Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

Saudi Arabian military claims to hgave destroyed a Houthi drone just south of Mecca, House of Representatives holds third successful vote to end the war in Iran, Congressional Budget Office reports Iran war cost surpassed $38 billion as of August 1 and is projected to cost up to $3 billion monthly, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon speak out against the dangers of AI at Pro-Human Assembly in DC, UK pop act Ed Sheeran's American tour thrown into disarray yesterday after all four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore who was dropped from the tour for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

Iran-backed Houthis fire dozens of missiles and drones at military airbase in Saudi Arabia, fuel shortage in Yemen complicates mass exodus from the country as fighting escalates, government officials in Lithuania brief EU allies after NATO jets shoot down a drone in the country's airspace overnight, Israeli settlers attack elderly Palestinian man and his wife in the village of Abu Nujaym, Mahmoud Khalil and other pro-Palestinian student activists sue Columbia University for ignoring their harassment complaints, Supreme Court rejects President Trumps effort to restrict mail-in ballots in the midterms, co-founder of Anthropic says AI is showing signs of the risks that were previously "academic or theorized."

Government officials in Iran say 1 person was killed and 4 crew members wounded aboard an Iranian commercial vessel struck off the country's coast, Israeli culture minister moves to revoke the citizenship of 2 filmmakers for their documentary NAZA on the use of AI in Israel's attacks on Gaza, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels capture strategic islands in the Red Sea, Houthi attacks force the closure of Saudi Arabia's 745-mile east-west pipeline, train carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former CIA chief David Petraeus may have been the target of a Russian drone strike yesterday, President Trump urges Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting diesel facilities in Russia, Trump administration to announce the EPA will no longer limit the pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas.

Israeli forces blow up a tunnel under the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon government officials say was nerve center of Hezbollah's Badr regional division, new doc NAZA features 24 Israeli military insiders who say AI identifies potential Hamas targets and bombs their homes and apartments often knowing that families are inside, Iran-aligned Houthis seize control of Yemen's port city of Mocha and advance down the Red Sea coast, Al Jazeera reports that the wars the US launched in response to 9/11 killed 176,000 people in Afghanistan and 315,000 in Iraq.

Yemeni government blames Iran-backed Houthi fighters for an artillery attack that killed 3 children, Houthis vow to retaliate for what they claim were 54 Saudi airstrikes in a 12-hour period yesterday and 40 today, Israeli air strike kills 4 Palestinians from 1 family including their daughters ages 8 and 12 in Gaza, 6 months after authorities in Tunisia began arresting organizers of the pro-Palestine Global Sumud Flotilla 4 activists remain in pre-trial detention, President Donald Trump promises to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, the move would reportedly cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval.

Saudi Arabian warplanes carry out a series of air strikes across Yemen, Israeli forces and settlers kill 4 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to sue the Israeli newspaper Haaretz over a report he had received a warning from the UAE's President ahead of October 7, Iran's IRGC forces say they fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the US and attacked 10 ships after US military officials said soldiers destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers, Israel tells UK that it must close its consulate in East Jerusalem within 30 days in response to new sanctions from the UK, France and Canada, Republican John E. Sununu and Democratic congressman Chris Pappas win Senate primaries in New Hampshire, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticizes government response to 9/11.

Russia resumes attacks on Kyiv killing two people, Saudi Arabian government vows to retaliate against Yemen's Houthi militia after attacks by the group injure 73 civilians, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveils $232 million investment package for Greenland, Canada implements new tariffs matching President Trumps on an estimated $20 billion of US goods, Mamdani administration releases 170,000 pages of city records about the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Israeli strikes on the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Reman kill 11 people including 2 infants and 2 first responders, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visits the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya to decry settler violence against Palestinian-Americans, Israeli strike on a vehicle in Gaza City on Sunday kills 8-year-old Wafaa Alika and her father Youssef Alika, new head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council announces exclusion zone outside the Strait of Hormuz, the average price of regular gas sets Labor Day weekend record.

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 workers alive from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after floods devastated the region killing 300 people and leaving over 5,600 missing in Nepal and Tibet, new report from Reuters finds US strike Tuesday on Kuhestak, Iran that ripped through a wedding celebration killing five people including a 6-year-old boy and injuring at least 67 others most likely resulted from a direct hit by a US munition, Palestinian girl injured by Israeli gunfire in southern Gaza, iconic feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem dead at the age of 92.

