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Fed vs. inflation
Bessent wants to see cuts – warns of recession in the US

The White House is putting further pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. They can and should cut because the government is tightening government spending, which should lead to reduced inflationary pressures, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CNN on Sunday.

– Low-income households have been hit hard under President Biden. These high interest rates are hurting them because they have debt – not assets, he said.

Bessent also believes that there is a risk that parts of the American economy will fall into a recession.
 

European security policy
CIA's secret message: Europe can trust us

CIA chief John Ratcliffe has held several meetings with European intelligence officials in Brussels this week, where the message has been the same: You can still trust us.

This is reported by sources for Politico and says that the American said that the CIA intends to continue sharing intelligence with its allies in Europe, something Donald Trump has threatened to stop doing.

Ratcliffe met with, among others, the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas, and according to the information, such meetings are expected to be held at regular intervals in the future. 

Security around the Baltic Sea
250-kilogram bomb found near the Russian border in Estonia

A 250-kilogram aerial bomb was found on Sunday morning in Estonia near the Russian border, reports Estonian ERR.

The bomb was found outside the village of Auvere by a member of the public, and Estonia's equivalent of the national bomb disposal service has since determined that it is a bomb and handled it.

It is unclear where the bomb came from, but it was found at a time when Russia has increased its provocations in the border area with the Baltics.
 

Middle East Crisis  Israel-Hezbollah
Israel: Will “act” if Lebanon does not

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warns that the country will “act” if Lebanon does not, accusing President Joseph Aoun of slowing down the disarmament of Hezbollah, the Times of Israel reports.

“Hezbollah is playing with fire and the Lebanese president is dragging his feet,” he writes on X.

IDF carried out attacks on southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing four people. One of them is said by the Israeli military to be a senior member of the Radwan forces.