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Khamenei 2: Electric Boogaloo

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Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reportedly been chosen as Iran's new supreme leader. Daily Mail reported on the development, citing Iranian TV network. It comes after Khamenei was killed in a joint US, Israel strike on his Tehran compound.

Mojtaba, 56, is Khamenei's second-oldest son and is known to have strong links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He was reportedly chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts 'under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards', as per Iran International, Mail reported.

While many long believed Mojtaba would be a frontrunner to replace Khamenei, experts had differed in their opinion. Khamenei himself, reportedly, did not include him in a list of potential successors he made last year. In Iran's Shiite muslim clerical establishment, a father-son succession is not seen positively.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/mojtaba-khamenei-family-net-worth-all-about-wife-zahra-haddad-adel-and-kids-as-iran-gets-new-supreme-leader/ar-AA1XsNhJ

>Place your Kalshi bets now, will he make it a week?
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Trump had no evac plan for 1000s of Americans in Middle East, leaves them to die

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https://www.businessinsider.com/us-embassies-say-they-cannot-evacuate-americans-middle-east-iran2026-3

American citizens across the Middle East are attempting to follow official advice and evacuate as conflict escalates in the region following US and Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday.

But multiple US embassies have said they are unable to help citizens trying to leave.

"The US Embassy is not in a positionat this timeto evacuate or directly assist Americans indepartingIsrael," the US Embassy in Jerusalem said in a post on X on Tuesday.

The embassy shared that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism was operating shuttles to a border crossing between Egypt and Israel at the town of Taba.

"If you choose to avail yourself of this option to depart, the US government cannot guarantee your safety," said the US embassy, adding that they were sharing the information "as a courtesy to those wishing to leave Israel."
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France to expand nuclear arsenal as Europe's trust in US falters

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/02/macron-france-nuclear-umbrella-europe/

France will bring European nations into nuclear military drills and could allow its neighbors to host nuclear-capable fighter planes for the first time, President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, as growing mistrust in the United States propels once-taboo plans for the French nuclear arsenal to protect Europe.

European capitals have never gone this far in making contingencies for a homegrown nuclear umbrella independent of U.S. guarantees. Macron’s announcements, in a speech at a military base that hosts France’s nuclear submarines, amount to the first key steps toward developing a European deterrent.

Some of Macron’s predecessors in the Élysée Palace had resisted extending the French nuclear umbrella further across Europe, and other European nations were even more reluctant, for fear of alienating the United States, which possesses a far larger atomic arsenal.

But as a more militarized, polarized world has prompted an increasing number of nations to eye nuclear weapons — and as President Donald Trump has injected tension into the transatlantic relationship — Macron is now going further than any French president in negotiating with other European leaders on extending France’s protection.
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Pakistan-Afghan "Open War" enters fifth day

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https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-afghanistan-fighting-ground-attacks-military-posts-e057780413f84b222c2fe30b3cbcf172

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan forces attacked Pakistani military positions along the border early on Tuesday, triggering intense clashes that left 67 Afghan troops and one Pakistani soldier dead, officials in Islamabad said as cross-border fighting between the two countries entered its fifth day.

The Taliban defense ministry in Kabul, the Afghan capital, rejected Pakistan’s claim. A ministry spokesman said Afghan forces in the past 24 hours repelled Pakistani attacks, destroying about a dozen military posts and killing four Pakistani soldiers.

The latest Afghan-Pakistan escalation erupted last week with Afghanistan launching attacks on Thursday in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes the previous weekend. Since then, Pakistan has carried out operations along the border and declared it was in an “open war” with Afghanistan, alarming the international community.

On Tuesday, Pakistan said Afghan forces attacked Pakistan’s military in two sections of the two countries’ border.

It said 16 locations were attacked along the southern part of the border, in the southwestern districts of Qilla Saifullah, Nushki and Chaman in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
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Top Border Patrol official and other federal agents being investigated by Minneapolis prosecutors

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/top-border-patrol-official-other-federal-agents-being-investigated-by-2026-03-02/
March 2 (Reuters) - A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday said her office is investigating the "potentially unlawful behavior" of federal agents during a crackdown earlier this year on undocumented immigrants that met widespread resistance and in which agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, sparking nationwide outrage.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, whose jurisdiction includes Minneapolis, said at a press conference that her office had created a portal that would allow the public to send in videos and other evidence of incidents they witnessed in which they think Gregory Bovino, who once called himself the "commander at large" of the U.S. Border Patrol, and other federal agents committed a crime.

