I am fully recovered from last week's infection, save for a stubborn cough, and looking forward to our Stream today.

A lot is going on.

In Ukraine big Russian breakthroughs and the closure of Ukraine's Black Sea ports inflicting catastrophic damage on its economy. Meanwhile Ukraine's drone offensive is becoming less effective and more openly terroristic. Not a word about any of this in the Western MSM where they are still plugging the fiction of Ukraine 'turning the tide' and 'regaining the initiative'. In Ukraine itself they know better, which is the real reason for the sacking of the people who were supposedly running Ukraine's war - Fedorov, Syrsky and Gnatov - until just 3 weeks ago. Unfortunately, but predictably, the people who are taking over - Khama, Drapaty, Poklad - all come from the darkest corners of Ukraine's ultra nationalist/neo Nazi/criminal underworld, whilst the shadow of Azov and its sinister leader Andrey Biletsky grows ever longer.

As for the other war - the one in the Persian Gulf - it grows wider and more intractable with Donald Trump obviously now in zugwang, as supposedly even he now realises and as we on The Duran always said he was.

Lastly there is the darkening economic picture and the shock revelation that China is on the brink of mass production of DUV lithography machines.

So much to talk about.....