🌅 COMBATE Morning Roundup | September 26, 2026

• Trump rejects Iran's seven-day Hormuz plan — Citing US officials, the Wall Street Journal reports Trump turned down Tehran's offer, privately told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after November's midterms and doubts Iran will meet his demands. Tehran says it still awaits an official reply.

• Xi and Trump align on Iran, seal eight-point deal — The White House said both leaders agreed Iran can never have nuclear weapons and that no country may impose tolls on international waterways. China confirmed $30 billion in reciprocal tariff cuts, a trade council, AI talks from November and an AI-incident hotline; Trump also pitched US-Russia-China arms control talks.

• Pezeshkian: no Trump meeting until trust restored — Iran still backs the June memorandum and Hormuz should reopen under it, he said; Washington must prove it is not seeking violent change of power, and Iran may again admit IAEA inspectors.

• UN: Hormuz blockade threatens 45 million with hunger — A UN projects chief warned food crises loom unless five to seven fertilizer ships transit the Strait daily.

• Mecca defense pact goes operational — Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs met in Riyadh to turn the August treaty into joint deterrence, intelligence sharing and capability integration after attacks on Saudi soil.

• Ansar Allah again targets Riyadh — Yemen's Ansar Allah struck at the Saudi capital overnight as fighting intensified in Taiz and Lahj for control of Bab el-Mandeb; the Security Council condemned the attacks, and Riyadh said it intercepted six missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu.

• Russia hits Starlink-linked data center in Kiev — The Defense Ministry said it struck the Kosmonova site serving Starlink's military use plus an Odessa terminal moving European arms. Three villages fell; 645 drones were downed overnight and a Ukrainian strike killed three in Krasnodar.

• US withholds Patriots from Ukraine package — The $400 million shipment omits the interceptors Kiev wants most; Reuters cites global stockpile depletion from the parallel wars in Ukraine and against Iran.

• Israel bars Arab parties from October 27 vote — The electoral commission vetoed every Arab list while clearing the far right; police are drilling for post-election unrest.

• Putin and Vucic talk as Serbian gas deal expires — The leaders discussed extending the arrangement ending September 30 and the fate of the NIS oil company; both called foreign interference in elections inadmissible.

• Venezuela unblocks websites after opposition talks — Delcy Rodríguez lifted bans on web platforms after a second dialogue round with former 2015 lawmakers covered press freedom and pluralism.

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