Israeli troops fatally shoot 2 Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, IDF forces fire tear gas into a mosque in the occupied West Bank in the 13th attack on a mosque in the region so far this year, Iran's health minister confirms that 18 people were killed and 108 wounded in Tuesday night's US strikes across Iran including 4 civilians killed at a wedding, Iran retaliates with attacks on military bases in Kuwait and the UAE, EU considers new sanctions against Russia following failed Russian drone attack at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport last month, the Pentagon rolls out guidelines for a new mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for male service members 30 and older.

US attack on Iran reportedly kills 5 people and wounds 50 civilians at a wedding, Iran's IRGC Navy claims 2 oil tankers hit sea mines and were disabled while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz earlier today, Sen. Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Democratic nomination in Senate primary. Homeland Security secretary Markwayne Mullin says ICE officers could be deployed to polling sites across the country on election day.

Sixth day of Russian airstrikes in Kyiv reportedly kill 12 people, the death toll for last week's glacier collapse on the China-Nepal border surpasses 1,000 people, Iranian leaders call on the US to "return to its commitments," Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll resigns, Supreme Court rules that construction of President Trumps ballroom can continue, a Las Vegas jury convicts 63-year-old Duane Keffe D Davis of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon in the 1996 slaying of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur.

Combined deaths in Nepal and China from last week's flood surpass 900 with more than 4,700 people missing, US forces launch on attack Iran's Larak Island in first known strikes on Iran since late July, supertanker in Strait of Hormuz reportedly catches fire following attack by Iran's IRGC, Google Maps changes the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America for US users.

US approval of the war with Iran falls to its lowest level since the conflict's early days in new Reuters/Ipsos poll, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei says Iranian officials are drafting a list of conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, 3 members of a Gaza family reportedly killed in an Israeli drone attack this morning, death toll in Nepal following a landslide on the Nepal-China border rises to 489, President Trump directs the federal government to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, Karoline Leavitt strikes conciliatory tone as she addresses reporters for the last time as White House press secretary.

Palestinian ambassador to the UN Ryad Mansour says Israel has taken an irreversible step towards full-scale annexation of Palestinian territory, Israel is allegedly withholding the remains of 799 Palestinians, at least 168 people dead following a glacier collapse yesterday near the Nepal-China border, new lawsuits from over 20 Democratically controlled states challenge the Trump administrations efforts to more tightly control who gets to submit a ballot through the mail, Meta agrees to $18 billion settlement to resolve claims that Facebook and Instagram harmed children.

Israeli forces raid UN Training Centre in East Jerusalem, 7 Palestinians killed and 10 wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the last 24 hours, thousands of protesters break through security barricades in Patna, India demanding access to jobs, Canadian finance minister Francois Philippe Champagne rolls out new retaliatory tariffs on an estimated $20 billion worth of US goods, Darline Graham--sister of the late Senator Lindsay Graham--wins South Carolina Republican Senate primary, iconic country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton dies at the age of 80.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces new round of economic sanctions on Iran and its allies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims the Iranian government attempted to assassinate one of his sons, community groups in Gaza warn parents to stop their children from flying kites after Israel threatens to kill them, 50 percent tariffs that President Trump imposed on Canada this weekend could lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, U.S. Postal Service unveils new requirements for mail-in ballots, Supreme Court clears the way for President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting, South Carolina Republicans head to polls today to decide whether Darline Graham should serve out the remainder of her late brother's term.

Israeli airstrikes yesterday in the central Gaza Strip kill 3 people including a 4-year-old boy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expected to announce "economic D-Day" measures for Iran later today, Border Patrol detains the immigrant father of a US sailor who is a crew member aboard the beleaguered USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announces retaliatory tariffs on the US starting on Sept. 8.

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.

Russian ballistic missile attack this morning kills 14 people across Kyiv, Israeli strikes kill at least 10 Palestinians yesterday in attacks targeting a Gaza City police post and the Nuseirat refugee camp, Israeli soldiers accused of smuggling millions of dollars of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip, President Trump threatens Iranian allies, US gross national debt tops $40 trillion.

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.

Palestinian-American Loui Ridi whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers returns to his property, President Trump's special envoy for peace Jared Kushner claims that progress on Hamas disarmament could come within 30 days, vessel in the Strait of Hormuz suffers a crew casualty after being struck by an unknown projectile, Trump's approval rating drops to lowest level of his presidency in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, protests continue over construction at the Big Bend national park in southwest Texas.

Russian attack on Ukraine kills 2 people at a Kyiv steel plant and injures 3 people, Memorandum of Understanding signed in June by the US and Iran expires today, Israel's minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir says he believes 30 to 40 people should be killed in Gaza each night, newly sworn-in AG Todd Blanche refuses to say that he will always act independently of White House control.

