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🇺🇸 The Iranian Lego AI video creators credit their virality to ‘heart’
Donald Trump has spun the recent rescue of a downed airman whose fighter jet was destroyed behind Iranian borders as a resounding success. But the sto...
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🇺🇸 Centcom chief: 'Iran has suffered a generational military defeat'The head of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), the military arm that oversees forces in the Middle East, said Thursday that troops “remain present” in th...
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🇺🇸 Live updates: Trump holds troops near Iran until it complies with 'real agreement'President Trump said he'll hold U.S. troops "in, and around, Iran" until the Islamic complies with the real agreement reached between the two countrie...
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🇺🇸 Trump says US forces to stay near Iran, ready for ‘next conquest’
US threats against Iran and ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon cast doubt on fragile ceasefire efforts....
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🇺🇸 US rescues second airman from fighter jet shot down in IranRecovery follows combat search and rescue mission...
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🇺🇸 Expert answers key questions on downed American figther jet rescue
Aaron MacLean, a retired U.S. Marine and CBS News national security analyst, joins "CBS Saturday Morning" to answer key questions surrounding the Amer...
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🇬🇧 US military archbishop says Iran conflict does not meet ‘just war’ standard<p>Catholic Timothy Broglio says ‘hard to cast this war as something that would be sponsored by the Lord’</p><p>The leader of all Catholic chaplains i...
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🇺🇸 Austria bans US military plans from its airspaceAustria is rejecting a request from the U.S. to use its airspace for military flights related to the war against Iran, with the Austrian government re...
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🇺🇸 Trump: US military 'hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran'President Trump issued a warning to Iran to make a peace deal on Thursday evening, saying the U.S. military has not begun “destroying” the Middle East...
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🇺🇸 Iran War: What a Marine Expeditionary Unit is – and other US military terms
The US has deployed thousands of additional Marines and airborne troops to the Middle East since the Iran war began....
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🇬🇧 US could 'finish the job' in Iran in two or three weeks, Trump saysPresident Trump says the US will "leave" Iran "very soon" as Iran's president says Tehran has the "necessary will" to end the war....
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🇬🇧 'A million things could go wrong' - why seizing Iran's uranium would be so risky for the USSeizing the stockpile would be one of the "most complicated special operations in history", a former defence official tells the BBC....
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🇺🇸 The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion MessThe GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System was due for completion in 2016. Ten years later, the software for controlling the military’s GPS sa...
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🇺🇸 Italy closes Sicily base to US flights in Iran operations: ReportsItaly has refused to grant the U.S. permission to land military planes at an air base in Sicily before departing to the Middle East, according to Ital...
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🇺🇸 Hegseth visits US troops in Middle East amid war with IranDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday morning that he made a previously undisclosed visit to U.S. service members in the U.S. Central Command (C...
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🇺🇸 Italy denies the US military use of its air bases to attack Iran
Italian press reports that the government has refuse to authorise US to land bombers at a base in Sicily...
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🇺🇸 Former CENTCOM commander: US military has been working on Iran ground raid plans for yearsRetired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said Sunday that the U.S. military has been working on ground rai...
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🇺🇸 Iran releases video claiming to show downing of US jet
Iran has released a video claiming to show the downing of a US F-18 fighter jet....
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🇺🇸 US to send thousands of soldiers from 82nd Airborne Division to Middle East
The US is expected to deploy up to 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East....
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🇬🇧 The Papers: 'US troops gather in Gulf' and 'Strictly No Baftas'Donald Trump plans to deploy US ground troops in the Gulf is a focus for Wednesday's front pages....
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🇺🇸 Trump says Iran ‘wants peace’ after US military did ‘great job’
US President Donald Trump says ‘there’s a very good chance of a deal’ to end the US-Israel war on Iran....
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🇺🇸 Joe Kent: Deploying US troops on Kharg Island would be 'disaster'Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is warning President Trump against deploying U.S. soldiers to Kharg Island, say...
