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World in Brief: America and Iran ramp up attacks
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Even as President Donald Trump boasts the U.S. "demolished" the Iranian military, Iran is continuing to flex its muscles having struck and damaged at least three American bases in the Middle East since the resumption of hostilities with the U.
The United States began a new round of airstrikes early Monday targeting Iran after announcing the death of another American service member, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel.
CBS News reports the speech will touch on previously unreported allegations of Chinese meddling in U.S. elections.
In many ways it was already the ceasefire that never was. But with the United States and Iran claiming to have hit dozens of targets each with air, drone and missile strikes in the past 48 hours, it’s increasingly hard to see how to see where this goes next.
The United States has intensified its strikes targeting Iran, hitting targets further north. American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic.
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Trump says US ready to hit Iran ‘very hard’ as tensions escalate over Strait of Hormuz: report
President Donald Trump reportedly said the U.S. is prepared to hit Iran “very hard” tonight and tomorrow as tensions escalate over the Strait of Hormuz, naming Pickaxe Mountain as a possible target for a “nice big fat shot.
Senior US military commanders bypassed warnings in critical databases that intelligence about potential targets in Iran was severely out of date and approved some strikes — including one that hit a school,
The United States has expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran by hitting more bridges and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port.
The US has denied Iranian accusations that it hit civilian infrastructure in the latest wave of air strikes since peace talks collapsed. Iran's state media and provincial authorities said bridges, a train station and an airport were hit.
