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Trump Sends Saudi Nuclear Accord To Congress, With Israel Normalization Still Attached It's official - a proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear energy has been submitted by the White House to Congress.  The landmark nuclear accord would mean that uranium enrichment would eventually take place on Saudi territory. However, President Trump has included a major bombshell condition: he has not backed off requiring Saudi normalization with Israel. Saudi state media sources "The president's position has not changed that the agreement will only move ‌forward if Saudi Arabia joins the Abraham Accords," an admin...

Moscow Closes The Door: How Putin & Lavrov Hardened Russia's Line On Ukraine In Ten Days Authored by Larry C. Johnson via SonarIntelligence (Sonar21), In mid-September, the Kremlin was signaling that negotiations could resume. Putin had said the trilateral talks with the United States and Ukraine would be unlikely before the State Duma elections, but that Russia would be ready to resume contacts after them. The elections ended on September 20. Within a week, both Putin and Lavrov had shifted from conditional openness to a set of positions that make a...