Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic 

 Sat 1:43 pm +00:00, 11 Apr 2026  1

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• 72nd Bilderberg Meeting to take place 9 – 12 April 2026 in Washington, D.C., USA
  • The 72nd Bilderberg Meeting will take place from 9 – 12 April 2026 in Washington, D.C., USA. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and media has been invited. The list of participants is available here. In alphabetical order, the topics for discussion this year are:
    • AI
    • Arctic Security
    • China
    • Digital Finance
    • Energy Diversification
    • Europe
    • Global Trade
    • The Middle East
    • Russia
    • Trans-Atlantic Defence-Industrial Relationship
    • Ukraine
    • USA
    • Future of Warfare
    • The West

• Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On IranTrump has vowed to keep troops positioned for a fight “until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with.” As direct US-Iran talks are set for Islamabad Saturday morning, there’s been an avalanche of speculation that the ceasefire could be ‘cover’ for a greater Pentagon force build-up and bigger impending operation.
• UK working on major plan to prepare country for warThe UK is preparing a new version of a major plan to ready the whole nation – from the military and police to hospitals and industry – for the transition to war, the head of the armed forces has said.
• Starmer and Trump Weigh Military Options as 30-Nation Coalition Mobilizes to Reopen the Strait of HormuzThe UK is leading a coalition of approximately 30 countries to protect vessels transiting the strait, a grouping that Starmer has been assembling through a rapid series of diplomatic visits to the Gulf.
• ‘World’s most powerful reset’: Trump’s cryptic message raises stakes ahead of Iran talks

• Tucker Carlson Escalates Attack On Trump: I Feel Sorry For ‘All Slaves’“I’ve always liked Trump and still feel sorry for him, as I do for all slaves,” Carlson said, per Rosen, before adding when pressed: “He’s hemmed in by other forces. He can’t make his own decisions. It’s awful to watch.”
• No 10 prepares for mass protests over Iran war cost of living crisisOfficials from several government departments have discussed the prospect of widespread demonstrations because of high prices and shortages of key goods.
• Utter Madness In GermanyGermany is trying to pass a law that could see people with right-wing opinions banned from buying a house.

Technology

• Disappearance of rocket scientist takes chilling turn after link to critical defense technology comes to lightRecords show Monica Reza was the only surviving co-creator of a 2010 patent filed with Dallis Ann Hardwick, who died of cancer in 2014, for a specialized metal designed to resist burning while remaining incredibly strong under extreme heat.
• Marc Andreessen Calls AI Job-Loss Fears ‘Fake’, Expects Employment GainsDeclining populations and reduced immigration will make human labor increasingly valuable. AI’s timing is “miraculous”, Andreessen exclaims, preventing economic shrinkage from depopulation.
• How censorship seized America – Big Tech did the government’s biddingIn Joe Biden’s presidency, two great forces pushed the information state to the limits of its power. The first came from the administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The second came from its decision to use the arsenal of counterinsurgency against American citizens accused of domestic extremism. Both relied on the vast public-private apparatus of censorship and surveillance, originally built to combat foreign disinformation, to wage political battles at home.

Finance/Economy/Energy

• Trump summons bank leaders over terrifying new threat to global financial systemThe Trump administration has summoned America’s most powerful bank chiefs to an urgent closed-door meeting over an AI model its makers warn could bring down a blue-chip company or breach national defense firewalls.
• Wall Street Builds New Tool to Bet Against Private CreditFirms including Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs will start selling the derivatives next week with more banks possibly to come.
• ACI Europe warns of jet fuel shortage at European airports within weeksEuropean airports have warned the region could face a “systemic” jet fuel shortage in three weeks if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
• China to ban sulfuric acid exports as Iran war hits supplyChina has indicated it will halt exports of sulfuric acid from May, hitting metals and fertilizer industries already strained by raw material bottlenecks resulting from the Iran war.