"We will investigate and pursue charging where appropriate, and we’ll seek collaboration with local law enforcement wherever and whenever needed," Moriarty said. "Make no mistake, we are not afraid of any legal fight."
While acknowledging the difficulty of successfully prosecuting federal agents, who enjoy strong legal protections against being charged for their actions, and saying that the federal government had not provided any information to her office, Moriarty added: "There is no absolute immunity for federal agents."
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Trump Admnistration, in Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/trump-law-firm-orders-reversal.html

The Trump administration indicated on Tuesday that it planned to renew its defense of executive orders that it had leveled against law firms, a sharp reversal a day after asking a court whether it could abandon the fight.

In a motion filed with the appeals court in the District of Columbia, where the cases are playing out, the Justice Department formally asked to withdraw its request on Monday to abandon the cases against four law firms. It was not immediately clear how the court would respond; the department is scheduled to file a brief in the case on Friday.

The Justice Department did not comment. The White House declined to comment.

On Monday, the administration, in a court filing, asked an appeals court if it could walk away from its appeal of victories the firms had won against the White House. The move was a significant concession by the White House that it could not stand behind its orders.
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Melania Trump presides over UN meeting promoting 'peace through education' after bombing of school

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https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/g-s1-112272/melania-trump-presides-un

UNITED NATIONS — U.S. first lady Melania Trump presided over a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday focusing on children in conflict, one of her signature issues, and acknowledged she was doing so in "challenging times" as the United States has joined Israel in attacking Iran.

"The U.S. stands with all of the children throughout the world," she said, speaking generally and not specifically about the new war in the Middle East. "I hope soon peace will be yours."

Hanging over Monday's meeting was what Iranian state media says was an airstrike that hit a girls' school in southern Iran, killing at least 165 people and wounding dozens more. The Israeli military said it was not aware of strikes in the area. The U.S. military said it was looking into the reports.

Shortly before Monday's session began, Iran's ambassador to the U.N., Amir Saeid Iravani, said it was "deeply shameful and hypocritical" for the U.S. to convene a meeting on protecting children during conflict while launching airstrikes on Iranian cities.
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

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>Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

https://asiatimes.com/2026/03/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for-armageddon-return-of-jesus/

>A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

>From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

>The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

>The MRFF is keeping the complainants anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to my request for comment.

>One complainant identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but in Ready-Support status, deployable at any time. The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim and one Jew. (Full email printed below.)

>The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has enshrined evangelical Christianity at the uppermost levels of the US military, airing monthly prayer meetings throughout the Pentagon. Last year, the Pentagon confirmed to me that Hegseth attends a weekly White House Bible study. It’s led by a preacher who says God commands America to support Israel.
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EXPERTS, ASSEMBLE!!!

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US and Israeli forces struck the office of Iran’s Assembly of Experts in the city of Qom on Tuesday, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported, in the latest attack on senior state institutions.

Tasnim, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also cnfirmed that the Assembly’s compound in Tehran – located at the former parliament building – had also been struck overnight.

Separately, a Telegram channel known as Zed TV reported that an airstrike had targeted a formal session of the Assembly of Experts convened to select the Islamic Republic’s next supreme leader.

The channel claimed that many members of the body had been killed or wounded.

The Assembly of Experts is the clerical body responsible under Iran’s constitution for appointing and overseeing the supreme leader.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603031369
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BBC doesn't censor nigger at the Baftas

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Bafta Film Awards host Alan Cumming has described this year's ceremony as a "trauma triggering" debacle following a furore that blew up after a Tourette's campaigner involuntarily shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.

Cumming said: "I'm so sorry for all the pain Black people have felt hearing the word echoed around the world. I'm so sorry the Tourettes community has been reminded of the lack of understanding and tolerance that abounds regarding their condition."

He added: "We were all let down by decisions made to both broadcast slurs and censor free speech."

The slur was audible when the BBC broadcast the ceremony on a two-hour delay, and the corporation's executive complaints unit is now investigating.

Cumming wrote: "The only possible good that could come of this is a reminder that words matter, that rushing to judgement about things that we are not fully cognisant is folly, that all trauma should be recognised and honoured."

He went on to congratulate "all the artists whose work was overshadowed by the night's events".

In a statement issued on the same day, Bafta said it wanted to acknowledge the "harm this has caused, address what happened and apologise to all".

Cumming had already apologised to the audience from the stage at the time for the language heard during the ceremony.

The BBC has since said a second racial slur was edited out of the show, and that broadcasting the one aired when Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage was a "serious mistake".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5ng48qgn9o
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