🇺🇸⚡️- Nidal Malik Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people during a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009, will be executed by a U.S. Army firing squad.The time and place of the execution will soon be determined.

🇸🇦❌🇾🇪 — Two hours ago, Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced the Royal Saudi Naval Forces conducted an operation against al-Hudaydah Governorate, Ansarallah-controlled western Yemen.Saudi-led coalition claims a ballistic missile launcher, storage sites containing USVs and 20 ballistic missiles, and naval mines were struck. Saudi-led coalition claims this attack thwarted an imminent Ansarallah attack towards the Red Sea, presumably to target Saudi naval interests.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡- A US MH-60R Seahawk was squawking in the emergency transponder before losing all altitude and likely crashing in the Red Sea. The incident occurred just off the coast of Yanbu.

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Current situation on the northern Taizz front:– Ansarallah are pushing northward and have almost captured Al-Misrakh and Al-Aqroodh@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: The PLC have completely withdrawn back to Ras Al-Arah, where they started this morning@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: The entire pocket of Bani Quds has collapsed; Ansarallah forces are now moving in, PLC have surrendered their weapons@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Murad has also been recaptured by AnsarallahAreas that PLC has withdrawn from in the last 4 hours shown in Yellow.@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇾🇪/🇸🇦 Newest updated map of the Taizz front, Yemen:– Ansarallah forces have met up with each other and closed the Taizz pocket.– They advanced towards Qasas mountain and in the direction of Al-Misrakh.– Jabal Habashi has been brought almost entirely under Ansarallah’s control. It won’t be long before they’re at the gates of Taizz city.@Middle_East_Spectator

❗️Saudi Aramco chief warns global fuel stockpiles could take two years to recoverSaudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warned that global shortages of crude oil and refined fuels could worsen, with replenishing stockpiles depleted through emergency measures potentially taking up to two years, according to remarks cited from the Energy Intelligence conference in London."Until Hormuz fully reopens and confidence returns, the crude reality is that pressure at both ends of the barrel will intensify," Nasser said.He added that even after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, rebuilding inventories while meeting global demand could take up to two years.

🇾🇪🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 - Ansarullah published ISR footage of the targeting of a large PLC technical gathering in 'Ras AlArah' using Ballistic Missiles on the 11th of September. 📍 Coordinates: 12.655169°, 43.915828° @GeoPWatch🇾🇪🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 - Ansarullah published footage of the targeting of PLC technicals and infantry using locally manufactured Fiber-Optic FPV drones, "Shuath", across Yemen's fronts.@GeoPWatch

🇾🇪🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 - Ansarullah published ISR footage of the targeting of a large PLC technical gathering in 'Ras AlArah' using Ballistic Missiles on the 11th of September.📍 Coordinates:12.655169°, 43.915828°@GeoPWatch

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪🇵🇰 - According to Yemeni Sources to Tasnim News, a Houthi Drone strike killed a Foreign Military Advisor deployed to Yemen. It is unclear the nationality of the advisor however reports indicate that the advisor was Pakistani.@GeoPWatch

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- The US military detected 378 drone incursions across the southern border in just 30 days as Mexican cartels increasingly use drones to surveil American forces and facilitate smuggling operations.The Army is now using the border to test radars, interceptor drones and autonomous weapons against the threat. The military has already shot down 11 cartel drones with lasers since deploying the systems in August.

🇬🇧 🇨🇳 🚗 Britain expected to impose tariffs on Chinese electric cars, The Times reportsBritain set to levy tariffs on Chinese electric cars, The Times reportsBritain is considering imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports amid concerns that ​Beijing is flooding the market with state-subsidised cars, the Times ‌newspaper reported on Sunday.Business minister Jonathan Reynolds is drawing up a package of potential tariffs on Chinese vehicle imports, the report said, citing concerns that ​Chinese manufacturers are "dumping" subsidised vehicles into Britain.Asked to comment, a spokesperson from the British government ⁠told Reuters no tariffs have been imposed on Chinese EVs."We continue ​to engage closely with industry so that our approach reflects the ​sector’s and UK’s national interests," the spokesperson said in an email.British ministers are ready to match the European Union's 45% levy on Chinese electric cars, the Times said, ​to avoid the pain of "Made in Europe" proposals, which could impact UK ​companies selling into the EU.The EU's "Made in Europe" policy is aimed at reducing reliance ‌on ⁠Chinese components by prioritising European-made goods, raising concerns among British automakers that supply parts into European manufacturing chains and sell vehicles across the bloc.Burnham said last month he would make the case that Britain should be treated ​as a "trusted partner" ​under the ⁠proposed EU rules, warning that excluding the UK could damage its car industry.The Financial Times reported in September that Brussels ​had urged British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to ​align more ⁠closely with EU trade policy and raise tariffs on Chinese cars if Britain wants to avoid the "made in Europe" barriers.According to the Times, citing ⁠senior ​government sources, ministers believe any decision on ​tariffs should be based on Britain's national interest rather than automatically following the EU's lead.https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-expected-impose-tariffs-chinese-electric-cars-times-reports-2026-10-04/

