Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5. This week we are covering the expanding scope of the US-Iran war before Trump’s sudden halt to the strikes, again; Ukraine’s targeting of Russian e-commerce company Wildberries and why this matters; Kazakh President Tokayev’s plain-speak to Putin; migrant rush at Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla; and Taiwan’s development of a hypersonic cruise missile. So, let’s get to it.

Saudi joins US in strikes: Tit-for-tat strikes between US and Iran took place this week as mediators like Pakistan scrambled to bring the warring sides back to the negotiating table. But what is of particular concern in the latest round is the seeming expansion of the conflict. This was exemplified by the joint Saudi-US strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq this week.

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