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🇺🇸 Has Iran brought down an ‘unkillable’ US F-35 jet?
The supersonic fighter jet is designed to avoid detection by radar and other technologies....
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🇺🇸 ‘Opening Strait of Hormuz will probably require US boots on the ground’
‘Opening Strait of Hormuz will probably require US boots on the ground’...
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🇺🇸 US says it has crippled Iranian threat in Strait of Hormuz
The US says it hit Iranian coastal missile sites and infrastructure, crippling Tehran’s threat to the Strait of Hormuz....
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🇺🇸 Is the US ready for ‘World War Drone’?China, Russia, Iran and others are embracing and rapidly advancing this new war-fighting technology. The United States cannot afford to be on the wron...
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🇬🇧 Father of killed US military member disputes Hegseth’s claim he said to ‘finish’ the job in Iran<p>Defense secretary had said relatives of service members killed in refueling tanker crash told him ‘do not stop until the job is done’</p><ul><li><p...
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🇺🇸 232 US service members wounded since Iran war beganSince the U.S. war with Iran began in late February, 232 U.S. service members have been wounded, with the "vast majority" of them sustaining minor inj...
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🇺🇸 US to deploy thousands more troops to the Middle EastMarines and sailors to arrive in the region in three to four weeks, signalling possible new phase in conflict...
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🇺🇸 US speeds up deployment of thousands more Marines, sailors to Middle EastThe Pentagon is speeding up the deployment of thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East amid speculation that the Trump administr...
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🇺🇸 Most believe Trump will send US troops into Iran: SurveyNearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Trump will send U.S. ground troops to Iran as the Middle East conflict rages on, despite Trump saying...
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🇬🇧 US military is not preparing for Cuba takeover, top general tells lawmakers<p>US Southern Command chief briefed senators amid Trump’s increasing use of force in the region and comments about taking Cuba</p><p>The US military ...
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🇺🇸 US F-35 aircraft makes emergency landing after a combat mission over Iran
The F-35 fighter jet landed safely and the pilot is in stable condition, CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said....
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🇺🇸 US F-35 makes emergency landing after flying over IranA U.S. F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at a regional U.S. airbase in the Middle East after flying a combat mission over Iran, the U.S. mili...
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🇺🇸 Watch live: Hegseth, Caine give update on US military operation in IranDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will speak to reporters Thursday morning to provide an update on the U.S...
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🇺🇸 US weighs sending thousands of troops to region as Iran war rages: Report
The deployments could help provide Trump with additional options but would further entrench US in a foreign war....
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🇺🇸 US military drops 5,000-pound deep-penetrator bombs near Strait of HormuzThe U.S. military dropped multiple 5,000-pound deep-penetrator bombs on “hardened” Iranian anti-ship missile sites on Tuesday along the country’s coas...
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🇺🇸 US confirms 157 killed in maritime strikes experts call ‘extrajudicial’
Defence official tells Congress that 47 alleged drug-trafficking vessels have been struck since campaign began....
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🇺🇸 Trump says US may hit Iran’s Kharg Island again ‘just for fun’
US president says his country may carry out more strikes on oil hub as he urges allies to help open Strait of Hormuz....
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🇬🇧 Trump says US forces destroyed military targets on Iranian island handling oil exports<p>President says forces ‘obliterated’ military targets on Kharg Island and warned its oil infrastructure could be next</p><ul><li><p><a href="https:/...
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🇺🇸 Trump posts bombing video after saying US hit Kharg Island
Donald Trump shared footage of US air strikes on Iran's Kharg Island....
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🇺🇸 US attacks military sites on Iran’s Kharg island, home to vast oil facility
Tehran threatens to reduce US-linked oil facilities to 'pile of ashes' if oil structures on the island are attacked....
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🇬🇧 ‘No clear goal’: lack of Iran war plan has unleashed chaos and could stymie US military for decades, say critics<p>White House contends with reality of shoddy preparations for war and unclear conditions for victory</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian....
