CL Iran and Hormuz dominated the wires again, but the item worth sitting with was closer to home. The Observatory has flagged squally weather just as another tropical system starts circling. Hong Kong braced for storms twice this week, once literal, once geopolitical. Only one of them came with a signal number.-- CL

MB Iran and Hormuz issue the daily reassurance, contained, contained, while ships keep taking the long way around. Kyiv reshuffles its cabinet mid-war, the move governments make when they need change to look like it happened. Beijing puts Guam's coordinates on a test missile and files it under routine. Calm gets announced faster than it arrives.-- MB