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19.01.26 - 11:12
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Horizons Middle East and Africa 1/19/2026 (Bloomberg)
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US and European stock futures fall and safe havens surge as US President Donald Trump threatens new tariffs on the UK and EU allies, in his pursuit of a Greenland takeover. Also on the show: EU leaders set to hold an emergency meeting on Trump's tariff threat; President Trump's so-called Board of Peace for Gaza is beginning to take shape; Saudi Arabia is finalizing an agreement on a new military coalition with Somalia and Egypt; US is ratcheting up criticism of South Africa following joint naval drills involving Iran. Guests include: Anita Krishna Gupta, CIO, Wealthbrix Capital Partners; David Wilson, BNP Paribas, Director of Commodities Strategy. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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16.01.26 - 16:57
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US Outraged Iranian Warships Are Docked At Cape Town: South Africa ′Cozying Up′ To Tehran (ZeroHedge)
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US Outraged Iranian Warships Are Docked At Cape Town: South Africa 'Cozying Up' To Tehran
The United States is making its anger known to longtime but strained ally South Africa, charging the country's defense ministry of ignoring directives from its own government to send Iranian warships home after they took part in naval exercises in South African waters.
Washington's statement held nothing back: "South Africa can't lecture the world on 'justice' while cozying up to Iran," the US embassy in South Africa posted on Facebook. Islamic Republic warships have been docked in Cape Town for some days now. "Iran is a destabilizing actor and state sponsor of terror, and its inclusion in joint exercises - in any capacity - undermines maritime security and regional stability," the US statement said.
AFP: An Iranian corvette, the IRIS Naghdi, was among the vessels that moored off Cape Town ahead of the BRICS navy exercises
"It is particularly unconscionable that South Af...
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