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🇺🇸 Iran war live: US bombs Iran’s Kharg Island, warns oil facilities next
Intense strikes target central Tehran as US president says 'powerful' bombing raid hit Iranian forces on Kharg Island....
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🇺🇸 Four killed in US military plane crash in Iraq
Four killed in US military plane crash in Iraq...
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🇬🇧 What is the strait of Hormuz and can the US stop Iran from blocking it?<p>Energy prices have soared as Iranian strikes and reports of mines prevent ships from transiting the chokepoint</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.t...
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🇺🇸 US military refueling plane crashes in Iraq: What to knowAn American refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq on Thursday afternoon killed all six of the U.S. service members on board, the U.S. Central Comman...
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🇬🇧 Four crew confirmed dead after US military plane crash in Iraq | First Thing<p>Rescue efforts continue for the remaining crew members, while the US has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil at sea. Plus, how China and th...
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🇺🇸 4 US Crew Members Killed After Refueling Plane Crashes in Iraq
At least four United States crew members are dead after a military refueling plane crashed in Iraq. U.S. Central Command says it was not the result of...
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🇬🇧 Four crew members killed in US refuelling plane crash in IraqFour crew members have died after a US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, officials said....
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🇺🇸 4 deaths confirmed in US military refueling aircraft crash in IraqFour of the six service members onboard a refueling aircraft died when the plane crashed in western Iraq on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Central Comma...
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🇺🇸 US military announces rescue effort after fuelling aircraft crashes in Iraq
No deaths have been reported so far, but the military said the crash involved two aircraft, one of which landed safely....
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🇺🇸 General suggests US military responding 'robustly' to Russia's role in Iran warThe top commander of U.S. forces in Europe told members of Congress on Thursday that the U.S. military is “responding robustly” to any entity aiding I...
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🇺🇸 US military ‘not ready’ to escort oil ships through Hormuz, official says
Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei says strait should remain closed as Donald Trump claims US benefits from high oil prices....
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🇺🇸 Bunker-busting bombs loaded onto US planes at UK airbase amid Iran war
The use of RAF Fairford by US forces highlights the UK's increasingly active role in the US-Israeli war on Iran....
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🇺🇸 Can Iran’s asymmetric warfare hold US-Israeli military power at bay?
Iran has resorted to unconventional tactics in its retaliatory strikes against the US and Israel....
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🇺🇸 How corporations have collaborated with US military over the decades
The US military is using AI tools during Iran war. But Pentagon's collaboration with tech companies goes back decades....
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🇺🇸 Al Jazeera sees bombs being loaded onto US planes at UK base
An Al Jazeera crew filmed bunker-busting bombs being loaded onto US military planes at a UK military base....
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🇺🇸 ‘A US military victory in Iran without a political one is not a victory’
‘This is not a war about whose military is better, bigger or more powerful.’...
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🇺🇸 The AI-driven ‘kill chain’ transforming how the US wages warSystems from Palantir and Anthropic are helping to turn torrents of battlefield data into thousands of strikes...
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🇬🇧 Justified or not? US military families on fears of Iran warBBC's North America editor Sarah Smith spoke to Gold Star mum Lynn, whose son died in the Iraq War, and veteran Jeremy....
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🇺🇸 Trump: ‘I don’t know’ about report US at fault in school strike
Donald Trump denied knowledge of a military investigation finding the US responsible for the Minab girls' school strike....
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🇺🇸 US military confirms use of ‘advanced AI tools’ in war against Iran
Admiral Brad Cooper says artificial intelligence is helping process data, but humans are making final decisions....
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🇺🇸 Petraeus: Iranian mines in Strait of Hormuz creates ‘real challenge’ for USFormer CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus offered a frank assessment of the burgeoning conflict between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, argui...
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🇺🇸 Trump says he doesn’t know about investigation that found US struck Iranian girls schoolPresident Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he was not aware of a military investigation that found the U.S. responsible for a deadly Tomahawk mi...
