Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 21, 2026

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticises Israeli settlers on religious grounds, 30 "pioneer families" arrive in the the settlement of Kadim in the occupied West Bank 2 decades after it was closed by the Israeli government, 10 people including two young children have reportedly been trapped inside their homes terrorized by dozens of armed Israelis for nearly two weeks, beleaguered aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln begins its journey home to San Diego following a 9-month deployment in the Middle East, Somali pirates hijack a suspected Iranian shadow fleet tanker off the coast of Yemen, Washington DC prepares for the first-ever Freedom 250 Grand Prix.