As Washington escalates threats of military action against Iran, negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program continue behind the scenes. While the Trump administration insists the standoff is about security, Iran’s state media are pushing a different narrative: that the crisis is a deliberate distraction from the Epstein scandal, which continues to implicate the US president.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to Israel last week in a carefully choreographed display of solidarity. While Modi’s trip was celebrated in Israeli media, criticism by Indian journalists was blocked back home, allowing the two leaders to sign arms deals that will boost an already significant military partnership.

Nearly two years after Jair Bolsonaro’s fall from power in Brazil, the movement he built is searching for a new figurehead. A rising generation of young, evangelical, and hyper-online politicians is stepping in. They are leveraging a sophisticated, decades-old religious media machine that evolved from radio and television into a powerful force on social media, reshaping Brazil’s political right for the digital age.

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