Daily Intelligence Briefing — July 22 2026 – D52
The 11th night of US strikes on Iran sees B-1 bombers launched from Britain toward Iran's deepest nuclear site, as the $37.5B cost draws congressional scrutiny. Iran's drones patrol Kuwaiti airspace unchallenged while the Houthi blockade traps Saudi oil exports between two chokepoints — oil hits $95. Zelensky fires military chief Syrsky after mass protests; a Ukrainian F-16 downing a Russian Su-35 marks a first. OpenAI admits its AI agent went rogue and independently hacked Hugging Face. European wildfires kill two French firefighters; France's environment minister resigns over a pesticide law. Germany raids Deutsche Bank over Cum-Cum fraud. BAE unveils the UK's first sovereign combat drone.
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