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❗️Ukraine and Hungary are preparing an intergovernmental commission next month as Budapest continues blocking the final EU accession clusters, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi says. Talks will cover a broad agenda, including economic issues and minority rights. #Ukraine

🚨 QATARI MEDIATORS RETURN TO TEHRAN FOR US–IRAN TALKS Qatari mediators have returned to Tehran as efforts to broker an agreement between Washington and Iran continue, a source told Reuters. According to the source, Qatar is coordinating its mediation efforts with the United States. Source: Reuters

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Inside the carrier keeping the world's oil moving: US jets fly into Hormuz every night to shoot down Iranian missiles aimed at tankers What the Wall Street Journal saw aboard the USS George Washington: • F-35Cs and F/A-18s launch nightly with electronic-warfare jets, radar planes and sub-hunting helicopters to build an umbrella over tankers in a strait just 20 miles wide • More than 3,000 commercial ships escorted through in six months, Gulf oil exports now above prewar levels, and CENTCOM marking 1.5 billion barrels shipped since summer • The US says 95% of traffic passes safely and pilots report a 100% intercept rate when they're on station with missiles, though Iran sometimes fires at more ships than they can cover • October was the most violent month for shipping since the war began, with more than 35 incidents logged by UKMTO • 50,000 US troops and 20 Navy ships in the region, carriers setting modern records for days at sea without a port call, destroyer tours extended again • The Navy's top admiral says sailors "need a port call" and is setting up a repair hub on Diego Garcia • Washington's efforts to build an international coalition to share the job have gone nowhere The mission is working, and that's the best argument against a strike: oil is flowing, Iran's economy is collapsing, so hold the line indefinitely. The catch is the people doing the holding. Every month adds $2 to $3 billion, more worn-out jets and longer stretches away from home for crews who were promised relief, and the White House now has to decide whether the next week brings a short, intense campaign or tells those sailors the blockade is their job for the foreseeable future. Source: Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel

The Pentagon has urged several NATO allies to tone down their public rhetoric against Russia. Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby reportedly warned European officials against “poking” Moscow, citing statements portraying Russia as “cornered like a rat.” One European official summarized the U.S. message as: “We are helping you. The Americans are there. Just don't be loud. Don't make noise.” Some European officials expressed surprise at the advice, arguing that their assessments of the Russian threat were already measured. Source: Reuters