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• Iran-U.S. war chokes key shipping lane and threatens global cargo industry

  02-03-2026 23:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The war in Iran is choking off a key shipping route in the global supply chain, potentially leading to massive delays in the flow of goods to American consumers
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Israel launches new attacks on Tehran and Beirut as Iran closes critical Strait of Hormuz

  02-03-2026 22:16
  Earlier, Donald Trump laid out US objectives, saying mission could go on for four-five weeks, adding US has ‘capability to go far longer’What is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?Have you been affected by events in the Middle East?Bahrain has said that one person was killed by shrapnel from an intercepted missile. The death of a foreign worker at Salman Industrial City, working on a boat there, marks the kingdom’s first reported fatality in the war.Bahrain, hom
  
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• Australia politics live: RBA says war ‘supply shock’ could add to inflation; Coalition claims mosques mourning ayatollah may breach new laws

  02-03-2026 22:16
  PM tells ABC’s 7.30 that the late Iranian leader should not be mourned. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment takes conflict ‘a day at a time’Moving across to ABC News Breakfast, Richard Marles say the government is taking the conflict in the Middle East – and its economic consequences – a day at a time.It sounds trite, but you literally kind of have to take this at a day at a time. It is very difficult t
  
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• Sixth American service member killed in Iran operation

  02-03-2026 22:15
  US military also says three US fighter jets were shot down over in ‘friendly fire’ incident, all six crew members survivedUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSix US service members have been killed in the US military operations against Iran, the US Central Command said on Monday afternoon. The announcement comes one day after the military confirmed the deaths of three US service members on Sunday, whic
  
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• Trump refuses to rule out US boots on the ground in Iran; six service members killed in conflict, military says – US politics live

  02-03-2026 22:14
  Trump says the US is already ‘substantially ahead’ of its time projections after telling New York Post, ‘I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground’Hegseth says US won’t get ‘bogged down’ in IranWhat is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?Sign up for Breaking US News email alertsWhile speaking today, Pete Hegseth acknowledged the fourth US service member killed in Iran’s counterattacks.“War is hell and alwa
  
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• Trump neck rash from ‘preventative’ skin treatment, White House says

  02-03-2026 22:07
  President using ‘very common cream’, personal doctor Sean Barbarella says without giving detailsDonald Trump was seen with a rash on the side of his neck during the Medal of Honor Ceremony on Monday, fueling more speculation about the state of the president’s health.In a statement, Trump’s personal doctor said that the rash was caused by a cream that the president was using as a “preventative skin treatment.” Continue reading...
  
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• Commanders pay $1m settlement over claims former ownership lied to team’s fans

  02-03-2026 21:47
  Team previously beset by sexual misconduct claimsTeam was sold to new ownership in 2023The Washington Commanders have agreed to pay $1m to the District of Columbia to settle a lawsuit from 2022 that alleged the team’s previous owners lied to fans about an inquiry into sexual misconduct and a persistently hostile work environment.
  DC attorney general Brian L Schwalb announced the settlement on Monday.Dan Snyder owned the team at the time of the lawsuit, before selling to Josh Harris’s
  
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• Rectal cancer rates are rising in U.S., driving an increase in illness in younger adults

  02-03-2026 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  A rise in rectal cancer rates is driving an increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses in people younger than 65, according to a report published Monday from the American Cancer Society.
  
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• WATCH: Actor Awards highlights

  02-03-2026 21:34 via abcnews.com
  With 13 days until the Oscars, Michael B. Jordan wins big as the cast of “Sinners” takes home the top prize at the Actor Awards.
  
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• Anthropic’s AI model Claude gets popularity boost after US military feud

  02-03-2026 21:31
  Claude climbs to top of app store charts in US and UK after being blacklisted by Pentagon over ethics concernsThe AI model Claude has surged in popularity after being blacklisted by the Pentagon last week over ethics concerns.Claude climbed to the No 1 spot on Apple’s chart of top free apps on Saturday in the US – dethroning OpenAI’s ChatGPT, just one day after the Pentagon tapped OpenAI to supply AI to classified military networks. The bot’s app climbed the iPhone app ch
  
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• Starmer vows to avoid ‘mistakes of Iraq’ that have haunted Labour for decades

  02-03-2026 21:26
  Prime minister does not believe US has a plan beyond ‘shock and awe’ stage, as some MPs dread what lies ahead• US-Israel war on Iran – live updates• What we know so far on day three of the Iran war• A visual guide to strikes on Iran and Tehran’s responseTony Blair’s support for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 has long loomed like a spectre over the Labour party.It was present in 2013 when Ed Miliband as opposition leader voted to block UK military act
  
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• Alysa Liu on 2030 Olympics, Laufey and being recognized

  02-03-2026 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  Olympic figure skating gold medalist Alysa Liu stopped by to answer rapid fire questions, from competing in the 2030 Olympics to her favorite Laufey song.
  
