European natural-gas prices extended gains after top LNG exporter Qatar halted production at a key plant and declared force majeure on shipments.
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Transfer rumors, news: Wrexham want Robertson if Premier League dream succeeds
Liverpool left back Andy Robertson is on the agenda of Wrexham if they seal a place in the Premier League, while Liverpool have turned their attention to signing RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.
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TRENDING RUMORS
– Wrexham are looking to push for promotion to the Premier League — they are currently sitting in six place to seal a spot in the end-of-season Championship playoffs — and will look to sign Liverpool left back Andy Robertson and Fulham attacking midfielder Harry Wilson as free agents if do, according to TEAMtalk. The team owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac could seal an unprecedented fourth consecutive promotion, which would see their spending power increase with a place in the top flight. And, as such, their targets will increase.
– Liverpool want to bring in RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande, amid concerns over the future of Mohamed Salah, says Sky Sports Germany. The Reds’ priority is to land Michael Olise from Bayern Munich, but a deal would be complicated to pull off and Bayern want to extend the 24-year-old’s contract beyond 2029. Diomande, 19, could be available for around €80 million, but has also been linked with Arsenal, Manchester United and Bayern.
– Manchester United are the most prominent club trying to sign Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimarães, according to TEAMtalk. The Magpies are actively looking to extend the 28-year-old’s contract past its current expiration of 2028, but the Red Devils see him as a possible replacement for Brazil teammate Casemiro. A move to sign Guimaraes could require close to £100 million, while there will also be competition from Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
– Manchester City have joined United in the race to sign Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, but Rodri‘s future will play a large part in whether or not City can sign him, according to The Sun. Real Madrid are watching Rodri’s situation closely, especially as the 29-year-old’s contract expires in the summer of 2027. However, Sport claims that Los Blancos are not currently interested in the Spain international due to his contract situation, injury record and the requirement of at least €60 million to sign him.
– Juventus are looking at free-agent midfielders for the summer, while they also aim to sign a partner for Dusan Vlahovic if they can renew the striker’s contract, a goalkeeper, a center back and a full back, reports Tuttosport. The two priority midfielders are Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka, although there is competition from Internazionale and Arsenal for the latter, and they are also looking at Al Ahli‘s Franck Kessié and RB Leipzig’s Xaver Schlager. TEAMtalk says that Juve are more likely to let Jonathan David leave this summer if they can convince Vlahovic to sign new terms.
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OTHER RUMORS
– Juventus midfielder Khephren Thuram, 24, has seen interest from Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United. (Caught Offside)
– Liverpool could let Mohamed Salah leave this summer, with Saudi Pro League clubs readying offers for the winger. (Football Insider)
– Napoli and Manchester United are interested in Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes. (Nicolo Schira)
– Juventus are following Wolves midfielder Andre and are continuing negotiations with AFC Bournemouth center back Marcos Senesi, whose contract expires in June. (Calciomercato)
– Juventus have plans to overhaul their goalkeeper department, with third-choice Carlo Pinsoglio the only player certain to be there after this summer. Atalanta’s Marco Carnesecchi is their favored option, but it would take €35 million to sign the 25-year-old; Tottenham Hotspur’s Guglielmo Vicario is a more realistic option but they would also consider Alisson Becker if he leaves Liverpool or Fiorentina’s David de Gea. (Gazzetta dello Sport)
– Hamburg want to sign Fabio Vieira permanently from Arsenal but can’t afford the €20 million option in the attacking midfielder’s loan, so they are hoping to negotiate down to around €10 million-€12 million. (Bild)
– Bayer Leverkusen will exercise their option to re-sign FC Salzburg winger Kerim Alajbegovic, with Juventus, AC Milan and Bayern Munich among the clubs who want to sign the 18-year-old. (Gazzetta dello Sport)
– AC Milan want Corinthians midfielder Andre and could let Youssouf Fofana leave if they sign the 19-year-old, with the Frenchman being the topic of interest from Galatasaray and Premier League clubs. (Calciomercato)
– Grischa Promel has officially informed Hoffenheim that he will leave as a free agent in the summer, and the midfielder will join Stuttgart. (Florian Plettenberg)
– Manchester City have completed all of the formal steps to sign 16-year-old midfielder Keir McMeekin from Hearts. (Fabrizio Romano)
– Real Madrid could replace manager Alvaro Arbeloa with AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri ahead of next season. (Corriere dello Sport)
– Former Tottenham boss Thomas Frank could replace the departing Oliver Glasner at Crystal Palace this summer. (Sun)
Canada and Australia leaders urge war de-escalation, but agree Iran can’t get nuclear weapons
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Canadian and Australian prime ministers on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the Iran war but added the Iranians must never gain a nuclear weapon.
