say that they're not compliant,
00:20:07The jury selection process started in Oakland Federal Court. The police
00:20:11accused the company's social media platform of causing
00:20:15harm to young people and demanded huge compensation.
00:20:19This case's jury selection process began on
00:20:23the 12th. The trial is expected to start on the 18th. Reuters reported
00:20:26that the trial process may last seven weeks. The company's
00:20:30CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Head of Photos, Mosseri, are
00:20:34all expected to testify. Four state attorneys general, from
00:20:38California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey, accused
00:20:42the company of deliberately designing addictive product mechanisms that
00:20:46cause harm to teenagers.
00:21:06and in this time it's California, Colorado, Kentucky and
00:21:09New Jersey trying their own versions of that,
00:21:13and if they're successful and they're able
00:21:17the remaining states have not uh... this yet are going to look and
00:21:21say, oh great, we have unpareceptive practice laws and and we can bring these suits as
00:21:25well. there are potential for large damages
00:21:28here, and think even more
00:21:30importantly, there could be what's called injunctive relief,
00:21:34and when injunctive relief essentially is where the court says to a
00:21:38party, you kind of change what you're doing. it's a
00:21:41huge threat to the company, some folks have been throwing
00:21:44around the word existential, and i think that's
00:21:48a fair word for.
00:23:28in order to remove the debris that is being excavated as quickly
00:23:32as possible. The more volunteers there are, the faster
00:23:35we will be able to reach and remove debris. We believe
00:23:39that we will find life here. Hope is the last
00:23:42thing we lose, so we are willing to stay up until
00:23:46late or as many hours as necessary to complete this
00:23:49task. Many citizens also voluntarily came to the scene to bring water
00:23:53and food to the search and rescue teams fighting for the evacuation.
00:23:57Currently, some areas in Pereira have not yet restored water and electricity
00:24:01supply, but people still choose to help each other.
00:24:05Above the ruins, the lights never go out. Below the ruins, hope
00:24:07is still waiting. Affected by continuous high temperatures
00:24:11and drought, the water level of the Danube River, Europe's second largest river,
00:24:15has significantly decreased recently. Near Prahovo, eastern Serbia, the remains
00:24:19of many German warships from World War II, which were originally
00:24:23submerged at the bottom of the river, have re-emerged, and this special
00:24:26war history has once again
00:24:28entered people's sight.
00:24:31In normal years, the place where I am now should have been a
00:24:35river channel covered by water. However, due to continuous high temperatures and drought, this
00:24:39place has become a bare sandbar. Along with the sandbar,
00:24:42several German warships from World War II
00:24:46also appeared. With the historic drop in the water level of the Danube,
00:24:50they reappeared decades later. Behind these shipwrecks is a
00:24:54war story that happened more than 80 years ago. In September
00:24:581944, as the Soviet Red Army advanced into the Balkan Peninsula, the
00:25:01German army scuttled its ships during its retreat to block the Soviet advance.
00:25:05It is understood that about 200 German warships sank near Prahovo.
00:25:09Some of the shipwrecks were removed after the war, but others remained
00:25:13at the bottom of the river because they contained explosives. With the recent
00:25:17significant drop in river water levels, more warship wrecks have re-emerged. Trenutni
00:25:20nivo je 130 u minusu,
00:25:23u nekim situacijama bio je čak i
00:25:26750, preko 700,
00:25:30ovo je najniži nivo dunava koji
00:25:32ja pamtim, tako da je sve ovo
00:25:35izašlo. The Danube River flows through more than 2,800 states and countries.
00:25:41This year's high temperatures and low water levels have affected the country's shipping and power industries.
00:25:49。
00:25:56The wrecks of warships that re-emerged decades later are not only a re-emergence of that war history,
00:26:00but also a direct reflection of
00:26:02the continuous decline of the Danube's water level. French Minister for Ecological Transition, Monique Barbi, stated on the 12th that the French
00:26:06National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) initially estimated that
00:26:10the direct and indirect economic losses caused by the high temperatures
00:26:14in France in the summer of 2026