Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 19, 2026

South Korea's annual joint military drills cut down to 5 days after President Trump orders substantial reduction in US participation, Palestinian-American Loui Ridi confronts an Israeli settler trespassing on his property in the occupied West Bank, US Ambassador Tom Barrack says Israel's strike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase yesterday carried a real risk of rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation with Turkiye and Syria, progressive Florida State Representative Angie Nixon wins Democratic Senate primary in Florida, Meta trial over child abuse accusations begins in Oakland, CA.