Trump wants role in picking Iran's leader; Israel warns Lebanese to flee for their lives [View all]

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"President Donald Trump said he should have a say in choosing Iran�s next supreme leader, and fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon intensified Thursday as the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran entered its sixth day. The House rejected a bipartisan measure intended to halt further U.S. military action in Iran. �Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,� Israeli forces warned residents across southern Lebanon and Beirut�s southern suburbs on Thursday. The evacuation area included the dense neighborhood of Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States would �bitterly regret� sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean. Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reported fresh attacks, as Iran said it launched retaliatory strikes throughout the region, including against Kurdish forces in Iraq. Iran denied firing a missile toward Turkey a day after Turkey said NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile heading toward its airspace. Targeting Turkey, a NATO member, would be a major escalation in the conflict.

... Lebanon in the crosshairs: Beirut was wakened Thursday by at least six Israeli airstrikes slamming into the southern suburbs of the city. At least 102 people have been killed in Lebanon since Hezbollah entered the war late Sunday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, as hundreds of strikes hit across the country. Israeli troops have moved further into Lebanon, displacing tens of thousands.

Israeli officials threaten broader strikes: �We are now on the northern border, after the IDF instructed all residents to evacuate,� Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a video posted to his X account. �You wanted to bring hell upon us, but you brought hell upon yourselves. Dahiyeh will look like Khan Younis,� he said, referring to a city in the Gaza Strip decimated by Israeli bombardment..."




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