Canada’s Mark Carney and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese discussed the war during their meeting in Australia’s capital, Canberra.
The meeting came after news that a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean and Turkey said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkey’s airspace.
“We want to see a broader de-escalation of these hostilities with a broader group of countries than just the direct belligerents involved,” Carney said at a press conference with Albanese.
“We stress that that cannot be achieved unless we’re in a position that Iran’s ability to acquire a nuclear weapon, develop a nuclear weapon, and to export terrorism, is ended. So that process must lead to those outcomes,” Carney added.
He said the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which were “showing tremendous restraint,” should become involved in the de-escalation process.
Albanese said: “The world wants to see a de-escalation and wants to see Iran cease to spread the destinations of its attacks.”
“We’re seeing Gulf states, that have not been involved, attacked across the board, including the attacks on civilian and tourist areas as well. But we also want to see the objectives achieved. I want to see the possibility of Iran getting a nuclear weapon removed once and for all,” Albanese said.
Questioned by a reporter, Carney could not rule out the Canadian military ever becoming involved in the conflict.
“You’ve asked a fundamental hypothetical in a conflict that can spread very broadly,” Carney said.
“So one can never categorically rule out participation. We will stand by our allies when it makes sense,” he added.
Carney is in Australia on a trade-focused, three-nation visit that began in India last week. He addressed the Australian Parliament on Thursday and will fly to Japan on Friday.
Vehicle fire shuts down portion of I-25 near the New Mexico-Colorado state line
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A vehicle fire has shut down a portion of I-25, causing major traffic problems near the New Mexico-Colorado state line. A viewer sent KRQE News 13 video showing the incident along the northbound lanes at Raton Pass. The Colfax County Sheriff’s Office also posted a photo showing a burned semi truck near […]
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Vegas Un Alive Festival 2026 Announces Lineup Featuring DECREPIT BIRTH, THE CONVALESCENCE, CASKET ROBBERY & More
Las Vegas is about to get brutally alive… or un-alived. The newly minted Vegas Un Alive Festival has announced its 2026 inaugural lineup, delivering two days of uncompromising extreme metal at the iconic Divebar.
Taking on March 20 and 21, the festival will feature 25 bands across two stages, alongside custom cars, tattoo artists, freakshow acts, firebreathers, and a full complement of food and drink.
Festival founders JJ Jackson (Moonshine Bandits) and Dave Oshann (Trip to the Morgue) promise a “debaucherous mosh pit” for metal fans hungry for technical brutality, cosmic riffs, and horror-inspired atmospheres. Get your tickets and additional information about the festival right here. The Vegas Un Alive Festival 2026 runs as follows:
March 20 – Divebar Stage
- Claustrofobia
- Rottenness
- Scattered Guts
- Lacabra
- Anubis
- Papsmear
- Last Rites
March 21 – Death or Glory Stage
- Decrepit Birth
- The Convalescence
- Hunt the Dinosaur
- Lazarus Casket
- Trip to the Morgue
- Embryonic Devourment
- Skeleton Crew
- 187
March 21 – Divebar Stage
- Casket Robbery
- Pessimist
- Gravehuffer
- Abolishment of Flesh
- Cerebral Desecration
- Mantra of Morta
- Blistering Rot
- The Brown Sound
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Adidas Shares Slide as Guidance Disappoints
The company’s operating profit guidance for 2026 fell short of analysts’ views, with U.S. tariffs and currency headwinds expected to hold back profit growth.
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SEC women’s basketball tournament 2026: Bracket, schedule and odds
The depth of the SEC led to many intriguing upsets through the regular season and the excitement should only intensify in the conference tournament, which tipped off Wednesday. The SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament runs through Sunday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks, the No. 1 overall seed, the No. 3 team in the country and have been the team to beat in the past decade as they have won nine of the last 11 SEC Tournaments since 2015. Their competition might be stiffer than ever this year, however.
