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"The president ... had a good feeling that the Iranian regime was going to strike United States assets and our personnel in the region" White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, when asked about why the US launched its war on Iran.

In an on-air report from Tel Aviv, CNN correspondent Erin Burnett said she could not show interceptors in the sky, explaining that "the Israeli government does not allow us" to reveal where attacks or defences may originate.

European leaders are divided over the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran. Some leaders are behind the offensive, while many are against it. Here's who's saying what:

"We are trying to convince Spain to catch up with the 3% or 3.5% which we agreed on in NATO ... Spain is the only one who is not willing to accept that" German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Donald Trump in Washington, where Trump threatened to cut off trade with Spain over its refusal to meet NATO spending targets and restrict US base access. Merz says efforts are underway to persuade Madrid to increase defence contributions in line with alliance commitments.

A rare total lunar eclipse coincided with March’s full 'Worm Moon' into a glowing Blood Moon in many parts of the world. From Palestine to India and across South East Asia, observers watched as the Moon dimmed, then turned a crimson red before emerging in a soft orange glow. The next total eclipse will be on New Year’s Eve 2028.

''Look, no one wants a nuclear war. No one wants a nuclear Israel'' US Senator Chuck Schumer seemed to have a Freudian slip while speaking to reporters after a congressional briefing at Capitol Hill on the ongoing Israeli-US war on Iran.

Drone video captured the moment emergency crews rescued two people from a hot air balloon that hit a 280 metre high cell phone tower in Longview, Texas, on February 28.

“Were you there yesterday?” “Yes, I asked you the question.” An awkward moment unfolded during a press exchange with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on March 3 when a reporter challenged his remarks about the timing of strikes on Iran, reminding Rubio of his statement that the US acted because Israel was preparing to strike Iran.

Make America Great Again was supposed to be America First, not Israel first.” Former US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene criticised Washington’s role in the US-Israeli war against Iran during an interview on The Megyn Kelly Show, arguing that the administration has abandoned its America First agenda.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would cut off all trade with Spain after the European country refused to allow the US military to use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran. He added that he was “not happy with the UK” as well, saying it took London “three or four days” to allow US planes to use British bases as part of the US-Israel war on Iran.

Newly released deposition footage shows former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declining to answer questions about photographs of former President Bill Clinton that appear in files linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump said US-Israeli strikes against Iran has significantly degraded Iranian defence capabilities, and added that the worst-case scenario for the US would be removing current leadership only for a similar figure to take power later. Washington has denied allegations that regime change is the objective of the strikes.

Palestinian volunteers are working to restore historic manuscripts and rare volumes at the Great Omari Mosque Library in Gaza after the site was targeted during more than two years of Israeli attacks. One of Gaza’s oldest and most significant libraries, the Great Omari Mosque Library once held around 20,000 rare books and manuscripts.

"Israel wants to hurt Iran, and Qatar, and UAE, and Saudi, and Bahrain, and Oman and Kuwait. And they've succeeded." Tucker Carlson claimed that Israel deliberately sought to “diminish the Gulf” and create instability, and claimed that authorities in Qatar and Saudi Arabia had arrested Mossad agents allegedly planning bombings.

"If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the United States, then we are in uncharted territory." Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Mark Warner, spoke to reporters after a high-level, closed-door briefing for US lawmakers on escalating tensions with Iran.