Aircraft carrier the USS George Washington deployed to the Middle East following reports of supply shortages, water contamination, and deck safety concerns aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln following a rare 8-month deployment, settler violence continues in the occupied West Bank reportedly under the protection of the Israeli military, US Customs and Border Protection commissioner Rodney Scott denies reports that his agency is building a 30-foot wall at Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Revised death toll in Monday's 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia reaches 265 people with nearly 500 people unaccounted for, Colombian government authorizes joint military operations with the US to target drug traffickers, Iran war negotiations stalled as the President trades barbs on social media with Iranian leaders, stranded tanker off Omani coast has polluted an estimated 25 miles of the country's central coastline, Greenland authorities have force a US oil company tied to President Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to resign from role at the end of the month.

President Trump says US in "total control" of the Strait of Hormuz, 4 crew members and 2 rescue workers killed in an attack by the Iran-backed Houthi militant group in Yemen on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, U.S. military airstrikes in Yemen last year killed 153 civilians, at least 2 Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, Democrat David Crowley wins Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor defeating Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Colombia kills at least 164 people, President Trump responds to Iran's conditions for a peace deal with his own new set of demands, emergency workers and firefighters reportedly targeted in multiple Israeli drone attacks in Nabatieh, Lebanon, security officials in Israel are allegedly retaining the remains of an estimated 1,700 Palestinians, An Iranian assassination threat against President Trump as he planned to depart the NATO Summit reportedly prompted him to depart secretly on an alternate military aircraft, the President signs executive order scaling back the number of vaccinations US children receive.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects President Trump's 15-point Gaza peace plan, Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz approve new development in the Gaza Strip, Iran and Oman in "final stages" of agreement over the administration of the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stresses that the U.S. must meet several conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the Strait is reopened, President Trump's new White House counsel will be Will Scharf who helped secure approval for the $400 million ballroom project.

UN secretary general calls for immediate end to attacks on civilians in Russia-Ukraine war, BBC investigation finds Russia has seized over 34,000 properties belonging to Ukrainian citizens, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to sign a joint defense agreement today, Iran-backed Houthi forces kill at least 18 soldiers in attacks on who the group says are Saudi allies on Yemeni land, judge orders the Pentagon to lift freeze on reviewing proposed onshore wind projects, school for robots opens in China. From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

President Trump once again appears to threaten nuclear annihilation for Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says an agreement with Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz is in the final stage, 2 Israeli soldiers killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon, Israel resumes military strikes in southern Lebanon despite peace talks with Hezbollah, AIPAC plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to defeat Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Tennessee voters head to polls today in the first primary in the state since districts were redrawn to split votes cast by minority voters in Memphis.

President Trump tells Fox News his administration had "very good discussions" with Iran during all-day negotiations yesterday despite Iranian leaders continuing to deny any talks with the US are happening, 17 people killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, 2 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours as Israeli forces open fire in several areas across Gaza, Democratic Senate race between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens still too close to call as Michigan primary voters head to the polls.

Mass funeral held in Gaza for 112 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered after nearly three years under the rubble, President Trump said diplomatic talks with Iran were underway yesterday even as Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said no negotiations with the US were taking place and no meetings were scheduled, Iran halts retaliatory attack on Ukraine after government officials apologize, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls for "united action" on border security after tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco arrived in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week.

President Donald Trump tells reporters diplomatic talks with Iran will resume today but Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says that no negotiations are taking place, Al Jazeera reports that Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians in Gaza since Fridays US brokered peace agreement reportedly agreed to by Hamas leaders on Friday, 2 workers who died in a shopping mall explosion that followed a powerful earthquake in Japan last week were reportedly asked by their boss to re-enter the building to secure cash, roughly 60,000 people ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten the city of Spokane, Washington.

President Trump says talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza between Israel and Palestine, roughly two-thirds of US adults say the war with Iran has not been worthwhile according to a new poll, the Senate narrowly rejects an effort to limit the President's Iran war powers, an estimated 49,000 people arrive in the Spanish enclave of Cueta from Morocco in a single day with at least 19 dead bodies found in the water according to Reuters, Christine Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, called for justice for her son at the National Urban League Annual Conference in Nashville yesterday.

US attack on a residential building on Qeshm Island kills a couple and their two-year-old child according to Iranian state media as the US strikes what Central Command describes as "dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard targets in Iran," Russian attack on Ukraine kills 8 people, overnight Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip kill six people, Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads the fifth in testimony before Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Israeli bombs Gaza City mosque as "yellow line" demarcating the boundary of occupied territory in the West Bank continues to expand, US and Saudi Arabia confirm they carried out joint strikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, Iranian military says its forces fired missiles at American military targets across the region, Iran to receive its first shipment of up to 400 shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers from China within the next few weeks, President Trump delivers eulogy at Sen. Lindsay Graham's funeral.

