In today’s newsletter: Iran and Israel exchange attacks for the first time since the April ceasefire.Nithya Raman takes a narrow lead for second place over Spencer Pratt in the L.A.
mayoral race.And in a Southeast Asia fraud network, enslaved workers are forced to target Americans.
Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Here’s what to know today.Israel strikes Iranian military targets after Tehran launches attacks Add NBC News to GoogleIsrael strikes Iranian military targets hours after Tehran launched its own attacks08:11Israel and Iran exchanged a wave of attacks yesterday and this morning, threatening to tilt the Middle East back into all-out war with their first direct confrontation since the April ceasefire with the United States.This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.Sign up here to get it in your inbox.The Israeli air force hit military targets belonging to the “Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran” early Monday local time, the Israel Defense Forces said.The strikes happened hours after Iran launched missiles toward Israel after Israel hit the southern suburbs of Beirut in retaliation for alleged Hezbollah attacks.Oil prices surged this morning after the attacks.In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that both “Israel and Iran are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!”The president has repeatedly said that a deal to end the war is imminent, despite no such agreement materializing.Follow live updates on our blog.More on the Iran war:Exclusive: Trump said the U.S.
will work with Iran to retrieve and destroy its highly enriched uranium if they can make a deal — or, in the absence of an agreement, that he will further degrade the Iranian military to the point that American forces can safely collect the material on their own.The president also said the two sides are “very close” to signing a pact, but that he is pushing for Iran to go further ...