Daily Brief: Afternoon — May 22, 2026

Daily Brief — Afternoon: Putin Addresses Nuclear Stance Following Joint Drills with Belarus // An Open Letter to the Trump Administration on their Taiwan Arms-Sale 'Pause' // Washington Enlists Pakistan to Mediate with Iran While Simultaneously Escalating Joint Military Drills // Bank of England's Hawkish Stance Tied to Energy, Not Broad Inflation // US-Israel Joint Aggression Undermines Any Talk of Peace with Iran // US Indicts Raúl Castro Decades After Civilian Plane Incident // US and Israel Reportedly Eyed Ahmadinejad for Iranian Leadership in Regime Change Plan