One of the biggest questions ahead of the 2026 NCAA Tournament will be answered in Greenville as Texas and Vanderbilt are still in competition for the final No. 1 seed in March Madness. South Carolina (29-1, 15-1 in SEC) has essentially already locked one of them in after winning the SEC’s regular-season title. Unbeaten UConn and Big Ten champ UCLA have firm grips on No. 1 seeds as well. As of Sunday, the Longhorns have a slight edge over the Commodores. Texas was No. 4 and Vanderbilt was No. 5 in the NCAA’s latest top 16 reveal. That being said, the Commodores could steal it if they can make a deeper run than Texas this week.
Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes could also use this tournament to make a stronger case for national Player of the Year. Her biggest competition at the moment is UConn’s Sarah Strong. The Huskies are the reigning national champions and still undefeated, but Blakes is leading the Commodores in one of the best seasons in program history. Meanwhile, Oklahoma’s Aaliyah Chavez is the strongest Freshman of the Year candidate thanks to an explosive performance in a 94-82 overtime victory over South Carolina on Jan. 22, which was the Gamecocks’ only conference loss this season.
LSU was also close to upsetting South Carolina in February but fell short. The Tigers have been a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament every year under Kim Mulkey, but they are currently projected as a No. 2. They have not won the SEC Tournament since 2003, but they did win a national championship in 2023 with now-senior Flau’jae Johnson on the roster.
The most recent NCAA top 16 reveal showed five SEC teams, and it could have been six had Ole Miss not slipped up late in the regular season. Regardless, keep an eye on the Rebels as one of the teams that could make noise in March. A winter storm displaced them for a few weeks but they still managed to beat Vanderbilt in January. Will we see more upsets in the coming week? We’ll just have to wait and find out.
Women’s basketball SEC Tournament bracket
Women’s basketball SEC Tournament schedule
All times Eastern. All SEC Tournament games are available streaming on fubo (Try for free).
Wednesday, March 4 — First Round
- Game 1: No. 9 Kentucky 94, No. 16 Arkansas 64
- Game 2: No. 12 Florida 86, No. 13 Mississippi State 68
- Game 3: No. 15 Auburn 50, No. 10 Texas A&M 49
- Game 4: No. 11 Alabama 65, No. 14 Missouri 48
Thursday, March 5 — Second Round
- Game 5: Kentucky vs. No. 8 Georgia — 11 a.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 6: Florida vs. No. 5 Oklahoma — 1:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 7: Auburn vs. No. 7 Ole Miss — 6 p.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 8: Alabama vs. No. 6 Tennessee — 8:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Friday, March 6 — Quarterfinals
- Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. No. 1 South Carolina — 12 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. No. 4 LSU — 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt– 6 p.m. (SEC Network)
- Game 12: Game 8 vs. No. 3 Texas — 8:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Saturday, March 7 – Semifinals
- Game 13: Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 winner — 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
- Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Game 11 winner — 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Sunday, March 8 — Championship
Title game: Game 14 winner vs. Game 13 winner — 3 p.m. (ESPN)
SEC Tournament odds
Odds as of March 2 via DraftKings
- Texas: -105
- South Carolina: +130
- LSU: +380
- Vanderbilt: +25000
- Ole Miss: +9000
- Oklahoma: +10000
- Tennessee: +17000
China sets lowest growth target since 1991 as economy struggles to keep momentum
BEIJING — China announced its lowest growth target in 35 years Thursday as the world’s second-biggest economy struggles with challenges at home and growing uncertainty around the world.
This year, China will aim for gross domestic product growth of 4.5% to 5% “while striving for better in practice,” Premier Li Qiang, China’s No. 2 official, said in a “work report” delivered in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the opening session of the National People’s Congress, China’s biggest political event of the year.
That figure, the country’s lowest since 1991, compares with the 5% target achieved last year, and it is the first formal downgrade since 2023. It’s an acknowledgment that China’s growth is slowing as the model that supercharged its economy for decades starts to reach its limits.
“While recognizing our achievements, we are also clear-eyed about the difficulties and challenges we face,” Li said in his more than hourlong address, during which he read much of the 35-page report.
Thousands of delegates are gathered in Beijing for the National People’s Congress, where the ruling Communist Party sets economic targets, lays out policies and signals its tone to the rest of the world. The event, overseen by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, is tightly scripted and almost entirely predetermined to showcase a leadership hyperfocused on stability.
