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Sounds heard in certain areas across Kuwait are coming from air defences intercepting missiles and drones, the army says in a translated post on X, News.Az reports, citing BBC.
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But within Iran, the mood is very different, Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports from Tehran, News.Az reports, citing Aljazeera.
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The mood, broadly is it that it “won’t happen again,” he said.
Vall was referring to the US-backed coup in 1953 that led to the ouster of democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
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In a phone call, the duo discussed joint efforts to counter Iran, the US Department of State said in a readout of the conversation, News.Az reports, citing Reuters.
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Rubio also offered condolences for the deaths of two members of the Kuwaiti army.
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“Our forces paved the way to Tehran within 24 hours and destroyed 80 percent of its air defence systems,” Zamir said during a press conference, News.Az reports, citing Aljazeera.
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“The Israeli Air Force has carried out 2,500 strikes and dropped over 6,000 munitions,” said Zamir, adding: “We have destroyed 60 percent of Iran’s missile launch sites, but we have not eliminated all threats.”
Zamir also said that “the war is proceeding according to plan” and that the military was now “moving to another phase in the battle with Iran.”
This next phase “will focus on undermining the Iranian regime, and we will intensify our strikes against the regime’s facilities and military capabilities,” said Zamir.
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The United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Kuwait City, the State Department said in a statement, amid US and Israeli strikes against Iran, News.Az reports, citing Aljazeera.
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The 44-year-old singer was arrested Wednesday night and booked into custody by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of DUI, several entertainment news outlets said, citing police sources, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
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Sheriff records showed Spears had been released at 6:07 AM local time and a court appearance had been set for May 4.
“This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable. Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law,” a representative for Spears said in a statement to entertainment outlet Deadline.
“Hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life.”
Spears had phenomenal early music success with late 1990s hits like “…Baby One More Time” but has largely stepped back from music in recent years.
In her 2023 memoir “The Woman in Me,” Spears insisted she never did hard drugs and that she did not have a drinking problem, but admitted that she was taking Adderall, the ADHD medication.
Following a public breakdown in 2007, Spears was placed under the conservatorship of her father Jamie Spears, who controlled her money and her personal life, even as she continued to perform high-profile concerts.
The conservatorship was dissolved by a Los Angeles court in 2021, after a groundswell of public support to “Free Britney.”
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The 44-year-old singer was arrested Wednesday night and booked into custody by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of DUI, several entertainment news outlets said, citing police sources, News.az reports, citing BBC.
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Sheriff records showed Spears had been released at 6.07am local time and a court appearance had been set for May 4.
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“I reiterate my call for all shipping companies to exercise maximum caution when operating in the affected region,” Dominguez said in a media note, News.az reports, citing BBC.
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He also urged all parties to intensify efforts to de-escalate the situation as soon as possible so that shipping can return to normal operations.
“No attack on innocent seafarers is ever justified,” he said.
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Starmer said Britain’s Wildcat helicopters equipped with anti-drone capabilities are set to arrive in Cyprus on Friday. The country’s defense secretary is currently in Cyprus to coordinate operations, and the HMS Dragon warship is being deployed to the Mediterranean, News.Az reports, citing CNN.
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Britain had already deployed additional military capabilities to the Middle East well before the military strikes against Iran launched by the United States and Israel, Starmer said.
According to the prime minister, Britain moved defensive assets, including fighter jets, air defense missiles, advanced radar and counter-drone systems, to Cyprus and Qatar throughout January and February.
He added that the British government is working with airlines, travel companies and foreign governments to bring back British nationals.
More than 4,000 people have returned to the United Kingdom on commercial flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with seven additional flights scheduled to depart the UAE for Britain on Thursday. Meanwhile, the first charter flight from Oman departed early Thursday afternoon, and more charter flights are expected in the coming days, according to Starmer.
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Häkkänen told a press conference that the country’s legislative ban on nukes, dating back to 1980, was no longer relevant in the current geopolitical context. “The legislation does not meet the needs that Finland has as a NATO member,” Häkkänen said, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
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Finland became a NATO member following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The country shares more than 1,000 kilometers of border with Russia, and has been accelerating and revamping its defense plans.
Häkkänen said nuclear weapons would be allowed to be transported onto Finnish territory if national defense needs required it, Finnish media reported. The minister declined to provide specific scenarios, but ruled out the possible deployment of nuclear warheads on Finnish soil.Finland is a signatory to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Within Europe, France and the United Kingdom possess their own nuclear weapons, while the United States stores nuclear warheads in several NATO countries including Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Turkey.
French President Emmanuel Macron recently announced plans to increase his country’s nuclear arsenal and to cooperate more closely with European partners, including the potential temporary deployment of French nuclear-capable fighters abroad.
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