A lot has happened since the U.S. and Israel killed Iran's supreme leader in a joint operation. Here's what you need to know.
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This morning, the war in the Middle East is expanding after American and Israeli strikes
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on Iran over the weekend killed the country's supreme leader. We expect an update later today
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from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Cain. Here's the
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latest. Kuwait's Ministry of Defense says several U.S. military aircraft crashed inside its borders
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this morning, but, quote, all crews survived. At least one of the crashes was caught on camera
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Video appears to show a pilot ejecting before impact. Another clip shows Kuwaitis surrounding a pilot who had ejected while waiting for authorities
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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
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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
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So far, three American service members have been killed, and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran
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President Donald Trump said there are likely to be more losses in the coming weeks
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When asked by NBC News why he ordered the strike, Trump said it was very simple
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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
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a site the U.S. bombed last June during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel
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After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons
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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
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They didn't want to do it. They didn't know what was happening. They just wanted to practice evil
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But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades. They've rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions
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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
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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
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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
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