🌅 COMBATE Morning Roundup | October 10, 2026

• Putin relayed Iran's vision to Trump after coordinating with Pezeshkian — The Kremlin said Putin met Pezeshkian twice in Turkmenistan and, "in coordination with" him, passed Iran's view on settling the conflict to Trump. Putin's offer to take Iran's enriched uranium to Russia stands, and Trump welcomed Moscow's mediation while predicting both the Iran and Ukraine wars end "soon."

• Trump rules out strike before midterms as third carrier nears — He cited "productive conversations," but reports say plans for strikes on Iranian military targets proceed alongside a third carrier deployment. Polymarket odds on a US attack leapt from 5% to 30%; Israel's Channel 13 says the IDF readies scenarios including an election-eve strike.

• Ship operator denies IRGC struck its tanker — Vietnam's NVTrans called reports the NV Sunshine was attacked in Hormuz "fake news" and said the vessel sails normally, days after the IRGC claimed it set the carrier ablaze on an "illegal" route.

• Riyadh launches "large-scale operation" in Yemen — The campaign targets missile launchers, drones and Bab al-Mandeb positions after Yemeni strikes on the kingdom's oil east; satellite images show smoke over the Shedgum gas complex in Ghawar, with possible fires at Al-Hawiyah and Shaybah. Riyadh says crude flows are restored.

• Tehran busts 20-strong Mossad "urban war" cell — Iran said the network, prepared for city fighting, plotted the assassination of 35 officials.

• Bloomberg: Iran's missile lines still running — Western sources say missile and drone production survived the war and Russia keeps supplying missiles; declassified US footage shows Arash drones striking a Kuwait base after 586+ claimed hits. Hersh published Israeli experts' verification demands for Iran's nuclear program.

• First US Tamir interceptors reach Israel's Iron Dome — Trump warned Tehran: "Either they give us everything, or they will cease to exist."

• Berlin marchers demand Merz quit — Some 10,000 at the Brandenburg Gate sought new elections and normalized Russia ties; 1,400 police deployed. Brussels' austerity march saw clashes and 21 arrests.

• Ukraine strikes Russia hours after diesel deal — Drones hit a Rostov refinery and swarmed Moscow, with 560 downed overnight; Axios says Zelensky ignored six US requests to spare refineries. Russia took two Kharkov-region villages; Witkoff hosted US-Ukraine-Europe talks in Miami on winter de-escalation.

• EU gas at lowest pre-winter level since 2011 — Brussels braces for a possible 14 bcm shortfall as Gazprom fills storage to a record; European NATO states' military spending has doubled in five years to $725 billion.

• Trump calls Venezuela's wealth "spoils for the victor" — "We take these riches for ourselves because we deserve them," he said, claiming billions daily; Rubio pressed the Venezuelan opposition for swift elections.

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