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• Iran’s Shahed drones have brought terror to the skies over Ukraine – now they are being deployed in the Middle East

  02-03-2026 21:16
  Bulky and noisy Iran-made unmanned attack drones have hit buildings in Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE and elsewhere US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesA visual guide strikes on Iran and Tehran’s responseIran’s noisy $50,000 delta-winged Shahed 136 drones have long been an unwanted sight over the skies of Ukraine.Now, over the last 48 hours, hundreds of the distinctive weapons have struck Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE and across the Gulf as Tehran tries to intimidate and impose costs on regio
  
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• Jesse Jackson returns to South Carolina to be honored by his home state: ‘He freed us all’

  02-03-2026 21:14
  Civil rights leader will get final full honors from state where, in 1960, he led Black students into segregated libraryAfter a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev Jesse Jackson Sr is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina capitol on Monday.The final full honors from the state where he was born is a far cry from his childhood in segregated Greenville, where in 1960 he couldn’t go inside the local library’s much better-funded whites-only
  
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• WATCH: AI supported US targeting in Iran strikes, expert says

  02-03-2026 21:10 via abcnews.com
  Axios senior AI reporter Madison Mills breaks down how Anthropic’s Claude AI was used for intelligence analysis and targeting in Operation Epic Fury.
  
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• Police release names of victims in Austin bar shooting

  02-03-2026 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  Law enforcement released the names of the two victims killed in a shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas, and said that one person who was hospitalized may be taken off life support. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson reports on what is known so far about the gunman and the motive.
  
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• Trump says Iran war to last four to five weeks but could go ‘far longer’

  02-03-2026 20:55
  President says he ordered attacks to thwart Tehran nuclear aims – and abruptly pivots to talk up White House ballroomUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesDonald Trump has laid out four goals in Iran and said the US campaign had been projected to last four to five weeks but could “go far longer than that”.On Monday the US president offered his most extensive comments yet about the war, going beyond two video messages and a series of brief phone interviews with reporters tha
  
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• Thousands of flights cancelled as world faces worst travel chaos since Covid crisis

  02-03-2026 20:41
  Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on IranUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThousands more flights were cancelled on Monday as the turmoil in global air travel caused by the US-Israel war on Iran continued, with hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.Gulf airports and airlines have suspended normal operations until at least 10.00 GMT on Tuesday. However
  
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• France to increase nuclear arsenal and European weapons cooperation, Macron says

  02-03-2026 20:41
  French president says Paris could deploy nuclear-capable fighter jet to countries such as Germany and PolandFrance will increase the size of its nuclear arsenal for the first time in decades and significantly intensify nuclear weapons cooperation with eight European allies including the UK as part of a “major” strengthening of its deterrence doctrine, Emmanuel Macron has said.Amid growing concern among European leaders about wavering US commitments to help defend the continent, the F
  
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• Mahmood’s move to make asylum temporary ‘may undermine refugee convention’

  02-03-2026 20:31
  Law Society says home secretary’s review of refugee status after 30 months is in tension with UK’s legal obligationsShabana Mahmood’s decision to tell every person applying for asylum from Monday that their status is temporary could undermine the refugee convention, the Law Society has said.The body representing solicitors in England and Wales said the home secretary’s move to review every refugee’s status after 30 months was “in tension” with the UK&rsq
  
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• Men almost twice as likely as women to earn high salaries in ‘reality check’ on Australia’s gender pay gap

  02-03-2026 20:29
  Workplace Gender Equality Agency report shows a slight increase in number of women in highly paid roles, which are still dominated by menFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMen are nearly twice as likely as women to be making $220,000 a year, with minimal progress made on closing Australia’s gender pay gap in the past 12 months.The federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published its ge
  
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• Iran live updates: US 'very nearly under threat,' Trump says

  02-03-2026 20:17 via abcnews.com
  The U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on Saturday, officials said. 
  
