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1042 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 16 of 18.

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StrasbourgFRFrench city and seat of the European Parliament's plenary sessions.
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SuffolkGBEnglish county in East Anglia; LGR priority area, three new unitaries planned, Reform won council and filed parallel JR letter.
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SumyUACity in northeastern Ukraine, capital of Sumy Oblast, located roughly 50 km from the Russian border and targeted in Russia's 2026 buffer zone offensive.
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SunderlandGBNortheast England metropolitan borough; PollCheck projects Reform UK to take control on 7 May 2026.
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Sussex and BrightonGBEnglish combined authority covering Sussex and Brighton; mayoral election postponed to May 2028.
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SwedenSENordic EU member state; host of Europe's largest green hydrogen plant at Boden; 2026 World Cup qualifier.
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SwindonGBWiltshire town gaining Britain's largest drone factory by footprint, Tekever's 254,000 sq ft Swindon site.
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SwitzerlandCHNeutral alpine federal republic; diplomatic hub for the UN, ICRC, and WTO.
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SyntagmaGRCentral Athens square and district; under STR registration ban since 2024.
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SyriaSYArab republic under transitional rule since December 2024; IDF occupies a border security zone.
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Syzran refineryRURosneft refinery in Samara Oblast; shut 25 May after Ukrainian drone strike; supplies the Russian Air Force.
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SzázhalombattaHUHungarian town south of Budapest; site of MOL's Danube Refinery, primary Druzhba crude destination.
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T-22-09 corridorUARoad supply corridor Russia opened in 2022 through occupied Ukrainian territory to bypass the Kerch Strait Bridge.
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TabrizIRIranian city targeted by IDF evacuation warning; heart of Iran's Azerbaijani Turkic northwest.
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TaiwanTWEast Asian democracy with critical semiconductor industry dependent on Gulf energy.
TallinnEECapital of Estonia; population 450,000; EU/NATO digital-state hub and 2022 nomad-visa counter-parallel.
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TamanRURussian Krasnodar port; Ukraine struck Taman ahead of the 6 April Novorossiysk hit as the Black Sea oil campaign expanded.
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TampaUSFlorida's largest city; Kathy Castor's FL-14 seat is targeted for elimination by DeSantis's signed map.
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TampereFIFinland's second city and second-ranked data-centre siting location, offering a larger talent pool than Kajaani.
TanzaniaTZEast African nation with Indian Ocean coast reporting mpox clade Ib.
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TatarstanRURussian autonomous republic hosting Alabuga SEZ, the factory producing Shahed drones for Russia's wars.
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TbilisiGECapital of Georgia; population 1.09 million; major digital nomad hub facing policy tightening from March 2026.
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TefaytaLBVillage in southern Lebanon struck by the IDF on 12 April 2026, killing 13 people.
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TehranIRCapital of Iran; seat of the Islamic Republic's government, IRGC, and wartime delegation.
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Tel AvivILIsrael's economic capital on the Mediterranean; primary civilian target in the Iran-Israel war.
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TenerifeESLargest Canary Island; Spanish autonomous region, major tourism and cruise hub in the eastern Atlantic.
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TengizKZGiant Kazakh oilfield; Chevron's primary CPC export asset, implicated by Ukraine's Novorossiysk strike.
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TennesseeUSSouthern US state whose new map, signed 7 May 2026, eliminated Cohen's majority-Black 9th district.
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Terminal de Contenedores de MarielCUCuba's deep-water container port at Mariel, controlled by GAESA and designated by OFAC after its mid-June transfer to Coral Maritima.
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TexasUSSecond-largest US state; top crude producer, ERCOT grid operator, 2026 midterm battleground.
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ThailandTHSoutheast Asian constitutional monarchy; tightening visitor-visa policy while running the priced DTV long-stay route.
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ThanetGBEast Kent district containing Margate and Cliftonville; site of the 9 April 2026 KCC by-election.
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The DallesUSCity in northern Oregon where Google's data-centre campus draws approximately 40% of the municipal water supply, with residents facing a projected 99% rise in water rates by 2036.
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The HagueNLDutch city housing the country's national government and the seat of the Dutch Investment Screening Bureau.
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ThessalonikiGRGreece's second city; first location outside Athens to receive the STR registration ban in March 2026.
Tierra del FuegoARArgentine province at the southern tip of South America; Andes-virus endemic zone and Antarctic cruise departure hub.
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TijuanaMXBorder city in Baja California, Mexico, approved as Iran's 2026 World Cup base camp, requiring the squad to cross into the US for all three group matches.
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Times SquareUSIconic public space in New York City that was the site of the first fan-violence incident at a US host city during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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TobaJPMie Prefecture port city known for Ise Grand Shrine; added accommodation tax from April 2026.
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TokyoJPJapan's capital and Asia's largest metro economy; a 90%-import-dependent city exposed to Gulf energy shocks.
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Torbat-e Heydarieh PrisonIRIranian prison in Khorasan Razavi province; entered wartime execution register 19 May 2026.
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TorontoCACanada's largest city; 2026 World Cup host at BMO Field, and a test case for mega-event social costs.
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Toronto Pearson AirportCACanada's largest international airport; where Iranian football officials were refused entry on 29 April 2026.
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ToulonFRFrance's principal naval base on the Mediterranean coast; homeport of the French Navy's Mediterranean fleet.
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Tower HamletsGBEast London borough with the UK's highest Muslim population share, targeted by Your Party.
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TriesteITNorthern Italian port and refining terminal hub.
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TrincomaleeLKDeep-water harbour city on Sri Lanka's northeast coast; now holding interned Iranian warship crew.
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Trinidad and TobagoTTCaribbean twin-island nation; home to Atlantic LNG supplying European and Asian buyers.
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TripoliLBTripoli is Lebanon's second-largest city, in the north of the country; a target of Israeli air and naval strikes in 2026 that killed Hamas and Hezbollah commanders.
Tristan da CunhaGBUK Overseas Territory, South Atlantic; world's most remote inhabited island, no airstrip or hospital.
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TrollNONorway's largest gas field, operated by Equinor in the North Sea, supplying roughly 30% of Norwegian gas production.
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TuapseRURussian Black Sea refinery city; exports ran 91% below May 2025 after sustained Ukrainian strikes in 2026.
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TucsonUSArizona city hosting Iran's planned World Cup training base at Kino Sports Complex.
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Tunbridge WellsGBKent borough selected as a flexible voting pilot for the May 2026 local elections.
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TunisTNCapital of Tunisia, whose fans face $15,000 US visa bonds for the World Cup.
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TunisiaTNNorth African nation qualifying for 2026 World Cup whose fans face US visa bond barriers.
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TurkeyTRTranscontinental NATO member; TurkStream transit state and diplomatic hinge between Russia, Iran and the West.
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TwinsburgUSOhio city that passed a unanimous one-year data-centre ban in late April 2026.
TX-35USTexas's 35th congressional district, a San Antonio-Austin corridor seat redrawn under PlanC2333 and rated Leans Republican for 2026.
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TyreLBAncient Phoenician port in southern Lebanon; UNESCO site and front-line conflict zone since March 2026.