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We'll start in Ukraine. Russia launched what President Zelensky called one of the most massive ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv on record. Ukrainian air force figures put the overnight assault at 41 missiles and 125…
Listen + read script →We'll start with the biggest running story of the day. Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami on Saturday. The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed the arrests to the AP, saying the brothers were taken into custody…
Listen + read script →We begin with confirmed American casualties. Two US service members were killed and one is missing after Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks struck a position in Jordan. US Central Command confirmed the deaths…
Listen + read script →The FIFA World Cup final is tomorrow. Argentina versus Spain. Al Jazeera has pre-match comments from Lionel Messi and Spain's Rodri, both measured, both careful not to hand the other side anything useful. The match is…
Listen + read script →We begin in the Middle East. The United States has broadened its military campaign against Iran, according to Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna. The targets in the latest strikes are being described as a strategic shift from…
Listen + read script →We start with breaking news from the Pacific coast of Mexico. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck offshore yesterday. The US Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning and recorded waves of roughly 0.3 meters in Puerto…
Listen + read script →We start in the Middle East. Israel's Knesset has formally dissolved, setting a general election for October 27, 2026. This is the first time Israel has completed a full parliamentary term since 1988. Prime Minister…
Listen + read script →We start in Texas. A year after the catastrophic July 4, 2025 Hill Country floods, residents are watching new flooding arrive on nearly the same calendar date. The Texas Tribune reports that people describe feeling more…
Listen + read script →We start in Texas, where at least one person is dead after flooding struck the same Hill Country region that killed more than 130 people last year. The flooding is again being described as life-threatening, and…
Listen + read script →We start overseas. More than five hundred people are feared dead after reports of two boats capsizing off the coast of Myanmar. The IOM and UNHCR confirm the vessels were carrying mostly Rohingya passengers who departed…
Listen + read script →We start with the broadest active conflict zone. The United States has struck Iranian cities including Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, and Qeshm Island. Iranian media is reporting explosions at all three sites. The U.S.…
Listen + read script →We start in Ukraine. President Zelenskyy has endorsed Vitaliy Koretskyi, the head of state energy company Naftogaz, as his pick for prime minister. Ukraine's parliament is expected to vote Thursday. The structural note…
Listen + read script →We begin in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has threatened to block all oil exporting routes in the region, a direct response to a U.S. maritime blockade of Iranian ports. The confrontation is escalating as of Wednesday. The…
Listen + read script →We start with the most active military situation on the board. The Trump administration says strikes on Iran will continue, in the president's words, until he says enough. Trump also signaled that Iranian bridges and…
Listen + read script →We start with a legal settlement three years in the making. E. Jean Carroll has received $5.6 million from Donald Trump, following a jury finding in 2023 that Trump was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The…
Listen + read script →We start in the United States. Two ICE shooting deaths, one week apart. On Thursday, a Colombian national was killed by an ICE agent during an enforcement operation in Maine. That follows the death of Lorenzo Salgado…
Listen + read script →We start with two Iran stories that belong together. The United Kingdom has formally listed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, invoking new powers designed to target state-backed proxy…
Listen + read script →We start with the broadest military picture. The U.S. struck Iran for a third consecutive weekend. Iran retaliated by striking Gulf nations. Senator Lindsey Graham died Saturday at 71. Congress returns from recess this…
Listen + read script →We start with the most active conflict zone in today's lineup. Iranian state media are reporting explosions in at least four locations: the port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and Jask, and Qeshm Island. The strikes…
Listen + read script →We start with a death in the Senate. Lindsey Graham, Republican senator from South Carolina and one of President Trump's closest congressional allies, has died. Al Jazeera reports Trump is already publicly weighing a…
Listen + read script →We start in the Middle East. Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral has now taken place in Tehran, and Al Jazeera's coverage focused not on the ceremony itself but on what the ceremony exposed about how international media covers…
Listen + read script →We start in Gaza. Mohammed al-Wahidi, a Palestinian aid worker, was killed by an Israeli airstrike while traveling to a World Cup screening he had organized. Al-Wahidi was known for using sports events to bring moments…
Listen + read script →We start in the Middle East. US Congressman Ro Khanna says he was detained for roughly ninety minutes by armed Israeli settlers while visiting the occupied West Bank. He says Israeli army soldiers were present and did…
Listen + read script →We start in Kyiv. Russian forces struck the Ukrainian capital overnight with ballistic missiles and 121 drones, wounding at least eleven people. A separate earlier report put the injured count at ten. The discrepancy…
Listen + read script →We start in Ukraine. The mayor of Zaporizhzhia says Russian forces have reached the outskirts of the city. Emergency crews are searching for survivors following a Russian air strike on the city itself. Zaporizhzhia is…
Listen + read script →We start in Ukraine. Russian attacks killed four people in Kramatorsk yesterday, including a teenager. Nine others were injured. Separately, Ukraine continued targeting Russian oil infrastructure. Both sides are…
Listen + read script →We start in Syria. Bomb attacks struck Damascus this week, rattling parts of the capital. Al Jazeera reports the blasts appeared designed to create instability, but analysts say they do not indicate a total security…
Listen + read script →We start in Texas. An immigrant was killed during an ICE operation that, according to U.S. Representative Sylvia Garcia of Houston, was not targeting him. Garcia says she spoke directly with ICE's acting director, who…
Listen + read script →We start in Gaza. Israeli strikes killed at least ten people in the past twenty-four hours. Among the dead, an aid driver working with World Central Kitchen. The organization has publicly condemned the strike and called…
Listen + read script →We start in the Gulf. The United States and Iran exchanged strikes overnight. Iran says it hit sites linked to the US military in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The US bombarded targets inside Iran. Air raid sirens sounded…
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