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Latest issue — 2026-W41

Yemen, a war changes scale.

Riyadh and the Yemeni government launch a reconquest, Ankara and Islamabad pledge troops, Washington stays in support; in Brazil, Bolsonarism is back in front; in Kyiv, the war targets the bridges.

10 October 2026 — 16 min

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Editorial illustration: a mountainous coastline on a strait at dusk, fighters on the ridges, columns of vehicles and aircraft converging inland where an oil installation is burning, a warship at a distance. — Generated illustration: a regional war widening around Bab el-Mandeb. It is neither a map nor an observed scene.AI-generated editorial illustration · The Refract

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