Quick Hits

• Energy shock deepens: MPR News reports U.S. diesel prices hit another record Friday, averaging nearly $6.06 a gallon, as Washington's war with Iran disrupts the world's flow of fuel. Compounding the strain, Al Jazeera reports Saudi Arabia shut its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack Riyadh says originated in Iraq.
• BRICS opens in New Delhi: Al Jazeera reports the summit is overshadowed by the Middle East and Ukraine wars, global energy security, and tariffs, with China's Xi Jinping arriving as Putin and Iranian President Pezeshkian criticized U.S. dollar dominance.
• North Korea fires ballistic missiles off its eastern coast, according to Seoul, which says it is closely exchanging information with the U.S. and Japan (Al Jazeera).
• 9/11 at 25: Al Jazeera reports newly declassified CIA documents show U.S. presidents were warned about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda before the attacks; Tangle marked the anniversary with a reader mailbag.
• Sweden votes Sunday in a knife-edge election shaped by migration, crime, and the economy, with the far right possibly entering government (Al Jazeera).

Top Stories

• Fuel and war: MPR News frames the diesel record as "deepening strain for hauling everyday goods," tying prices directly to the conflict with Iran. Al Jazeera's pipeline report points to a widening regional footprint, with Riyadh attributing the attack to Iraq. In Yemen, Al Jazeera reports more than 900 people killed or injured and at least 5,000 families displaced in less than a week as fighting re-erupts.
• BRICS summit: Beyond the Quick Hit, Al Jazeera reports tariffs and geopolitical rifts dominated opening discussions; an Al Jazeera opinion piece argues Trump "may be BRICS's best recruitment agent" despite seeking to weaken the bloc.
• Ukraine: Russia's Defence Ministry says its forces struck cargo vessels, steel plants, and other industrial facilities across Ukraine (Al Jazeera).
• 9/11 anniversary: Alongside the CIA declassification story, former U.S. diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad told Al Jazeera a stable Afghanistan remains in U.S. interests and that Washington wants to prevent it becoming a hub for anti-U.S. groups.
• Sports: Ben Shelton advanced to the U.S. Open men's final against Alexander Zverev; on Sunday he would bid to become the first American man to win a Grand Slam title since 2003 (Al Jazeera).

Left Perspective

• MPR News reports a new lawsuit alleging the federal government is trying to intimidate observers who monitor immigration enforcement operations, including observers who film ICE agents in Minneapolis.
• MPR News reports a Virginia-based developer withdrew a proposal to convert the former Star Tribune printing facility in Minneapolis into a data center after heavy criticism from residents.
• MPR News reports Minnesota's Supervised Release Board denied parole for the fourth time to Ronald Reed, convicted in the 1970 ambush murder of St. Paul Police Officer James Sackett Sr.
• MPR News profiles Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins — described as the most acclaimed cross country skier in U.S. history — as she runs the Superior 100-mile trail race.

Right Perspective

• No right-leaning outlets were included in today's supplied feed, so no right perspective can be presented.

International View

• BRICS and the dollar: Al Jazeera reports Putin and Pezeshkian called out U.S. dominance ahead of the summit, with the meeting's agenda shaped by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
• War on Terror reckoning: An Al Jazeera analysis argues the post-9/11 lexicon "effectively sanitised the erosion of human rights," while a separate Al Jazeera opinion piece contends the War on Terror helped mainstream Europe's far right by lending Islamophobia "legitimacy, reach and electoral force."
• Chile: Protesters and police clashed as the country marked 53 years since the military coup (Al Jazeera).
• Mexico: Authorities rescued eight people from a clandestine clinic in Jalisco run by the violent Jalisco cartel, seizing illegal drugs and weapons and arresting six suspected guards (Al Jazeera).

Underreported

• Guatemala: A judge cleared deputy minister Luis Pacheco and three other Indigenous ex-leaders of terrorism charges stemming from 2023 protests (Al Jazeera).
• India's gambling crisis: Al Jazeera reports debts and deaths are mounting as the online gambling industry adapts to evade a government ban.
• Gaza weddings: An Al Jazeera feature describes couples marrying in tents as "acts of defiance," choosing love despite suffering.
• Congress and independents: AllSides asks whether a handful of independents could make Congress work again.
• Yankee Stadium: A man waving a Palestinian flag was tackled after running onto the field during a Yankees-Mets game (Al Jazeera).
• Athletics and football: Armand "Mondo" Duplantis delivered what Al Jazeera calls a faultless pole vault display to win at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, alongside Jakob Ingebrigtsen; Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe says he is confident of the Ballon d'Or despite trophyless seasons.

Sources

• MPR News: Diesel prices; DHS observers lawsuit; Data center withdrawal; Reed parole denial; Diggins Superior 100
• Al Jazeera: Saudi pipeline attack; Putin-Pezeshkian; North Korea missiles; Mexico clinic rescue; Khalilzad; Xi at BRICS; India gambling; BRICS agenda; Chile clashes; War on terror language; Shelton; Duplantis/Ingebrigtsen; Yankee Stadium; Gaza weddings; BRICS opens; Trump-BRICS opinion; Ukraine strikes; Sweden election; Guatemala; Europe far right opinion; Yemen; CIA declassified; Mbappe
• AllSides: Independents in Congress
• Tangle: 9/11 mailbag