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bbc US actor Sean Penn has been gifted an Oscar-shaped award made from war-damaged rail metal by Ukraine, after he skipped Sunday's ceremony to visit the war-torn country. Penn, 65, won his third Academy Award for his supporting actor role in political thriller One Battle Another but was absent from the ceremony. In a video posted by Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, the CEO of Ukrainian Railways, Pertsovskyi tells Penn: "You're missing Oscars... So we made this one. This is from the railcar that was damaged by the Russians". A long-time advocate for Ukraine, Penn has visited several times since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of the country four years ago. He gifted one of his Oscars to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2022.

cnn President Donald Trump called NATO allies “cowards” for not helping the US secure the Strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively shut as global oil prices rise. Strikes have damaged Middle East energy infrastructure and US gas prices have spiked further.

Dva tankera sa naftom i gasom iz Rusije stizu ovih dana u Havanu. Bas me zanima reakcija USA, za sada niko od visih zvanicnika nije nista komentarisao.

bbc Qatar's energy minister says its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity will be reduced by 17% over the next five years as a result of an Iranian attack on the Ras Laffan facility.

bbc A representative of Tehran in Iran’s parliament (Majlis), Somayeh Rafiei, says lawmakers are pursuing a proposal under which countries will be obliged to pay tolls and taxes to Iran, if the Strait of Hormuz is used as a secure route for the passage of ships, the transit of energy, and the provision of food security. According to a report from the ISNA news agency, Rafiei, speaking at a public gathering in Tehran’s Valiasr Square, highlighted Iran’s authority in “ensuring the security of the Strait of Hormuz and safeguarding the nation’s interests” saying: "We have deprived our enemies of their former comforts, and they are now unable to accept this reality; they simply cannot endure it."

bbc Under questioning from Senate Democrats, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard stopped short of endorsing Donald Trump’s claim that Iran posed an imminent threat to the US. “It is not the intelligence community’s responsibility to determine what is and isn’t an imminent threat. That is up to the president,” Gabbard said. Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff replied: “You’re evading a question because to provide a candid response to the committee would contradict a statement by the White House." The tense exchange highlighted Gabbard’s awkward position on Iran. During Trump’s first term in office Gabbard was a vocal opponent of US military intervention in Iran.

Couldn't agree more

Joe Kent je 'junak nasih dana'.

bbc Iran's Ministry of Intelligence says in a statement that it has confiscated "hundreds of Starlink devices sent by the enemy" - referring to the US and Israel, Iranian news outlets are reporting. The statement says that according to law, acquiring and using Starlink is a "crime" and during the war anyone doing so will be dealt with at the "highest penalty". Using Starlink in Iran carries a punishment of up to two years in prison.

cnn Iran itself is shipping oil through the strait in almost the same volumes as before the war, earning the much-needed cash to sustain its economy and war effort. In addition, there were already millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil at sea looking for buyers before the conflict began. Tanker tracking data and satellite images show that Iranian crude has flowed through the strait even as the conflict has crippled exports of crude and natural gas from nearby Persian Gulf countries. Energy analysts at trade data and analytics company Kpler estimated Thursday that Iran had been able to export 12 million barrels since the conflict began on February 28. Maritime intelligence company TankerTrackers has an even higher estimate: 13.7 million barrels as of the middle of last week. Those figures would suggest that Iran is managing to ship about 1 million barrels per day (bpd). That compares with its average exports of 1.69 million bpd last year, according to Kpler’s data. According to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, Iran has also been able to increase its natural gas exports. It quoted Iraq’s electricity ministry as saying that natural gas imports from Iran last week tripled to 18 million cubic meters per day.

Ne vidim kako se moze saradjivati sa psihopatom i monstrumom ciji je cilj da te unisti. Da mu se pune dzepovi novcem EU poreskih obaveznika? Ne bih rekao, cak mi se cini da bi svi koji krenu u neku saradnju sa njima mogli da se okarakterisu kao 'tupsoni'.

@nemanjaol Odlican grafikon, steta samo sto nema Kine na njemu. Zanimljivo kako je Trump uspeo da obori prodaju EV u USA, ali je jos zanimljivije da zemlja poput Japana, koja sama proizvodi gomilu hibrida i EV stagnira kad je rec o kupovini novih elektricnih vozila. Inace, Urugvaj sampioni, selim se tamo.

Jebemliga i ja, ali nije bilo ozbiljnijeg evropskog lidera koji ga (Putina prim autora) nije molio ili pokusao da urazumi. Zasto je srecniji kad vidi smrt i nesrecu miliona i desetine miliona ljudi, mozemo da nagadjamo samo (mada nauka ima vec profile autoritarnih lidera), ali to je druga prica.

cnn President Donald Trump urged China and US allies to help to resolve disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz, warning NATO faces a “very bad” future if allies fail to assist. No countries have yet committed to sending warships. --- Kako neko ko je vec pobedio i pre samo nedelju dana osiono tera UK brodove sad poziva NATO i allies da pomognu cuvanju Strait of Hormuz? Jel racuna da NATO i allies treba da 'vade kestenje iz vatre' koje je on sam tamo bacio, da bi on mogao da 'preparkira' svoje flote i trupe oko Greenlanda ne bi li makar tamo zavrsio okupaciju?

Nije nemoguce da bude tako. Ali mislim da je saradnja sa Putinom izuzetno losa stvar za EU - makar gledali iskljucivo goli interes, a ne cast i postenje.