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• ‘Degrading and humiliating’ strip-searches should be banned in Australian prisons, advocates say

  02-03-2026 20:00
  Human Rights Law Centre analysis finds more than 15,000 strip-searches are conducted on average each month, but just 0.58% result in contraband being foundFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStrip-searches were almost “routine” during Sara’s incarceration in a Melbourne women’s prison more than eight years ago. A survivor of sexual abuse, she found being ordered to strip naked by guards deeply di
  
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• Iran wasn't preparing to launch preemptive strike, WH told congressional staff

  02-03-2026 19:49 via abcnews.com
  Trump admin officials told congressional staff in briefings that U.S. intel did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against U.S. interests.
  
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• What Is Trump’s Endgame For War In Iran?

  02-03-2026 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Trump says he took the “last best chance” to hit Iran.
  
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• Maritime insurers cancel war risk cover in Gulf as Iran conflict disrupts shipping

  02-03-2026 19:31
  Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed and vessels rerouted, sending some freight costs surgingUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesLeading maritime insurers have cancelled war risk cover for vessels operating in the Gulf as the escalating Iran conflict disrupted shipping and sent some freight costs surging.At least 150 vessels including oil and liquefied natural gas tankers have dropped anchor in the strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters, and at least three tankers were damaged and one s
  
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• UK firms in Middle East face heightened threat from Iran hackers, agency warns

  02-03-2026 19:27
  National Cyber Security Centre urges increased vigilance over risk of indirect attack by hacktivists amid conflictUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesUK businesses with a presence in the Middle East have been urged to step up vigilance against cyber threats from Iran after US-Israeli attacks.The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said there was “almost certainly” a heightened risk of an indirect cyber threat for organisations that had offices, or supply chains, in the Middle
  
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• US Embassy urges Americans in Iraq to shelter in place until further notice

  02-03-2026 19:19 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Monday urged Americans in Iraq to shelter in place until further notice, citing heightened security threats across the country.In an alert, the embassy advised U.S. citizens to exercise increased caution, avoid crowds and keep a low profile amid ongoing riots and demonstrations against the United States following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It said protests, particularly near the July 14th Bridge in Baghdad, have turned violent, prompti
  
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• Judge adjourns Paris trial of Islam scholar accused of raping three women

  02-03-2026 19:08
  Former Oxford professor Tariq Ramadan did not appear in court as he was in a Geneva hospital, according to lawyersThe prominent Swiss academic and Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan has not appeared in court for the first day of his trial in Paris on charges of raping three women in France between 2009 and 2016.The head judge in the case adjourned proceedings until Wednesday and ordered a medical report on Ramadan’s health, after his lawyers said he was in hospital in Geneva because of his multip
  
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• Jacinta Allan says planned work-from-home law would affect all Victorian businesses

  02-03-2026 19:00
  Small employers won’t be exempt from proposed legislation designed to allow offsite working two days a weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAll employers will be affected by the Victorian government’s plan to legislate a right to work from home two days week, with Jacinta Allan to confirm there will be no exemptions for small businesses.It comes as cabinet met on Monday to greenlight the plan – a ke
  
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• Hezbollah said to have launched drone that struck UK RAF airbase in Cyprus

  02-03-2026 18:40
  Two more drones intercepted on Monday, authorities say, in what appears to be sustained targeting of baseUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesA one-way attack drone – said to have been launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah – struck the UK’s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus at about midnight on Sunday, prompting a partial evacuation of the military facility.Two more drones were successfully intercepted on Monday morning, the Cypriot authorities said, as part of what appears to b
  
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• BrewDog bought by US cannabis and drinks firm for £33m, costing nearly 500 jobs

  02-03-2026 18:34
  Many early-stage crowdfunders left empty-handed as Tilray acquires beer company’s UK and Irish assetsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK and Irish assets of BrewDog, the Scottish self-styled “punk” brewer, have been sold to the US cannabis and drinks firm Tilray for £33m, in a deal that will cost nearly 500 jobs and leave legions of the company’s early-stage crowdfunders empty-handed.Tilray agreed a deal to buy BrewDog’s brand, intellectual property, UK
  
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• France to increase its number of nuclear warheads, Macron says – as it happened

  02-03-2026 18:16
  French president says deterrent needs to be ‘strengthened’ in recognition ofnew challengesA Cypriot government spokesperson has just confirmed that two unmanned drones headed to RAF Akrotiri were intercepted before reaching the base.“Two unmanned aerial vehicles that were moving towards the direction of the British Bases at Akrotiri were confronted in time,” Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump updates on 'large scale combat operations' in Iran

  02-03-2026 18:14 via nbcnews.com
  President Trump says the U.S. is continuing to carry out “large scale” operations in Iran to eliminate the “grave threats” that the regime poses to America.
  
