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Iran ready to respond

Iran’s foreign Ministry spokesman says the Islamic republic is confident in its domestic capabilities and will respond to any foreign aggression more decisively than before. Esmaeil Baqaei made the remarks in response to a question about the recent US military moves in the West Asia region, especially its joint military exercises with the Persian Gulf Arab states. Speaking during his weekly press conference, he said that Iran has been facing a hybrid war and new threats from the US and Israel since their June’s aggression against the Islamic Republic. However, he said that Iran will give a decisive response to any new act of aggression which will make enemies, regretful. The foreign ministry’s spokesman also warned the neighboring countries that any instability in the region will not be confined to Iran’s borders.

Israel’s Lebanon strikes

Israel has launched a fresh wave of air strikes across Lebanon, in another near-daily violation of ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. According to Lebanese media, the Israeli regime has carried out more than 15 airstrikes on several areas in the south, including the heights of the Jabour and Wadi Barghaz regions in the early hours of the morning. Israeli airstrikes also concentrated on al-Rayhan region, using bunker-buster missiles. Since the ceasefire in November 2024, Israel has carried out over 10,000 attacks against Lebanon, killing at least 350 people.

Ice deadly shootings

Amid rising tensions over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, a new report has revealed that the US president has opposed efforts to expand the use of body cameras by immigration officers. It said Trump has also sharply cut oversight staffing as it sent officers into Minneapolis and other cities, leading to a series of violent clashes. The report came after footage from bystanders of two fatal shootings of protesters in Minneapolis, proved that none of them posed any threat to federal officers. The report said cameras worn by officers were central to police reform efforts, but the Trump administration moved last year to oppose a pilot program to give immigration officers body cameras. It also urged Congress in June to cut the funding for the program by 75 %, and opposed a nationwide trend of cameras for law enforcement. The Trump administration also placed nearly all staffers working for three internal watchdogs overseeing immigration agencies on paid leave last year, undermining their capacity to investigate abuses. The new revelation came following the second fatal shooting by immigration agents in Minneapolis, which claimed the life of an unarmed ICU nurse who posed no threat to officers.

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