President Trump says "you can't bribe" Iranian leaders as the US holds off on attacks for the 3rd day, Saudi Arabian officials say the country's military shot down drones launched from Iraq by Iran-backed armed groups, Iran-backed Houthi allies in Yemen say they have targeted the East-West Pipeline carrying oil to Saudi Arabia's main Red Sea port, Iranian officials say Bushehr Airport along with 12 bridges and two tunnels targeted in last week's US strikes, 1 in 3 Americans support the war on Iran according to new Reuters/Ipsos poll including only 5 percent of Democrats, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington for the funeral of Sen. Lindsay Graham.

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.

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City yesterday kill 2 people, 4 Palestinians killed and several others wounded after Israeli settlers storm the village of Tell, Israeli forces kill two young men in Beit Furik, 13th consecutive night of US air strikes against Iran, New UK premier Andy Burnham announced 20% tax cut for pubs and live music venues, Trump administration imposes tariffs of roughly 10% on goods from more than 80 countries.

Ousted Venezuelan president Nicols Maduro appears in federal court in New York City, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked 2 Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, US intelligence analysts seek answers over whether Russia is providing targeting information or advanced drone technology to Iran, wildfires continue to spread across parts of France, Spain, and Italy.

Israeli forces appear to depart the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh following US-brokered peace talks, President Trump vows to help Lebanon "a lot" in Oval Office meeting with Lebanese President Aoun, US completes 10th night of airstrikes across Iran with Iranian forces retaliating in attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, Trump administration reaches nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, France's parliament approves ban on social media for anyone under the age of 15, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota over concerns of what he describes as "suspected fraud and noncompliance."

Iranian leaders indicate they are open to peace talks as US completes 10th night of airstrikes across the country, Andy Burnham sworn in as new UK prime minister, Rev. Al Sharpton offers a $50,000 reward for any new information about 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells's death, Tyler Perry matches it.

US and Iran continue to trade strikes, US Central Command confirms three deaths of US service members in the past four days, Ukraine launches 400 drones at Moscow in retribution for weekend strikes, Vice President Vance's wife gives birth, Spain wins World Cup.

US and Iran continue to trade strikes, ICE will continue to conduct traffic stops despite temporarily suspending the tactic earlier this week, the ex-wife of ICE agent David Brouillette in Biddeford, Maine who fatally shot Johan Sebastin Durn Guerrero on July 11 says Brouillette told her to lie to authorities about his past, the President lashes out at two TV networks in prime time address over alleged election interference in the 2020 election, dense smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to cloud the air across the US.

US and Iran continue to trade strikes, Israel and Lebanon conclude new round of US-brokered peace negotiations in Rome, Ukraine and the EU have agreed to what they call a "drone deal," Healthcare workers in the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC go on strike over no pay, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces mandatory testosterone testing for all military personnel over 30.

US and Iran continue to trade strikes, President Trump vows to strike Iranian power plants and bridges next week, UN calls for the release of 15 Palestinian doctors from Gaza currently in Israeli detention, WHO reports more than 50 percent of funding needed to fight Ebola outbreak in DRC, protests continue for ICE agent killing of Columbian immigrant Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine.

Saudi Arabia allegedly strikes Sanaa International Airport in Iran-backed Yemen, US and Iran continue to trade strikes, President Trump says he want to impose a US toll on the Strait of Hormuz, ICE agents kill a Columbian immigrant in Maine, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appoints Grahams younger sister Darline Graham Nordone to his senate seat.

US and Iran continue to trade strikes, 10,000 deaths reportedly caused from last month's heat wave in Europe, Sen. Lindsay Graham dies at the age of 71.

Attacks between the US and Iran appear to subside following two days of trading strikes, Israel continues to attack Lebanon despite a ceasefire, DHS spokeswoman reveals that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo--a 52-year-old Mexican immigrant shot and killed by an ICE official in Texas on Tuesday--was not the intended target of the operation, former Olympic canoe racer David Hearn pleads not guilty yesterday to damaging the reflecting pool.

Attacks resume between the US and Iran as President Donald Trump calls peace talks a waste of time, Amnesty International accuses Israel of war crimes in Lebanon, a French judge clears the way for far-right politician Marine Le Pen to once again run for the presidency, ICE kills a Mexican construction worker in Texas, Maine US Senate primary winner Graham Platner drops out of the race amidst rape allegations.