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President Donald Trump said two U.S. Army aviators "got very lucky" after an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was downed by Iran over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The US has carried out earlier strikes on Iranian sites and targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.

Trump ordered new attacks on multiple Iranian targets on Wednesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the administration was trying to negotiate with bombs to enhance its diplomatic position with Iran. President Donald Trump said two U.S. Army aviators “got very lucky” after an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was downed by Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. The crew members were retrieved by a remotely piloted Navy surface drone, in what Trump and military officials described as the first operation of its kind.


The Strait of Hormuz is closed after new US air strikes on Iran. President Donald Trump said two U.S. Army aviators "got very lucky" after an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was downed by Iran over the Strait ofHormuz.

Trump ordered new attacks on multiple Iranian targets on Wednesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the administration was trying to negotiate with bombs to enhance its diplomatic position with Iran. President Donald Trump said two U.S. Army aviators “got very lucky” after an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was downed by Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. The crew members were retrieved by a remotely piloted Navy surface drone, in what Trump and military officials described as the first operation of its kind.


Sea surface temperatures in the central and tropical Pacific have passed the 0.5C-above-average threshold that US scientists use to define an El Niño event. The tropical Pacific has warmed by +0.81 degrees.

El Niño conditions are now under way in the tropical Pacific Ocean, with sea surface temperatures rising sharply in recent months. NOAA predicts a "very strong" El Niño from November 2026 through January 2027. It could be among the strongest ever recorded and bring droughts, heavy rainfall events and heat waves. The pattern is also expected to reduce hurricane activity in the Atlantic and bring milder winter for millions of Americans. Some models show it will be on par with the previous seven very strong events since 1950.


Healey resigned and wrote a scathing letter about the defence investment plan (DIP), which had been due this week but is now delayed. Military leaders have stressed that the plan is needed to meet the rising threat level at a time of frequent Russian incursions into British waters.

John Healey quit as U.K. Defense Secretary on Thursday, saying the government is unwilling to spend enough on the military at a time of "rising threats". The resignation dealt another blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is already facing demands from Labour colleagues to step down. Healey told Starmer in a letter that the government’s Defense Investment Plan falls “well short of what is required at this dangerous time” Publication of the plan has been delayed amid reports of disagreement between the defense ministry and the Treasury.


Karmelo Anthony, 19, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Austin Metcalf, 17, at a track meet in Frisco, Texas on April 2, 2025.

Karmelo Anthony, 19, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Austin Metcalf, 17, at a track meet in Frisco, Texas, last year. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. The jury deliberated for two hours and 20 minutes late Tuesday morning. It was raining on the day of the April 2, 2025, incident. Witnesses called by the prosecution said Anthony provoked the altercation that led to the fatal stabbing. Friends testified that Anthony had sat uninvited in the bleachers under the tent reserved for Memorial High School.


US Central Command said the ship, Marivex, had violated its blockade of Iranian ports and a "precision munition" was fired into the ship after the crew failed to comply with US instructions. The incidents have highlighted the growing risks faced by Indian seafarers as the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz disrupts one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes

Turkey's foreign minister Hakan Fidan has called on the United States and Iran to halt their mutual attacks. Pakistan is "deeply concerned" by the recent escalation in the Middle East. Three Indian sailors have died in a US military operation to halt a tanker off Oman as part of Washington's blockade of Iran. On Tuesday, three Indian seafarers were killed after a US strike on the oil tanker Settebello off Oman’s coast. A US warplane fired on and disabled a tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was attempting to transport oil from Iran in violation of a US blockade. The two sides traded air attacks earlier this week after the downing of a U.S. military helicopter.


The new world screwworm (NWS) is a flesh-eating fly that poses a major threat to livestock in the United States after 60 years. The USDA modified their list of species not permitted to enter Mexico amid the confirmation of New World Screworm cases in the U.S. There were six confirmed reports of the pest in Texas and New Mexico as

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than half a century. Texas is home to $17 billion worth of cattle, making it the industry’s No. 1 state. The USDA predicts that an outbreak could cost the Texas economy $1.8 billion in losses. It was previously declared eradicated in the US in 1966. The flies were detected in Mexico late in 2024 after years of being contained at the southern end of Panama. They lay their eggs in animals' open wounds and burrow into their flesh.


Police in Belfast used water cannon to disperse far-right protesters during a second night of unrest triggered by a knife attack involving a Sudanese refugee on Monday. The victim, in his 40s, has lost an eye and remains in the hospital in serious condition with injuries to his face, neck and back.

Bus and train services in Northern Ireland are due to terminate early this evening. Translink said there would be no metro or bus departures in Belfast after 5.30 pm. Last rail services will end at 8.15 pm from the city’s Grand Central Station. A 30-year-old man of Sudanese origin attempted to decapitate a neighbor in north Belfast with a kitchen knife on Monday night. The victim, in his 40s, has lost an eye and remains in the hospital in serious condition. The attacker had flown from Sudan to Paris, then to Dublin, and from there traveled by bus to Belfast where he arrived in February 2023.


President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are meeting at the White House on Tuesday as the deadline nears for Congress to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Bill Pulte's appointment as acting director of national intelligence slows efforts on Capitol Hill to renew the controversial spy program by end of day Friday.

Bill Pulte was appointed last week as acting director of national intelligence. He is the grandson of William J. Pultes, the billionaire founder of homebuilding company. The appointment has thrown a wrench into negotiations over Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires on Friday. Democrats and some Republicans are digging in over President Donald Trump’s decision to install Bill Pompe as the new DNI. They say he's not qualified for the job because he has no background in national security.


Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire on Friday. A warrant requirement is the most important reform for Section 702.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires on Friday at midnight. The House will vote on a short-term extension today, but it'll fall short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. President Trump upended a bipartisan compromise to renew Section 702 for three years when he announced his appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. He has no national security experience and was accused of making false statements during his tenure at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.


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