War Watch — July 18, 2026 | Iran's Widening War, Trump's Ukraine Reversal, and Gaza's Frozen Truce

Tonight's episode covers three conflicts being managed rather than resolved. In Iran, a seventh consecutive night of US strikes targets infrastructure around the Strait of Hormuz as Washington and Tehran both declare their ceasefire dead while leaving the door open to talks — and the fighting has now spread to strikes on Jordanian and Kuwaiti territory, with oil prices climbing in response. In Ukraine, we look at a genuine shift in the Trump administration's posture, reportedly driven by classified intelligence on the effectiveness of Kyiv's long-range drone campaign inside Russia, alongside a sudden government reshuffle in Kyiv and the EU's latest sanctions package targeting Russian drone manufacturing. And in Gaza, we examine why a ceasefire in place since October has produced neither war nor peace, with continued Israeli strikes and an unfulfilled stabilization framework.