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Day: October 12, 2026
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦 Oil prices slipped after Trump announced a Russia-Ukraine “energy ceasefire,” and traders started betting on more Russian fuel flowing into the market.
U.S. crude dropped to around $90 a barrel and Brent to around $104, even with the Houthis still pounding Saudi Arabia and tankers getting hit in the Gulf over the weekend.
The catch is that the last time Trump announced an energy ceasefire, Zelensky said no deal had actually been finalized, so it’s far from clear this one will hold.
Wall Street is brushing it all off for now, with stock futures up.
But oil is still about 50% pricier than it was in January, and that’s showing up at the pump and in inflation, with fresh U.S. numbers due this week.
However, for now, even a shaky ceasefire is buying markets a breather.
Sources: Bloomberg, FXStreet / Writer: Julie
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Lebanese PM:
“We will deal firmly with any weapon possessed, transferred, or used outside the framework of legality.”
“We will work to identify all those involved in the criminal operation linked to the explosives shipment.”Open Source Intel (@Osint613)A truck loaded with roughly 800 kg of explosive material, nails and metal balls was confiscated yesterday by Lebanese security mechanisms while moving from the Baalbek area to Beirut.
The two men driving it are Hezbollah members. In interrogation they said a Hezbollah senior named Sayed Sajad asked them to bring the cargo to another senior in the organization who is staying in Dahiyeh.
Security mechanisms are now working to identify the other Hezbollah members tied to the shipment. All of this is unfolding while negotiations are underway.
@kaisos1987— https://x.com/Osint613/status/2109009602901631462
It was a must-win match for Marseille on Sunday in Troyes. In the relegation zone at kick-off, French giants desperately needed a victory in the final match of Matchday 6 in Ligue 1. They got the job done with a 2-0 win, thanks to goals from Moroccan Amine Harit and Algerian Himad Abdelli.
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