In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:

• First up— Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seizes two foreign-crewed oil tankers near critical shipping lanes, just days after IRGC gunboats attempted to board a U.S.-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.

  
  

• Later in the show— Xi Jinping’s military purge deepens as Beijing removes three lawmakers tied to China’s defense sector following a probe into a top general.

  
  

• Plus— on the day the final nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia was set to expire, Washington and Moscow signal they may continue observing New START limits anyway.

  
  

• And in today’s Back of the Brief— German police detain two men suspected of plotting to sabotage naval vessels in Hamburg, heightening concerns about covert Russian operations inside Europe.

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