Daily Intelligence Briefing — July 13 2026 – D44
The Daily Intelligence Briefing D44 captures a world on multiple emergency fronts simultaneously. Trump declared the US will "take control" of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran's "guardian angel" and charge 20% on cargo after CENTCOM struck 300+ targets. Ukraine's drones flew 1,500 miles to hit Siberia's Omsk refinery, the longest strike of the war. France's Fontainebleau forest lost 5% in a single fire. VW confirmed 50,000 job cuts. Apple named ex-employees in its OpenAI lawsuit with damning text evidence. 300 economists, including 16 Nobel laureates, signed "We Must Act Now" on AI. Has the post-Ankara architecture collapsed into a permanent, multi-front emergency? #Iran #Ukraine #France #AI #Crypto #Geopolitics