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Athens · Friday, 16 October 2026

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Iran: “If the US leaves the region, the Strait of Hormuz will open” – “If they don’t leave, we will drive them out” Trump calls Ukraine’s refinery strikes a “disgrace”; Zelensky, in Brussels, answers: “Yesterday we had a thousand drones” – and asks the EU for €70 billion and 300 Patriot missiles Taiwan MND: 8 Chinese aircraft sorties, all crossing the median line, and 9 PLA Navy ships around the island on 16 October IAEA brokers eighth local ceasefire at Zaporizhzhia plant to repair backup transformer, as Grossi warns diesel is running low Germany approves net-launcher counter-drone systems and new Patriot units to replace those sent to Ukraine US Army Materiel Command turns to private capital and leases for depot production, citing Red River and Anniston projects Ankara against Israel: “provocations” at Al-Aqsa and an attempt to stop Syria getting back on its feet, says Erdoğan’s High Advisory Board Golden Dome: NORTHCOM’s JTF-Gold takes on cyber warfare for the US missile-defence shield

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