⚡️ 🇬🇧 📉 Electricity generation per person in the United Kingdom has fallen by a third from its early-2000s peak. Globally, electricity generation per person has grown by more than 50% this century. In the United Kingdom, things have moved in the opposite…🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 Between 2000 and 2025, energy use per capita in Britain, France and Germany has declined by -44%, -27%, and -31% respectively. Japan -24%. For the US, only -20%. Russia +28%. Brazil +44%. Turkey +89%. Iran +91%. India +120%. China +255%.📎 Seldon🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 Between 2000 and 2025, energy use per capita in Britain, France and Germany has declined by -44%, -27%, and -31% respectively. Japan -24%. For the US, only -20%. Russia +28%. Brazil +44%. Turkey +89%. Iran +91%. India +120%. China +255%.📎 Seldon

🚢 🛢 📈 The cost of hiring a supertanker to ship oil from the Persian Gulf to the Far East has climbed further, reaching ~$1.3 million per day.(It was less than $50,000 a day before the war started; and ~$1.1 million when I first published the chart in September)📎 Javier Blas

🦠 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 US closely monitoring case of lab worker who ‘possibly’ died of plague in Siberia, says RubioDarya Shipilova, a 28-year-old employee at the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk, became ill at work. She died two days later on the night of 2 October at a regional hospital in the nearby town of Shelekhov.It remains unclear how she became unwell. Unconfirmed reports in Russian media have suggested Shipilova may have been infected after a mishap at the laboratory. Officials have not publicly confirmed that account.Local media have reported that the institute has subsequently been locked down, with staff forced to sleep on the floor and on chairs. “They’ve been isolating everybody since Friday – more than 60 people,” one relative, Roman, told the news portal Siberia.Realities.He said family members were allowed to drop off food at a checkpoint while tests were carried out inside the building. Similar quarantine restrictions have been placed on several other hospitals in and around the city.Rubio, citing what ‌Russians have released about the death, said it seemed a worker in the lab became ​infected and there was concern the disease may have spread internally.Senior Russian officials have added to public disquiet by sending conflicting messages. Alexey Tsydenov, the head of the Buryatia region, which neighbours Irkutsk, initially wrote that Shipilova had died of plague, before editing his post to say she had “possibly” died of the disease.Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s health watchdog, said Shipilova died from “pneumonia of unknown aetiology”. It insisted that tests found no micro-organisms linked to her professional work and described the “sanitary and epidemiological” situation in the area as stable.Authorities in the nearby city of Baikalsk briefly urged residents to avoid travelling to Shelekhov and surrounding settlements after what they said was unofficial information about a possible plague infection. They later deleted the post from social media.US politicians have raised concerns about the incident, which follows longstanding and unfounded allegations by the Kremlin that Ukraine has secretly carried out biological weapons research with the support of Washington.

the Guardian

US closely monitoring case of lab worker who ‘possibly’ died of plague in Siberia, says Rubio

Quarantine measures in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya Shipilova

🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 — Earlier, Ansarallah conducted a strike against the Petro Rabigh refinery complex, Jeddah Province, western KSA. A fire is seen at the site.

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — The Houthis (Ansarallah) released footage of the capture of PLC president Rashad Al-Alimi's house in the Taiz governorate.

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Ansarallah have recaptured Murad, Bab Al-Mandab; abandoned Saudi vehicles can be seen in the footage above All PLC advances since the morning have been reversed. @Middle_East_Spectator— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Middle East Spectator has geolocated the footage: The video was taken on the road in Murad at coordinates 12.6826562, 43.4938360 looking out over Bab Al-Mandab.@Middle_East_Spectator— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Middle East Spectator has geolocated the footage: The video was taken on the road in Murad at coordinates 12.6826562, 43.4938360 looking out over Bab Al-Mandab.@Middle_East_Spectator