Rubio, Hegseth, Caine, Ratcliffe to Brief All Congress Members on Iran Tuesday - Speaker
US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday that he arranged a classified briefing on March 3 for all members of Congress with senior administration officials amid the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran.
Western governments, including Australia and New Zealand, have backed US and Israeli strikes on Iran. But the decision risks economic catastrophe, regional escalation and the further erosion of international law.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made multiple private phone calls to US President Donald Trump last month pushing for a strike on Iran despite favouring diplomacy publicly, the Washington Post reported.
The US president vowed revenge after three US service members will killed by Iran, and called on Iranians to rise up. DW has the latest.
Pope Leo said on Sunday that he is following events after US-Israeli strikes against Iran with “deep concern” and made an impassioned appeal to stop what he called a “spiral of violence”.