It comes weeks before President Donald Trump is set to visit China for a meeting with Xi at which both leaders will try to extend a fragile trade truce. The highly anticipated meeting has been further complicated by U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, which has close ties with Beijing.
China is trying to rebalance its export-dependent economy by boosting domestic demand while addressing structural issues, including a prolonged property slump, industrial overcapacity and soaring local government debt.
It is also investing heavily in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics as it competes with the U.S. for global dominance in those industries.
Li said the government would roll out economic policies “against U.S. tariffs,” which have varied wildly since Trump launched a trade war with China upon his return to office last year. Though China’s exports to the U.S. have fallen precipitously under the tariffs, it has sold more products elsewhere in the world, and it had a record trade surplus of almost $1.2 trillion last year.
Defense spending will increase 7% to more than $275 billion, according to a separate government budget report, down from 7.2% last year and roughly in line with recent years. China, which has recently seen a large-scale purge of senior military officers, aims to modernize its military by 2035 amid rising tensions in the region, including over the Beijing-claimed island of Taiwan.
“We will make solid gains in military training and combat readiness and speed up the development of advanced combat capabilities,” Li said in his speech.
Even with a slightly lower growth target, which was widely expected, China is seeking to project confidence in the face of uncertainty and pressures. But the picture is complicated by the war in Iran, China’s longtime strategic partner.
China has been a lifeline for heavily sanctioned Iran, buying 80% of its crude oil imports in exchange for a major discount. But they account for only about 13% of China’s total oil imports and are easily replaced.
Beijing is more concerned about the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping route that Iran has effectively shut down in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli strikes. China, the world’s largest energy importer, relies on the strait for one-third of its oil imports and a quarter of its gas.
Though China has spent years building up its reserves, which analysts say can offset immediate supply shocks, an extended conflict threatens its economic interests across the Middle East.
Iran is the second Chinese partner in two months to be targeted by U.S. military action, after the surprise capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January. Beijing has criticized the strikes on Iran, as it did the U.S. raid on Venezuela, but it is unlikely to provide more than rhetorical support.
Stability amid international turbulence is a key theme for China’s leadership, which favors a “multipolar world” over one dominated by the U.S. But Beijing is also keen to preserve stability in its relationship with Washington, meaning it is unlikely to let the Iran strikes delay or derail Trump’s China visit, which the White House says will start March 31.
In his speech, Li talked about the “positive outcomes” from five rounds of U.S.-China trade talks and said economic and trade cooperation between the world’s two biggest economies was on a “more stable footing.”
China’s economic plans are complicated by its aging and rapidly shrinking population, with officials prioritizing more marriages and a higher birth rate a decade after it ended the controversial one child policy. The country of 1.4 billion people faces the same demographic crunch as the U.S. and many other countries, with young people increasingly putting off marriage and starting families or deciding not to have children at all.
Li proposed building a “childbirth-friendly society” in the next five years, with changes to education and health care. Many young people in China complain that the cost of raising children is too high and that job prospects are too low.
With more than one-fifth of its population over age 60, China is also trying to improve services at the other end of the age spectrum with initiatives to bolster the so-called silver economy. Li said the government would expand sports programs and increase the number of beds at eldercare facilities.