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🇺🇸 US military warns civilians to avoid ports used by Iran along Strait of HormuzThe U.S. military is warning civilians to avoid ports it says are used by the Iranian regime along the Strait of Hormuz to “conduct military operation...
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🇺🇸 Could the US deploy troops to Iran, and how could that play out?
Experts say Iran’s vast, mountainous terrain would make invasion difficult but a small, precise mission is possible....
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🇺🇸 How much a day of war on Iran costs the US
The US spent $3.7 billion in the first four days of bombing Iran. Here’s the bill....
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🇺🇸 US Says It Hit 16 Iranian Mine-Laying Ships Near Strait of Hormuz
United States Central Command released video of American strikes that they say destroyed 16 suspected Iranian mine-laying ships near the Strait of Hor...
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🇬🇧 US releases footage of strikes on mine-laying vessels in strait of Hormuz – video<p>The US military said it attacked and destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the strait of Hormuz amid reports that <a href="https://www.theg...
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🇺🇸 Tracing the US military's learning curve on fighting Iran's drones: What to knowThe Iran war is testing America's ability to combat swarms of cheap drones that have become a staple of the modern battlefield after Ukraine and Russi...
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🇬🇧 Iran war live updates: Regime issues threat against protesters; US ‘destroyed’ mine laying ships near strait of Hormuz<p>Iran’s police chief says protesters will be treated as ‘enemies’ and that security forces remain stationed in the streets</p><ul><li><p><a href="ht...
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🇺🇸 Trump threatens to escalate attacks on Iran as US military destroys 10 mine-laying boatsPresident Trump on Tuesday threatened to escalate U.S. attacks on Iran if it has put mines in the Strait of Hormuz amid reporting that it has done so....
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🇺🇸 White House says US has not escorted oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz despite now-deleted claimThe U.S. military has not yet escorted any oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, contra...
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🇺🇸 Democratic senator says US 'seem to be' on path toward deploying American troops on the ground in IranSen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) left a Senate Armed Service Committee briefing on the Iran war Tuesday saying he believes the Trump administration i...
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🇺🇸 Brennan: Trump 'very well may decide to put US troops on the ground' in IranFormer CIA Director John Brennan expressed concerns on Monday about the long-term implications of President Trump’s ongoing military operations in the...
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🇺🇸 Leveraging frozen Russian funds to protect US troops and defend UkrainePresident Trump must take swift action to protect U.S. troops in the Middle East by utilizing frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's defense and prov...
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🇺🇸 US military kills six in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific
The US military claims six men killed in a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean....
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🇺🇸 Hegseth says he and Trump 'reserve the right' to send US troops to IranDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is refusing to rule out U.S. boots on the ground in Iran as the joint military operations with Israel against the count...
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🇺🇸 US military reviewing National Guard member's death in Kuwait in health-related incidentA New York City police officer died in a “non-combat related incident” while deployed to Kuwait in support of the war on Iran, according to the Pentag...
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🇬🇧 Video shows US Tomahawk missile hit base next to bombed Iranian school<p>Footage of attack on Minab compound adds to evidence indicating it was a US strike that killed scores of children</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://ww...
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🇬🇧 US military kills six in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific<p>Sunday’s attack brought death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting alleged ‘narcoterrorists’</p><p>The US mil...
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🇬🇧 What does the US military’s feud with Anthropic mean for AI used in war?<p>Tech policy professor who served in US air force explains how a feud between an AI startup and the US military illuminates ethical fault lines</p><...
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🇬🇧 The B-52: Why the US still uses a plane from the 1960s to bomb its enemiesWhen Washington DC wants to attack its enemies, the aircraft US presidents often turn to is the Boeing 52 Stratofortress bomber....
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🇬🇧 Anti-war protest at RAF base being used by USSeveral US bombers have now landed at the airbase in order to launch strikes at Iran....
