Daily Intelligence Briefing — July 18 2026 – D49
D49 Intelligence Briefing: Iran's war enters its seventh night as Revolutionary Guards strike Kuwait's water desalination plant — a first. Ukraine destroys Wildberries warehouses across Russia, shifting to commercial-logistics targeting. SYRIZA convenes its Central Committee at a "point of no return." SpaceX stock tumbles 60% below its IPO peak while negotiating Pentagon AI data centers. India's Skyroot Aerospace becomes the first private company to reach orbit. France blocks Polymarket nationwide. A blood-brain barrier drug delivery breakthrough receives FDA approval. Macron and Merz revive Franco-German defence ties with Berlin joining a French nuclear exercise. Canada's wildfires devastate First Nations communities as smoke reaches Washington.
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