Iran launches new wave of attacks on Israeli and US bases
Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean while Israel said it had begun a “large-scale” attack on Tehran.Israel announced multiple incoming missile attacks, and air sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Iranian state television said additional strikes also targeted U.S. bases. The Israeli military said it launched targeted strikes in Lebanon at Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Beirut’s southern suburbs and a “large-scale wave of strikes against infrastructure” in Iran’s capital, without elaborating.Related video above: U.S. submarine sinks Iranian warship in escalating conflictThe U.S. Navy sank an Iranian warship Tuesday night in the Indian Ocean, killing at least dozens of Iranian sailors, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi decried Thursday as “an atrocity at sea.”“Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning,” he wrote on social media. “Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret (the) precedent it has set.”The U.S. and Israel launched the war Saturday, targeting Iran’s leadership, missile arsenal and nuclear program while suggesting that toppling the government is a goal. But the exact aims and timelines have repeatedly shifted, signaling an open-ended conflict.The tempo of American and Israeli strikes on Iran was so intense Wednesday that state television announced the mourning ceremony for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the conflict, would be postponed. Millions attended the funeral of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989.President Donald Trump praised the U.S. military for “doing very well on the war front, to put it mildly.” Fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate stood with Trump on Iran as they voted down a resolution seeking to halt the war.Related video below: Senate rejects effort to block further strikes in IranIran fired on Bahrain, Kuwait and Israel as the conflict spiraled. Turkey said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkey’s airspace.The war has killed more than 1,000 people in Iran, more than 70 in Lebanon, and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries. It has disrupted the supply of the world’s oil and gas, snarled international shipping and stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers in the Middle East.Threats expanding across the Middle EastCountries around the region braced for potential dangers Thursday, a day after Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened “the complete destruction of the region’s military and economic infrastructure.”Qatar’s Interior Ministry said authorities were evacuating residents near the U.S. Embassy in Doha as a temporary precaution, without providing further details.Fighter jets could be heard overhead in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai and Saudi Arabia said it destroyed a drone in its province bordering Jordan.A new attack off the coast of Kuwait appeared to expand the area where commercial shipping was in danger.An explosion rocked the area early Thursday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center run by the British military. It said a tanker apparently came under attack, but the agency did not offer a cause. Iran in the past has attacked ships by attaching limpet mines to them.Prior attacks since fighting began Saturday have happened in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, which connects it to the Persian Gulf and through which about a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped.Brent crude prices are up 15% since the start of the conflict as Iranian attacks have disrupted traffic through the strait, with the current price the highest since July 2024.Buildings of Iranian military and security forces targetedU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a torpedo from an American submarine sank an Iranian warship Tuesday night in the Indian Ocean.Sri Lankan authorities said 32 crew members were rescued, while its navy recovered 87 bodies.Israel said it hit buildings associated with Iran’s internal security command as well as the Basij, an all-volunteer force of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard whose bloody crackdown on protesters in January left thousands dead.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said his country’s forces have decentralized leadership, with units acting largely on their own, which could blunt the effect of attacks on top command and control hubs.Shifting timelines for US operationsDuring his Pentagon briefing, Hegseth did not give a definitive timeline for U.S. operations, which Trump has said could last for a month or longer.“You can say four weeks, but it could be six. It could be eight. It could be three,” Hegseth said. “Ultimately, we set the pace and the tempo. The enemy is off balance, and we’re going to keep them off balance.”U.S. and Israeli military officials say launches from Iran have declined as their attacks have taken out ballistic missiles, launchers and drones. Israel’s Homefront Command announced it was easing restrictions that closed workplaces nationwide. It said workplaces could reopen Thursday if there is a shelter nearby. Schools would remain closed.Still, explosions sounded early Thursday in Israel, which said its defensive systems were moving to intercept at least three waves of Iranian missiles.At least 1,045 people have been killed in Iran, the country’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said Wednesday. Eleven people have died in Israel. Six U.S. troops have been killed, including a major whose identity was released Wednesday.Another eight people were killed in Lebanon, including two in a building struck by the Israeli military in the Beddawi refugee camp in the coastal city of Tripoli on Thursday and three on a coastal highway, authorities said. The Israeli military did not immediately say who it targeted in the strikes.In two near-simultaneous Israeli drone strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs late Wednesday, two vehicles were hit, killing three people and wounding six, the health ministry said. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hezbollah member, adding that further details would follow.Israel says its offensive had been planned for midyearIsraeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the offensive against Iran was originally planned for mid-2026, but “the need arose to bring everything forward to February.”He listed events inside Iran, Trump’s positions and the possibility of “creating a combined operation” as reasons.The protests in Iran put unprecedented pressure on its leadership. Trump threatened military action in response to the crackdown before shifting his attention to Iran’s disputed nuclear program.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the U.S. launched its operation partly out of concern Iran might strike U.S. personnel and assets in the region first. A phone call between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the airstrikes began also was “important with respect to the timeline,” she said.Iran’s clerics are choosing a new supreme leaderIran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years. It is only the second time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that a new supreme leader is being chosen.Potential candidates range from hard-liners committed to confrontation with the West to reformists who seek diplomatic engagement. Mojtaba Khamenei, Khamenei’s son, has long been considered among them, though he has never held a government position.In a sign that Iran’s leadership will only seek to consolidate its power, the head of the judiciary warned that “those who cooperate with the enemy in any way will be considered an enemy.”Israel’s defense minister, Katz, said on X that Iran’s next supreme leader “will be a target for elimination” if he continues to threaten Israel, the U.S. and others.___Rising reported from Bangkok, Becatoros from Athens, Greece, and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press writers Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut, Lebanon, Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, Julia Frankel in Jerusalem and Giovanna Dell’Orto in Miami contributed to this report.
Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean while Israel said it had begun a “large-scale” attack on Tehran.
Israel announced multiple incoming missile attacks, and air sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Iranian state television said additional strikes also targeted U.S. bases. The Israeli military said it launched targeted strikes in Lebanon at Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Beirut’s southern suburbs and a “large-scale wave of strikes against infrastructure” in Iran’s capital, without elaborating.
Related video above: U.S. submarine sinks Iranian warship in escalating conflict
The U.S. Navy sank an Iranian warship Tuesday night in the Indian Ocean, killing at least dozens of Iranian sailors, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi decried Thursday as “an atrocity at sea.”
“Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning,” he wrote on social media. “Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret (the) precedent it has set.”
The U.S. and Israel launched the war Saturday, targeting Iran’s leadership, missile arsenal and nuclear program while suggesting that toppling the government is a goal. But the exact aims and timelines have repeatedly shifted, signaling an open-ended conflict.
The tempo of American and Israeli strikes on Iran was so intense Wednesday that state television announced the mourning ceremony for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the conflict, would be postponed. Millions attended the funeral of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989.
President Donald Trump praised the U.S. military for “doing very well on the war front, to put it mildly.” Fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate stood with Trump on Iran as they voted down a resolution seeking to halt the war.
Related video below: Senate rejects effort to block further strikes in Iran
Iran fired on Bahrain, Kuwait and Israel as the conflict spiraled. Turkey said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkey’s airspace.
The war has killed more than 1,000 people in Iran, more than 70 in Lebanon, and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries. It has disrupted the supply of the world’s oil and gas, snarled international shipping and stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers in the Middle East.
Threats expanding across the Middle East
Countries around the region braced for potential dangers Thursday, a day after Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened “the complete destruction of the region’s military and economic infrastructure.”
Qatar’s Interior Ministry said authorities were evacuating residents near the U.S. Embassy in Doha as a temporary precaution, without providing further details.
Fighter jets could be heard overhead in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai and Saudi Arabia said it destroyed a drone in its province bordering Jordan.
A new attack off the coast of Kuwait appeared to expand the area where commercial shipping was in danger.
An explosion rocked the area early Thursday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center run by the British military. It said a tanker apparently came under attack, but the agency did not offer a cause. Iran in the past has attacked ships by attaching limpet mines to them.
Prior attacks since fighting began Saturday have happened in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, which connects it to the Persian Gulf and through which about a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped.
Brent crude prices are up 15% since the start of the conflict as Iranian attacks have disrupted traffic through the strait, with the current price the highest since July 2024.
Buildings of Iranian military and security forces targeted
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a torpedo from an American submarine sank an Iranian warship Tuesday night in the Indian Ocean.
Sri Lankan authorities said 32 crew members were rescued, while its navy recovered 87 bodies.
Israel said it hit buildings associated with Iran’s internal security command as well as the Basij, an all-volunteer force of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard whose bloody crackdown on protesters in January left thousands dead.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said his country’s forces have decentralized leadership, with units acting largely on their own, which could blunt the effect of attacks on top command and control hubs.
Shifting timelines for US operations
During his Pentagon briefing, Hegseth did not give a definitive timeline for U.S. operations, which Trump has said could last for a month or longer.
“You can say four weeks, but it could be six. It could be eight. It could be three,” Hegseth said. “Ultimately, we set the pace and the tempo. The enemy is off balance, and we’re going to keep them off balance.”
U.S. and Israeli military officials say launches from Iran have declined as their attacks have taken out ballistic missiles, launchers and drones. Israel’s Homefront Command announced it was easing restrictions that closed workplaces nationwide. It said workplaces could reopen Thursday if there is a shelter nearby. Schools would remain closed.
Still, explosions sounded early Thursday in Israel, which said its defensive systems were moving to intercept at least three waves of Iranian missiles.
At least 1,045 people have been killed in Iran, the country’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said Wednesday. Eleven people have died in Israel. Six U.S. troops have been killed, including a major whose identity was released Wednesday.