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• They flew to Dubai for a romantic anniversary getaway. Then the bombing started.

  02-03-2026 17:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  An American couple who flew to Dubai have been stranded after Iran retaliated to attacks by the U.S. and Israel by striking its neighbors like the UAE.
  
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• Israeli minister outlines Iran mission goals, says Iranian people now have chance to ‘regain their freedom'

  02-03-2026 17:32 via foxnews.com
  
  An Israeli official tells Fox News Digital that the U.S.-Israeli mission in Iran has two main goals that may provide an opportunity to change the course of the future of the Middle East as their military forces continue to pummel the Iranian regime.Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said in an interview on Monday that the first of the two goals is to remove existential threats such as Iran’s ballistic missiles that were rapidly being repaired following last year’s Op
  
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• Video shows Iranian missile strike building in Israel

  02-03-2026 16:57 via nbcnews.com
  Video shows Iranian missile strike building in Israel
  
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• Sydney to get its first new inner-city suburb in decades as Glebe Island becomes Bays West

  02-03-2026 16:53
  ‘City-shaping’ transformation of industrial precinct to include more than 8,500 new homes and public waterfront accessFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney will get its first new inner city suburb – known as Bays West – in decades, giving public waterfront access to Glebe Island for the first time in more than 100 years alongside 8,500 new homes.The New South Wales government on Tuesday anno
  
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• WATCH: 3 American fighter jets shot down by friendly fire

  02-03-2026 16:41 via abcnews.com
  New video shows American F-15s falling from the sky in Kuwait. The crew members ejecting safely, the U.S. said.
  
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• Zendaya and Tom Holland are reportedly married, according to her stylist

  02-03-2026 16:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  One of the most highly anticipated celebrity weddings might have already happened
  
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• Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran

  02-03-2026 15:52
  Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli actionUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesWhat we know so far on day three of the Iran warSpain has denied the US permission to use jointly operated military bases on its territory to attack Iran as Madrid stepped up its criticism of the “unjustified and dangerous military intervention”.Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has explicitl
  
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• U.S. expects 'additional losses' in Operation Epic Fury

  02-03-2026 15:11 via nbcnews.com
  U.S. expects 'additional losses' in Operation Epic Fury
  
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• Hegseth on conflict with Iran: 'We are finishing it'

  02-03-2026 14:39 via nbcnews.com
  Hegseth on conflict with Iran: 'We are finishing it'
  
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• Search for motive ongoing after Austin bar shooting left 2 dead

  02-03-2026 14:06 via abcnews.com
  A suspect allegedly opened fire at about 2 a.m. on Sunday in the Texas capital.
  
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• Civilians killed by strikes in Iran and Israel

  02-03-2026 14:01 via nbcnews.com
  Civilians killed by strikes in Iran and Israel
  
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• WATCH: 6-year-old son helps father coach hoops team

  02-03-2026 13:24 via abcnews.com
  ABC News' Danny New talks to a 6-year-old boy who's becoming famous on social media by assisting his father in coaching a high school basketball team.
  
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• Israel strikes Lebanon after Hezbollah fires missiles

  02-03-2026 12:27 via nbcnews.com
  Israel strikes Lebanon after Hezbollah fires missiles
  
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• WATCH: Urgent rescue after hot air balloon crash

  02-03-2026 12:22 via abcnews.com
  ABC News' Hannah Battah reports on a sky-high rescue in Northeast Texas after a hot air balloon got caught in a communications tower.
  
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• Video shows U.S. warplane crashing in Kuwait

  02-03-2026 10:20 via nbcnews.com
  Video shows U.S. warplane crashing in Kuwait
  
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• U.S. military releases video of strikes on Iran

  02-03-2026 09:43 via nbcnews.com
  U.S. military releases video of strikes on Iran
  
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