Iran strikes intensify after US troop deaths; Britain welcomes new prime minister

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Unbiased updates off script coming this week at Straight Arrow. A weekend of escalation as more U.S. troops are killed and President Trump orders another round of strikes on Iran

I mean, their behavior has to change in order for ours to change. Plus, Britain gets a new prime minister today as Andy Burnham takes over for Keir Starmer

And the Vance family has a new member, as J.D. and Usha Vance welcome a baby boy

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The United States has carried out a ninth straight night of strikes on Iran

with Iranian state media reporting new attacks that included the area around the country's only civilian nuclear plant

President Trump says Iran was hit very hard overnight as the conflict continues to grow

after at least three U.S. service members were killed in the Middle East over the weekend

One service member died in northern Iraq during the controlled detonation of a downed Iranian drone

U.S. Central Command has also recovered unidentified remains in Jordan where a separate Iranian attack left two American troops dead and another missing in action

Trump said the service members gave their lives to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon

But we hit him very hard again tonight, and we did that in honor of the probably three

it's probably three as opposed to two great patriots. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the troops' deaths are a reminder of the price of war

Obviously, I think sometimes when you look at this stuff, we forget, we take for granted

that our military is so effective that the mission they carry out is very very dangerous Look our military all over the world especially in that part of the world but all over the world every single day do very dangerous things We had people who lost their lives in training missions

Nothing the military does is safe. It's all inherently dangerous. And we're just grateful to have such heroic Americans in uniform and service of our country

The fighting is also spreading across the region. U.S. allies Kuwait and Bahrain reported new Iranian attacks early this morning

Iran's foreign ministry is also warning the U.S. will face the consequences

if American forces try to seize Karg Island after Trump threatened to take control of the key oil export hub

The escalating conflict is also pushing energy prices higher. AAA says the national average of a gallon of gas has climbed above $4 for just the second time since the war began

Across the ocean, Britain's seventh prime minister in just the past decade officially takes office today

Current Prime Minister Keir Starmer just delivered his farewell speech outside 10 Downing Street

Afterwards, he travels to Buckingham Palace to formally submit his resignation to King Charles

The king will then invite Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester

often called the King of the North, to form a new government as Britain's next prime minister

Burnham has promised to, quote, rewire Britain and is expected to unveil a 10-year plan for the country

along with his team of ministers, the U.K.'s equivalent of a cabinet

He will inherit a long list of challenges, from sluggish economic growth to an increasingly strained relationship with the United States following the conflict with Iran

President Trump, meanwhile, welcomed Burnham's arrival in a social media post, praising his support for expanding North Sea oil and gas production

A sharp contrast to Britain's recent push to make the North Sea one of the world's largest offshore wind regions, an effort Trump has repeatedly criticized

Happening later today, Andrew and Tristan Tate are expected to make their first appearance before a federal magistrate in Miami after their arrest over the weekend on a British extradition request tied to new rape and sex trafficking charges

US marshals took the Influencer brothers into custody Saturday after British prosecutors announced 38 new charges involving four additional alleged

victims Those include rape trafficking assault and other alleged offenses The brothers have denied all wrongdoing The latest allegations bring the total number of alleged victims in the U to seven British investigators say the case reflects their continued commitment to pursuing violence against women

I want to make it clear there is no place for male violence against women and girls in our society

and we will continue to work tirelessly to support victims and investigate all reports made to us

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been at the center of legal battles stretching across Britain

Romania and now the United States. British authorities are seeking their extradition

while separate criminal cases in Romania remain unresolved after procedural setbacks. A U.S. judge will now begin determining whether the brothers meet the legal requirements to be

extradited to the United Kingdom where prosecutors want them returned to face the new charges

Politics now. The race to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine

is coming into much sharper focus this morning. Less than two weeks after Democratic nominee Graham Plattner dropped out

following sexual assault allegations, Democrats appear to be rallying behind a new frontrunner

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson has effectively locked up enough delegate support

to become the party's nominee at this upcoming weekend's convention. Jackson, a fifth-generation logger backed by organized labor

now turns his attention to Collins in what Democrats view as one of their best opportunities

to flip a Republican-held Senate seat. One of Jackson's biggest rivals, Secretary of State Shanna Bellows, dropped out Sunday

writing on X, quote, The race was thrown into turmoil after Plattner suspended his campaign earlier this month

following allegations from a former girlfriend that he forced her to have sex

Plattner has denied those allegations. Jackson struck a humble tone after learning he had secured majority delegate support

in a video posted by his campaign. I've been getting text messages all day about what a great job I did

and I didn't do a thing. All of you just smoked it

Jackson still has to officially secure the nomination at Saturday's convention, but with broad delegate support now behind him

Democrats are already shifting their focus to the November race against Collins and what is expected to be one of the country's most closely watched contests

Vice President J Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance are celebrating a new addition to their family after welcoming their fourth child a baby boy named Alec Neal Vance The vice president announced the birth

Sunday saying Usha and the baby are happy and healthy and that their three children are excited

to meet their new little brother. The birth is also a historic one. Usha Vance is the first

second lady in more than 150 years to give birth while her husband is serving as vice president

In a post on X, Vance thanked the medical teams at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the White House Medical Unit for their care, adding that the family is overjoyed by Alec's arrival

The Vances now have four children, ranging in age from infancy to nine years old

Finally this morning, if you love great defense and spectacular goalkeeping, Sunday's World Cup final delivered

Spain controlled much of the match, but Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez kept his team alive with one incredible save after another

Then, in extra time, Ferran Torres took a perfectly timed pass and buried the game winner to give Spain a 1-0 lead

Spain actually had two other goals waved off during the match, but one was all it needed

After six weeks of competition, the Spaniards are World Cup champions. A sellout crowd packed MetLife Stadium for the final, where some tickets reportedly sold for, get this, nearly $8,000

The match may also mark the end of Lionel Messi's World Cup career

At 39, he became the first man to play in six World Cup tournaments

He nearly helped Argentina find a late equalizer, creating chances until the final whistle

But Spain held on to capture the title. I tuned in for about the last, well, hour of the game

Then it extended, so it was like an hour and a half. And I was seeing who was going to score the winning goal, and Spain finally got it

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