Another eight people were killed in Lebanon, including two in a building struck by the Israeli military in the Beddawi refugee camp in the coastal city of Tripoli on Thursday and three on a coastal highway, authorities said. The Israeli military did not immediately say who it targeted in the strikes.
In two near-simultaneous Israeli drone strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs late Wednesday, two vehicles were hit, killing three people and wounding six, the health ministry said. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hezbollah member, adding that further details would follow.
Israel says its offensive had been planned for midyear
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the offensive against Iran was originally planned for mid-2026, but “the need arose to bring everything forward to February.”
He listed events inside Iran, Trump’s positions and the possibility of “creating a combined operation” as reasons.
The protests in Iran put unprecedented pressure on its leadership. Trump threatened military action in response to the crackdown before shifting his attention to Iran’s disputed nuclear program.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the U.S. launched its operation partly out of concern Iran might strike U.S. personnel and assets in the region first. A phone call between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the airstrikes began also was “important with respect to the timeline,” she said.
Iran’s clerics are choosing a new supreme leader
Iran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years. It is only the second time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that a new supreme leader is being chosen.
Potential candidates range from hard-liners committed to confrontation with the West to reformists who seek diplomatic engagement. Mojtaba Khamenei, Khamenei’s son, has long been considered among them, though he has never held a government position.
In a sign that Iran’s leadership will only seek to consolidate its power, the head of the judiciary warned that “those who cooperate with the enemy in any way will be considered an enemy.”
Israel’s defense minister, Katz, said on X that Iran’s next supreme leader “will be a target for elimination” if he continues to threaten Israel, the U.S. and others.
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Rising reported from Bangkok, Becatoros from Athens, Greece, and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press writers Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut, Lebanon, Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, Julia Frankel in Jerusalem and Giovanna Dell’Orto in Miami contributed to this report.
The Best New Shows on TV and Streaming This Week
Another week means new series and new TV show seasons are airing on television and streaming online.
Looking for a new series to binge-watch, a new TV show to get hooked on with your partner or pals, or just want to know if any of your favorite shows have a new season or special out soon? We’ve got you covered.
While movies are great for a one-night escape, TV shows and streaming series require a little more commitment with (typically) a long-term payoff. Whether you’re looking for your next all-in TV obsession, or just something you can casually play in the background while you do chores, plenty of new TV shows and series are available to watch this week.
New TV Shows, New Seasons & New Streaming Series Out This Week
This week you can check out a posh new reality series reboot from Bravo, as well as a new take on the Sherlock Holmes story. Plus, catch the final season of the smash historical fantasy romance drama Outlander.
Get your remotes (or streaming devices) ready and hit play on these new TV shows now airing, and don’t forget to check out last week’s new TV releases right here.
R.J. Decker
ABC’s new crime series follows a disgraced former newspaper photographer who becomes a private investigator in South Florida, solving strange cases with the help of his ex-wife and a mysterious ex-associate.
Where to watch R.J. Decker: The crime-drama premieres on ABC at 10PM E.T. on March 3. It streams the following day on Hulu.
Young Sherlock
Young Sherlock follows a rebellious, 19-year-old, pre-Baker Street Sherlock as he navigates his complicated first murder case while attending Oxford University.
Where to watch Young Sherlock: Guy Ritchie’s new origin story series premieres exclusively on Amazon Prime on March 4, with all eight episodes available to stream immediately.
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Ladies of London: The New Reign
This reboot of Ladies of London follows a new group of glamorous British blue bloods, American expats, and socialites as they navigate romance, friendships, career challenges, and expectations in London high society.
Where to watch Ladies of London: The New Reign: The reality series premieres on Bravo at 9PM E.T. on March 5, 2026 with a special two-hour episode. Episodes will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
Vladimir
Based on the novel by Julia May Jonas, in Vladimir, an English teacher’s failing marriage and career are thrown into total chaos when she becomes romantically obsessed with a young new co-worker.
Where to watch Vladimir: The limited series becomes available to stream exclusively on Netflix beginning March 5.
Outlander (Final Season Premiere)
Blending history, fantasy, and adventure, Claire and Jamie’s epic, decades-spanning romance will come to its conclusion in the eight and final season of Outlander.
Where to watch Outlander: The premiere episode of Season 8 will air on Starz at 8PM E.T. on March 6. Subsequent new episodes will continue to air weekly on Fridays at the same time, with episodes available to stream via the Starz app or Sling TV at midnight (E.T.) Fridays.
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