Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | July 27, 2026

Fighting halts between US and Iran halts late Friday following 13 nights of US strikes, yet the war appears to be expanding after Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim to shoot down a Saudi drone and Iran says Ukraine attacked one of the country's commercial vessels in the Caspian Sea, the Israeli army launches fresh offensive in Syria, Maine Democrats choose Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and former state senate president to become the democratic nominee in the US Senate race against five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins.