In today's episode, we analyze the severe escalation in the Middle East following the assassination of Iran's de facto leader, Ali Larijani, and the subsequent cluster missile retaliation on Tel Aviv. We also track the widening global energy crisis as Cuba suffers a total blackout. Our deep dives explore the comparative media framing of the first major high-level defection within the US administration over the Iran war, and the strategic narratives surrounding Ukraine's deployment of drone experts to the Gulf. Plus, a look at a mysterious new AI model and the discovery of 13,000 ancient pottery fragments in Egypt.

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