War in Middle East expands as Iran says it ‘will not negotiate’ with US

This morning, the war in the Middle East is expanding after American and Israeli strikes

on Iran over the weekend killed the country's supreme leader. We expect an update later today

from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Cain. Here's the

latest. Kuwait's Ministry of Defense says several U.S. military aircraft crashed inside its borders

this morning, but, quote, all crews survived. At least one of the crashes was caught on camera

Video appears to show a pilot ejecting before impact. Another clip shows Kuwaitis surrounding a pilot who had ejected while waiting for authorities

It is not clear whether the videos show the same incident, but U.S. Central Command says three U.S. fighter jets were shot down by Kuwait in a friendly fire incident

They say it was a mistake during active combat. Iranian state television claims Iran targeted at least one of the U.S. aircraft that went down

So far, three American service members have been killed, and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran

President Donald Trump said there are likely to be more losses in the coming weeks

When asked by NBC News why he ordered the strike, Trump said it was very simple

saying Iran quote wasn willing to say they will not have a nuclear weapon He says the war with Iran could take four weeks or less Iran ambassador to the U nuclear agency says U and Israeli airstrikes targeted the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility

a site the U.S. bombed last June during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel

After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons

and we sought repeatedly to make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it. They didn't want to do it again. They wanted to do it

They didn't want to do it. They didn't know what was happening. They just wanted to practice evil

But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades. They've rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions

And we can't take it anymore. In a social media post Sunday night, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said Tehran will not negotiate with the United States

The conflict is also spreading beyond Iran. Israel struck dozens of targets in Beirut and southern Lebanon after Hezbollah launched missiles and drones toward Israel overnight

calling it retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader. Lebanon's health ministry says those strikes killed at least 31 people and wounded 149 others