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Saudi Aramco informed at least two European refiners that they wouldn't be receiving any crude oil deliveries next month following damage to Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline.

BREAKING: Saudi Arabia will supply NO crude oil to European refiners next month after a drone attack forced the shutdown of its key East-West pipeline, Bloomberg reports. The supply cut reportedly applies to all European customers with long-term contracts.

Walla reports Israel plans to seek advanced U.S. weapons as “compensation” for the F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia, including bunker-buster munitions Washington has previously refused to sell Israel, as well as participation in classified U.S. weapons programs.

Anthropic has quietly built a physical biology lab in the San Francisco Bay Area, moving Claude beyond computer simulations and into real-world experiments, Reuters reports. The company is exploring AI-directed robotic lab work and preclinical drug programs, even as its own researchers warn advanced AI could enable biological weapons or catastrophic harm.

Warren Buffett, the 96-year-old billionaire investor who built Berkshire Hathaway into a $1 trillion conglomerate, is stepping down as chairman effective immediately. His son Howard Buffett takes over.

FT reports that cybersecurity researchers used Anthropic’s Claude tools to breach OpenAI, exploiting a flaw in its Discourse-hosted community forum to access internal sign-ons and an employee’s ChatGPT account linked to internal GitHub code.

The Italian defence ministry has confirmed that an Italian Eurofighter was hit at King Fahd Air Base in Taif, Saudi Arabia. No personnel were involved or injured.

Venezuela's interim government is nearing a deal to move a $4b gold reserve to New York, the Financial times reports. The deal would allow the government to secure access to funding, one of the first results of negotiations with the US.

The Pentagon is considering withdrawing 25,000 or more U.S. troops from Europe, nearly a third of the American force stationed there, along with aircraft, ships and weapons, despite warnings from NATO allies over the growing threat from Russia. - NBC News

A U.S. government website used Alibaba’s Qwen AI model to help users search proposed federal regulations, days after the FBI accused Alibaba of “malicious” copying of Anthropic’s technology. The Qwen-powered tool was taken down Wednesday. - Reuters

Iran is rapidly rebuilding the Taleghan 2 facility at the Parchin military complex, according to the Institute for Science and International Security. Satellite imagery shows heavy construction activity and a large tarp covering the site, obscuring work on the previously destroyed underground facility.

An early warning alert has been activated in Abha and Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.

Trump and Mexican President Sheinbaum spoke Wednesday as the U.S. and Mexico neared a trade deal. A person familiar with the call described it as “so-so,” saying it “created a bit of noise” after new issues were introduced. - Politico

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are expected to attend a high-stakes state dinner at the White House next week with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sources familiar with the plans told ABC News.

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35A fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, along with 49 F135 engines, training, weapons support and related equipment. Congress has been formally notified of the proposed deal.

There are "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes with two strikes in Iran that killed at least 178 civilians, a U.N.-commissioned panel of human rights experts said Thursday.

Israel is increasingly concerned by what it sees as Saudi Arabia’s weakness in confronting the Houthis and expects the Saudis to take stronger action against the group. A senior Israeli security official says Israel will not intervene directly but will assist Saudi Arabia as much as it can. - Channel 12

Trump tells Axios he is at a “decision point” over the war with Iran, weighing whether to launch a broader campaign or move to end the conflict. He is set to meet leaders of six Gulf states on Tuesday and said he wants to hear directly what they believe his next step should be.

Three Iranian sources told Reuters that China privately asked Iran to help restrain the Houthis, after Saudi Arabia raised the issue with China. Iranian officials replied that regional peace and stability hinge on an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. The sources said China issued no direct threats or economic ultimatums.

Ireland’s public broadcaster RTÉ says it will not participate in or broadcast the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, citing the continuing loss of life and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.