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🇺🇸 Trump oversees return of US troops killed in Iranian drone strike
US President Donald Trump attended the “dignified transfer” of six US Army soldiers killed in an Iranian drone strike....
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🇬🇧 ‘How many American troops should die for this?’: veterans split on war with Iran<p>For many veterans of post-9/11 wars, the strikes on Iran bring troubling echoes of the 2003 invasion of Iraq</p><p>Nearly two decades after his sec...
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🇬🇧 Swinney would 'consider' banning US military planes from Prestwick AirportThe first minister says he wants clarity from the UK government about whether the planes were involved in the US-Israeli action in the Middle East....
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🇬🇧 The final voyage of the Iranian warship sunk by the USThe sinking of an Iranian ship by the US near Sri Lanka brings the conflict uncomfortably close to India....
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🇺🇸 US military carries out operation against ‘narco-terrorist’ supply complex in EcuadorThe U.S. military carried out a “successful” operation against a “narco-terrorist” supply complex in Ecuador as part of the Trump administration’s pus...
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🇺🇸 Why did the US torpedo Iran’s ‘prize’ warship?
Why did the US sink Iran's prize destroyer, the IRIS Dena? Soraya Lennie explains....
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🇺🇸 Russia is helping Iran to target US military assets in Middle EastTehran using intelligence shared by Moscow to launch retaliatory drone and missile attacks...
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🇺🇸 Petraeus argues US now has 'air supremacy' over IranFormer CIA Director David Petraeus, who also previously served as commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), argued Wednesday that the U.S. military...
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🇺🇦 Russia reportedly provides Iran intelligence used to target US forces in Middle EastOne unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported....
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🇺🇸 What is the PrSM missile that the US used for the first time in Iran?
US CENTCOM said Precision Strike Missiles were used in Operation Epic Fury....
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🇬🇧 PM says three Australians were onboard US submarine that sank Iranian warship<p>Anthony Albanese confirms ADF members were on submarine but says ‘no Australian personnel’ participated in attacks on Iran</p><p>Anthony Albanese h...
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🇺🇸 US military sets Iranian drone carrier ship on fireThe U.S. military struck and set on fire an Iranian drone carrier ship Thursday as forces continue to degrade the Islamic Republic’s navy and continue...
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🇺🇸 Sri Lanka evacuates crew of second Iranian vessel after US sunk IRIS Dena
More than 200 crew members evacuated, a day after a US submarine sank an Iranian frigate, leaving 87 sailors dead....
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🇬🇧 Pentagon releases names of final two soldiers of six killed in Kuwait<p>Chief Warrant Officer Robert Marzan, 54, and Maj Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, were from California and Iowa</p><p>The Pentagon has released the names of th...
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🇺🇸 ‘The View’ Guest Host Elisabeth Hasselbeck Lashes Out at Megyn Kelly, Claiming She Disrespected American Troops: ‘How Dare You’Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s return to “The View” as a guest host has further exposed rifts in the conservative media landscape, as she excoriated fellow Fo...
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🇺🇸 U.S. Sends More Troops to the Mideast as Iran War ExpandsGen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged the possibility of an extended campaign, as the military announced that six U....
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🇬🇧 Watch: Video appears to show US F-15 fighter jet crashing in KuwaitThe US says six of its F-15 jets were "mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses", with all crew in a stable condition....
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🇺🇸 Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk'Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence...
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🇺🇸 Inside the Iranian missile attack (2021) | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2021, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported on the ballistic missile attack Iran had launched against U.S. troops in retal...
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🇺🇸 Trump says “major combat operations” in Iran have begun
US President Donald Trump says American forces have begun “major combat operations” in Iran alongside Israel....
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🇺🇸 U.S. planning to pull all troops from Syria, sources say
The U.S. is planning to withdraw its remaining 1,000 troops from Syria over the next two months, U.S. officials told CBS News, ending a roughly decade...
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